Last spring my partner and I got 6 cords from a friend's white oak that he had to get removed. I brought home 3.5 cords of it. Now, a new home is replacing the removed residence NEXT DOOR. Several trees have been removed and I can't believe my lucky stars to nab about 3/4 cords of soft ash and 3/4 cords of silver maple. Unbelievable - right next door to us! After years of driving way too many miles for mediocre wood, this has just fallen into our lap. Yeah, we did purchase firewood twice to get 3 years ahead, but I'm in scrounger's heaven. We burn maybe 2.5 full cords a year and I keep finding myself lounging around the stacks thinking "oh yeah baby, bring on the winter!"