Just got my delivery of not so seasoned wood

[Lockpicker]

I managed to find a guy who sells *seasoned wood at a reasonable price. He has 40 cubic foot bins packed tightly with white/red oak for $50. He has an enormous yard where he has his own machine shop and a lot for stacking the bins on top of each other. Every fall he and a couple of his guys start cleaning up his woods, felling trees and bucking ones that are down. So, the wood I'm purchasing now was from last fall. I've purchased 3 bins each of the past 2 years. Last winter I was purchasing his Sandy clean up. It's not perfect, but it will do when you have horrible winters. I'm putting this years purchases away for next winter so they are ready to go. I'm slowly making inroads on the 3 year plan.

Your talking about a guy named Ralph. I MM tested fresh splits of his wood in several different bins. It never came up higher than 23 percent. Most was right around 20. I plan to burn it this winter while my other wood drys

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

Your talking about a guy named Ralph. I MM tested fresh splits of his wood in several different bins. It never came up higher than 23 percent. Most was right around 20. I plan to burn it this winter while my other wood drys

It's Rob. South Quakertown? I'm heading back over for 2 bins on Saturday. Going to throw it in my stash for next year.

 

[BruceNorEast]

Not sure how to scrounge with a Honda Crv and my company car lol!

can you put a hitch on one of your cars and pickup a small used trailer? If not, maybe rent something when you find a source worth scrounging? FYI I just got a delivery of wood that was supposed to be ready for this winter. Turns out it was seasoned in an open horizontal silo, much of it still wet even though he had it "aging for a year now." it's a learning experience. Hope you catch a break soon.

 

[JTRock]

One big advantage of living in the land of softwoods is the lower density of the wood. I can FILL my Subaru Outback with firewood (holds between 1/3 and 2/5 of a cord) without totally bottoming out the suspension. I don't think I could pack it to the gills with Oak with the same result. But keep you eyes out for scrounges anyway, I always keep a tarp, a long sleeved work shirt and a pair of gloves in the car, just in case. I bet you could get a face cord in that CRV if you stack it nice and tight and aren't driving far.

The tarp is great advice for sure. I had a pilot for a company car, knocked the seat back and bought a $30 out of the stand up rack on the side of the road here in town. Let's just say it took a while to vacuum. Consequently I'm going to go back tomorrow and see if he sells by the cord. His stuff was 20% on the MM

 

[JTRock]

can you put a hitch on one of your cars and pickup a small used trailer? If not, maybe rent something when you find a source worth scrounging? FYI I just got a delivery of wood that was supposed to be ready for this winter. Turns out it was seasoned in an open horizontal silo, much of it still wet even though he had it "aging for a year now." it's a learning experience. Hope you catch a break soon.

I was thinking trailer route too. Hope you catch a break yourself!

 

[area_man]

I like getting on the scrounge. It's good for the soul. Relieving people of the burden of storing all that wood... it's great.

I got started burning wood last March and went through a good chunk of what the previous owner had stacked up. While getting into the occasional scrounge, I had not really got into it until recently. Now it's time to stack it up. It's all going to be totally green, as in cut on that day, but that's just fine by me. I'll stack it up until I run out of room and then find another space to stack it up.

 

[mellow]

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Another expensive option would be to get a couple cords of Kiln Dried firewood.

 

[KenLockett]

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Another expensive option would be to get a couple cords of Kiln Dried firewood.

A company near my house that sales kiln dried firewood that you see in the convenient stores bundled in 1 square foot bags sales what they call 'Overs' for $100 a full truck load (approx 1/2 cord). Was $60 last year but still a good deal if you are in a pinch. I intend to buy two truck loads here in a few weeks to supplement this years supply. Per the cord delivered kiln dry and split is $385 this year. Was $240 last year.

 

[tsquini]

There is a commercial wood supplier for bertucci's pizza. He supplies them seasoned wood for their brick ovens. He is expensive and will only deliver when he is in the area. He is the only guy I know who sells truely seasoned wood.

 

[KenLockett]

Be advised that burning kiln dried firewood can be an exasperating experience at times. First cord I ever burned in my gasifying wood boiler was 6% on my MM (bottomed out). The stuff was like rocket fuel. Burned fast and VERY hot. Best to mix in some wetter wood to temper the wood load.