Got Firewood?

[tonka.scout800a]

Originally Posted by drglinski

Last winter in SE MI there was either 1) a shortage of propane or 2) the price was crazy ridiculously high.

I use propane for the primary heat. Think I had it filled a couple times last year 150 gal. a fill and it still cost me $750-$900 for the winter....granted this is Texas. But we get a couple cold months, and I have an old house with poor insulation

[darkminion_17]

Originally Posted by Tim.E

Mr.Lew,,nice splitter.Did you build it?
Alvy,a splitter on a backhoe boom??? Coool!!!
mmzullo, nice splitter!!!
Mr.Bill, in my area,a rick is simply a stack of wood 4' high and 8' long,(by whatever length the cutter cuts it. So, if wood is cut 16" long it would take 3 ricks to make a cord which is 4'x4'x8' (128 cubic feet).

Tim,

I did not build it but whoever did, knew how to weld.
All I did was sandblast the whole thing and gave it a few coats of red rustoleum, put a 16 gpm pump on it, new detent valve, hoses,k181 with electric start and new tires.
weights around 2000 lbs.

[CADplans]

Originally Posted by tonka.scout800a

I use propane for the primary heat. Think I had it filled a couple times last year 150 gal. a fill and it still cost me $750-$900 for the winter....granted this is Texas. But we get a couple cold months, and I have an old house with poor insulation

We purchased a 1,000 gallon tank over ten years ago, and due to summer only buying of propane, we have never had to pay $2.00 a gallon,,,,, yet

The 800 gallons the tank holds will last us up to 3 years, we used to use more when we heated an office.

I filled ours in August,,,,,,

[tonka.scout800a]

I have a 1000 gal tank, just haven't filled in all the way. Think it was $2.75 a gal. last winter. Should have filled it this summer, but I procrastinated.

[Tim.E]

Mr. Mike ,(mountainheritage) Thanks for the compliments. I built the barn myself in 1994,so,it only looks old. A "rick" is a stack of wood 4' high and 8' long by whatever length the wood happens to be. In my case 18".

Tonka,,nice pics.

Daniel G. nice pics and nice cart!

[Mountain Heritage]

Tim,

A rick is an American way of say a "cord" of wood! LOL



Still liking that shed! This is similar to the style I'd like to build some day
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This is what I have now, just a "pole shed", used tin on the roof, cost me just under $700.00 to build it. IF I stuff it full, no spaces between the rows, I can get just over 40 cord (RICK) in it.

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When this picture was taken, I had just thrown two wagon loads of wood in under cover to get it off the wagon. About a week later had one heck of a wind storm and you can see where all the snow ended up! I normally put tarps on the West and North side to keep the snow out of it. I have a little shed on the East side that has garden tools, extra 2x4's and a whack of kindling in it. Got a tri-axle load of cedar about 6 years ago, I am lucky if I have used a cord of it yet! I will have kindling when I am 85 years old from that load of wood, best of all, it was free!

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[Tim.E]

Mr. Mike,,,Nice pictures. Down here we consider a "cord" of firewood to be
4' x 4' x8' which is 128 cubic feet of volume. I have been in your part of the country. I went fishing near a town called Wawa.Here's a pic,it was 1997.

[CubDieselFan]

I sold my Hardy wood burner last year. I switched to propane for my logs and use my heat pump as well. Just filled the propane tank for 1.799, which was a new customer price. Regular customer was 1.899. A fellow at work said he just paid 1.599. The 400 gallons in my 500 gallon tank will last 2 years.