When firewood was big business.

[goeduck]

And last few years have been clearing from around fields and can not give hardwood away and I am cutting the trees down. And talking with people who will tell you, Oh, yes I like heating with wood.

They probably want it delivered, stacked and covered. I do see some come and get it wood advertised here but it is always cut too short for my liking and then not much of it, not enough for a trip there.

 

[kthompson]

They probably want it delivered, stacked and covered. I do see some come and get it wood advertised here but it is always cut too short for my liking and then not much of it, not enough for a trip there.

Yep and any charge placed on their government account...

 

[Jstpssng]

I would rather buy something than accept it for free... too often the latter comes with strings attached.

 

[DKCDKC]

I have a large woodlot and cut all I need. I let others cut on shares, then take the shares and donate to the Salvation Army. The market for firewood is weak, as has been noted, but there are still some poor folks around here who depend on wood for heat. Brought a truck-load to the widow of a WWII vet late last winter and she really, really appreciated it. I've got some more for her now whenever she needs it.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

It still is in some areas. This is in Albuquerque. Just a small portion of the pile in the pic.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

It still is in some areas. This is in Albuquerque. Just a small portion of the pile in the pic.

Must have denuded half of Bernalillo County!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Not sure where they get most of the wood from, I am pretty sure from the thinning of the National Forest areas

 

[East30]

I travel to my cabin in northern Minnesota on the weekends. Unheated during the week. Baseboard heaters take the edge off when we get there. Within a couple hours the fireplace is the primary source of heat. I love heating with wood. Waking up in the morning and it's cool from the fire going out, stoking it back up to get "comfortable" again. Walking outside, carrying the next load of wood back in for the next weekend, or Sunday, if it's really cold. I'm sure since it's only weekends, makes it palatable. If it was daily for 5 months, it would get old. I love heating with the wood on weekends. And the hours in the warmer months preparing for it.

 

[Diggin It]

Just think, that was all done by hand. Think how many times each piece was handled by the time it got into the stove or fireplace. That is why it was big business, lots of labor jobs. Doubt most those trucks could haul more than a cord.

Ron

Maybe by the Bolt Brothers.

 

[goeduck]

Here Comes the Brides.