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Almost 3x more than the going rate around here

Gotta ask for my friend Field Grade as he's up in the Happy Hunting Ground and too busy for us fools now.

How many ricks of wood in that trailer?

Geno

I bet there is enough uprooted white oaks on my place to easily equal 25 cords. All can easily be reached by UTV. Can’t even give the stuff away.

That's how it is here after the tornadoes last fall. The loggers are getting paid to take the tree's away and clean up the woods. Weird thing is the deer vacated some of the hardest hit areas all fall after the tornadoes.

15'x7' trailer 4' high about 3 cords.

Wayne, what make a saw, and how long a bar do you use?

Richard, for bucking up logs, I currently use a Stihl MS 271 with 18" bar.

Thank you Wayne.

Interesting charts. I knew madrone would be high on the charts with the btu's. I have a lot of it at the cabin and it makes excellent firewood. Been burning it for years. Easy to split, burns hot and long, very little ash. Right up there with live oak.

Madrone was the choice for making black powder charcoal. Lots of heat and very little ash.

Beetle kill spruce up here. I have at least a half-dozen trees that will need to come down next year. Neighboring lot dozer cleared just before freezeup. Left a 10' barrier to lot line. Big wind knocked over a half dozen of those too, once exposed. Probably more will come down...they all fell my way, too.

cut the tops out of the driveway, the trunks are still as fallen. they will keep, and breed more damned beetles next year! I'll try to get them in the spring before the bugs get active. too damned cold right now- 20 below nights, not much warmer days.

The bright spot is that I'm going to have to (cough, cough) buy a new saw .

It won't be a Stihl..... I'd buy a Crapsman first. Had a Sthil once - that was enough!

Oh no, this could start a whole new discussion on the best chainsaw.

Such things are not "discussions"; they are declarations of absolute truth by Heavenly-appointed prophets.

Did I hear 'Chainsaw"?

There is an old David Bradly saw way up on a shelf here, I can't get a good picture, and I'm too lazy to climb up to get it down.

may have posted recently......removed my coal/wood stove in basement in Oct '19

installed 30K BTU cast iron NG stove...I love the feel & heat of from wood....mainly aspen & pine here

just hate the ash....dirt...time/labor involved keeping it going....costs me $2 a day to run this unit in the dead of winter

approx 14 hrs a day with 10* nights....for me was money well spent.....headed to basement soon for 2nd cup of coffee

yes......NG is not an option in some areas.......interesting chart BTW

http://www.offroaders.com/tech/firewood-BTU.htm

Post up a picture of the stove again. Nice setup.

Holy shyt that's double what it is here ! Why so much ? Scarce out there or is that just the city slickers price ?

City slickers, of course.

I can supply at cheaper price.