I got wood and it got cold

[bassman]

I have been #####ing about not having any wood and burn times ect and the last few days my wood guy that I thought was dead showed up with core after cord of good dry black popalar .
now I know black popalar is the lowest grade of wood around here but its dry and I always say dry is good.
today it is minus 29c and has been about that for the last 3 days .. my burn times with this dry black popalar is 12 to 16 hours 12 during the night with the most demand and 16 during the day .
I AM HAPPY

 

[aandabooks]

I'm glad you are warm and happy. At that temp, those burn times don't sound too bad. Better burning low grade wood than paying for fuel.

Matt

 

[Deadman]

Heat is heat! Do what u gota do.
I'd rather be burning wood, no matter the species.

 

[computeruser]

When I read this thread's title I thought it might be a discussion about marital disharmony...

Glad they finally delivered your firewood, though. -29c would not be fun to deal with without it!

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I'm glad that you got something to burn and are happy. And it's good to hear that your wood guy ain't dead! :greenchainsaw:

 

[PLAYINWOOD]

minus 29? whew..
Where do you live Bassman ?
Black poplar. I've never heard of that species, do you have a pic ?
I'm glad things are warm...being cold or buying petroleum products don't make a fellow happy...

 

[bassman]

I live in yorkton sask.
I will post a pic of black popalar .
around here we have white and black popalar mainly with some birch a few elm but the dutch elm disease is taking care of them and alot of farmer planted evergreen which would be spruce.
If you see a ad in the paper for wood it is 90% white popalar and the rest birch the popalar sell for $50 to $100 for a half ton you load it up load and the birch starts at about the $175 and goes up.
Hard to find a guy that will deliver and if they do they are just delivering small half ton loads and the guys that I call wood guys are running 3 tons and are in the logging business that is about 3 hours away but have some sort of bought or home made processor that brings the delivered price down to around $75 for a full cord.
I have talked to my wood guy from last year and he is quitting his trucking job to sell wood full time next year .
whatever happens in the end I don't care as long as I have good dry wood to burn.
Today it is warming up to around minus 15c and I can deal with that .

thanks for the replies as it is nice to hear from people that also heat with wood and understand what I feel like .
tell a regular home owner running gas and he says to just crank up the heat .... they just dont get it.

 

[Adkpk]

Well that's better than, "I got cold and I got wood".:jester:

 

[beerman6]

I hate having cold wood.

 

[ericjeeper]

have you tried

Soaking it in cider? in side her

 

[beerman6]

every chance I get