…before ya do something like this too him…?
As I’ve said, I’m out at the rifle range campground this weekend. It’s chilly at night, and hotter n’ blazes during the day. The nights are just perfect for a nice campfire. I have several friends that’ll set me up with firewood from their farms and acreages. As much as I want - and more. I never really thunk nothing of it. They’re happy to get rid of the standing deadfall and I’m happy to take it. I typically carry about 3/4 of a cord of split seasoned poplar… maybe a little birch.
The campground out here sells wood to the campers in bags that hold about 2-1/2 good armfuls of split firewood.
I brought 3 wheelbarrows of firewood from home… it’s super dry so it flares up, and burns hot and fast. In the morn there’s only fine ash left. I will soak the ashes all the same but it’s largely a formality at that point. The coals are at least 95% out. I can see the club wanting to recoup costs and fund raise … but hell’s bells! At those prices? They can keep it!
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I start my fire last night with a square or two of TP and a handful of crunched up dry twigs…
I took a trip a couple years ago from Texas to Louisiana. Since you're not supposed to transport firewood, to avoid spreading destructive insects or disease, I waited till I arrived to get my firewood, It was the first time I ever bought firewood from a vending machine. I forget how much I paid, but it was too much of course.
ReplyDelete15 -11 years ago, I helped my neighbor with his firewood business in East County, San Diego. One cubic foot of oak was wholesaled to the merchant for $3 to $3.50, the business sold it for $5-$7, depending on how close to the beach it was.
ReplyDeleteI was so surprised when I got to Tennessee, that approx. 1 cubic ft. of mystery wood was $5, 11 years ago!!
I use whatever hardwood the local mill is doing. They steel band bundles of about a third of a cord. For 0 to 20 bucks, depending on the wood, how busy, how much storage area they have left, they use a big loader with forks, to put it on yer trailer, for $5 (tip the driver).
I made a jig/rack, with T bars, it's 24" wide, 18" between T posts and 12' long. I toss in the milled, barky slabs and cut them into 18" lengths with my still trusty, medium Husky with a 28" bar.
One mill seems to get all the hickory, they sell bundles for $10-$20.
I'm on the "do firewood till I die", programme. The wife can't wield a saw anymore, but she sure did back in the day.