tom reinbolt
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Felled a dying ash tree--real nice 14 inch diameter straight as an arrow tree. The top cracked off upon impact, so there was no clean up of that. Pulled the tree with my front loader to my splitting area, bucked and split it about 30 minutes ago.
Makes me wonder--I did all in about 2 hours today--it helps when the tree is 50 feet away from my stacking pile. Here's the rub--I burn probably 4 cords a year--let's assume 5 for safety.
5 cords is about 15 hours worth of work--let's round up to 20 hours figuring fatigue and hassle.
I can sell a cord for $200. So in essence, it would cost me $1000 a year in firewood, plus fuel for the saws/splitter, and chains, etc.
In three days I can cut/split/stack all the firewood I need for a year.
My salary in three days can't touch what I would pay for propane for the year--I would fill up 3 times a year if I did not have a wood burning furnace. It's about $800 a fill up--I don't know what next year's propane will cost.
So I would spend $2400 on propane per year plus the cost of the wood--I "earn" $3400 in about 20 hours.
Makes me wonder--I did all in about 2 hours today--it helps when the tree is 50 feet away from my stacking pile. Here's the rub--I burn probably 4 cords a year--let's assume 5 for safety.
5 cords is about 15 hours worth of work--let's round up to 20 hours figuring fatigue and hassle.
I can sell a cord for $200. So in essence, it would cost me $1000 a year in firewood, plus fuel for the saws/splitter, and chains, etc.
In three days I can cut/split/stack all the firewood I need for a year.
My salary in three days can't touch what I would pay for propane for the year--I would fill up 3 times a year if I did not have a wood burning furnace. It's about $800 a fill up--I don't know what next year's propane will cost.
So I would spend $2400 on propane per year plus the cost of the wood--I "earn" $3400 in about 20 hours.