Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[farmer steve]

I must have been absent that day... What's the running joke about burning spruce?

Best farwood in Nova Scotia.
EDIT. No joke.

 

[woodchip rookie]

I havent burnt more wood this year. Just didnt put up enough.

 

[woodchip rookie]

where the 'feeling smug' emoji?

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Last years 9 months of heating and all the summer rains got me all out of synch.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

For the record my arse hasn't left the porch today! Will bring in some wood later but I'm done working out in this sub zero crap for the year!

 

[KiwiBro]

I must have been absent that day... What's the running joke about burning spruce?

spruce snow joke

 

[dancan]

I must have been absent that day... What's the running joke about burning spruce?

Low ash , dries fast , lotsa heat

 

[muddstopper]

1.5-2 cord[emoji15][emoji15]

I thought i was conservative with 6 in mid Michigan.


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No joke. Usually I am around 4 cords. I didnt have more than one or two fires before Christmas. Kept a 24/7 fire thru Jan and almost nothing in Feb. Last year I mowed my grass twice before March 1. I need to mow the grass now but its a mudhole in the yard. I have about a facecord in my basement that I am wondering if it will get burnt before I have to take it back to the woodshed. Makes my wood pile look well ahead for next season, but it will probably turn cold and I will run out.

 

[Saiso]

No joke. Usually I am around 4 cords. I didnt have more than one or two fires before Christmas. Kept a 24/7 fire thru Jan and almost nothing in Feb. Last year I mowed my grass twice before March 1. I need to mow the grass now but its a mudhole in the yard. I have about a facecord in my basement that I am wondering if it will get burnt before I have to take it back to the woodshed. Makes my wood pile look well ahead for next season, but it will probably turn cold and I will run out.

Grass? We have around 5 ft of snow without drifts. Another 15 Cm tomorrow to add to the pile

 

[farmer steve]

No joke. Usually I am around 4 cords. I didnt have more than one or two fires before Christmas. Kept a 24/7 fire thru Jan and almost nothing in Feb. Last year I mowed my grass twice before March 1. I need to mow the grass now but its a mudhole in the yard. I have about a facecord in my basement that I am wondering if it will get burnt before I have to take it back to the woodshed. Makes my wood pile look well ahead for next season, but it will probably turn cold and I will run out.

looks like chilly temps at nite down your way next couple of days.

 

[KiwiBro]

Well said video, but there wasn't an emoticon for that lol .

 

[U&A]

Went to a few local antique shops today and FINALLY got what i was looking for to match my nickel door!!

Im super excited [emoji23][emoji23]. Been looking for the right one for months.

$24

I also made a kinda 3D stainless trivet to set it on.

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[turnkey4099]

We’re in the same boat buddy. Thought we were good for this winter but seems like I’ll run short half a cord ish.

I have burned way more wood than normal. Just moved the last of the woodsehed wood to the back porch. Never had to do that in the past 40 years! Only have about a weeeks worth on the portch now. Just spent 2 hours on the snow blower plowing wagon roads into my stock in the pasture so I can start hauling as soon as I finish here.

1st week of March and the weather would be normal for first week of January. Not supposed to be any snow out there now but I'm plowing 1' on level and a lot more through drifts.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

I havent burnt more wood this year. Just didnt put up enough.

It takes some effort the first year or 2 but I keep 2-3 years of wood split and another years worth sitting there waiting to be split. Then I can cut and split thru the year at a non backbreaking pace to refill. If I would happen to get sick or hurt I don’t have to worry.

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

Low ash , dries fast , lotsa heat

Thank you for the information. That's good to know.

 

[dancan]

Thank you for the information. That's good to know.

I have a friend that manages a local hardware store that was bought by Lowes up here , Eastern Embers was the brand of wood pellets that got the least complaints , mostly made of spruce sawdust from mills , he'd get complaints about ash buildup from the manufacturers that advertised "Premium Hardwood" lol

 

[rarefish383]

I was trying to scrounge a rope from the cell tower guys that have been working here the last 2 weeks. They told me the one they were using was close to $600. There were using it to haul new antennae up the tower.

They may have been using 7/8 or 1", and those big steel towers are about 200'. If the rope had to go through a pulley and back down you might be talking a 4-500' hank. Clarence just bought a hank of 1/2" rated at 9,000 pounds from Baileys for something like $139. I forget if he said it was 150 or 200'.

 

[woodchip rookie]

It takes some effort the first year or 2 but I keep 2-3 years of wood split and another years worth sitting there waiting to be split. Then I can cut and split thru the year at a non backbreaking pace to refill. If I would happen to get sick or hurt I don’t have to worry.

I had enough split. Just not enough under roof. The oak I cut last winter seems to be doing ok as long as I get it in the house and staged next to the stove.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

I had enough split. Just not enough under roof. The oak I cut last winter seems to be doing ok as long as I get it in the house and staged next to the stove.

That had to make a quick load!

 

[U&A]

I had enough split. Just not enough under roof. The oak I cut last winter seems to be doing ok as long as I get it in the house and staged next to the stove.

Theres a lot of work in that tree eh.

Is that a 390?


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