Oh not this chit again, how much wood ya burned this season?

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Minister of Fire
Jan 5, 2018
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Howell, Mi
Sorry, but I gots to know. Im running a BK princess and an Ashford 30 in Michigan. lit em up around the middle of October, Ive gone through not quite 3 cords, probably closer to 2 1/2 cords
 
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It is still shoulder season on long island. I think it was 50 for xmas. Been burning the BK on low since September. I have been processing wood off and on, and have used about negative 0.5 cords net.

Hoping to be up a cord by the end of the winter! :)
 
As near as I can figure I’ve gone through 116 Cubic feet of Aspen, 56 Cubic feet of Tamarack, 20 Cubic feet of Pine and 25 Cubic feet of ash/oak. Started “taking the chill off” end of September close to full time end of November.There calling for -32c/-25f tonight.
 
About a cord so far..
It's funny this came up, I was just trying to figure this out yesterday..
 
Maybe a cord and a quarter so far, really hasn't been to cold out yet, I'm waiting for winter here still.
 
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It is still shoulder season on long island. I think it was 50 for xmas. Been burning the BK on low since September. I have been processing wood off and on, and have used about negative 0.5 cords net.

Hoping to be up a cord by the end of the winter! :)

It always shoulder season on long Island isnt it? what are ya burning driftwood==c
 
Probably about a cord, I recently started using my furnace for the heavy lifting when the temp was above 30F. Highest gas bill this winter $65. I'll save my good hardwood for when it's 10F for a high.
 
I've burned exactly 1.5 cord so far (Beech and Oak) with zero heating oil.
That's on the high side for this early in the year, I think it was a cold Autumn.
 
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It always shoulder season on long Island isnt it? what are ya burning driftwood==c

They don't really have winter or summer. We're at the same latitude as the middle of Iowa, but the locals tell stories in hushed tones of that one time in 1803 when it got to -10°F or +100°F.

Same basic weather as the middle of the country, but it doesn't get nearly as hot or cold. And hurricanes instead of tornadoes. I find hurricanes somewhat preferable because you know they are coming and can plan for them when buying or building a house.

One time it snowed 18" in one day, and it broke all the records and shut down the whole island. A few hundred miles away in Buffalo they call 18 inches "tuesday". :)
 
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Sorry, but I gots to know. Im running a BK princess and an Ashford 30 in Michigan. lit em up around the middle of October, Ive gone through not quite 3 cords, probably closer to 2 3/4.
The natural gas furnace had gone on three or four times. It's set at 60° for the cat.

We had a few weeks of fridged here in November- early December.

Maybe 20 pieces of oak, 20 of ash, 20 of pithy hemlock, 20 of walnut. Steady stream of tulip poplar loaded 2-4 times per day.

The Great Wall of Wood is shrinking. How many cords? Who can say?
 
About a cord since the first of October. Exclusively cedar until early December then busted into my stash of Doug fir.
 
I’d say about 1/3-1/2 a cord. Obviously not my primary heat source. Just started consistently burning 24/7 within the last few days. Have a cord of well seasoned ash I’ll be digging into probably next weekend. Getting excited for that over the black walnut/cherry/pine mix I have been burning. If anything it’ll mean a lot less ash as I’ll rotate the BW out for awhile.
 
It was a cold November and December was cold with warm spells with rain so running a little above normal, right about a cord. One stove.
 
About 1 and 2/3 cord so far.
 
I've burned about 3 1/2 cords so far, but 2 1/2 of it was poplar that when really fast. That is the last poplar I will take, even though it was delivered to my house free. Too much work processing for what I got out of it.
 
Started mid October as well..and this is the first year that I have been truly organized...lol..so a quick glance puts my usage at 2 cord so far.
 
About a cord of hard wood and 1/2 a cord of pine slabs, started burning in the beginning of october here in the adirondacks