SOMEONE HELP ME!

[AmbDrvr253]

As I only burn wood in shoulder seasons, and switch to coal in stove for winter, I do not use more than a cord of wood in a season. However, I AM A HOARDER! I have 4-5 years ahead and am still scrounging. Is it just me! Running out of room........... And I found out a know the city arborist. Told me I should buy a trailer and splitter. He could give me enough wood to heat house to 100F all year round. All I have to do is ask..........What to do!

 

[Jags]

Burn more wood and less coal. Solved.

 

[Andy S.]

Burn more wood and less coal. Solved.

$200 +/- for a ton of coal vs free wood seems like a slam dunk. I'd substitute a couple of cords of wood for a ton of coal each year until the balance tips the other way, wash, rinse, repeat.

 

[Woody Stover]

I have 4-5 years ahead and am still scrounging. Is it just me! Running out of room........... And I found out a know the city arborist.

I don't know of anyone who has successfully broken the wood-hoarding addiction. I have given up trying. And with that arborist connection, you'd better go back to burning all wood; You will have a lot to get rid of.

 

[chazcarr]

Burn the free wood. If I had someone offering me free wood I'd buy a wood furnace at that point.

 

[DougA]

Don't take the wood, give it to me.

 

[billb3]

I used to be 4 or 5 years ahead with 4 to 5 cords using about 1 a year.

Then my sister's husband died of cancer and she turned to my stacks and I set my mom up with a better back-up stove for emergencies and she decided to start using it all the time.

I now need 4 to 5 cord a year. ( more the last two Winters )

Keeping active is good for your health and well being.
There are worse things you could be doing with your time.
Never know when you might be able to help someone less fortunate than yourself out.
You can always sell "extra" or give it away as abhorrent as that thought might be.

 

[Sconnie Burner]

Yep go the free wood route. Unless you find it to be "work" rather than fun processing. Could always process and sell what you dont need. Even a cord of green wood should bring decent $.

 

[johneh]

How come I never get that lucky
Go back to burning wood FREE IS GOOD

 

[Hogwildz]

Bring the wood over here, I got plenty of room for it

 

[turn_n_burn]

If you can get coal cheap, it does work well, as long as it's anthracite (bituminous is too smoky for me), and actually has very low particulate emissions. But wood is always my preferred route. All we ever see around Idaho is bituminous, but it's less than 100/ton, so it's still used by some, stoker stoves seem to be in style right now.

 

[AmbDrvr253]

If you can get coal cheap, it does work well, as long as it's anthracite (bituminous is too smoky for me), and actually has very low particulate emissions. But wood is always my preferred route. All we ever see around Idaho is bituminous, but it's less than 100/ton, so it's still used by some, stoker stoves seem to be in style right now.

Yup, its anthracite. 210/ton delivered. Easy 24 hour burns. Kinda why I went to coal. Not home enough to keep stove going with just wood.

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Yep go the free wood route. Unless you find it to be "work" rather than fun processing. Could always process and sell what you dont need. Even a cord of green wood should bring decent $.

Nope, not work, I actually enjoy it! Just not home enough to have "fun"

 

[AmbDrvr253]

You can always sell "extra" or give it away as abhorrent as that thought might be.

NO! MINE! LOL Sadly there are not as many wood burners around as one would think.

 

[kennyp2339]

Do you have friends near by that solely burn wood? If so maybe make the ultimate hook up deal, get all the wood they need dumped at their place, they cut split and stack it, part of the deal is you get your cord / cord and a half out of it every year no questions asked.
Everyone wins, the delivery guy has a place to dump (and feels good that he's helping heat a house) your friend gets all free wood, you get your small portion without splitting, without the mess in your yard.