Woodpiles

Yes sir

Second pic is the Ash blowdown I started bucking the other day and there is another half row of bigger Ash added to the front of the pile in the first pic. Need to burn some more to make room for those when I split/stack

I have mine all split and stacked , just waiting till the rack it is going in to get empty. It will be honey locust, hackberry, cherry, sweet gum and maple. Then this will set for 4 years in covered racks. It will be about 3 cord.

Husky that is what we will be burning a lot next year is ash with a little cherry and mulberry. Then as always will have a few cord of soft maple, love this stuff.

Yep got a load of honey locust, white ash, mulberry, hackberry, black walnut, and silver maple. Got everything split but the honey locust, hackberry,and ash.

I am trying to replace what I burn two-for-one. I am not quite keeping up with two-for-one, just breaking even at this point.

I love to be able to burn one cord and replace it immediately, but usually I get a cord or two c/s/s over a few months time.

I always do. Try to get it so all I have to do in spring is stack.

Cut and split this pile this summer.
I really have not burned much cord wood so far, hasn't been that cold.
Burning mostly pine and pallets.

Yup, got close to 3 cord in rounds, stacked next to the woodpile we're currently using. I figure come spring when it's all gone I'll pull the splitter over there and get it worked up and stacked.

I just can't leave an empty stack area to set there. Gotta fill it.

If this snow will clear off the ground, I have to cut 2017/18 which is already on the ground ( dropped in Oct ) and all Oak. Plus a few maple, iron wood, birch and hickory that I had move to make new roads, all smaller stuff

I need to get on it. I'm cutting up fallen Oak now and will have to split smaller to get it dry in time. If the number of stoves I'm supplying goes down, though, I'm still way ahead...

Wood Duck said:

I am trying to replace what I burn two-for-one. I am not quite keeping up with two-for-one, just breaking even at this point.

Click to expand...

I think I have been 2 for 1 for the last 3 years. The winter of 2010-11 was a 0 to 1 with deep snow, so you never know. I am taking advantage of less snow right now.

My only dilemma is a lot of the dead elm I am cutting is already dry now, so I am getting lots of exercise moving wood; that is good for me though.

At this point I have 10 cords of split 16-18" oak seasoned 1-3 yrs and a lot of elm, cherry, box elder and a mix of other misc wood that was dead or in my way for a total of around 30 cords or so. Right now I am working on an area with dead bur oak, elm and live Siberian elm. I don't really want to go into the selling business, but am happy to sell to anyone who asks to buy some.

Did I mention I love to cut wood and hate to see all those dead trees going to waste? I am clearing buckthorn, grape vines, Siberian elm, dead stuff and trying to get the woods back into shape. I do leave a few dead for varmits and birds, mainly on hills or spots that are hard to get to.

Free pine dropped off at the house on Tuesday, here's the tree before they cut it down, 90 ft pine

kennyp2339 said:

View attachment 148493 Free pine dropped off at the house on Tuesday, here's the tree before they cut it down, 90 ft pine View attachment 148494

Click to expand...

That looks like Norway Spruce and it should burn just a little bit or more better than Eastern White Pine. (never burned any)

I have a half cord of some kind of (non-native) fir I cut down a year+ ago and I'm surprised at the amount of flame.

There is quite the discussion at my fire house about using this for firewood. I'm all for it once its dried out for the shoulder season next year, other guys at the fd are still convinced that it will burn the house down lol, hopefully that pile changes the minds of some people and they can learn from my experience.

kennyp2339 said:

There is quite the discussion at my fire house about using this for firewood. I'm all for it once its dried out for the shoulder season next year, other guys at the fd are still convinced that it will burn the house down lol, hopefully that pile changes the minds of some people and they can learn from my experience.

Click to expand...

Some folks will never change their mind . . . talking to a co-worker today (hails from Caribou) who is convinced that wood can get too dry if left to season for more than a few seasons . . . which could be true if we were in Arizona and not Maine.

So what do the guys at the fire house say when you mention that out west where there are not a lot of hardwood folks there have been successfully burning and heating their homes with softwood?

That looks like spruce to me also. See all those limbs that extend from the main trunk, wait until you go to split it.

Couple of nice days here , added to the scrounge pile. Dark pic but you can see the new birch rounds from a blow down.

I am.

Spending time splitting tomorrow, just like one of the guys

Wont be able to get in the woods until April sometime in the valley bottom and the slightly higher areas until May so the stacks will get widdled away until the racks are almost empty (except for the 1/3 of a cord of green birch I found in the fall). I have lots of standing dead trees ear marked for my stove that I will c,s,s come spring. Some times I envy those who can get to the wood in the winter but I also like taking 5 months off a year since I hit it so hard come spring.

Edit: I can get away with same year burning because I burn softwoods and I c,s,s almost exclusively standing dead otherwise if its green (like the birch) I give it a full year.

firefighterjake said:

Some folks will never change their mind . . . talking to a co-worker today (hails from Caribou) who is convinced that wood can get too dry if left to season for more than a few seasons . . . which could be true if we were in Arizona and not Maine.

So what do the guys at the fire house say when you mention that out west where there are not a lot of hardwood folks there have been successfully burning and heating their homes with softwood?

Click to expand...

I say that all the time, usually to end the conversation, I go "tell me what they burn in the Rocky Mtn's or Alaska to stay warm" I get the deer in the head lights look, then a shrug. I guess New Jersey pine is more dangerous than Alaska pine. lol

Got the load of spruce all split up today, brought a trailer load to my buddies house, it's prob about a cord or so, I split it larger than normal, I'm banking on the wood shrinking a little and want to do large pieces in the blaze king for the shoulder season next year

kennyp2339 said:

View attachment 148493 Free pine dropped off at the house on Tuesday, here's the tree before they cut it down, 90 ft pine View attachment 148494

Click to expand...

To me the F--- W---- comes to mind. Glad you got that monster away from the home safely, You did get it away safely didnt you ????????