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skid | 03-19-2010 01:44 AM
How much wood have you burned this winter? I'm halfway through my 5th cord of hardwood. We burn maple, alder, and birch. Birch is the heaviest and densest wood here besides the more rare native dogwoods and cherries. I don't typically burn softwoods as they are used for lumber and fence posts. I do use cedar for kindling though

mightymanx | 03-19-2010 01:59 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? I use a cord a month. I burn pine, cedar and alder. I live in softwood country so that is what is available. I don't mind burning the softwoods they are abundant and don't put out much creasote. Not to mention I can get as much as I want for free locally because of all the blowdowns and such.

BellevueBully | 03-19-2010 03:20 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? 5.5 cords of maple. Central Ontario. Mild winter. Also around 200bucks of oil.

Tn...Andy | 03-19-2010 05:34 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Put that new stove in mid December and cut my use about in half.....typically, we used about 5-6 cords per winter, and went to 4 this year. For an entire heating season, I expect about 2 1/2-3 cords next year.

BellevueBully | 03-19-2010 05:40 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by Tn...Andy (Post 2233704) Put that new stove in mid December and cut my use about in half.....typically, we used about 5-6 cords per winter, and went to 4 this year. For an entire heating season, I expect about 2 1/2-3 cords next year.
What stove did you put in Andy?

Tn...Andy | 03-19-2010 06:39 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Regency brand fireplace insert. "Hearth Heater" model.

BellevueBully | 03-19-2010 06:46 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? 2 cords? Wow. My back would like that a lot.

mick silver | 03-19-2010 06:48 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? i used about 4 cords this winter . i have already started on my wood for this coming winter . we put up a cord this week . i have almost two cords left from this past winter . i will put up 8 cords in the next few weeks an i am done . i alway cut an bust up more then i need , you just never know how bad a winter can be

Victor | 03-19-2010 08:37 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Hair over 3 cords. Little over 50 lbs coal and about 75 gallon of fuel oil.

Professur | 03-19-2010 10:44 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Bellvue, There's a farm I pass on the way to the office that's got a sign out ...$20 a corde.

Fatboy | 03-19-2010 12:53 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2234071) Bellvue, There's a farm I pass on the way to the office that's got a sign out ...$20 a corde.
If it's hardwood, for $20.00 a cord, my equipment would stay in the storage building! I would think between gas for the saw and splitter, 2 cycle mix, diesel fuel for the tractor, say nothing about wear and tear on equipment, one would have to have at least $5.00 in supplies. If I can't make more than $15.00 an hour, (even cutting up tops) I wouldn't sell it, but I sure would buy it.

brewer | 03-19-2010 01:22 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? 3.5 cords this season, colder than normal temps in Feb. here in SE Oh. Hardwood fuel burned in a massive custom masonry wood stove, heated a 1300 sq. ft. rock home. The front of the home is oriented to the south for solar gain with about 150 sq. ft. of windows. Time to restock for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. Good luck

Armed.peasant | 03-19-2010 02:04 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? 3.5 to 4 for us. It has been a cold winter here and we had a large amount of soft wood mixxed in from tops left over from logs for my sawmill. We had some cherry and oak we used for night time fires. Almost have half of what we need cut and stacked for the next winter, hope to have 2 years ahead by mid summer.

Mantokir | 03-19-2010 03:50 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? None... that's one benefit about living down south.

hoarder | 03-19-2010 04:23 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Almost 3 cords of pine since Oct 2009 in Montana. There is much to be said for thick insulation and smaller windows.

coinpage | 03-19-2010 04:49 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? zero, OP forgot 0 in the poll

Government Chee-tos | 03-19-2010 04:58 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Burned 2-2.5 face cords. Exchanged about 25.

SilverCat | 03-19-2010 05:45 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Zero here also.

BellevueBully | 03-19-2010 09:51 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2234071) Bellvue, There's a farm I pass on the way to the office that's got a sign out ...$20 a corde.
I think $20 is francaise pour $200. Monsieur oublier un zero. lol How's my french?:banana:

Professur | 03-19-2010 11:09 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? If you were discussing sliced potatos you fried it.

BellevueBully | 03-19-2010 11:12 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by Professur (Post 2235126) If you were discussing sliced potatos you fried it.
Ahaaaa. Pommes frites!! Ce bon!!:applause_

skid | 03-19-2010 11:43 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? One of my many projects this year is to build a new wood shed, twice the size of my existing one which holds 8 cords. My firewood would be better if it had another year to dry. My new one will hold 16 plus cords. Once the gardens are in, it's the next thing on my list. The Stihl 066 is raring to get back to work...

ShirleyUGeste | 03-20-2010 07:44 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? We've had an exceptionally mild winter here in Spokane: lightest snowfall on record and unbelievably mild temperatures. I think we only went sub-zero one night. We heat exclusively with firewood, but so far we've only used about three cords in a fifty-year-old very drafty house. Good news for us, bad news for Julian! BTW, for anyone here in the Spokane area, Julian is a GREAT source for firewood. Cut, split, delivered (on time), more-than-fair prices (never even $5 more than he quoted), good quality wood, and exceedingly "plump" cords (no shortages.) Sorry for inserting an advertisement here, Mods, but the guy is good and he's honest. Gramma and I won't buy anywhere else. Three cheers for a reliable resource! :clap2::clap2::clap2:

foolsgold | 03-20-2010 08:35 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? I have a 2000 sq ft home and my stove is very efficient so I burnt about 4 cord, all oak. Great wood it leaves little ash and has many BTUs you can tell by the weight of a piece as you handle it. I still have unburnt wood, but as the days get warmer I turn the oil burner on and let modern technology do the work. The stove is a Lopi Liberty....http://www.lopistoves.com/product_gu...il.aspx?id=211 I live in NYS north of NYC where winters can be quite cold. http://goldismoney.info/forums/pictu...pictureid=1708

skid | 03-20-2010 11:29 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by foolsgold (Post 2235996) I still have unburnt wood, but as the days get warmer I turn the oil burner on and let modern technology do the work.
I hear ya. It's getting to be a pain to light a fire every day now instead of having one going all the time. I now light one in the morning which keeps us toasty, but am considering calling it done for the season and letting the propane boiler do the work from here on in as required. I have a Regency like Tennessee Andy, but mine's a wood stove in the basement which heats the whole house.

