Firewood

[Burnham]

M and I put the last of our 2025 firewood cutting into the shed this morning. Nice sized red alder that were fading...friends had to take down 6 or 8 on their property. We took home 3 loads, about 1.75 cords, which is roughly what we burn in a heating season. All the sheds are full, with a bit of overflow under sheet metal...about 10 cords total.

 

[stikine]

Well done B!

 

[SeanKroll]

Nicely done.

All I've got is lots of rounds and logs.

Luckily, this past mid-winter we installed a large wood stove where there was a small wood stove previously. It takes big round...lots less splitting!

 

[flushcut]

What B is not telling us is that he secretly scaled and graded each bunk of wood. 🪵

 

[friedrich]

no more stacking for me

 

[flushcut]

I’m s big fan of totes and baskets for firewood, as long as you can move them.

 

[Burnham]

no more stacking for me

Looks to me like there is still stacking involved, just in a basket instead of in a shed .

 

[friedrich]

Looks to me like there is still stacking involved, just in a basket instead of in a shed .

thats true, but lazy stacking doesn’t fall over and i won’t need to restack when i want to move it

 

[davidwyby]

I like and appreciate the neatness of stacking, and drying, but I’m always just reselling already dry wood in a hurry. Chop and leave it lay, chuck in truck or trailer, dump. I calculate my volume x 1.5 for loose vs. stacked. I tried stacking a trailer once and it was taking forever.

 

[cory]

B, do I see notes on white paper here and there on your piles, are they notes re timing etc?

 

[flushcut]

I knew it!! lol

 

[flushcut]

I like and appreciate the neatness of stacking, and drying, but I’m always just reselling already dry wood in a hurry. Chop and leave it lay, chuck in truck or trailer, dump. I calculate my volume x 1.5 for loose vs. stacked. I tried stacking a trailer once and it was taking forever.

I can’t imagine it takes very long to season wood in your climate.

 

[Burnham]

B, do I see notes on white paper here and there on your piles, are they notes re timing etc?

That's exactly right, Cory. We usually burn the wood oldest first, although sometimes an additional factor will change that. The notes on date collected and location of origin help keep us organized.

 

[Burnham]

I knew it!! lol

My beloved Ms. M is terminally organized .

 

[Nutball]

I like and appreciate the neatness of stacking, and drying, but I’m always just reselling already dry wood in a hurry. Chop and leave it lay, chuck in truck or trailer, dump. I calculate my volume x 1.5 for loose vs. stacked. I tried stacking a trailer once and it was taking forever.

If you split a consistent size, you can take the time to count how many pieces it takes to make a few different ricks of wood, then just count that average as you chuck into the trailer.

 

[davidwyby]

I can’t imagine it takes very long to season wood in your climate.

Kiln, California

 

[SeanKroll]

Stack a trailer/ bed a few times, dump, throw it in loose, measure calibrate.

 

[davidwyby]

This stuff is stringy, rubbery, and almost impossible to hand split in the middle where still pink. I split it on the press and my eyes started to burn and nose run. Smells like apple cider vinegar or whiskey or something. Desert mountain climate, dead for years, 36” dia.
Ended up hand splitting off the seasoned brown rind and gonna let the rest sit out and cure