What does Firewood really cost?

[blueriver]

#7-#21 shoveling a path in the snow to get to the wood pile :laughing:

There be no shoveling here!!!

 

[DennisArrow]

#8 Turning the ashes dumped on the garden INTO the garden


Sittin up here in my A frame loft at 90 degrees with a smallish fire going in my new Harman top loader............I need to learn how to use it as compared to my old Waterford that I used for 11 years it really PUTS OUT THE HEAT..........It's 36 outside and I just turned on the attic fan to cool this place down........God is sooooo good.......Dennis

 

[carpenter383]

So far no one has mentioned two of the best reasons for heating with wood. No sales tax, and being self sufficient! Why support the saudi's if you don't have to?

 

[Mudfarmer]

Some guys go skiin in the wonter. I go to the woodlot. The beer after tastes just as good.:thumbsup:
Mf

 

[Marveltone]

As an added bonus, I can also cook on my wood stove. We have made plenty a pot of soup or chili with wood heat. Popcorn too! Besides the griddle on the top, it also has a stainless steel meat grill! Nothing beats grilling on a -20 degree January evening in the comfort of your own home. :thumbsup:

Joe

 

[Sackett2]

Boy times have changed. Growing up in Oregon, and dad working in a lumber mill for 30 years; wood heat was 50% of our heat. Douglas fir was the common wood, but occasionally we would get a permit to go on logging land and get some oak or madrone. Dad was always bringing home wood from the mill and my brother an I had to split it (as needed) and keep the front porch with enough wood for a day at least. You know how hard it was for a 100 lb boy to swing a splitting wedge?
Today, most the mills shut down and even tho there is still logging going on, the availability of firewood is hard to find. Dad and I are always looking for people who need a tree dropped for the firewood (and craft wood). Most of the logging areas are gated now, thanks to idiots who vandalize and dump trash.
Anyway, wood heat is now a standby and shop heat for us.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Boy times have changed. Growing up in Oregon, and dad working in a lumber mill for 30 years; wood heat was 50% of our heat. Douglas fir was the common wood, but occasionally we would get a permit to go on logging land and get some oak or madrone. Dad was always bringing home wood from the mill and my brother an I had to split it (as needed) and keep the front porch with enough wood for a day at least. You know how hard it was for a 100 lb boy to swing a splitting wedge?
Today, most the mills shut down and even tho there is still logging going on, the availability of firewood is hard to find. Dad and I are always looking for people who need a tree dropped for the firewood (and craft wood). Most of the logging areas are gated now, thanks to idiots who vandalize and dump trash.
Anyway, wood heat is now a standby and shop heat for us.

The woods are full of junk trees that small woodland owners would love to get rid of. The problem is our lawsuit happy culture. I have a friend who runs a small logging operation who decked up a couple acres of Madrone so people could cut it for firewood. One of the bozos he let cut got up on the pile and managed to break his leg. His insurance ended up paying two months wages plus medical for the idiot who broke his own leg. Then the insurance company cancelled his liability policy.

The lesson is, you can't afford to let the general public cut firewood on your land. When small woodland owners do stand conversion, they just kill out the undesirable species and let them rot.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

So far no one has mentioned two of the best reasons for heating with wood. No sales tax, and being self sufficient! Why support the saudi's if you don't have to?

No sales tax, no income tax, no payroll tax, no utility bills, and lots of healthful exercise. When the power goes out, your house is still warm and comfortable.

 

[s78wingrider]

least here in WV, And don't forget the fun of having that old 4x4 truck in a place most people in there right mine wouldn't wana walk, and making it back out with way to much on, thinking WOW I made it but I will never try that again :confused2:

 

[bdeboer]

I wanted to add one more cost. $37.99 for 1 gallon of Stihl Bar & Chain oil at the local JD dealer.