Allmost.... 3 full years ahead.

[JP11]

I've got my pallets in the barn for this year.. and I'm at about 58 of them outside for the next two. Probably need another 3 cords for 17-18.

But.. I ran across some red oak, split small that's 2 years old. It tested out at 15%. MAN! That stuff is where it's at! Hot, and not much ash at all. I used it mixed with some flat out JUNK... the sleepers of junk wood I've been cutting on. Worked just fine.

Nice to be almost there! Loggers are coming this winter. They have instructions to leave me 50 cord in logs... that's 5 years. I won't be in a big hurry to split.. But I bet I'll be doing more than the 10 a year I need. I see some 'heapaholzens' in my future.

happy new year
JP

 

[drz1050]

10 cords per year? Wow.. big old drafty farmhouse?

 

[melloyello]

Wow, I just got up to 8 cords. Took me 2 years to get there. That puts me 4+ years ahead. Around here I will only use up to 2 cords a winter. I couldn't imagine burning through all that wood in just one year. I would have to start buying some of my wood. No way I would ever have time to get ahead while working 5-6 days a week.

 

[CentralVAWoodHeat]

That is a serious annual usage! I'm impressed that you can keep up with that. Hats off to you!

 

[JP11]

10 cords per year? Wow.. big old drafty farmhouse?

Nope.. big new house.

Wife has 1200SF photo studio. Beneath that (daylight basement) is a two car garage plus utility room.

House about 2000SF with finished basement beneath.

Keep it all about 70. Love my Vigas.

JP

 

[AmbDrvr253]

YIKES! I do not believe I could keep up with 10 cords a year. Rock on my friend

 

[JP11]

I'm keeping the handling to a minimum. I go from the splitter to the pallet U. After that.. the next time I touch it is into the boiler. With pallet racking in the barn.. I can get my 33 pallets in and stacked 3 high on the racks. I couldn't do it without my tractor with forks, and the twice a year use of a friends real 6500lb fork truck. I even bought a pallet jack for fine tuning and moving around pallets in the boiler room.

JP

 

[TheBigIron]

Very nice system you have..

I'm about 3 years ahead with red elm and black locust drying. Found 7 honey locust trees that need to come down this year and several hedge trees that can be removed so that will keep me busy for a while. Pulled a nice red oak from the ravine the other weekend so that also needs to be css. Busy times await, if it would ever stop raining

 

[JP11]

True.. It's nice getting all caught up. I had a logger do 30 cords of tree length two winters ago. I'm though all of that. This winter I'm having 50 cut. At the moment.. I'm just cleaning up around the house, blowdowns. It's nice to have some be 'gravy' and just burn some of the junk and just keep the nice straight stuff for the pallets.

Running some nice 15% stuff is fun. Just goes great. Nice to have the system run like it's supposed to.

JP