Firewood

[secondcurve]

Who is selling seasoned firewood in the Tuftonboro/Wolfeboro area now? The guy I was using for several years appears to have gone out of business. I'd like to get my wood now to avoid the fall rush.

Thanks

[capybarus]

Check with Chris Kinville (603) 534-7017 from Kinville Logging in Brookfield. He has been supplying us with firewood in Wolfeboro for a number of years and has always been reliable. However, I usually get green wood in spring (it gets seasoned enough by Nov/Dec), so not sure if he sells already seasoned.

[patman]

Thanks to no response to calls weeks ago to our regular firewood guy, I am now late searching for a new supplier. I've called several other places in the past week and come up empty. Looking for up to 4 seasoned cords delivered to the Wolfeboro/Tuftonboro area.

Names and contact info appreciated...

[secondcurve]

I came up short and had to settle for semi-seasoned wood that was cut in May. I hope to use my remaining older stuff and not get to the newer cord wood until Jan-Feb. I am buying green wood next spring. It is tough out there!

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by secondcurve

I came up short and had to settle for semi-seasoned wood that was cut in May. I hope to use my remaining older stuff and not get to the newer cord wood until Jan-Feb. I am buying green wood next spring. It is tough out there!

I'd mix your wood as a few months won't make much difference in seasoning hardwood.

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[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

I'd mix your wood as a few months won't make much difference in seasoning hardwood.

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How long must wood sit before it is considered "seasoned"?

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by secondcurve

How long must wood sit before it is considered "seasoned"?

Depends on the conditions--exposed, dry air, wind, sun, etc.--but hardwood takes a good two years and softwood one.

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[dpg]

With so many people seemingly out there "begging" to buy it why don't suppliers just ramp up their production? Guess it's not so easy I'm sure but it seems like their missing the boat and missing out on some good money. Is the problem simply a shortage, just lack of "dried" wood or what? Guess I don't totally understand. Are suppliers also "tree people" so when tree work slows down does their supply slow down???

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by dpg

With so many people seemingly out there "begging" to buy it why don't suppliers just ramp up their production? Guess it's not so easy I'm sure but it seems like their missing the boat and missing out on some good money. Is the problem simply a shortage, just lack of "dried" wood or what? Guess I don't totally understand. Are suppliers also "tree people" so when tree work slows down does their supply slow down???

Green wood is almost always readily available, but since real seasoning takes a couple years, there's less of it available. And most wood sold as seasoned isn't--it's usually only a few months old or the logs sat outside for a year before being split.

Unless paying full boat for kiln dried, burners are better off ordering green way ahead of time and use when necessary--this winter looks like it might be cheaper to use oil.

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[wifi]

I order off the stump wood middle of the summer, let it sit in the sun in my yard during the summer, then am stacking it presently in the basement. We use a salamander for the final dry during the late fall, pre-heating season. We use common sense fire protection with this method.

[HellRaZoR004]

Originally Posted by wifi

I order off the stump wood middle of the summer, let it sit in the sun in my yard during the summer, then am stacking it presently in the basement. We use a salamander for the final dry during the late fall, pre-heating season. We use common sense fire protection with this method.

You lost me. Off the stump = logs? Salamander?

[wifi]

off the stump is when the tree was cut. A salamander heater, such as: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page...ander%20heater

[DickR]

Originally Posted by wifi

I order off the stump wood middle of the summer, let it sit in the sun in my yard during the summer, then am stacking it presently in the basement. We use a salamander for the final dry during the late fall, pre-heating season.

Do I understand you to mean that you use a kerosene-fired heater inside the house to heat the wood in the hopes of drying it, sort of "kiln drying?" That's inviting a pile of CO into the house, not to mention the introduction of all that water vapor from combustion within the house. Also, the drying of wood is a very slow, diffusion-based process that doesn't seem to be hastened effectively by some external heat. Please tell us I misundertand.