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We had 2 cords of Red Fir delivered. Told them no need to split it as we have a splitter. Those two young men are way stronger than my old self. Some of that wood I had to split by hand to get it small enough to pick up on the splitter. Last year we got 3 cords and had about half a cord left that is why we only got 2 cords this year. Feels good to have it in the stack.

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Present location of the wood pile
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Ive got about 20 full cord of tree length piled up by the stove which is now buried under 2' of snow. Cut it to stove length and pile it as needed. If I need more I've got piles out where I clearing I can haul in as needed.
 

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We have forced air propane along with the wood. Use about 2.5 cords of wood and 300 gallons of propane for the winter. There is something about the warmth from a wood stove which just feels better.
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I will agree with the wood stove feeling, nothing feels much better when it is cold outside than to come in and first warm your hands up over the stove and then turn and back up to it and feel the heat seep into your body
 
I busted this for my mother last year as she loved the wood heat. She want be needing it now. I went to propane a few years ago and when you total up the complete cost it is cheaper than the wood and easier on the back for me.

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She loved the smell of cedar burning and the popping sound so I got her in some well cured cedar.

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I could tip my splitter up verticle like jltrent has his but I find it is a lot more bending over that way. So I pick them up and set them on the table to split. The wood comes from USFS ground. The rules are they are only allowed to cut dead trees which are less than 26 inches in diameter. They fudge that size. Some of what I got was about 32 inches. The boys had split them in two to load. I split some of those halves in half to pick up on to the splitter. The standing dead trees makes for dry wood that burns great.
I use to cut up juniper that was down and dry off my own place. But all of that went up in smoke the night of July 17,2024. So last year I had to buy wood. Maybe I am getting old or lazy but it is a lot easier getting it delivered. And the fir smooth and straight grained. It splits and stacks a whole lot better than the juniper which has knots as big as my leg.
One year we had issues with the old chimney and had to use the propane as our only source of heat all winter. That ended up being a lot more expensive than even the buying wood.
 
jltrent said:
I busted this for my mother last year as she loved the wood heat. She want be needing it now. I went to propane a few years ago and when you total up the complete cost it is cheaper than the wood and easier on the back for me.

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She loved the smell of cedar burning and the popping sound so I got her in some well cured cedar.

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How much does firewood cost in your area?
 
Yes it is tough on the back using the splitter standing up but I take a log and make a seat out of it and it is much easier on the back. Put the logs all around the seat and you don’t have to move till you run out of arms length logs. Been doing this for about 3 years and it’s much better on my back. I’ll post a pic if this doesn’t make since
 
We have a propane boiler but only use 100g or less of propane on average a year. Before the wood boiler was hooked up it was 300-400g a month.

Heat 2500sqft ish of 80yo house as well as domestic hot water for a family of 5 from September thru June and usually use right around 20 cord or so. I'm actively clearing pasture so I either make firewood out of some of it or I put it in a brush pile to burn.
 
This past winter is the first that we haven't heated exclusively with wood, because it was our only heat source. My firewood cutting days are over, so we installed mini-splits and just build a fire when we want.
The previous winter I paid $140 per cord ($700 total) to have 5 cord cut, split, and delivered. I stacked it. That's mostly dry red oak with some other hardwood mixed in. I went ahead and took delivery of another 5 cord for this winter because I ordered it and forgot to cancel, but ended up trading a '53 Jubilee that needed some PTO work.
 
I got enough of that chopping wood as a teenager. We never heated with it; dad like the crackling of the fire in the fireplace. We had two fireplaces in the house, and there was times dad would have a fire going in both. Those fireplaces were set up so that they didn't pull air out of the house. Every year we would fill a two ton truck with a 16' bed with the stock racks turned up. I do like watching a fire, something mesmerizing about it; kind of miss it, but not enough to go chop a bunch of wood.
 
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20 cords a year? 😳
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Well, if you figure that they use about a cord a week, it isn't all that much overall.... with those temps and at least half a year (20-25 weeks) of cold enough to need some heat... We used to burn 6-10 cord a year in Conn... and not our only source of heat... but we tried to keep the elec bill down...
 

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