I have heated my house for 9 years, first with a vc defiant, and since last fall, a Hearthstone Heritage. The best part of this is that I have only bought wood twice in that span of time. I bought a cord 4 days ago for $325.00 which is the going rate where I live.
The day after I got the cord, an ad appeared in the local paper-Free-2 cords of firewood from oak tree that came down in a storm, must also take chipper/shredder. So I was lucky and beat the other 30 people who called to the punch and went to pick up the wood hoping that it was a tree that came down long enough ago that I could burn it this winter. Imagine my surprise when I opened the garage door with the homeowner and saw the close to 2 cords of wood, and at the same time was told that it was sitting in there for TEN YEARS. I have never seen un-split wood that was as dry as this stuff before. Now it gets better...... I lent my 20 year old perfectly good wood splitter to a friend last month who is broke and not in the best of health. He somehow managed to seize the motor on the second day. I for the most part assumed that due to its age, it would be a problem to replace that old motor, and was going to junk it. So I walked behind the wood pile to look at the chipper/shredder which I had very little interest in, and got the second surprise. The motor was the exact same motor that was on my splitter, and all I have to do is switch them. The chipper/shredder motor looks almost brand new. That was a Happy New Years Eve Day.
The day after I got the cord, an ad appeared in the local paper-Free-2 cords of firewood from oak tree that came down in a storm, must also take chipper/shredder. So I was lucky and beat the other 30 people who called to the punch and went to pick up the wood hoping that it was a tree that came down long enough ago that I could burn it this winter. Imagine my surprise when I opened the garage door with the homeowner and saw the close to 2 cords of wood, and at the same time was told that it was sitting in there for TEN YEARS. I have never seen un-split wood that was as dry as this stuff before. Now it gets better...... I lent my 20 year old perfectly good wood splitter to a friend last month who is broke and not in the best of health. He somehow managed to seize the motor on the second day. I for the most part assumed that due to its age, it would be a problem to replace that old motor, and was going to junk it. So I walked behind the wood pile to look at the chipper/shredder which I had very little interest in, and got the second surprise. The motor was the exact same motor that was on my splitter, and all I have to do is switch them. The chipper/shredder motor looks almost brand new. That was a Happy New Years Eve Day.
