Finally got around to ordering the wood for the winter. It's a bit later than I wanted, but I have 1 cord that's been stacked since November. That should buy me some extra drying time. I used a new wood guy; a recomendation from a neighbor who's done some work on our house (he's a contractor, so he knows a bunch of people). He was a little more than the going rate by about $20 a cord. But he cut it to 18" for me and 95% of the wood was straight, no knot splits...good stuff IMHO.
I'm going into my 3rd year burning..and still can't ID stuff really well. There was some white birch in there, but not much. I'll try and get better pics later. My wife, who is a saint, helped me stack. We managed to this done in about 2.5 hours yesterday. Not only was it heavy, it was wet due to all the rain we've had in VT as of late. But I'm thrilled it's off the ground and hopefully the dry weather this week will get the seasoning going.
I had set up the skids/pallets last weekend, so it was just a matter of moving and stacking. For seasoning, I prefer single row stacking, but did double to save on space. In addition to the ATV and trailer, my wife used the wheelbarrow.
I'm going into my 3rd year burning..and still can't ID stuff really well. There was some white birch in there, but not much. I'll try and get better pics later. My wife, who is a saint, helped me stack. We managed to this done in about 2.5 hours yesterday. Not only was it heavy, it was wet due to all the rain we've had in VT as of late. But I'm thrilled it's off the ground and hopefully the dry weather this week will get the seasoning going.
I had set up the skids/pallets last weekend, so it was just a matter of moving and stacking. For seasoning, I prefer single row stacking, but did double to save on space. In addition to the ATV and trailer, my wife used the wheelbarrow.
