Rod Caster Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 How's everyone for firewood this year? Forecast calls for a mild winter but that didn't stop me from gathering, prepping and splitting 30 cords. I'm hoping this lasts me two seasons. Does anybody use a log arch with their atv to haul out logs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Holy Toledo. 30 full cords? Will be lots of ash around. In GTA most are half dead. In Buckhorn still looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) wood is our secondary heat source. we burn about cord per winter.. so 30 bush cords, i'd be good for 30 years LOL Edited September 30, 2015 by Raf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty55 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I buy a tandem load of logs every two years. Last one cost me $1250. Mostly Red Oak. I have 12 10ft long rows of 14" pieces. They were dropped last winter. Stacked by mid May. I'd prefer to be a year ahead for that oak, but I split it smaller so it cures faster. Regardless, two years is best for red oak. Still quite cheap heating anyway you look at it. Most exercise I get all year as well. There's just something about wood heat that can't be duplicated. I love it. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) I'm not a big fan of winter but when it's 20 below & snowin & blowin outside it sure is nice to have that fire crackling downstairs in the family room. Edited September 30, 2015 by lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Great looking family room Lew. Our wood stove in our family room has the glass door too. Sometimes when I'm downstairs watching TV I end up watching the fire more then the TV. Nothing beats wood heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzzsaba Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I'm not a big fan of winter but when it's 20 below & snowin & blowin outside it sure is nice to have that fire crackling downstairs in the family room. Very cozy looking family room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Is that 30 bush cords?? Holy moly.....did you do anything but cut wood this year? I moved in june, and the new place has a wood stove but it needs some work. Might not have it for this winter, but next winter for sure. Im gonna miss it bigtime!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustic-Fisher Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 No firewood this year, 4 tons of wood pellets though. Seriously thinking of pulling the petted stove for a wood stove though. It's our first winter in this place and I m going to miss the wood stove in the old place foresure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I burn a face cord or two in our open fireplace each winter. Sure takes the chill out and is nice to look at and listen to. The stove up at the lake gets a workout at this time of year as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I had about a cord and a half left from last year and had 4 cords delivered back in August. I burn slab wood mostly, it's all hardwood, and the price is a lot better than split. My days of getting wood on my own ended years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted September 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 30 singles! Not bush cords! I couldn't imagine doing 90 singles in a year. Most of what I cut and pulled was dead fall/wind fall or standing dead, mostly yellow birch and red maple. Dutch Elm Disease wiped out most of my Elm trees, so I tried harvesting that as well. 5 months drying and still no chance of me splitting it. That stuff is the worst to split. I'll take a twisted yellow birch any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Yep, those elms are tough....and twisty. Yellow birch isn't much better! Great burning wood though! S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 You should invest in a hydraulic splitter. I did 300 trees in a few weeks when I renovated the powwow grounds for rrfn They work very nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 We only use the wood stove for entertainment or emergency...nothing like a wood fire on those -30* evenings...makes a guy feel warm and fuzzy... I still have half of the bush cord I bought in the spring of last year...$250 + $25 delivery... Hard to find an insurance company that will insure a house that uses wood fire only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 My uncle has a pretty sweet setup, an outdoor wood furnace. These units are pretty sweet! He Orders two tandem trucks a year so he always has seasoned wood good to go and keeps him busy outside. Barely ever uses the oil furnace unless he is out of town. If I could swing one of these I would in a second. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I had to get rid of my old wood stove because it didn't meet code for the insurance company years ago. I thought I would miss it more, I don't. No more going outside in minus whatever with the wind ripping off the lake at 70KPH. Lucky to have NG here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted September 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Propane is my primary source. ... a whole $500 a year heats the house and hot water and cooking stove A splitter would be nice, but only if I had all the logs hauled to one landing. Most of the time I'm cutting trees in the middle of the bush and splitting by hand on location. My forest is thick and terrain is rough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Bummer The one i used i could easily drive in the bush with the gator or 4 wheeler. But i got sick of the bugs, so i started hauling the trees out with the gator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I also had a skid stear to remove the trees, that was fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 tone z71 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Still got wood in the garage at camp and the hunt camp up north it's pretty soothing heat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmer Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I dream of the day I no longer have to burn wood. We go through about 3 bush cords a year and I won't miss the work of stacking then lugging into the house. My wife loves it though and does most of the stacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Have propane heat @ the house but will be installing a Wiseway pellet stove in the cabin. It is the only non-powered pellet stove on the market. The pellets are gravity fed rather than using an auger. I like the fact that I won't wake up to a cold cabin in the morning as the hopper fits 40#'s of pellets. Nothing worse than having to get out of a warm bed into a cold cabin to relight the woodstove in the morning. http://www.wisewaypelletstoves.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Have propane heat @ the house but will be installing a Wiseway pellet stove in the cabin. It is the only non-powered pellet stove on the market. The pellets are gravity fed rather than using an auger. I like the fact that I won't wake up to a cold cabin in the morning as the hopper fits 40#'s of pellets. Nothing worse than having to get out of a warm bed into a cold cabin to relight the woodstove in the morning. http://www.wisewaypelletstoves.com/ You have done your home work sir. That looks very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Have propane heat @ the house but will be installing a Wiseway pellet stove in the cabin. It is the only non-powered pellet stove on the market. The pellets are gravity fed rather than using an auger. I like the fact that I won't wake up to a cold cabin in the morning as the hopper fits 40#'s of pellets. Nothing worse than having to get out of a warm bed into a cold cabin to relight the woodstove in the morning. http://www.wisewaypelletstoves.com/ Checked out the website. Both the models show hopper capacity of 60LBS. You said 40LBS. Do they have a smaller version not listed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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