Hello there fellow firewood hoarders!!! I am probably screwing the hell out of this post since it's my first time posting. Anyway I used to only hoard for my fire pit and camping wood. Now I have a house with land and room to process and store my hoard. I also purchased a Quadra Fire 4300 woodstove to hopefully heat my house. I know, I better get splitting!!! My current hoard has been all free scores, and most of it was cut this year. I am going to be buying a few cords of seasoned for this winter. Anybody know how much I will need for a 1800 square foot ranch style house. Stove will be in a mostly open finished basement.
Good to meet you Pricey. Love the pictures. I would guess 2 cords a winter. D0 you have a splitter or a maul? I started with a maul but quickly found it was not for me. Get your silver (soft) maple spit and stacked in nice single rows with lots of sun and wind and you may be surprised how fast they dry by mid-winter. Most sellers are not selling dry wood.
Nice to meet you pricey, nice looking hoard! Looks like you need a little bit of help loading an suv though. This is how it should be done.
Welcome aboard Pricey106 Way to start with pics on your first post for all of us "reading challenged" hoarders! Don't know if any of your firewood will be dry enough to burn this season, good luck!
Does anyone recognize Pricey106 ? I swear I've seen that avatar posted before---those eyes---where have I seen those eyes?
I am in possession of my buddies trailer also....he is not asking for it, so....in my yard it sleeps, until I find another good score.
That was the last of the score I found weeks ago. it was only a mile from my house, and had a huge muddy hill to drive up out of the guys yard.
Thanks. I have a maul, wedges, a few axes. My buddy has a splitter if I need it. I enjoy doing it the old fashioned way. I figure an hour or 2 a few days a week after work could put a decent dent in it.
As a pretty new member myself, I welcome you to the group! And, it's amazing how fast you start looking for and finding wood in the most random places- splits out on the side of the road, posts for free wood on Craigslist with folks that just want it out of the yard, etc.
You're definitely good for doing it that way, even though they may get pretty ugly knotty, they burn the best too so if you got any left over, Id keep that for your stove first. I find that likely my pit wood will be my stove wood as well unless its just too giant or awkward of a piece. Really nice load there. Just like someone said above, you might be able to get some cut small enough and salvage that but Im likely to get this sorta smiley for even suggesting it. The thing is a majority of folks I read their "before stories" they had wet wood delivered and that just played out for them but certainly not the best option but rather the only option they had. If you can manage it it's possible but if you're looking to buy the wood, make sure you moisture meter check that stuff. Its very possible that any wood you buy now could be as wet as the wood you hauled home. Hope to see more postings, great stuff!
I see you've been a member for quite some time but just started posting. Good! As for how much wood to heat that size home, my best guess for your area would be 3-4 cord and probably the higher number. Buy seasoned wood? Beware!!!!!! Don't buy seasoned; buy dry. That does not mean it was cut this year. However, you do have a little bit of soft maple in your stash and if you can get that bucked, split and stacked, you might be able to burn some of that yet this winter as it is a fast drying wood; about the fastest drying that I know of around our area at least. Red maple or silver maple fits the bill but not hard or sugar maple as that takes longer to dry. I'd highly suggest you do a little bit of reading: Primer on Woodburning by Backwoods Savage Notice that you can even download a copy.
