Two pictures from last winter’s fire wood procurement. Borrowed the log trailer from my nephew. That is the very best way I have found to haul logs . . . The log pile grew considerably from this picture by the time I had hauled everything in. Most of the logs are green ash trees killed by emerald ash borer but there is some maple in there.
That is absolutely the best way to haul it. Whole logs are way easier to move compared to rounds. We are going that route as well, now that we have the means to do it. We find a lot of wood scores that are whole trees or logs and it is more economical and easier to haul them home whole and process later. I have spent enough time in yards and on boulevards cutting up logs.
I see several silos in your pictures. Do you still have cattle? Dairy or beef? How much farm land do you have and other than corn, what else do you grow. No doubt some soys too?
I have in years past fed beef cattle owned by other people. At the moment we just have 15 replacement beef heifer calves in the pen. I don’t own any livestock, nor do I grow crops. Much of my income comes from custom baling corn stalks, bean straw and hay. I also do repair and machining work in my shop. I’m not sure. Is there a way to estimate wood cordage from an awkward pile of logs as pictured above? I do know now that I burn about 1/2 a cord a week to heat my shop . . .
Very nice! Having machinery sure does make wood gathering so much easier. I, too, cut poles and logs and haul them to my wood area for further processing.
it is a pretty loose pile. A tighter pile would be easier to estimate. Tightly stacked logs are about a cord per 150 cubic ft if I remember correctly.
Stepped the log pile off this morning and my WAG is that there is about 50 cord there. Might be somewhat less.
That’s a nice pile! I have about the same here. I keep seeing wood to bring home, but I have to stop myself and remember that I have a TON of wood already and it needs to get processed before I bring more home.
Seems I burn upwards of 10 cords a season in my shop so unfortunately 50 cords is not an infinite supply.
yes! There a couple versions. Some I have seen show log diameter and length to weight for hauling estimates and convert to approx cords. This one shows cords by diameter and length. 28” x 30’ is 1 cord for example. https://www.chimneyworksonline.com/firewood-cord-wood-calculators
