Are you ready for the winter? Let's see your firewood stack!

[TIMMYDUCK]

Some of my totes

 

[MF243RedTop]

You y'all keep posting pics of firewood in totes .is going to make find and or spend some $$$

 

[MF243RedTop]

I did see a YouTube video of a guy free-handing a board cut with a chainsaw,,

The difference was he stood the log up, and cut straight down!!
It seemed to be much easier than going along horizontally,

I laid it up on some sawhorses and had it stationary....used the tip of the bar sort of with the rest of the bar almost parallel to the log to cut a starter cut down the entire log ..about only a 1/2" or so deep ..then started over with a cut through the entire log on that side trying to keep as much of the bar in the log as possible if that makes sense... But having tip angled down through the log and just kept the saw as straight as possible ..the starter cut was my guide ...it was just a rough 4x4 post but turned out ok for my uses..
Repeated on the other 3 sides..
Something like this..

 

[Oaktree]

A red oak fell in one of my fields,, my neighbor is splitting it up for firewood,,
It is 30 inches in diameter, 30 feet "up", just before the fork.

How many winters of firewood do you think it will produce?
My neighbor has cut up the "branches", and he thinks he has more than a years worth out of the branches,,

Maybe not multiple years, but even this far north it would last quite a while!
i wish we had more oak up this way...we're about at the northern limit to where it grows. Got a few red oaks on my property but that's it. Mostly maple, beech, ash & birch (for hardwoods).

That's a helluva stack of wood you got there!

Yeah. The grapple load I bought last winter was a bit bigger than usual. No complaints, I like to stay a couple years ahead on firewood so I don't have to deal with cutting/splitting every year.

 

[brutus54]

We got 20 facecord of red oak, white oak and ash put up in the woodshed. Most winters we will use 14 to 18 facecord. Woodstove is our only heat source so don't want to run out. Our delivery guy says dont call me after the snow flies and expect me to plow my wood yard because you didn't order enough to get through to winter.

 

[deezler]

This works well for me. I harvest logs as long as possible in the woods. Usually 20 to 30 ft. in length. Then they are cut to length right at the log splitter. I split and load into totes. The totes are them moved with a forklift. Each tote is good for about two weeks of heat. Should be good to go this year.

This is more or less my own process as well. (very odd to see you stacking the split wood on end, though! haha) - Bring logs out of the forest (I usually cut to 8-10' long and carry the logs sideways in my grapple, no skidding through dirt) to a pile near the splitter, cut to lengths, split, and straight into totes. Sometimes I cut rounds and toss into the same IBC totes first, so that I can fork them right up to my splitter and not have to bend over again, or at least speed up the splitting when I have helpers ready to work.

I struggled to keep the wood in my IBC totes dry for a few years - even with plywood or other basic lids over them, the sides of the firewood pieces still easily got wet during storms. And then if I tarped the entire IBC totes off, the wood would get moldy underneath.

So I had this metal carport put up for a few thousand bucks to give me some permanent shelter. This pic is from last year but I have about the same supply now. Got 7 or 8 empty IBCs that I need to fill up with split wood ASAP, to start seasoning for next winter. We only burn ~2.5-4 cords (8-12 face cords) in our efficient little 1650 sq ft house each winter, depending on temps and sunshine - sole heating source.

 

[Oaktree]

Our delivery guy says dont call me after the snow flies and expect me to plow my wood yard because you didn't order enough to get through to winter.

Most of the firewood dealers around here are generally sold out (or close to it) by Labor Day. Anything that late in the season is going to be green.
The guy I get my wood from is in the trucking business. He contracts with loggers to move/sell what they cut so he has wood when he has it.

So I had this metal carport put up for a few thousand bucks to give me some permanent shelter.

How does something like that hold up under a snow load? Looks a little flimsy, and not much pitch on the roof.

 

[deezler]

How does something like that hold up under a snow load? Looks a little flimsy, and not much pitch on the roof.

It's very flimsy, but in a wind-protected spot so I don't worry much. The roof pitch is in the 2/12 - 3/12 range I think, BUT, the ribs on the steel panels go sideways - so snow never sheds. This is really dumb, but it's the cheapest way for them to make it. You can pay another 20-30% to get the steel panels run in the correct roof direction, which should be stronger overall. And you can get a 12-gauge metal frame instead of the 14-gauge I went with.

Mine has never had more than a few inches of snow on it, our southern Michigan winters are not very serious these days. In New Hampshire, I would probably worry about a 2-3' nor'easter dump taking it down, for sure.

 

[dj1701]

Well, I don't heat with wood. I have been using coal for 14 years. Roughly the same price per ton as pellets but twice the BTU.
My neighbor sells it, so he just backs in and dumps it in the barn for me.

 

[deezler]

Well, I don't heat with wood. I have been using coal for 14 years. Roughly the same price per ton as pellets but twice the BTU.
My neighbor sells it, so he just backs in and dumps it in the barn for me.

Your neighbor sells coal?

How do you get it from the barn to the stove?