So my father and I burn from the same pile and he told me we don't need anymore wood. Since i started burning 3 years ago I've been scrounging everything i could get my hands on. Dad figures we are about 2 years out in the piles now. I dumped of 2 trailer loads of wood this simmer and his friend dropped 5 good sized trees and took all the trunk pieces to the lot. We also have 2 big ash trees that were dropped in town and are cut to length we have to get still. So according to dad we are good for awhile. Lol we have more wood then we have reasonable stacking area. Pretty good feeling. Maybe I'll take a scrounging season off next year.
I've been told we don't need anymore wood. Lol
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Rangerbait
Feeling the Heat
Taking a season off from scrounging sounds like a terrible feeling.
Supersurvey
Feeling the Heat
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
Shoot for minimal 3 yrs ahead, you know it will be good and dry by then.
Problem with getting too far ahead for us is we had about 1.5 years worth of wood stolen from us one summer when i was younger. Our wood pile is on my dad's second property with nobody around. They stole it all during the summer to burn in fire pits. We know who it was but couldn't prove it.
Supersurvey
Feeling the Heat
CheapBassTurd
Minister of Fire
I took this season off scavenging and it was HARD.
There was a few that couldn't be passed up like a pile at
the cemetery which is county property, and the other was
right on my road literally a few hundred feet from the house.
Way ahead, and with more available I forced myself to be lazy.
There was a few that couldn't be passed up like a pile at
the cemetery which is county property, and the other was
right on my road literally a few hundred feet from the house.
Way ahead, and with more available I forced myself to be lazy.
Woody5506
Minister of Fire
Once you start scrounging it seems there isn't any going back...it's a satisfying addiction. That being said, it seems most people are at least a year or more ahead, myself included...I hope I'm not the only one who fights a bit of hesitation when friends or family ask for firewood. I'm always willing to help them out, but I think I get a bit possessive over my precious wood inventory...lol
i had a co-worker ask about some wood the other day. he said "can you not give me anything that literally boils this time?" Fortunately for him I have a pile of punky cottonwood that i've been trying to get rid of!
splions
Member
I burn two to three a year and have five cords stacked and four to cut and split. My kids think I am nuts 
I burn two to three a year and have five cords stacked and four to cut and split. My kids think I am nuts
we burn about 2 per year, and I think i'm up to 9 cord stacked up, and 2 more waiting to be taken down.
So I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets sticky fingers when it comes to free wood.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
jetsam
Minister of Fire
I wanted to be 3 years ahead by the end of this summer, but I wound up building stuff and fixing vehicles a lot more than processing wood, so I'm only 2 years ahead. Still, that's not so bad because I have access to lots of pine, which can be good and dry in 1 year. (I need to get aome more pine in, only have about half a cord ready to go at the moment.) The way this winter is looking so far, I may use less wood than usual anyway.
I currently have 5 woodpiles scattered around with a 6th one starting up. My wife had concerns the first year but they went up in smoke when she found out she could have the house at 75 degrees all winter with a $0 oil bill.
I currently have 5 woodpiles scattered around with a 6th one starting up. My wife had concerns the first year but they went up in smoke when she found out she could have the house at 75 degrees all winter with a $0 oil bill.
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
I am about 3 years ahead in my wood but don't have very much room to store much more.
Every time I see a downed tree...
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Every time I see a downed tree...
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Yep it's heart wrenching isn't it! I'm 3 years up after a big push this summer but have room for about another 2 cords and handily that's about 3 years worth for my parents. Dad's 80 next month so I'm happy to indulge my cutting and splitting needs for their benefit. However I'm trying to be more choosy than I was in previous years, and this year have scrounged mainly Oak, ash, acacia (locust) and only a little pine etc.
Just took my daughter to the park and walked past a house having a Leyland cypress down...I stared hard at the 12" diameter trunk knowing it splits easily, dries easily and is fairly heavy as pine etc goes.... But managed to stay focused and walk on to the park leaving it behind. Hard though!
Just took my daughter to the park and walked past a house having a Leyland cypress down...I stared hard at the 12" diameter trunk knowing it splits easily, dries easily and is fairly heavy as pine etc goes.... But managed to stay focused and walk on to the park leaving it behind. Hard though!
So here's a quick collage of the wood pile. We still have to get 2 other piles about the size of the one my son is climbing on. Plus dad has his basement full and enough to get him through the winter at his house. And, at all rate I'm burning, ive got enough at home to get me into January this winter easily.
I'll just say this, take it when you can get it, and there is no such thing as too much, you never know when times will get lean. I am a solid 2 years ahead, and hurt my right arm in November of '16 since then cutting and splitting has been slowed dramatically. Just now starting to cut and split again, in a month of so, my storage will be full again to 3 years out.
