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We live on a sloped lot. I'd like to keep a year's worth of wood up at the house. Once the snow flies, the lower lot where the stacks are, is tough to get wood out of. I want to keep 6 cord or more up here.
Im torn between buildimg a retaining wall and then back fill or build a heavy "porch" to hold 7 cord of seasoned red oak, about 28,000#
Theres not a lot of real estate right near the house for 7 cord.
Sca

 

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Apparently Perma Treat in Durham has lumber cutoffs they sell or give away. They also have dozens of bundles of the live edge slabs. Not sure if the sell or give those, but there are just rows of those bundles out back.

I could see a gaylord or tote of cutoffs going for campfires.
Are the slabs any good for shoulder season firewood? I'd imagine they'd be mostly fir or syp.

Sca

 

They sell them as far as I know.
I had a friend that used to live in Durham and he would get a few bundles delivered every year , I have no idea what the going rate is/was for them.
It was easy firewood , just cut to length and ready to go. Very little splitting needed.

 

I'll ask for the details. If they're free for pickup, that changes things.
Looks like they would be easy cutting. A bundle might even keep camp fire types occupied.
Wishing I had a couple more acres of space here.

 

few years back i called them trying to sell a huge white oak i felled for timber. Wasnt aware of them selling slabs and cutoffs. Dunno if they treat softwoods too.

 

Got it all S/S last week. One of my pet peeves of scrounging wood...lots of nuggets and shorties. A few dont bother me but this was quite a bit for a PU load of wood. Dont mind it so much with BL. Another half cord bin for primo btu woods will be made soon. Have some HL and shag already.

 

Awesome!
Our wood stove takes 24" logs, we cut to 18" and 16". So we keep a shed full of seasoned shorts, uglies and skinnies. (Reminiscent of my dating career....)
Even in shoulder season, they make for a nice loose-pack stove and burn. But, Im becoming a bit of a cordwood snob, uglies never stack well. Less and less of those come home these days.

 

I like shorts for the same reason

 

more reminiscing about your dating career???

I can relate about the firewood part. No need for wood that doesnt stack up well. Being ahead warrants that luxury.

Actually the red maple yesterday wasnt the best for stacking. Even the straight rounds didnt split nice and straight.