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2014 Firewood usage to date

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by My IS heats my home, Dec 13, 2014.

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  1. Pallet Pete

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    A little over half a cord used and I lost count of pellets... We've been using both equally so far this year though.
     
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  2. raybonz

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    Less than a cord here and I don't run the heat at all here.. Been a pretty easy burning season so far especially December..
     
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  3. ansehnlich1

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    I can't say for sure but probably burned a cord so far, though half of that was crookeds, twisteds, gnarlies, chunkies, and junkies.
     
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    Around 1.75 as well. Wife and kids home all day and also the only heat we use. I try to keep the house 72 during the day at least and 68 to 70 at night.
     
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  5. NH_Wood

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    Hard to say - lots of pine and hardwood uglies early on and now still burning the shoulder season stack of red maple/white birch with a bit of better stuff mixed in. I think I have enough of this wood to last till near 1 Jan, then will start the main winter stack of red oak, sugar maple, and white ash. I think I'm a little ahead from last year - we'll see how it continues - last year was really cold - hopefully will have some left this year! Cheers!
     
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    A little over a cord here. Mixed oak, elm, ash, maple. First part of the season was in the wood stove and last 3 weeks have been in my newly installed wood boiler. Oil boiler is still not hooked back up so wood is our only source of heat and now hot water.
     
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    1-1/2 cord ±
     
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    Hard to tell here because I have been burning out of a few different areas, guess would be 3/4 of a cord. I have almost a cord covered on the patio outside the stove room but I have been keeping it topped off as it just looks better to look out and see it full :D. We usually see these threads more in January and February but I always think of the saying from the oldtimers (older than me) "Should have half your wood and half your hay at Groundhog Day" With the 3 year plan we preach I guess it might go "Should have 5/6 of your wood and half your hay by Groundhog Day"
     
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  9. MightyWhitey

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    My furnace has NOT been turned on either!!!:p:D

    Been real mild when compared to last year at this time!!
     
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    I should really keep track better but the oak stack has dropped 2.6472395'x16 and the pine 3.654985'x8'
     
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  11. My IS heats my home

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    Very funny. :)
     
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    I haven't been getting the heat or burn times this year. Last year was better but still not quite what so e others are getting. With a few Blaze King cat threads I started reading more on them and learned more about time for replacement and performance. Cat glowed some last year but this year at all. New one came today so trying it out now.
     
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    Jealous of you new fangled cat guys.

    The only kind of cat I have is sitting on my lap slobbering. And Schroedinger be dammed, the old girl isn't dead yet.

    Over a cord now, but still almost all shoulder wood and uglies.
     
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    I used to get 5-6 years out of a cat with my old CDW stove burning about 3 cords a year. How old is your cat?
     
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    A little over a cord. About a cord and a half left. I don't think I that my log pile was the 3 - 3-1/2 cord that I was told. However; I have more on the way.



    Jason from RI
     
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    About 1.25 cord so far, mostly hackberry. We've been trying to avoid using the small electric heaters.
     
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    What is Hackberry?

    Jason from RI
     
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    Google it Jason I wondered too and there's tons of info out there.. Member of elm family, fast growing, soft wood that is drought tolerant and used by cities as a decorative tree because it tolerates drought etc..
     
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  19. My IS heats my home

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    Ray, you are the official FHC google moderator
     
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    Lots of Hackberry around here. Usually seen as a low quality nuisance tree, but it'll burn.
     
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