This is probably not the first time this topic has come up but as it has arisen in the thread on Esse Ironheart vs Margin Flameview cookstoves I thought I might get some expanded views here without taking over a really interesting thread.
[quote author="KodiakII" date="1305146936"]I also get "free" firewood from my farm, but I am taking into account two thousand dollar saws, a trailer and atv used to haul it, a couple of hundred dollars in chain, a chain sharpener, files, axes, mauls,oil, chain oil, gas at a dollar fifty-five a litre, hopefully by the end of the summer a thirty-five hundred dollar splitter, and my time...so free is a rather inaccurate term.[/quote]
When putting the cost of collecting and processing your own firewood (ignoring the time, as to many of us it is a hobby that gets us outside, enjoying a pastime that helps keep us active a fit), is there such a thing as free firewood?
I suspect that it is possible to have the gear, and cut some to sell to offset the running costs, so you do get your own wood without any visible cost, but is it really free?
[quote author="KodiakII" date="1305146936"]I also get "free" firewood from my farm, but I am taking into account two thousand dollar saws, a trailer and atv used to haul it, a couple of hundred dollars in chain, a chain sharpener, files, axes, mauls,oil, chain oil, gas at a dollar fifty-five a litre, hopefully by the end of the summer a thirty-five hundred dollar splitter, and my time...so free is a rather inaccurate term.[/quote]
When putting the cost of collecting and processing your own firewood (ignoring the time, as to many of us it is a hobby that gets us outside, enjoying a pastime that helps keep us active a fit), is there such a thing as free firewood?
I suspect that it is possible to have the gear, and cut some to sell to offset the running costs, so you do get your own wood without any visible cost, but is it really free?