Next years wood supply.

Was able to get into the woods this morning on hard/frozen ground.
Cut a big fallen down ash into 18" cobs.
Had to haul them by wheelbarrow out to my trailer. I aint 25 years old anymore
Feels good to get a start though.

Good lookin bunch of firewood.
atv and a trailer makes it a bit easier for us old guys.

I have a little splitting left to do and then my heating bill is paid for a while

Mostly what I have on my place is ash and maple.Ash splits nice for kindling too.Nothin like a nice piece of ash !

Got atv n trailor.
Just couldntget within 30 yards. That's where the wheelbarrow came in handy.
A good piece of oak trumps a good piece of "ash" nowdays.

My firewood is 90% oak, some Hickory and some maple

I heat with wood too. We have an abundance of ash and still more to take down.
The dead ash gets so dry that it burns rapidly.
Not much for making a bed of coals.
Oak burns more slowly and makes good coals.
Now that my back is ruined, the tractor has a front end loader a skidding winch.

Nice but hard action on the ash chunks!

I suspect that ash is probably the best btu wood we have around here. We have a few spots of burr oak but ash is (was) a lot more plentiful. The city gov folks in Soo Foo have made it a big push to take out as much green ash as possible (unless an owner was willing to treat the trees) off the residential streets. I doubt they gave anyone the option to salvage for firewood. Just ground it up into chips and probably land filled most of it. Of course, none of those folks rely on wood for home heating during the winter...

I've finished my firewood resupply already this spring.


I fill my house garage with enough firewood for next winter (less than 3 cords), refill the lean-too with new stuff and I'm ready for next winter.
I have enough firewood for 5 winters right now all split, stacked and stored under cover out of the rain/weather.

Mostly Shagbark Hickory, some Sugar Maple and Ironwood.
I leave all my ash for the woodpeckers.

I too have finished next winters wood supply . 20 face cord of 18” hard Maple.

I need to get hauling some cords to my wood shed as soon as it dries out in these parts. Ground springs around my place are flowing surface water still, and I can't drive on my yard area or there will be more ruts to contend with. Need a few days of no rain and wind should do it.

I'm making progress.

Good idea.

I think it is time to pick out a few good pieces

That stack of wood is a thing of beauty
Tell me more about that indoor boiler.
Looks interesting.

That stack of wood is a thing of beauty
Tell me more about that indoor boiler.
Looks interesting.

Did I hear you right….that you have to bring your trailer of wood to the Wood Nazi Station….so they could confirm your amount and you have to put 20.00 in the Nazi States Hand ?

Some days I wish we burned wood
But then I'm 57 and nah...

Been burning free ash for the last 3 years. Doesn't burn as nice as oak but the price is right. We also burned some popple that came down. Works pretty good as kindling and fine on those days we just need to take the edge off.

We have a Vermont Castings Intrepid in the living room that does the trick for pretty much the whole house, backed up by the very efficient gas furnace I had installed a few years back. I used to try to keep a wood fire all night but now just stoke it up a little bit when we go to bed, then let the gas furnace kick in during the night.

A couple cords a year does us just fine, and we are already just about done for next year. Given the size of the wood stove I take it down pretty small with the splitter and Wonderful Wife does a great job of stacking. At 69 I can still keep doing this for a while.

Moosetrot

The boiler is about as basic as it comes, but well built. I already had an oil fired hot water system, so I have it on a constant circulating pump, and it maintains the temp. for heating the house and domestic hot water. The wood boiler has a place for a domestic hot water coil, but my oil furnace already has one, so that was unnecessary. I added the insulated jacket to it (probably should have used rockwool) and that helps a lot.

Way to go.

Do you know what brand you have?

We just pay for a permit and get so may days to cut. I have never been checked for a permit or how much I have cut, but the forestry guys have stopped and chatted several times. They usually just ask if I'm finding wood ok and to be safe. If you don't have private ground to cut on, $20/cord isn't too bad IMO.

Rite-Burn.

I always put up my firewood a year ahead so it will dry. It's fun watching the neighbors chase firewood all winter.
You would think they would learn.

This year is mostly walnut and some ash. Lots of dead ash near me and the landowner next to me harvested a bunch of walnut leaving me all the leftover tops I want.

I have a lot of ash and locust on my property. Nothing wrong with either one.

I'm a transposed 57 (75) and have no regrets. Cutting, splitting, hauling, stacking is the most enjoyable exercise a guy could ever hope for.

BTW, before any of you start getting smart: The word is transposed; not trans anything else.

Hedge!

As I think about it, firewood production on my property is the only enterprise the black bears have not yet disrupted.

getting there

I always keep 2 years ahead.

Wood making isn't for the lazy man.

WS

I stay 3 years ahead so there is no hurry to cut/split, I can do it at my leisure.

I'm always in the bush,I collect a bit here and there all year long when out doing nuisance beaver fishing,or just going out to camp to kick back.Do some when trapping in winter too-load up a sleigh here and there,or the bike trailer.Some people pre dry their wood here-especially the native people at their fish or hunt camps.They girdle standing trees the year before,then cut the dead dry standing when needed.Standing dead spruce,tamarack etc is great wood to burn here,especially the ones in an old burn-dry and hard with no bark or branches,and light to haul compared to green.
Always have wood and it doesnt really seem like any extra work.

Nice wood burner, marathon.

You pa guys work too fast for me.

thanks

burning 50 yrs,,i wont stop unless i cant do it anymore. Still split all mine by hand. Makes me feel good.

Use an old tire to hold your wood vertical when splitting. A sharpened tile spade works great to spud off the bark. Love the wood furnace.

Exactly!
More BTU’s than anything else round these parts!

Oak is the best big trees that we have for long burn time. Dogwood burns longer but it stays pretty small.

??,
No way dogwood is burns longer then oak.
Unless it soaking wet.

Our hottest burning wood is tamarack and birch.
I prefer nice dry spruce on cold 40 below nights at camp.Couple big rounds burn all night with good coals for a morning fire.Burning too much tamarack will burn out the stove.Best to mix that with spruce.
i think the stove is more important for long burn time for most types of wood,unless you are burning bam or balsam that burns up like paper.I like to mix a bit of poplar in,in the fall when you dont want a real hot fire.

That right there is the kind of wood I will go out of my way for....dead or dying, sun scolded, no bark ripe for the picking. Use to have a few ready at the end of the day, jump in the skidder and drag it right beside the pickup. Usually oak, cherry or maple.

I like to cut up dead and fallen over trees too.

I don't discriminate against any fire wood.
I burn it all.
I don't split any of it either.
21" will go thru my door. I just cut the round smaller so I can lift them.
I am 57 now. I have at least 10 more years of wood cutting in me.