To get you up to speed: I moved in last Feb and my house has a OWB. When I moved in I was left with no wood to speak of to make it through the winter( they did fill the 300gallon propane take up at no cost) so pretty much everything I cut was being burnt ASAP. I picked up a 6x10x5 dump trailer load of slab wood to help.
I got a call today from a guy that lives by my parents he has about 15 pine trees roughly 18-22inch diameter close to 50ft laying on the ground in log form(de limbed). seems to me its worth it to go get these at 7 miles each way but do you think that I can get 12hr burn time in the heart of winter out of pine? I just like to make it through the night I dont mind filling say 530am 530pm and 10pm.
I would be hauling this one trailer load at a time, the plus is that I can leave my splitter on site and dump the splits when I get home. I currently have 11 cord C/s/s of 85% hardwood ready to go I just thought that if I could burn the pine for several months it would save my good wood to season and help get me ahead.
Let me know thoughts
based on last feb-may wood consumption I would guess about 8-9 cord a year green althought I insulated lines, replaced a very leaky door gasket and added a chimney restrictor for S&G's.
I got a call today from a guy that lives by my parents he has about 15 pine trees roughly 18-22inch diameter close to 50ft laying on the ground in log form(de limbed). seems to me its worth it to go get these at 7 miles each way but do you think that I can get 12hr burn time in the heart of winter out of pine? I just like to make it through the night I dont mind filling say 530am 530pm and 10pm.
I would be hauling this one trailer load at a time, the plus is that I can leave my splitter on site and dump the splits when I get home. I currently have 11 cord C/s/s of 85% hardwood ready to go I just thought that if I could burn the pine for several months it would save my good wood to season and help get me ahead.
Let me know thoughts
based on last feb-may wood consumption I would guess about 8-9 cord a year green althought I insulated lines, replaced a very leaky door gasket and added a chimney restrictor for S&G's.