Yesterday I stopped at wishlist's place and he had just came home with this! Just look at all that kindling. Thanks to him, I now have a half car load of kindling! It will be very handy this coming winter. Thanks wishlist.
I got a truckload of the same stuff at a company near me, he throws it all in a big bin and lets you help yourself to the sticks and tons of broken up pallets. I got enough kindling for two years.
Kindling?!?! Heck, that's enough wood to get me through a couple months of burning! Nice of Wishlist to get that nice looking kindling for you....
I've been thinking about getting my kindling at the furniture manufacturer near us. (Kiln dried oak) Last winter, after sitting in line behind 16 trucks at 6am on saturday, the guy told me to come on Memorial Day weekend. Says nobody is worried about heating that weekend.
SWEET! Nice score for both of you What kind of wood ? Got a skill saw or radial arm to cut to 16" Need some tomato stakes ?
Nice Dennis, great post too. Since I really only use kindling in the shoulder seasons I accumulate mine from job scraps at my construction jobs. I bring home short pieces that would end up in the dumpster and process the wood at home. Mostly all pine
No pics of the load you took Dennis? I tried to stack kindling in the back seat and front passenger seat of Dennis's buick as well. He had no part of it ? Come on , what kind of hoarder turns down free already cut kiln dried oak and popular kindling? This stuff is packed extremely tight, most of it is 16 ft long , and all I do is drive about 5 miles and they load it for free . Can't beat that.
Heck, Buicks are made for that! This is in my LeSabre....nicknamed "The Saw." Wasn't a big enough score to mess with the trailer. I do throw a sheet in there to catch most of the debris...
I use old tobacco sticks that are mostly oak. Bone dry from sitting in a barn for 20-30 years. Bundle about 50 of them up, tie them off into about 4 sections per stick and cut the bundle up with a saw.
I don't specifically cut kindling, I use bark and other chips that fall off while splitting. After a few days of splitting I just pick up the pieces in a few plastic bins. 3 bins full and a side stack under the deck and that's enough for the winter. It doesn't take long at all and I like to have the entire winter supply done before October so I don't have to think about it. My kindling doesn't look nearly as nice as Dennis's though!
Sorry about that. I forgot pictures again. Had quite a bit of stuff to vacuum out of the car. That would have been nasty in other areas. lol Judy helped me unload some of it. I had around half unloaded when she came. She did her usual job of screwing up the stack.... (Hope she doesn't read this.)
well maybe not overnighters ,but they are pretty nice size sometimes. the biggest ones in that load were 4x4x14"and lots of 3x3x2-12". last year most of the load was 1x8x8-12". with anything down to 2x2x1" . all random sizes. was a little disappointing. they had another pile of 4x4 stuff but it seemed like they were saving it. but you get 3/4 of a cord for $25 . thats about how much is in that pic . I filled the bin to the windows the first year. 1.5 cords for $50
