Not like enough to heat your home for the winter but enough to have a few fires going from time to time. I can get like 4 pieces at the grocery store but they rob you blind.
Where do you buy firewood?
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I buy it from a local logger. Just bought mine on Monday, actually.
We used to cut up dead trees around the yard. Good excuse to buy a chainsaw!
Does that work? Cuz I thought some tree were prohibited from fireplace buring?
I had to cut down a tree cuz it was growing into the foundation, but I haven't disposed of it yet.
Otherwise, grocery store. Plus, I start the fire with those dura-logs, then toss on real wood.
MBC and IAB, keep an eye out for ads in the Foothills Trader and Yankee Flyer for wood sellers.
And I've got a Hatchet!!!:biggrin:
It sure as hell is.Sweet! That's an *excellent* workout.
Not as good a workout though since we ditched the old, dull axe and bought a new one.
You can when you live in unincorporated Jefferson county.
Excellent idea.
Splitting wood with an axe is usually what people do - if you actually cut large logs up with an axe you end up wasting a *LOT* of wood. These don't waste as much and are also a good workout:It sure as hell is.
that's the ONE!
Thanks man.
btw, we don't get the yankee flyer regularly so if you see an ad, let me know
Betcha chimney sweeper guy who is coming over Saturday can point us to someone.btw, we don't get the yankee flyer regularly so if you see an ad, let me know
Here, you can purchase permits from the USFS. It's like $15 a cord to go out and get your own wood. Do you have a chainsaw and a maul (and some free time)?
The drive back to CT from Tahoe will consume a bit of the free time.
MBC - Check it! the Y Flyer is online too!that's the ONE!
Thanks man.
btw, we don't get the yankee flyer regularly so if you see an ad, let me know
http://www.yflyer.com/
Yeah - the trimming services will likely be able to hook them up with trees that have been standing dead for awhile. Those are usually good to go right out of the gate.
Whats up IAB.???... if where you guys park to ride soapstone is not to far I could give you guys some wood...maybe we could trade a case of beer for some wood....ha..ha...I live pretty close to Hopkins Rd.Bring over an old blanket or something to keep you car clean and you can fill up your subaru with enough for quite a few fires......
would be a lovely road trip.
but i was thinking there might be something similar back there. i don't remember though. it's been some years since i lived in CT.
i would think a place like meshomasic state forest or something would have a bunch of fire wood.
My neighbor though I was crazy when I turned down hisoffer to loan me his chainsaw while I was cutting up a large oak that fell in the yard with an axe. I saved a bunch of gas not having to go to the gym that month.
dammm it has been awhile since you been in CT. if you think they are going to let people go to a forest and cut there own wood....I doubt very much they ever had something like that here, except maybe 100 years ago....It is ashame to becaus if you ride by some of the forest you will see alot of wood just rotting away!!!!!...
yeah. i guess i have no idea what i'm talking about.
we've got alot more wood just laying around here in burn piles. too bad.
at least you have hardwood to burn though. i only have pine to burn here.
Except for Ash. You can pretty much burn that right off the bat (no pun intended).
I couldn't believe how much lodge pole pine I burned in Montana. It goes fast.
and you have to clean everything out pretty often. it leaves behind some killer residue.
Fortunately there was no clean up for me. It was a rented cabin.
I've had a steady supply of apple wood my entire life. One of the side effects to living on an apple orchard
ok, new question - HOW MUCH do I want? We're around weekends until January - then only every other weekend or so.
Ding Ding Ding - this is the way to go IAB and MBC!
Bring him some Berkshire Brewing Company Porter in exchange for some firewood.
A full cord. If you still have any at the end of winter, you need a big bonfire. You can NEVER have too much wood.
why do they call it a cord or half cord or whatever?
Where did cord come from?
Where did cord come from?
The cord is a unit of dry volume used in Canada and in the United States to measure firewood. One cord is defined as 128 ft³ (~3.62 m³), corresponding to a woodpile 8 ft wide × 4 ft high of 4 ft-long logs. In the metric system, wood is usually measured in steres or cubic metres: 1 stere = 1 m³ ≈ 0.276 cords.
In the United States, the cord is defined by statute in most states. Wood is also sold by the "face cord", which is usually not legally defined, and varies regionally. For example, in one area a pile of wood 8 feet wide × 4 feet high of 16"-long logs may be sold as a "face cord", though its volume is only one-third of a cord. In another region, or even from another vendor, the volume of a face cord may be considerably different.
still doesn't say where it came from.
Cool - it is great when things come together on the Monkey!
Monkeys are good peeps! (we need the thumb back)
Monkeys are good peeps!
(we need the thumb back)
Here in MA a cord (128 cubic ft) goes for around $275 delivered (ie dumped in your driveway, not stacked). If you like fires and have some storage space i'd get a 1/2 cord. You won't likely run out and it will spare you from the $10/fire store bought stuff. Make sure to measure it once stacked to ensure you don't get shortchanged.
Also see if the dude has 'fatwood', the resin impregnated wood from pine stumps. Lights with a match and is the ultimate fire starter (camping/bbq/fireplace). You can also buy this in stores by the box.