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OAITW r.2.0

(28,529 posts)
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 10:32 AM Oct 2023

Stacked 2.5 cords of wood and swept the chimney yesterday.

Son gave me a few hours to get'er done.

Woke up this morning and felt like I got run over by a bus. Anyways, ready for winter now!

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Stacked 2.5 cords of wood and swept the chimney yesterday. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 OP
Boy does that sound familiar. My husband and I are in our 70's and we have been ratchiweenie Oct 2023 #1
Turned 70 this year. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #4
WTG! WheelWalker Oct 2023 #2
I've always wanted to chop firewood Shermann Oct 2023 #3
I used to buy my wood in log lengths - 30' or so. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #5
I loved using the splitter. Easterncedar Oct 2023 #13
What ? Wild Maine bears are now posting,.. magicarpet Oct 2023 #6
Now, on to making lye soap. Sneederbunk Oct 2023 #7
How much is a cord? The Blue Flower Oct 2023 #8
A cord is 4' x 4' x 8' of stacked wood. rsdsharp Oct 2023 #9
If, by "much" you mean cost, I paid $400/cord for seasoned wood. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #10
I meant dimensions or weight or whatever The Blue Flower Oct 2023 #14
There's pulp cords and face cords here in Wisco MoriaeEncomium Oct 2023 #12
It'll heat you up one more time! DEbluedude Oct 2023 #11

ratchiweenie

(7,938 posts)
1. Boy does that sound familiar. My husband and I are in our 70's and we have been
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 10:37 AM
Oct 2023

doing all the "get ready for winter" stuff. Every muscle in our bodies ache but at least we feel a sense of accomplishment!! Feels good doesn't it.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,529 posts)
4. Turned 70 this year.
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 10:47 AM
Oct 2023

It is quite an satisfying exercise to get the wood from the ground and stacked under my deck.

WheelWalker

(9,203 posts)
2. WTG!
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 10:46 AM
Oct 2023

I still have to clean my gutters, but the leaves here haven’t even begun to start falling. You can throw historical patterns, like the I Ching, out the window.

“Throw the I Ching, out the window“ is a line I’ll always remember from Firesign theater, L O L.

Shermann

(8,703 posts)
3. I've always wanted to chop firewood
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 10:46 AM
Oct 2023

I've lived in one form of suburban hell or another for the past 30 years and have never owned a wood fireplace.

I see a lot of wood chopping on TV and in the movies and it looks like fun exercise. Maybe I'd get sick of it if I had to do it?

OAITW r.2.0

(28,529 posts)
5. I used to buy my wood in log lengths - 30' or so.
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 10:50 AM
Oct 2023

I'd cut them to 18" lengths, then split, using a hydraulic splitter. Not any more....

Easterncedar

(3,619 posts)
13. I loved using the splitter.
Mon Oct 16, 2023, 04:23 AM
Oct 2023

Shared around the village, it was made by a paper mill worker and was beautifully calibrated. Now I get the wood delivered already split. I miss it.

magicarpet

(16,780 posts)
6. What ? Wild Maine bears are now posting,..
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 10:55 AM
Oct 2023

... on DemocraticUnderground about fluffing up the feathers of their winter hibernation gigs ? You got any extra wild blueberries or honey in storage that you care to share ?

Keeping thems home fires burning through the deepest of winter to keep thems toes warm and toasty.



OAITW r.2.0

(28,529 posts)
10. If, by "much" you mean cost, I paid $400/cord for seasoned wood.
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 02:56 PM
Oct 2023

There aren't a whole lot of wood suppliers in Central Maine, so they all seem to track close to the price of oil. I'll be paying about the same for a fill up - 220 gal.

MoriaeEncomium

(25 posts)
12. There's pulp cords and face cords here in Wisco
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 03:53 PM
Oct 2023

A pulp cord is like the gentleman said: 4x4x8ft. (paper mills etc.) ...and equals 3 face cords.
A face cord is 4ft H /8ft L and 16" wide. (ppl who heat with wood)


I order a 10 pulp cord load (30 face cords) of 100" Oak logs about every 3-4 or so years.
Usual cost $700- $1k dep on specie, dryness, and usability.
Otherwise I can get a $20 permit and harvest from the National forest right
across the street. With an ATV and a trailer it's ALOT of work.

I usually use 6-8 face cords per winter to heat 1500sqft.

I've been doing it for over 15 years now, keeps me in shape and is very zen type work.

2-1/2 pulp cords is ~7-1/2 face cords or about a winter's worth!
So yeah 2-1/2 cords is a serious day's work and I applaud anybody
who can do that AND clean the flue in a day! I hate ladders!!

At 65 I'll stick with doing a face cord in an afternoon and crack a beer promptly after! lolz

DEbluedude

(827 posts)
11. It'll heat you up one more time!
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 03:33 PM
Oct 2023

I learned many moons ago about firewood. It will heat you up four times. Cuttin' it, splittin' it, stackin' it and burnin' it.

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