Firewood ?

[RLW]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Welcome RLW.I just noticed that you are not new to the forum but thought that I would return the gesture you so frequently distribute!

Most firewood today is considered seasoned for winter if it is cut and split in Spring.

Thanks and here is yours just a tad bit late. but better late than never.

SIKSUKR, I just noticed that you are fairly new to the forum and glad you have joined us. (I see that I’m a tad bit late) Have fun and enjoy the Winni Forum while making many new friends .Thanks for all your comments on all subjects, some serious and others fun.

[SAB1]

Its not dry. No way. Should have been cut prior to the sap running in Feb/March and even that is a stretch. You may get it to burn but you will work at it. I would not recommend burning much of it in a wood stove. You'll get creosote build up much faster than if you burned dry wood. Fireplace is better. Much more oxygen to assist.

[bigdog]

Thanks SAB1, appreciate your comments, and have to agree !

For everyone's information, 'I would' be burning in a wood fireplace insert,
and a very costly one at that. I also just had installed last season, a new stainless steel chimney liner, 30 feet of it ! $$$

That said, I certainly would not want 'ANYWAY' creosote, to accumulate in liner.

Will continue to search for sources of seasoned firewood, at least cut last Fall or early winter.

Thanks everyone.

Bigdog

[Kamper]

If you get down this way with a pickup truck, there's a house across the street from the Merrimack transfer station that has a "free firewood" sign. I'm not sure if it's seasoned though but depending on how much space you have in your yard, you might want to take advantage of any opportunities you find.

Good luck!

[Altonbayicefishingfool]

We get fire wood cut and split in the spring, stacked in June/ early July ready to burn this season. It is mixed wood,oak birch ect.. Never had a problem with build up of creosote. Keep in mind creosote tends to build up faster if you run your stove/ fireplace at a low temp, we run medium to hot= less build up.
Been doing this for every year for 40 years, same scenario. You pay up the ass for seasoned wood $$$ for what? Letting some other guy let it sit and dry in HIS yard, horse crap! You are running out of time so act now, midway through July better get stacking!!

[HellRaZoR004]

Originally Posted by SAB1

Its not dry. No way. Should have been cut prior to the sap running in Feb/March and even that is a stretch. You may get it to burn but you will work at it. I would not recommend burning much of it in a wood stove. You'll get creosote build up much faster than if you burned dry wood. Fireplace is better. Much more oxygen to assist.

I agree with SAB1. Last year I bought mostly oak that was cut/split in the spring and I tried burning it in the woodstove. It took forever to light and never got that hot. I constantly had to watch it...It burnt so bad that deposits built up at the chimney blocking the flow, in turn causing a ton of smoke to fill the house. It sucked! Better than the alternative.

Have you tried kiln-dried? I ended up getting 2 cords mid winter. It burnt better then anything and I'll most likely do that again this year. However it is more expensive. I got mine from a guy in Milford for $310 a cord (3 cord price as his truck carries 3).

[upthesaukee]

Wood is my primary source of heat, and I get 5 cords each spring. I have a large patch of asphalt that runs down the side of my garage. On days like we have had this past week, and expect for the next week, the wood dries quickly. As wood "turns color" we pull off that wood and exposing more wood to the effects of the sun as well as the heat from the asphalt. Then the key is to get it all stacked before the Sept rains arrive. At my age, it is not fun trying to put up a bunch of wood in a 3 or 4 day period.

My wood is largely oak and maple, with a little birch and possibly ash thrown in. All is cut to exactly 16 inchs and split.

[RLW]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Wood is my primary source of heat, and I get 5 cords each spring. I have a large patch of asphalt that runs down the side of my garage. On days like we have had this past week, and expect for the next week, the wood dries quickly. As wood "turns color" we pull off that wood and exposing more wood to the effects of the sun as well as the heat from the asphalt. Then the key is to get it all stacked before the Sept rains arrive. At my age, it is not fun trying to put up a bunch of wood in a 3 or 4 day period.

My wood is largely oak and maple, with a little birch and possibly ash thrown in. All is cut to exactly 16 inches and split.

Every time I go by your homestead and see all that wood, I say to myself, I'm glad I do not have to stack all that wood and the next time I go by it has all disappeared. I have a hard time just doing my 2 cords. So mot it be...