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MM, what’s a truckload like that cost? In the past 15 years we've bought a load every four years. The first three loads were between $1100-$1300. This last load was $2100. Still, that works out to about $525/year, as a load lasts 4 years. Still a good deal for heating.
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I’m to old for that fire wood cutting and splitting. Heated with Douglas Fir four four years that we lived in Oregon. I was in my 30s then. Me and Mrs cut, split with an ax and stacked about seven cords a year. Enjoyed it at the time. We've been doing this for 15 years now. I'm 60 y/o and have no interest in getting it off the hill. We buy it by the logtruck load. One load generally lasts four winters. I do my work at my own pace. I really want a load of logs too! What does that cost? Going to buy a wood insert for the fire place.
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Apologies.
I didn't see your reply above.
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I’ve got about 16 cord split and stacked now, guessing another 8 or so at least in logs I’d like to get processed before it’s covered in snow. Most of it larch, but a fair bit of spruce, and some lodgepole. Only go through 5-6 cord a year. I should be set for awhile. Nice!
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Apologies.
I didn't see your reply above.
We must have been writing at the same time, as I just posted too.
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What kind of timber is that?
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I’m to old for that fire wood cutting and splitting. Heated with Douglas Fir four four years that we lived in Oregon. I was in my 30s then. Me and Mrs cut, split with an ax and stacked about seven cords a year. Enjoyed it at the time. We've been doing this for 15 years now. I'm 60 y/o and have no interest in getting it off the hill. We buy it by the logtruck load. One load generally lasts four winters. I do my work at my own pace. I really want a load of logs too! What does that cost? Going to buy a wood insert for the fire place. We got that load in this summer, roughly 16-18 cords there, cost $2100. The basic cost was $1500, plus $600 for delivery based on mileage.
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What kind of timber is that?
I believe that load is all lodgepole pine. It's easy to cut, easy to split, and the bark is thin.
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Does that burn well?
I believe there is lodgepole south of me. Fir and white pine(?) too maybe?
They say you can't burn pine...only hard wood....but not cottonwood.....ha!
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Does that burn well?
I believe there is lodgepole south of me. Fir and white pine(?) too maybe?
They say you can't burn pine...only hard wood....but not cottonwood.....ha! The lodgepole burns real nice. This stuff is all standing dead beetle kill, so it's pretty dry already, by the time I split/stack it in the sun/wind, it is very dry in no time at all. As firewood goes lodgepole is not super high in BTU per cord, compared to hardwoods. But it's what we have as a resource here.
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I burned a bit of ponderosa pine that I thinned around the house. It needed a couple years to dry, it was cut green. The resin was high, and it burned like kerosene. You need to have good damper control or it could get a bit sporty.
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We have/had a lot of standing ash that got taken out by the ash borer (sp?) in the last couple years. Between that and the downed red/white/black oaks from a big wind in the summer of 2020, we cut and sold 16 cord last year and need to clean up that much this year.
I use Stihl almost exclusively. I take a 260, 360, and 661 in the pioneer and drag a Swisher 36 ton splitter behind it.
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We have/had a lot of standing ash that got taken out by the ash borer (sp?) in the last couple years. Between that and the downed red/white/black oaks from a big wind in the summer of 2020, we cut and sold 16 cord last year and need to clean up that much this year.
I use Stihl almost exclusively. I take a 260, 360, and 661 in the pioneer and drag a Swisher 36 ton splitter behind it. Sounds like quite a good supply there.
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Does that burn well?
I believe there is lodgepole south of me. Fir and white pine(?) too maybe?
They say you can't burn pine...only hard wood....but not cottonwood.....ha! The lodgepole burns real nice. This stuff is all standing dead beetle kill, so it's pretty dry already, by the time I split/stack it in the sun/wind, it is very dry in no time at all. As firewood goes lodgepole is not super high in BTU per cord, compared to hardwoods. But it's what we have as a resource here. Chit ton of beetle kill through the Boulder mountains. Wasn't surprised to see the fires there this year.
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Does that burn well?
I believe there is lodgepole south of me. Fir and white pine(?) too maybe?
They say you can't burn pine...only hard wood....but not cottonwood.....ha! The lodgepole burns real nice. This stuff is all standing dead beetle kill, so it's pretty dry already, by the time I split/stack it in the sun/wind, it is very dry in no time at all. As firewood goes lodgepole is not super high in BTU per cord, compared to hardwoods. But it's what we have as a resource here. Chit ton of beetle kill through the Boulder mountains. Wasn't surprised to see the fires there this year. No kidding. We got a ton of smoke from the Haystack Fire, and the Woods Creek Fire. Lots of fuels to burn.
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We burn mostly red oak, some white oak and pecan. What do y'all burn? Our house is heated entirely with firewood. That wood looks like conifer. Mostly lodgepole pine. There is an abundance of beetle kill around here. Mostly dead standing, dry, and ready to process and burn. Same deal here, but spruce.
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MM, what’s a truckload like that cost? In the past 15 years we've bought a load every four years. The first three loads were between $1100-$1300. This last load was $2100. Still, that works out to about $525/year, as a load lasts 4 years. Still a good deal for heating. You get ~15 cords or so from a truckload?
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You look like you could still hold a gate!
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MM, what’s a truckload like that cost? In the past 15 years we've bought a load every four years. The first three loads were between $1100-$1300. This last load was $2100. Still, that works out to about $525/year, as a load lasts 4 years. Still a good deal for heating. You get ~15 cords or so from a truckload? Something like that maybe a little more with this single trailer and longer logs. In years past, delivery was shorter logs on truck and trailer, like this: This was about 14 cords, give or take. The longer logs on the single trailer, that we got this year, are supposedly more than that.
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You look like you could still hold a gate!
I still work out regularly.....most days. My old back injury doesn't take the running though. Pull-ups, kettlebells, bench work, stuff like that.
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