My first year's progress (PIC HEAVY)

Stumbled upon this site in the fall of 2011. I realized real quick I better try and get ahead on my wood supply. I installed my stove the week of Thanksgiving and was fortunate enough to acquire some relatively dry, dead standing, dead fall, and pallets. Since then, I've been getting as much wood as I can.


Stacks 1 and 2: Locust...Oak and Tulip Stack 3:.......Tulip



Stack 4: Walnut, Maple, Cherry, Locust Stack 5: Cherry, Oak



Stack 6: Cherry, Tulip, Buckeye....lol Stack 7: Dimensional scraps



Mini stack 8: Locust Mini stack 9: Tulip

I Figure I've got around 9 cords, maybe 10 if you count dimensional scraps....lol. I'm so ready this year to get burnin'

bogydave said:

AWESOME!
You have stacks everywhere with several stacking methods.
Which one is your favorite?

Looks like you are a few years ahead.
What's the estimate of how much you'll burn per year?

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I really like the individual cord racks I built for stacking. I built 2 and they cost about $35 a piece in lumber. I didn't want to sink the money into building 10 or so of them so I started looking around on here at what others were doing. Started stacking on pallets with crossed splits at the end. That worked good on flat ground. When I started on that long stack, I opted to use fence posts on the end instead of crossed splits because that stack was more on a sloping hillside. So now I'm a fan of pallets and fence posts.

I'm shooting for 3 cords of cord wood and 1 cord of dimensional scraps. I will always have at least 1 cord of dimensional scrap a year on hand from my work. I think last season I only burnt 2 cords but we didn't have a normal winter. Maybe this year I'll be able to figure out just how much we're going to need per season.

Adabiviak said:

At a glance, those look like they're also already well seasoned; you managed to get 'caught up' within a year. Actually, that seems like more than plenty. Are you using it for anything besides seasonal heating?

Also, mini stack #9: tulip? Tulip tree, as in, the one with the pretty purple flowers? I've never seen one big enough to even warrant splitting. Have you burned that before (and if so, how was it?)

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Not all of it is ready to burn, only about 4 cords of it. I just want it all to be good and dry 2-3 years from now when I need it. I'm using it to heat my 1000 sq/ft home 24/7 and my wood shop when I'm working in there.

The Tulip I'm referring to is "Tulip Poplar". It's pretty abundant where I'm at. They grow fast and big. It's splits pretty easy and seasons fast. I've been burning some that's been seasoning for about a year. So far I'm really impressed with it! So impressed that I'm currently eyeing a Tulip poplar on my hillside that's gonna come down when the weather breaks!

Gasifier said:

Good work barn burner. Glad you are getting ahead. How are things down there with the storm right now?

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We got a medium snow going....not sticking to the roads yet. Just a slight wind. I believe we're in the 8-14" range of snowfall totals through wed. Lights just flickered........uh oh

iskiatomic said:

How many cord there?

KC

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I believe it to be about 1.5 cords. It's all from my work. I just wheelbarrow it over from my shop and chuck it into the basement. Before I installed my wood stove, I just threw it out by the shop in a big pile. I think every wood burner within a 5 mile radius would come and pick through it.

Shadow&Flame said:

Nice to see you get the dimensional scraps like I do from work...its a shame to just leave it there when it burns so good.

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That's what I'm talking about. No wasted wood. As a matter of fact, I've been having a load of them burning all evening.