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[brokenknee]

I am utterly amazed with the amount of wood you all store, cut and use. Dam I'm glad I live in South GA. One stack of wood 5 ft high & 8 ft long last me all winter. If you can call that a winter.

We don't have to pay much to cool our place in our summers. :laughing:

 

[MotorSeven]

Best estimate was 7-8 cords last winter but 66' of my basement wall was uninsulated...it is now and I am hoping to knock a couple of three cords off this winter...we will see. Btw I heat only with wood.......

 

[kiotiken]

That is 12 FULL cords I went through last year, I buy a grapple load 10 full cord loads from a local logger $70 a cord, then cut and split myself. I do have forty acres but it is mostly poplar and pine, I do burn some of it.

Ya, it is pretty much a full time job, wife would feed it during the day, me nights and week ends. After two years of heating with nothing but wood was looking for other options. The new wood stove will be in the new addition we added this summer. I hope to have the wood stove installed by the end of the month. I added the pellet stove for the shoulder seasons and when we travel to the cities for a few days over the holidays.

This all went in one wood furnace, an old northern leader which is no longer made. I see you are from Ontario, do you burn wood full time? Around here 7 to 10 full cords is pretty much average, more for people that run the old smoke dragon boilers this is for full time wood burners. Last year was bad because spring just would not come.

Wow, that's a lot of wood. Yes I burn wood full time and get most of my heat from it, the rest comes from passive solar heating and a ground source heat pump that kicks on in the middle of the night. I heat about 2500 sq/ft with a Napoleon NZ26 fireplace (Napoleon NZ26 Wood Burning Fireplace EPA Tax Credit Applies - YouTube). There is a gravity feed duct that runs to the master bedroom on the second floor and a duct with an in line fan that draws air down to the basement and through the furnace (central heating option). I worked at home for about 8 years so I was able to feed it constantly but even now that I'm working outside the house, the fire typically only goes out if we're away for a weekend. The most I was able to burn was about 15 face cord or 5 full cord but usually use 10 - 12 face cord.

I order log trucks as well but a full log truck only gives me 7 full cords (give or take) or between 20 and 24 face cord. It is enough to last 2 years. Are you ordering a truck with pup or is it a full size tractor trailer load? I'm gearing up for another load this year. I once ordered two loads to get it done for several years and said I'd never do that again, but I'm considering it again, how quickly you forget the pain.

 

[Kyle241]

That is a heck of a lot of wood to go through in a winter. Last year we went through 4-5 face cords only however we have a masonry heater, not a wood stove and only need to burn max of two fires a day even when it's -25c (-13f).

 

[Lloyd_E]

That is 12 FULL cords I went through last year, I buy a grapple load 10 full cord loads from a local logger $70 a cord, then cut and split myself. I do have forty acres but it is mostly poplar and pine, I do burn some of it.


Up here we pay $110-$120 per cord for 8' lengths - 8-10 cords per load.

 

[mikehaugen]

This interesting, I didn't know that you could buy wood that way. I'll have to check into that. Seems like a substantial savings. Around here they wsnt around $100 for a face-cord!

 

[JerryK]

We can buy it in 10 or twenty cord loads, either just the truck or a truck with pup trailer [ 10 each ]. Warning, them trucks are REAL heavy when loaded...... !!! Plan ahead and keep them off any driveway that can't take the torment....

 

[mikehaugen]

Do they unload usually? Not sure how big of a log my tractor would be able to lift off one of those trucks.

 

[kiotiken]

Up here we pay $110-$120 per cord for 8' lengths - 8-10 cords per load.

The least I've paid is $750 and the most was $1000 for a log truck full. Like I say, between 20 - 24 face cord depending on how big the logs are.

This interesting, I didn't know that you could buy wood that way. I'll have to check into that. Seems like a substantial savings. Around here they wsnt around $100 for a face-cord!

It's sometimes easier to find gold around here. It's WAY cheaper than buying it cut and split by the cord, except you need a good saw with all the trimmings and a log splitter. If you burn enough, it makes sense, otherwise it's not worth the hassle.

 

[JerryK]

Do they unload usually? Not sure how big of a log my tractor would be able to lift off one of those trucks.

The log'n trucks have a hyd grapple on the back of the main truck. It can reach the whole load on the truck. It is used to load and unload both the main truck and the pup.