BellevueBully | 03-21-2010 12:06 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? I've gone to oil for the most part also. If we get into a snap of weather that will be cold for 7-10 days, I'll probably fire her up again, but I find the house gets way too warm if the temps outside are moderate.

puller738 | 03-21-2010 09:43 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Just purchased a lopi endeavor and it should be installed by the end of the month. Been cutting wood in preparation. The work of trying to stay warm next winter begins.:cooler: I was going to wait until the fall to get the stove, however thanks to all you crazy (SHTF) paranoid people I became convinced that I had better not wait that long as you never know what tomorrow brings and being able to heat with wood in the winter is a huge plus.:36_1_63:

scyth | 03-21-2010 05:05 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Just a little bit over two cords. Last year it was 3 1/2. The weatherliars are saying it is the warmest winter On the Olympic Peninsula since they started keeping records............ Quien sabe? scyth

SAUM | 03-22-2010 10:23 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? 800 gallons of coal. Not sure how many pounds that is but I keep the coal in 100 gallon stock tanks. I started slacking because I was too busy to keep the fire lit in from Jan until now. It definitely saves me a lot of money when I keep up with it because the coal is free.

JJ_ | 03-22-2010 11:14 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? I don't BBQ as much in the winter.. so.. maybe a quarter cord of pecan?:banana: :biggrin:

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skid | 03-23-2010 01:57 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by scyth (Post 2236944) Just a little bit over two cords. Last year it was 3 1/2. The weatherliars are saying it is the warmest winter On the Olympic Peninsula since they started keeping records............ Quien sabe? scyth
I'm just north of you and we had a very mild winter as well. We usually get some snow, but this year we got none. The kids were looking forward to tobogganing (sp?), and never got a chance. There's lots of snow up in the mountains though...

Ralleia | 03-23-2010 09:18 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? I didn't take the poll because we burned through our cord of wood and then just went ahead and used the natural gas, since the gas was so inexpensive this year. We have a high-efficiency furnace, so in spite of the relatively brutal winter, we never had a gas bill over $100. In a normal winter we could harvest more seasoned wood from our acres through the season, but this winter we had several feet of snow that never melted, and were pretty much immobilized from January through early March. We saved emergency wood though (since the gas furnace won't work if the electricity goes out), which we're burning now that the snow has melted off. The wood stove is a wonderful space heater/cook surface/humidifier/compactor.

beercritic | 03-26-2010 05:17 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? One or two of those 1500 watt oil filled heaters, as needed. 2000 square feet. 20 foot ceiling. Gotta love the thermal mass of a monolithic dome.

mtnman | 03-26-2010 05:28 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Well it was cold as heck here this winter! I heat 7500 sq ft. I'm not really sure how many cords I burnt but I do know I went through 25 tons of Oak, Hickory and Ash this year! Sure hope next year is warmer!

skid | 03-26-2010 09:58 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnman (Post 2245689) Well it was cold as heck here this winter! I heat 7500 sq ft. I'm not really sure how many cords I burnt but I do know I went through 25 tons of Oak, Hickory and Ash this year! Sure hope next year is warmer!
You're the winner so far. Holy smokes!

mtnman | 03-26-2010 10:14 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by skid (Post 2246046) You're the winner so far. Holy smokes!
It sounds like a lot but it's one tri axle logging truck full of hardwood pulp.

mick silver | 03-27-2010 12:22 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? just got four truck load of oak today for 50 bucks it was cut but not quarter . i almost put up 9 cords in the last four weeks . i am hoping to have enough for a couple of years so i can set back an do other things beside wood . if the guy come by with more i will buy it too . it a lot less work this way and i save my trees for later . it was colder here longer also in ky

Fatboy | 03-27-2010 08:09 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnman (Post 2245689) Well it was cold as heck here this winter! I heat 7500 sq ft. I'm not really sure how many cords I burnt but I do know I went through 25 tons of Oak, Hickory and Ash this year! Sure hope next year is warmer!
+ - 10 cord. Probably about right, you are heating A LOT of space. http://extension.usu.edu/forestry/Ho...ngWithWood.htm

woodman | 03-27-2010 09:34 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? I probably burned about 15 cord this winter. I use the stove year round for hot water but it doesn't use much except for heating the home.

mtnman | 03-27-2010 11:12 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by Fatboy (Post 2246409) + - 10 cord. Probably about right, you are heating A LOT of space. http://extension.usu.edu/forestry/Ho...ngWithWood.htm
+-10 is what another firewood cutter told me too. What I heat is a 60x120x12 metal building with an apartment in one end. The stove's in the apartment and the escaping heat keeps the building some what warm.

scholarcoon | 03-27-2010 11:42 PM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Quote:
Originally Posted by Tn...Andy (Post 2233738) Regency brand fireplace insert. "Hearth Heater" model.
I've been looking for a good fireplace insert. You recommend it obviously?

Tn...Andy | 03-28-2010 12:05 AM
Re: How much wood have you burned this winter? Yes, but be aware it sticks out quite a ways....you need a deep hearth to use it.

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