Using dead falls for fire wood??

Ramblin Wreck · #21 07/16/08, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by hunter63

The term "wind fall" was from the practice of the peasants being allow to harvest only "wind fall" wood, on the owners estate.

You learn something new everyday, and now that you point it out, the saying makes a lot of sense.

Quint · #22 07/17/08, 02:19 AM

That is just about all I cut. I rarely even touch a live tree unless it is for management purposes. Just cutting downed trees and standing dead one I have more wood than I could ever hope to use. I tend to prowl the timber after a good windstorm cataloging all the nw firewood.

I also keep den trees. I've got many ancient half dead trees that I have left just for habitat sake.

**fordson major** · #23 07/17/08, 08:45 AM

better too cut 15 cords and need 6 than cut 6 and need 15! with all the space we heat in winter, we go through a lot of wood! keeping the fence rows clear of dead trees keeps us busy in the winter, most just goes straight in the firebox. now that we have outdoor boilers, any and all species are fair game for us. some need more feeding than others, cleared out 2 acres of scotch pine through the wood stove, nice heat in the house (got lots of exercise as well cutting and stoking the stove!)! keep an eye too your chimney though, whatever wood you burn!

soulsurvivor · #24 07/17/08, 10:29 AM

Glad you mentioned that chimney, cause that's a fire hazard waiting to happen if you don't keep it maintained. Here, we burn mostly ash, some oak. We get our wood from a friend over in Washington County that sells his wood cheap. We can get a small pickup truck load of cut wood for $35 and that averages out to about a cord and a half. We have another friend that gets us free kindling from the local whiskey barrel factory. We pay him $25 to bring us a dumptruck load each year. Nothing beats this kindling for having a good fire.

blufford · #25 07/17/08, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by soulsurvivor

We can get a small pickup truck load of cut wood for $35 and that averages out to about a cord and a half. We have another friend that gets us free kindling from the local whiskey barrel factory.

Thats a big small pick-up truck!

soulsurvivor · #26 07/17/08, 07:31 PM

DH ricks the wood on the truckbed, so yes, he can get a cord and a half on there. A cord is 4' x 8' x 4'. It's an 89 Chevy S10 with a fullsize truckbed.

big rockpile · #27 07/17/08, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by soulsurvivor

Glad you mentioned that chimney, cause that's a fire hazard waiting to happen if you don't keep it maintained. Here, we burn mostly ash, some oak. We get our wood from a friend over in Washington County that sells his wood cheap. We can get a small pickup truck load of cut wood for $35 and that averages out to about a cord and a half. We have another friend that gets us free kindling from the local whiskey barrel factory. We pay him $25 to bring us a dumptruck load each year. Nothing beats this kindling for having a good fire.

Dang I thought I was doing good $16 for a Pickup load,thats a half cord on my Full Size Dodge,which is all I want to haul on it.

big rockpile

naturewoman · #28 07/17/08, 08:04 PM

15 cords of wood to heat a 3000 sq' house? Sounds like the house owns you rather than the other way around.

I'd be closing off most of that sucker and heating just a couple of essential rooms.

jross · #29 07/17/08, 08:36 PM

I never cut a standing dead tree for they are home to a myrad of wildlife. When they finally drop they are usually too punky to burn although a long drying time helps. I cut green wood the year before, thinning the woods to promote young growth for deer to feed on. Some of our forest is climax so many are coming down via the wind, and I cut them up and burn them the next year.