Drying Firewood

[Johnp33]

My wood shed is similar to that, it has a metal roof, with vents across the back. It gets up to 110 F hear and is a very dry climate near desert.
The rest of my wood next years is in a garage. It was cut dry and will get a year to sit.
Many people around hear have an open shed and store it for many years. Others get a logging truck load and cut it yearly what ever they think they will use and just cover the pile of logs.
I will cut the year afters wood in the spring, spit and stack it, about 6 cord, maybe 8.
If i use cut wood to heat my shop I have a 10 x 30 shed for that.

 

[retiredmgn]

If you can find customers gullible enough to purchase wood by the ton, leave it at 50 percent and give um a real good screwin.:laughing:

Pal, you are the absolute definition of a, 'Prick'. But of course such an estimation would neither matter to you or register.

 

[thatguy]

Pal, you are the absolute definition of a, 'Prick'. But of course such an estimation would neither matter to you or register.

I am 99 and 44/100% sure the remark was meant as a joke.. Hence the laughing smiley..


Brian

 

[murphy1244]

I am 99 and 44/100% sure the remark was meant as a joke.. Hence the laughing smiley..


Brian

I sure hope sooo. I have learned alot about firewood today some of witch I could do with out. But I bought 6 cords of wet wood this year for 175.00 a cord. Needless to say I will not be doing bidness withthis shyster again. Thanks all.:thumbsup:Anyone out there sell wood around Media Ohio???

 

[Short Game]

When I first moved north and was just a dumb 21 year old kid from L.A. without a clue, I got burned nearly every time I bought wood. I got myself a saw that I didn't know how to sharpen or maintain and ran it to death. I never sold wood. It just seemed like so much work to get my own. I'm not big and strong and never was. There are too many other ways to make a buck, except in bad years.

But anyway, when you and yours are scraping by, and without heat in a cold wet winter, and you put out hard-gotten money for a short cord of wet hemlock, it makes you want to kill. I remember a winter like that and not only did I get stung, but a neighbor of mine, a Spanish/American War vet, got a load of the same crap. The bastard who sold us that worthless wood was lucky I was a pacifist.

I can still picture old Gene with his wood cook stove, the oven door open and the racks full of the wet wood, steaming, trying to get it dry enough to move to the firebox, while me and my old lady were across the street doing much the same. We sat there with him in his cold kitchen while he told us of coming to that neighborhood as a kid, by canoe, with an Indian guide, before there were any roads. Cheating an old man like that for a few bucks was way over the top.

 

[LD1]

I sure hope sooo. I have learned alot about firewood today some of witch I could do with out. But I bought 6 cords of wet wood this year for 175.00 a cord. Needless to say I will not be doing bidness withthis shyster again. Thanks all.:thumbsup:Anyone out there sell wood around Media Ohio???

That sounds pretty high, especially if you are getting shysted

Down here, the only place we see those kind of prices is columbus. 175-200 seems the norm down there.

But in my area and mansfield-galion area (I am a little south of there), prices are in the 120-150/cord range.

I dont sell much though. Maybe 15 cord/year. As much as I care to cut anyway. But if I had enough to sell to new customers, and if (BIG IF) I had a way to haul 6 cord at a time, It would be worth my drive all the way t medina for 175/cord

 

[Johnp33]

I have a PJ 14 ft dump trailer, I bought it to haul rock from my yard when I was building my shop/fruit stand.
I normally cut and split the wood in the bush, it cuts down on the mess. I have extensions on the sides about 1 ft, when stacked and tied in I can get an easy 3 cord, I back up to where I want to stack it open the doors, remove the back couple of rows. Close the doors lift the box, the doors come to mid thighs and unload the rest.
I do not sell wood yet but one never knows the future? At three cord it is worth it to drive.

 

[Scotty Dive]

anyone use one of the HF Moisture meters with any luck for firewood?

Digital Mini Moisture Meter

 

[grnspot110]

I don't worry about needing a moisture meter! I cut my wood one year ahead of use, stack it at the farm until late Summer/Fall, when I bring it home, split it then. This method has worked well for me for 30+ years. Wood kept more than a year gets dirty to handle (loose bark) anyway!

I'm nearly finished with next years pile now. ~~ grnspot

 

[Sutol]

I leave logs two years over here or they dont burn hot enough, must be the climate not drying the sap out. They start to crack after about 18 months and then they are ready.

I use mostly old pallet wood which is dry and burns mighty hot and its easy to collect and free and I can usually pick a few good pallets out of the scrap to sell on which makes it even cheaper:laughing: