Firewood : Lack of woods

If you have your own land, a possible solution--even though very long term, could be coppicing. This method had been used in England for generations. It involves growing trees, cutting them down during winter, and then letting them regrow again until the shoots they produce are ready to harvest again.

This year is have the house fully insulated (attic , walls) and fix the old furnace well enough to meet the house insurance requirement. A friend of mine who does firewood deliveries (cuts the wood) , is struggling to find wood .
Looking to convert my pickup truck with ( http://www.uteltd.com) to a flatbed . Improve the suspension to handle up to 3 cords of wood.

out here in Oregon you can get a $10 day woodcutting permit form the FOrest Service and go cut slash on state and NF land. Tons of wood out there.

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Use a sawsall to cut the runner off of pallets. Around here alot of the discarded pallets have oak runners. Tops are other woods. Some are oak, some poplar, and some pine.

Cut up any of the hardwood in sizes that'll fit your heater. Don't worry about the nails. Just make sure you put the ashes somewhere that you won't drive over them at a later date.

Check to see if you have a veneer plant in your area. They have to dispose of the cores of logs and any ends of logs that won't go through their veneer slicing machinery. The waste is usually wet, but all that takes is some drying time in an area protected from the rain and with plenty of air circulation.

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You might check with local logging companies. Just as with the NF, some logging companies will sell you a $10 wood cutting permit. You can take anything on the ground that they left or has fallen.

How does one go about finding this out ? I believe most logging around here happen in Upper mich ?

I would truly like to see this.

I had an Old 3/4 Ton Ford,rigged with Tag Axel (sp).I used it to haul Pulp Wood and the most I could haul was 2 Cord.Weighed 13,000 GW.

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Yep me Too .Got a Volvo with 22.5 tires with 1.10lb air pressure in them with log bunks for sell it would be loaded with four cord . Air breaks help too. Saw an old boy put near a cord on a pickup once He started stacking it with tailgate down put every stick on with great care got to top of cab even put some on it too Tires mashed almost flat bumper dragging the rocks down in the middle of that old road . Well got to the service station decided he needed a little air that air got started going in that hot tire you never heard such a boom . Don't know how the got a jack under it to lift it i wave blew the horn an kept going

A standard pickup with a trailer can haul a fair amount of wood.

Helping someone haul firewood home one time. Stopped for gas. Rather nice young lady stopped on other side of gas pump and said, "I believe in the underground economy. Would you be willing to trade sex for firewood?" I replied, "I don't know. Much much firewood do you have available?" (From The Patriots.)

Sort of off topic . I heard back from UTELTD (indicated that 1=2 cord was the limit) . It would almost seem a waste of a trip if you couldn't get more than two cord of wood and you had to travel a ways to get the wood. Would it be smart to load the bed with wood and tow a trailer ? Need a pretty big engine according to UTELTD . What Modification would you make to your truck to haul wood ? If you were going to buy a new truck what would you need ?

One year I followed the electric company around a nearby town and scarfed up their tree leavings when they went through their yearly "cleaning" of trees/limba interfering with electric lines. Once they knew I wanted the logs (about a 4 foot length) they just piled them up for me. Ended up with a couple cords.

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If you're anywhere near Mich (not sure where in Ohio you are) look on the Detroit area craiglist - I see free firewood ALL.THE.TIME on there - you just need to cut up and haul away. I've never seen an ad say "must be insured".

if you could get use of a tractor trailer ..flatbed..whatever..people int he ice storm areas of KY are begging people to remove wood..trees..whatever

would this be on criaglist for KY ?

I live only 3 hour south of Detroit.

At the risk of running in competition with you, call your local electric company. When AEP sent Asplundh out to cut down our trees we put in a request to have a load of wood and a couple loads of chips dropped off next time they were working in our area. And I know columbus craigslist advertises lots of free wood for the cutting. Most of it is in the northern Franklin southern Delaware county area which is a long drive for us. And we don't have the proper equipment for logging.

I didn't think they were that nice of a company (tree removers) . My neighbor had to pay someone to haul away asplundh trimmings. He was hot. Sounds like craiglist is the place to go. I wonder if their is a way to device a waiver form , to get out legal problems.

A duel wheel one ton 4x4 will pull a trailer pretty good remember you got to stop an start too.