Half Way.............What've You Burned???

I'm at exactly 1.67 cord right now. The Progress Hybrid just sips wood!

I thought I was the only one going out 2 decimal places. So how do you guys measure and track what you have stacked, stored and have burned? I have a detailed spreadsheet with built in calcs for cubic feet and cords.

 

I've burned about 1.5 cord......

But I keep up with in face cord.....or as all the old timers here call it ricks.

I've burned about 4 rick. lol

 

No spreadsheet, but I have a crude diagram of the shed and all the rows with what each one is and how much is in each.
I like to know how much I'm using.
I can carry to a couple dec. points, but if it gets restacked, it would probably change a little. I measure each row as it goes into the shed, then put it in the diagram.

 

Winner winner!

 

Is it really half way already? I always heard 'half your wood and half your hay by groundhog day', so I guess we're getting close. I'm at ~1.5 cord, mostly burning mixed stuff that I don't want stacked where it's currently at. Walnut, soft maple, BL, cherry, bradford pear....

 

Just a rough estimate-- I believe around 1.75 cords oak and poplar. The 600 sqft takes no time to heat up. The wife and I like it to be about 55 degrees when we wake up so we don't load the stove before bed. We leave the window open in the bedroom at night so when the heat rises it never gets too warm. Heater has maybe kicked on 2x when we had single digit mornings. I had a lot of long rounds that I scrounged early spring and I cut them to 15"s and whatever was left over I split and the 4-6" chunks can fit in every empty space in the small stove and really increases burn time and the temp is good after being away from home for about 11 hours. It also seasoned really well. 1st year burning seasoned wood - cut the firestarters into 1/6ths and don't have to use kindling which is awesome.

 

I was at over a cord of shoulder wood in the little Englander on Dec 6 when I fired up the Woodchuck. I'm sure Ive used a facecord a week since. So I'm around 3 full cord.

 

I hear you, not having to depend on kindling when needed and fast reload ignition is just another enabling factor to proper hoarding!

 

Do you ever remeasure to see how much shrinkage you get as your wood dries?

 

I've burned more than 2, less than 3 cords so far. I pulled up some 2 mo old split ash to the house the other day for burning late Feb/Early March. The tree's been cut over 2 years just not split. It should burn no problem when I need it.

 

Sounds like it. I just split some elm rounds that had been sitting for a couple years. Nice and dry!

 

Not nearly as much as I expected to

 

4 pallets+the little I've brought up in between. So about 1.4 cord.

 

I stack by the cord: 16 feet long, over 5 feet tall, 18 to 22 inch wide. Stack pretty tightly. So each row is a generous cord. Easy math to determine how much burned, even if I use several stacks at once, picking by type of wood.

Makes it very easy to know where I'm at vs where I want to be when I'm c/s/s.

I expect this is what most do.

 

A bit over a cord of pine mostly and a bit of sweet gum. I'm kind of the opposite of a firewood snob. I figure cut the low end stuff first and let the good stuff grow. I might want it someday.

 

Not really, no. When you measure height of a stack it's usually an estimate/average anyway since the top is usually somewhat un-even. So the shrinkage down a few inches does affect it much.

 

I've burned 5.5 of all soft wood like elm and poplar. I could turn down the heater in the garage but I like it 70 in there!

 

My stacks will deflate and suffer shrinkage after a couple years of seasoning .They were a full cord when they were stacked.
Like the disclaimer on your favorite cereal box: Some settling of contents may have occurred.

 

Way cool could you post some pictures of your diagram.
Me is not to organized.