Maine
Related: About this forumStacked 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!
ratchiweenie
(7,938 posts)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)It is quite an satisfying exercise to get the wood from the ground and stacked under my deck.
WheelWalker
(9,203 posts)I still have to clean my gutters, but the leaves here havent 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 Ill always remember from Firesign theater, L O L.
Shermann
(8,703 posts)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)I'd cut them to 18" lengths, then split, using a hydraulic splitter. Not any more....
Easterncedar
(3,619 posts)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)... 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.
Sneederbunk
(15,274 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,641 posts)Just curious.
rsdsharp
(10,246 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(28,529 posts)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.
The Blue Flower
(5,641 posts)not the cost
MoriaeEncomium
(25 posts)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)I learned many moons ago about firewood. It will heat you up four times. Cuttin' it, splittin' it, stackin' it and burnin' it.