Just finished my first cord of the season. Oil man is not happy but I am. What have you guys burnt so far?
First cord
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Haven't used much yet, probably around a half cord mostly silver maple and poplar. Garage will be getting filled with a mix of silver maple, ash and oak this weekend. It's time to start burning some better wood than the silver maple. 
My last propane fill was in March and I'm still at 50% but I plan to give them a call next week to top it off in hopes of avoiding higher prices come the colder months.
My last propane fill was in March and I'm still at 50% but I plan to give them a call next week to top it off in hopes of avoiding higher prices come the colder months.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
wood spliter said:
wood spliter it looks like by the end of next week or around the 15 of December we will have burned (edit) just over one cord of wood that includes uglies and chunks with some nice cherry early on.
zap
Just under 2 cords. Starting to use my 2nd stove more, which means I use a bit more wood. I figure around 1/4cord a week when it is really cold. 2500sqft 1890's house, high ceiling with using wood as my only heat source.
golfandwoodnut
Minister of Fire
I have burned maybe 3/4 of a cord and ended up selling 1/2 cord. Burned mostly maple first, now burning cherry and mixing in some Oak. Saving the Locust for when it gets colder. Next year everything will be ready to go (Hickory, Beech, tons of Oak). Gas bill was only $28 last month but will be going up. My stove is just not big enough to heat my whole house.
PapaDave
Minister of Fire
Started in the middle of Sept., which is almost 2 weeks early for us. Gone through a little more than 2/3 cord. I hope for less usage this year, but I had almost 7 cord ready in the shed before I started, and we use just about 4 2/3 cord every year.
wood-fan-atic
Minister of Fire
We burned about a half a cord so far. The new insert just nibbles on dry wood for 7-9 hours a load. 1400+sq.ft. Levitt ranch stays toasty warm - its a little hard to stay awake on the couch watching T.V. at night! Bring on the REAL cold
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Bring on the REAL cold!
weatherguy
Minister of Fire
I still havent burned 1/2 cord, I have mostly oak and some hickory if that matters, maybe since its all hardwood Im using less.
SolarAndWood
Minister of Fire
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
burntime
New Member
Between half and 3/4 a cord is a guess. And I was gone for a week... Its 13 degrees this morning and the fire is stoked
Singed Eyebrows
Minister of Fire
hareball
Member
About a cord, started with some cottonwood, red cedar, and red maple. Getting into the oak chunks now.
smokinj
Minister of Fire
Probably about 2/3 of a cord, been separating and pulling out as much soft wood as I can get amongst the edges of my racks, as if I dont handle each split enough, anyway I am absolutly amazed at how light the cedar woods is seasoned, light as a feather yet was seemingly dense and heavy when I split it, glad I didnt get a lot 
Slow1
Minister of Fire
wood spliter said:
I'm going to guess since you are in NY that you are talking about a 'face cord' which is generally about 1/3 of a 128cuft cord, right?
I've burned about 1/2 cord (64 cu ft approx) so far this year. More than half of that being soft wood (eastern pine and spruce(?)). The rest mostly some sort of poplar and misc 'unknown' wood and chunks of everything I cut over the summer (hardwoods included) that were in the chunks bins.
Been burning more as the wife seems to like the house warmer this year and she is home more. Can't argue with that - last year she complained when it hit 70, this year she is happy, go figure. She also has gotten comfortable feeding the stove so that is a combination that is bad for wood consumption all in all.
fyrwoodguy
Feeling the Heat
Slow1 said:
My wife used to work from home and kept the house really warm. This years she's back in an office environment so I expect I'll save a cord or more this year. Of course the heat will probably run more during the day so I'll be wishing she was burning that extra cord that cost me nothing instead of propane.
Only three burns. Weather has been fairly warm. Also, at this point, I don't have enough wood set by to have round the clock burning. I save what I have for when family comes over, so they can enjoy the fire. In future years, I hope to have a better wood pile.
Not face cords just regular cords. And I want to thank you guys that have burned at least a cord.Slow1 said:
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