Whos all cutting wood?

[FarmboyBill]

And how many rick or cord will it take to do you. It usually take 3/4 rick to do me. I cut down 4 trees going from large to small, hauled them up into the driveway/yard close to the buzzsaw. Finally found out how to set it and so will get that done and then am ready top go. Hope to get my kids to help after I get all the spliting, and limb cutting done.

[michiganfarmer]

I cut, split, and stack the wood for making maple syrup int he spring so it can dry all summer. I cut my wood for heating the house during the winter because I hate the heat of summer. Between heating the house, and making syrup I use about 30 cord per year.

[DaleK]

Takes 8-10 cord for ourselves. We also sell firewood, probably won't start cutting for that until January. Usually cut about 120 cord to sell.

[RedneckPete]

I use about 8-10 cord a year, I do a big cut every few years, then rest for a bit. Two more cuts and my kids can take over.

Pete

[Rockin'B]

Originally Posted by michiganfarmer

I cut, split, and stack the wood for making maple syrup int he spring so it can dry all summer. I cut my wood for heating the house during the winter because I hate the heat of summer. Between heating the house, and making syrup I use about 30 cord per year.

Isn't that the truth!

Cutting, splitting, and stacking in the heat of summer really sucks.

I have plenty of dead standing oak and walnut to cut during winter as needed. I have a couple cords stacked as backup.

[WolfWalksSoftly]

I'm with you guys, cutting wood in the heat sucks. I wait until the end of September and cut early on the weekend mornings for a few hours each. Right now I have about half of what I need for the winter, which is OK, I like to get out in the woods in the winter and cut wood, little sweating and usually strip down to a jacket by the time I'm done. I probably go through 5 or 6 cords. And an added advantage is I get to see nature greet the morning.

[Cheryl in SD]

We used to spend one day each time dh was home in the winter getting wood (about 14 per year). Then our nighbor started selling it for $110 a dumptruck load (almost 2 cords). With fuel for the truck & keeping our chainsaw running & the permit to cut in the forest we were spending almost $350 a year to cut our own. Now it costs $440 a year & comes cut, split & ready to stack.

The funny thing is, while I know it makes sense to give the business to our neighbor, I really miss getting it ourselves.

[chamoisee]

It usually take 3/4 rick to do me.

That is all you use???

Or, it is all you can do by yourself in a day (which sounds about right)?

You folks are making me so jealous! I love to split wood, and here I am in a house with electric heat! I guess at least the house doesn't get smoky and dusty, but dang....I'm going to have to hire my woodsplitting skills out or something!

[MaineFarmMom]

5 cords

[Westwood]

Two cords usually will get us through the winter. The difference is this year is that there's someone here who's willing to HELP cut and stack wood since Don showed up.

[mpillow]

Well the woodshed is full (5cord)
A stack up by the barn (1 cord)
Next years 5 cord stacked at camp plus 3 cord for camp....total 14cord.

But we sold 6 cord in Spring....20 cord....my son says too much BTW

[hippyleft]

We use 24 cord. We buy a ten dollar permit from BSF and cut most all year. The whole family helps and we make it fun by having our lunch out in the woods and everyone has a shot at the different jobs.

[Elizabeth1]

I don't know how much it takes for us a year. My husband has a sawmill so we cut up the slabes, so we don't cut down many trees. Plus this year we will be helping get wood for our daughters, who live next door. Elizabeth1

[mrglock27]

I use about 1.5 cords. My dad uses about 3 cords. We live in western WA and usually don't get alot of snow or super cold weather.

[Shepherd]

Wow - big difference in how much wood we all use. I know some use wood heat exclusively and some use wood to cook with too. Then some have huge homes and others have homes that aren't well insulated.

We have approx. 2 cords ready and that might tide us over. We are in an earth berm home and gain passive solar heat from the skylights and front windows (southern exposure). We let the furnace kick in during the night so we don't have to get up and add more wood - and sometimes DH just doesn't feel like bringing more wood up. Like today so far, we haven't had a fire going since Thursday night. (On the other hand, the weather's been much warmer during the day too.)

We'd need more if we heated exclusively with wood - maybe another cord... if it were a bad winter.

[blue gecko]

It takes 2 cord to make it through the winter here. Haven't used the central heat in 2 years and the amount of wood needed to heat has been the same. We have about a half cord left from last year and are taking out a couple of big oaks in the next week or so. We should be set for anything that might come up. The house is ICF, partially bermed, is about 20% passive solar and has a recent addition of an attached greenhouse. We're in pretty good shape.

[Ed_Stanton]

I'll use 2 cords or most likely less and we have quite long and cold winters in central BC. But I've worked at making my wood framed house well insulated, (would have preferred straw bale), draft free and I have a very high heat output and efficient and clean buring Blaze King wood stove. But even with my previous older and larger RSF stove, it was fairly efficient to stay within the 2 cord amount. Lots of beetle killed pine here now to use, but also use hemlock left over from loggers as well as birch and aspen if required and depending on the weather.

[FarmboyBill]

i use 3 or 4 rick a year. At the first of the year, jan and Feb, Ill cut down a tree a week if possible, up to 4 or so trees and it will lay there all year in my woods pasture. Then at this time of year ill haul it out and down to my driveway/yard , as close to the buzz saw as possible. Then ill start delimbing it, and splitting what needs to be split. Then either I buzz it up myself, or occasionally some of my kids will help VERY RARELY. I have 2 2 man saws, a one man saw, 2 bow saws, none of which I use, 12 wedges, 2 sledges, a splitting maul 2 axes, the buzzsaw and 2 chainsaws, only one of which I use. A couple of thingds ive used to advantage is #1, When Ivve got a log pretty well split, buty I cant gert it spread wide enough to use the ax to dut all the stringers, ill take 2 pry bars and X them in the cut and sprerad the tops apartr. usually that breaks a few more stringers and lets the log split more. I also take a big chunk of wood to drop into that split as best I can after I use the 2 pry bars. On a log that ive got wedges in and it is hardly split to nore than 4in or so, I have 2 HEAVY Simplix jacks I insert into the split ahd then jack the split apart, usuing the wedges at the other end to capitalize on the spreading of the jack. beats hammering all those wedges in and still not having a split big enough to use the ax to cut the stringers

[sleeps723]

how many replant what they harvest?

[Ramblin Wreck]

I usually cut about 1.5 to 2 cords for the Winter, but the need will be larger next Winter when I plan to be at home more. Since my brother has a sawmill, I have access to slabs...and that's a big plus!