2014-2015. What's in your stack?.....

[1kzwoman]

Dry pine touch of aspen, bit o cedar

 

[Sconnie Burner]

I have mostly elm to burn this year (thanks to the EAB and not being able to transport wood very far) with a mix of 3-5 inch oak limbs. All dead standing that I css this spring as its my first year burning. I don't think the trunk wood will be dry enough. I do also have 2/3 cord of cottonwood and boxelder for shoulder wood. Not ideal but they'll do for this year!

 

[Seanm]

I have Larch, lodgepole pine, fir, western red cedar (for kindling), birch, sub alpine fir, and choke cherry in order of quantity. I have a small amount of apple but thats on the two year drying plan.

 

[CageMaster]

poplar, maple and a mix of oak/ash for when it gets really cold burned 8.5 cords last winter, hopefully not as harsh a winter here this year

 

[Frank625]

3 cord, I have some red oak, white oak, hickory, poplar, maple, cherry, Bradford pear and even a little pine. This is the last year for the monster maul splitting all my wood. I came across a nice splitter for cheap on CL with a Honda motor. It's a beast. Looking forward to really stocking up.

 

[Lyndenbrook Farm]

I am a newbie to all this.

We moved to a new place where circumstances left it mostly untended for a few years, and the previous owner had given up on using the fireplace for ages. We have a second-hand Hearthstone Heritage put in and new liners, etc in the chimney

I am starting my wood-stove adventure with a metric buttload of Ash that has been standing dead for anywhere from three to one years, thanks to the emerald ash borers

We have had a few felled and I am getting it cut etc.

I have NO IDEA how much I will need

And much of it is unseasoned (although much of it seems to have done well standing in the sun in some spots).

 

[MI wood guy]

Most to least hard maple,hickory,ash,cherry,mulberry,box elder,poplar,and few pieces of elm

 

[bigbarf48]

Red oak, white oak, beech, cottonwood, silver maple, elm, magnolia, sweetgum and a bit of yellowwood

 

[Elderthewelder]

about 3 cord of Doug Fir and a cord of Big leaf maple and a bit of red alder all 2+ years seasoned and in shed for 2014/15 season ( wont use all)

A little over half cord of Elm and half cord Doug fir 2+ years seasoned but still out in open on skids for 2015/16

2 cord Doug fir / half cord big leaf maple just split and stacked for 2016/17

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Hey all just a little update, more to come soon with the finished picture, but I haven't seen too many pics of what your going to burn this year, so post up..... The beech is up, and this is some black locust to fill the gap, tomorrow I'm off and looking to finish.....

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Black locust is up and almost full for the upcoming season. It measured out to be around 1 1/3 cord..... Last year I had the same amount ready and then I ended up dipping into more because of the long cold winter.....

 

[STIHLY DAN]

Depends on what stacks I use this year. I was going to do the hickory, white oak, beech stack. I don't think the pallets they are on are going to make it another year, and it is that stacks turn. But I have another stack of all Hickory that is turning to dust in front of my eyes, that I would like to burn before those beetles become bigger than me. Then again I am having a trailer custom built for me this winter and would like to protect it from the elements. To do this I need to use the red oak that the shelter logic is housing. Being ahead can be a pain in the behind sometimes.

 

[Lakeside]

Hickory that is turning to dust

That what happen to mine too. So much for targeting Hickory . If it's black I am on it. Black Locust & Black Birch for me.

 

[BillLion]

Red maple, sugar maple, Norway maple, elm, white oak, pin oak, white birch

 

[osagebow]

Starting with about 1/2 cord pine and sass, then have a bit over 2 cords oak/locust mix. 1 cord soft maple for spring.

1 cord into year 4, and buddy just cut some BL down

 

[BruceNorEast]

New to wood heating (adding a stove to our fireplace hearth), just getting started: Six cords of mixed hardwoods, supposedly seasoned but moisture meter is all over the place - hoping half will be ready come burning season (shown below). Also have about 1/6 cord of very dry maple, and planning to add some bio-blocks. Will drop and buck a couple of trees for the future soon.

 

[Lakeside]

New to wood heating

Well you sure have the right idea with those nice stacks. Way to Go ! Bruce

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Just getting started? You mean that whole field will be filled up by next year.......

 

[BruceNorEast]

Thanks Lakeside, we're trying.

Ram, sure would like to add some standing firewood to the near side of the field. As I mentioned in another thread, the winter winds coming across it are nuts; I've watched the windows bowing in and a tarp-and-pipe building outside come apart in them. If I don't restack these, then I'll at least have to remove the top foot or so.

 

[blacktail]

I moved the remainder of this year's wood to the shed yesterday and today. I forgot how much maple I have! All combined I have 3 cords in the shed and one in the rack out front.
Over a cord of Douglas Fir, about a cord of big leaf maple, about a cord of alder, and the rest is hemlock and birch.
And I have another cord of maple out back that I got from a tree service in February. That'll be left for another year.

 

[Seanm]

New to wood heating (adding a stove to our fireplace hearth), just getting started: Six cords of mixed hardwoods, supposedly seasoned but moisture meter is all over the place - hoping half will be ready come burning season (shown below). Also have about 1/6 cord of very dry maple, and planning to add some bio-blocks. Will drop and buck a couple of trees for the future soon.

Thats a thing of beauty bruce!

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

This is my complete 1.3 cord of wood that is well under 20% MC, tomorrow I will take pics and show you how I will protect it from rain and harsh winters, kind of like what we had last year. I have dryer wood and a better plan now that I have 1 1/2 years of burning under my belt. Last year was hit or miss due to just ok wood, so I am looking forward to the upcoming season......

 

[BruceNorEast]

Nice dry wood, conveniently located for getting it into the house! I'd imagine you hang a tarp from the deck come winter? How much longer will you leave it exposed? I've been thinking about running plastic just along the tops of my stacks and let the sun and wind get at the sides for a couple more months.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Yes, yes and yes, thanks, it feels really good to have a nice selection of hard dry wood this year, last years selection was no where near what I have this year. I'm hoping to see a difference in heat outputs. This is a picture of how I'm going to keep the wood for the rest of September......

 

[Cynnergy]

Mostly doug fir here, about a cord in the shed - last time I checked (about six weeks ago) it was at 24%, so fingers crossed it will be ready in time. Also another half cord of mixed hemlock and what I think is probably birch from a garden tree that fell down last year. And another cord of red alder and bitter cherry that was cut down early this summer - hopefully I can save that for next year - it was at 38% last time I checked.

Lots more alder falling still to do - I need to work out a way to keep everything sorted. I'm skeptical of just top-covering here (it rains sideways often in the winter), so maybe I can rearrange the shed into more sections. Or get hubby to build the new deck so that I can keep things dry under there .