KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
How do you plan to do it?That's definitely sounding like a more achievable goal , than 1000 cords. We are going to try to hit that number, and see where we go from there!
How do you plan to do it?That's definitely sounding like a more achievable goal , than 1000 cords. We are going to try to hit that number, and see where we go from there!
Process the wood and leave in piles for a few months and once all the firewood is processed, then start stacking in the crates and moving it into a shed. Tall long rows of wood will dry faster than one big pile of wood and if it doesnt seem to be drying fast enough, take your loader and turn the piles over.
It is amazing how slow the wood will dry in the center " to be truthful it will not dry at all". We had a pile the same size as the one in the first pic I put up. We left that pile on the pad all winter, and did not put it away. There was still frozen chunks of wood in the center of the pile in May, the snow had been gone for over two month! That and the frog egg's and mold inside that pile was just nasty. We did sell that wood, but at a steep discount.
I personally don't like to leave that wood in a pile for more than a week. All of our good costumers chose us over the other guys because of our quality of wood. You will never get anything from us other than Red or White Oak, and that is one of the differences that separates us from the competition. We have friends that own tree removal business that sell firewood also. They just pile it up in the elements and scoop it out with a loaded. Yes their way of doing it takes a whole lot less work, but the costumers they have are not as picky about the quality of wood they burn. In one load they could get a whole assortment of different wood "soft maple, hard maple, cherry, oak, pine, half load of bark" and they pay accordingly for it.
Our goal is to deliver the cleanest best quality wood we can.
It sounds like you guys try to have a 1st rate product. How much more $ are you getting per cord of your premium wood, vs your buddies dirty junk?
I only ask because it seems like you guys have a ton more man hours invested. At some point, good enough needs to be good enough.
That's a nice pile of wood! You split that by hand or off a splitter?View attachment 411501 typical pile for me
The premium you advised is great, but as best I can tell (please correct me if wrong), the only differentiating factor is bark/dirt-free wood. Have I understood that correctly? I ask because why not just use a standard grill/grate off the conveyor, into crates and use the tumbler at the other end of the process - dump the crates into the tumbler which feeds the delivery trucks?Well about half the wood will be still stacked in crates. We have a specialized market with some more well off people that like to burn wood on the weekends "more for looks". In the skids there is no bark, and no dirt mixed with the wood. These guys pay more for the wood, but that's ok with them.
The premium you advised is great, but as best I can tell (please correct me if wrong), the only differentiating factor is bark/dirt-free wood. Have I understood that correctly?
About 30 min with my splitter and two helperThat's a nice pile of wood! You split that by hand or off a splitter?
You've misunderstood me (I will clarify) and not answered my other questions (as is your prerogative).No, our wood is only Red or white oak where the other firewood seller are mixing all types of wood in "pine, soft maple, ext". Not that these are necessarily bad woods to burn, just do not put of the same BTU's as say white oak per cord of wood "pine=15.9mbtu's vs white oaks 29mbtu's per cord".
Heck in the shoulder season's I burn pine that is well seasoned from my personal pile. I also keep some pine around for when my firebox gets full of coals. Rake the coals to the front, throw in a split of pine and open the air rod. I will burn the coals down really quick.
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