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[kiotiken]

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....

That is exactly why I only buy wood in the winter when the ground is frozen. I plow out a road to an area I want the logs. Buying wood that was skidded out in the winter is much easier on your saw because they didn't get dragged through the mud.

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

Yes, they have a grapple. The truck is probably 15' tall when loaded, you couldn't reach the top logs no matter how big a tractor you had. Amazing how strong that grapple is, takes a mit full at a time with ease.

 

[JerryK]

If you order a big load of wood, ask the fellow to lay a row of logs down first to put the rest of the load on. They usually do this automatically, but ya never know. It keeps the logs up off the ground whilst you are wacking on them..... and wacking, and wacking, and wacking......

 

[MotorSeven]

I have not bought this way, but my neighbor is a logger, a 10 cord load of oak in 16-20' lengths is $800 & he unloads it with his grapple. I have 100ac so I doubt I will ever buy a load, but man it sure is easy to cut and split next to a giant pile of manageable logs....no felling, no skidding, no loading, no unloading, etc.

 

[dave1949]

Around $80-$100 per cord of log-length firewood is similar to here.

Buying standing firewood (stumpage) here costs around $20 per cord on average. Of course, there is a lot work and equipment between the woods and your driveway.

 

[Scooby074]

Anybody ever try this log stacking method?

 

[brokenknee]

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.

Full size tractor trailer load. The wood comes in 8 foot lengths. I am hoping the new wood stove will cut down dramatically on the amount of wood I burn. The old wood furnace is very inefficient and being I have a slab house the heat is delivered through duct work that goes in the attic and out vents that are in the celling; not the ideal way to deliver heat. The furnace is in its own room on the other side of the garage. It did provide even heat throughout the house.

 

[Michelle K linnane]

When we cut wood here, I bring it up on the forks of my tractor in 10 to 14 foot log lengths. I leave on the folks as the wood kind of catches each other and I work from both ends to keep blanced. It is muich easier to cut smaller branches which I burn to I use to pack stove up to an inch. Which can be a real pain in the butt to cut. I have 106 acres and there are many dead trees, I had some time last week and went in the back and cut some log lengths and then brought it up to my deck and cut it there and threw it up on the deck I might as well leave the wood I have stacked for now and when it is not too bad cut up the dead stuff and place on the deck. It reduces handling the wood. So it went from the ground where I cut it up to the deck and then into wood stove. I do not do this often but right now I have time so just trying to save on the wood that is already stacked and split. I have been burning many round peices between 8 to 12 inches thick and boy do they they last!!!! it finally got cold here last night but we have had a mild fall. But snow this morning lite coating and wind blowing more normal for northeast November. By using the folks of the tractor I can adjust what height I want to work at saves my back and my saw. I do not have any pictures of what I did last week, but kind of similar to how the guys cut from both ends of the log in the youtube video.
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[Brimfield]

I have to admit to being a Craigslist *****. I get most of my wood by going around and collecting it this way, most of the time it is already down and cut up or in 8' lengths. I do cut trees down for the wood but only if it is away from houses power lines etc.

 

[AlRuby]

not trying to be synical or anything but nothing i have seen is enough to hold all the wood you may need for the winter and to start storing for the next winter so your wood can be fully seasoned. and the 16x8 wood shed is a total mess. none of these interest me at all . sorry folks, not trying to be mean. just looking at it with common sense.

 

[tcreeley]

I bought 8 cords- tree length years ago and ended up with 11 cords of wood. I didn't like climbing around on the logs and cutting them. In Maine, treelength firewood is none to big at the trunk. The big ones go for sawlogs. It makes cutting faster- but there is still a fair amount of scrambling around. Used to get 4 ft length- that usually was bigger - 3 cuts per piece to be sure it would fit. Now I just buy it cut and split. All I do is stack it and bring it in over the winter. I split one year, until I asked myself why I was bothering to. The less handling the better before it goes into the stove!