How Much Wood Do I Burn In One Season?

[@EdKeen-sr5xs]

Westcentral mn. Last winter never shoved snow unreal God bless

[@matejkotnik9675]

The woodspliter pin-holder could be reinfrced by welding a bridge behind the hole/nut. Just a tip😊

[@pjanders87]

That yellow wood looks like the Mulberry we have here in Iowa. Similar to Osage apparently, burns hot. I find it sparks more than most. Cant wait to see more outdoor wood furnace videos.

[@tractordan933]

Like seeing you sit while you split wood, I do the same as much as possible. You need a wood shed real bad, hope one is in your future plans.

[@lnproductions3159]

That’s a lot of wood. I burn 5-6 a year roughly. Great video! This is my 21st year burning and I finally built a 5.5 cord woodshed so I know roughly how much I need. I keep another cord stacked down back as reserve, if I don’t break into it then it’s the first wood up during burning season next year. Keep up the good work fellow wood burners from northeast New England.

[@soupsandwich72]

That's a lot of wood for a season. Converted to 90% wood stove heat in our 2200 sqft home in Western NY a few years ago now. I'm using about 7-8 face cord for the season and feel that is a healthy amount. Guess I should count my blessings it isn't 7-8 cord instead. Happy heating!

[@curtisgrehn7814]

I like your channel first of all, thanks. I was taught that a full cord of wood is 8' long, 4' high and three rows of whatever your preferred length of wood may be. Seems simple and unscientific however.

[@stephencoon7352]

I was never able to do it until I retired, but I now only work on wood in fall and winter. My goal is to have a year and a half ahead at all times. You will find the better seasoned the wood, the better it burns. Reducing how much I need to cut.

[@kenltron]

Ohhh, it's that time of year, innit. We're on a similar page in terms of processing/counting/stacking. I go with pallets, tarps, and bungees. I slide a pallet vertically over a T-post to create an end, then stack double rows on palettes. My estimate is a bit more than 2 pallets for a full cord (average probably 3' wood across x 4'-5' H x 4' L for 1 pallet). I use thick "Xpose" brand 6' tarps (in 8' to 20' length) and Cartman brand 48" bungees to hold the tarps down, using the grommets in the tarps with the bungee hooked around whatever log is conveniently sticking out of the stack. Note: If you do two stacks on palettes as I do, the water will collect in the center of the tarp and collapse your stacks outward, so you have to toss some branches across to lessen the water build up. Heh, scared the horse with a collapse once. LOL! I've begun counting my wood use in terms of "pallets" of wood. Last season I used 7 palettes, or about 3 cord, give or take, feeding an Osburn 3500 wood stove to heat the house. Yeah, it's been warm outside over the past few winters. I'm currently processing a bunch of new wood to get out ahead of next season, like you are doing. I added a 27 ton gas splitter to my maul/axe/sledgehammer/wedges/7-ton electric splitter setup that I've been using since I started processing my own stuff several years ago. It's still a lot of work, but that has made life easier. Amazing what you can get done with simpler tools, though, if you have to. Always look forward to your vids, btw, whatever it is you've got going on!

[@dwightminor5792]

Always seems like you could use more esp if you burn all year like I do. It would be nice to have a year ahead but that’s a ton of wood for us boiler guys.

[@edieboudreau9637]

Being able to calculate what's needed and getting it "laid by" is important. Doing some after weather trends down to cooler = warming yourself twice. Lol.

[@loodusefilm7881]

That's crazy amount of firewood considering it's hardwood. At really cold winter i don't use even not 4 cord of firewood for 1200 sq ft house and it's not oak, it's alder and spruce. Also in Estonia we have cold winter with a lot of snow.

[@edieboudreau9637]

He did mention that last year it was . mostly pine so that burns 2-3x faster.

[@fredmeyer1898]

His house is quite large, also he is burning not only in his primary boiler but in stoves and fireplaces in the house.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Well this would be for 4400 square feet and also heating our hot water for a family of 4

[@ronyerke9250]

Snow is a great insulator. Once the house is covered, you lose less heat when the wind blows.

[@loodusefilm7881]

@@ronyerke9250 Not that good 😄

[@stenzo51]

Hey Todd, I'm curious... of the total wood burned last year, how much was burned in the wood boiler, which burns much more efficiently, versus what you burned inside, which requires smaller drier pieces and burns much less efficiently? Maybe you could build yourself a couple of wood sheds where you can keep your inside wood separate from the wood boiler wood? Blessings to you and the entire SSL Family!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

All of what was measured was for the outdoor wood boiler. The stuff I burned inside was probably about two face cords

[@tobyk321]

I rule for firewood I've always lived by. make your wood pile as big as you think you'll ever need, then triple it!

[@neildriedger637]

🙏❤😇👍ENJOYED THE VIDEO TODD!!

[@marilynm8812]

Neat you can do some sitting down.

[@ronyerke9250]

It might be worth your while to start using a splitting maul. If you get a good rhythm going, you can split faster than that machine.

[@henrikleong1234]

Lots of dead trees 😂😂😂

[@dister72]

I like to rip those big rounds in halves or quarters instead of wrestling around with them.

[@fredmeyer1898]

Are the tree companies still dropping off wood or are you having to go find it yourself now?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

I find it myself but it isn’t hard at all!

[@mikenuyen4441]

Osage on that yellow wood? not sure if it grows that far north

[@SSLFamilyDad]

That could be! We do have those here

[@fredmeyer1898]

Osage will grow almost anywhere but it looks like mulberry to me. Osage is usually not that straight. Both are outstanding burning woods but Osage is great for tool handles or anything requiring tough durable wood that looks nice and will take a beating!

[@mikenuyen4441]

@@fredmeyer1898 I have heard that native Americans used Osage for hunting bows. I also heard that the green convoluted fruit will repel spiders.

[@dorisharrison9885]

👍🍁🍂🌾🥀🇺🇲👍