Kindling to wood use?

No idea ... but I know even when burning 24/7 I tend to use a fair amount of kindling ... I tend to err on the side of having too much kindling vs not having enough since fires are always easier to light with a decent quantity of kindling ... well that and a chunk of a Super Cedar.

I burn about a cord each winter. Burn overnight only weekdays and most of day weekends. Start new fire each time.
I have a covered rectangular trash barrel with mini wheels that I fill pretty tight with sticks from dropped branches etc. By spring it is just about empty.

Personally, when I could get super cedars, I didn't use kindling at all. I had really nice dry wood and the 15 minutes my super cedar burnt, the wood was throwing some serious flames.

That being said, this year I have a cord of small split super dry softwood. 4-5 pieces of that, hardwood on top with my fire starter under. Poof!

Andrew

I burn 24/7, but I still use a fair amount of kindling during the shoulder season. I split up my kindling as I go through the shoulder season because I've never really been able to come up with a good way to store it. Any ideas out there?

beatlefan said:

I burn 24/7, but I still use a fair amount of kindling during the shoulder season. I split up my kindling as I go through the shoulder season because I've never really been able to come up with a good way to store it. Any ideas out there?

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A garbage can or an air conditioner box is what I have used in the past......

I bought retired wooden apple crates from my local farm market a couple years ago for a different purpose but never used them. I can buck my kindling wood into 10 inch long rounds then split them into one or two inch splits. I fill the crates as I split then stack and cover them in one corner of the barn. As I need kindling I carry a crate inside. I have filled 10 crates for this year. I don't know how many I'll go through as this is my first year with the crates and also my first year with a 100 count box of super cedars. Plastic milk crates are about the same size.

beatlefan said:

I burn 24/7, but I still use a fair amount of kindling during the shoulder season. I split up my kindling as I go through the shoulder season because I've never really been able to come up with a good way to store it. Any ideas out there?

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Stacked amongst the wood in nooks and crannies ... large stash stacked in a small shed ... large wooden box in my garage that I cobbled together with scrap wood.

I use a 55gal. Plastic barrel with the lid cut off. My local saw mill dumps piles of trimmings of dry pine. Free! Make great tinder.

Rest assured, whatever you think you will use, you will use more than that.

1/6 - 1/3 cord



wait, you burn three or four cords burning just on the weekend ?

firefighterjake said:

Stacked amongst the wood in nooks and crannies ... large stash stacked in a small shed ... large wooden box in my garage that I cobbled together with scrap wood.

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thats worked for me too. i just bring it in when i haul in the wood. i burn 24/7 but my little jotul sometimes goes out except for a few embers and its fun coaxing it back. i have some super cedars but they last a long long time before i have to order a new batch.

Best thing to do is find a good source that you can hopefully rely on should you start to run out. I have several trash cans full, but I also have friends in the construction, and cabinet business, not to mention my sons Karate class that breaks pine 1x's regularly. I've stocked up even though I am hoping to use less kindling and fire starters from now on with my new 27. I tend to generate a lot myself all year long that I save just from household renovations and projects. I save every scrap.

I keep a separate smaller box of kindling hidden in the brick oven cavity that I replenish from 18 gal bins in the basement.

But a weekend's worth? About a nice big handful.