mga
wandering
i try to stay 2 years ahead.
So, at what point do you scroungers call it "enough?"
for me, when they start putting the pallets down over the hole that my casket is in..............................Frustrated as hell right now as I would love to be out cutting, but had a new left knee joint installed last wednesday. no playin in the bush until this fall @ a minimum. did spent the xtra $20. though, and had the Doc install 2 grease fittings on this one. Only got 62 years out of the original.................................LOL
I'd have to say enough is when you no longer need to take (or get) any wood that you really don't want. When you can be selective about what you take & how far you'll go for wood, you're set. Doesn't mean I'm gonna stop cutting, though
I gotta agree with steve on this one. It's nice to have the luxury of being selective on what you take home and what you burn given the outside weather. I'm finally at the point where I don't have to take home any crotches or nasties if I don't want them. Or if taking all of it is a condition...they go on the fire pit pile. Hard work does pay off!
A friend of mine tries to get his "this year" wood done by Halloween.
You might have enough wood when you look at your windows and you can't see your front yard :msp_tongue:
I've recently started a few stacks of pine...to save the good stuff for when the temps really drop. My getting ahead hasn't turned me into a wood snob - yet. Right now Im in the experimental phase, dabling in the "lesser" woods since I have the security net all set up. That, and it's fun to see my neighbor get all in a twist when he sees me splitting pine...on more than one occasion he told me Im gonna burn my house down. I just smile and wave. He thinks Im the moron, but he pays for his wood.
A friend of mine tries to get his "this year" wood done by Halloween.
Show him this, proves pine is used for firewood all over, and it doesn't burn peoples houses down. Burning green anything wood with the damper closed and not cleaning the chimney burns houses down, or at least causes chimney fires and not all chimney fires burn houses down. And that can happen with oak or whatever..
Not using pine is east coast junk science. Like believing hoop snakes will bite their tails and form a hoop and roll down the street and chase you.
pine firewood cord site:craigslist.org - Google Search
Never enough wood! Here in western KS its relatively dry so rotting is not a problem with just a small amount of air able to get thru it. My wife and parents wonder why I keep bringing it home but this winter it won't be an issue. Hauled 3 16' car trailer loads in just yesterday of mostly cottonwood but 1 load of elm and a small amount of mulberry. I just try to sort out the stuff that needs burnt 1st when I process it and split and stack the rest. Where we live you take wood when you can get it, not that many trees around and the tree cutters go in cycles around here. The last 2 years there has been quite a few dead elms and misc trees taken out but next year there may be none or I may be too busy to go get it. Its always great to have a little extra to sell or donate if there is someone in need that cannot cut there own. We use 6-8 cord in the house in a normal winter and 2-3 cord in the shop so it goes away pretty fast.
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