How Much Wood Do I Burn In One Season?

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Every year, I think I have enough, but every year, I run short. So, how much wood do I actually need to run this outdoor wood boiler for one full heating season?
    Find the best organic seeds here - sowrightseeds....
    Use code SSLFAMILY10 for 10% off!
    Please check us out at www.sslfamilyfarm.com
    Find recommended products on Amazon - www.amazon.com...
    and follow us on....
    / sslfamilyfarm
    / sslfamilyfarm
    / sslfamilyfarm
    / sslfamilyfarm
    Daily Beetle by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommon...)
    Source: incompetech.com...
    Artist: incompetech.com/
    Any links here may be Affiliate links

КОМЕНТАРІ • 34

  • @EdKeen-sr5xs
    @EdKeen-sr5xs 11 днів тому +4

    Westcentral mn. Last winter never shoved snow unreal God bless

  • @tractordan933
    @tractordan933 12 днів тому +5

    Like seeing you sit while you split wood, I do the same as much as possible. You need a wood shed real bad, hope one is in your future plans.

  • @tobyk321
    @tobyk321 12 днів тому +3

    I rule for firewood I've always lived by. make your wood pile as big as you think you'll ever need, then triple it!

  • @soupsandwich72
    @soupsandwich72 11 днів тому +1

    That's a lot of wood for a season. Converted to 90% wood stove heat in our 2200 sqft home in Western NY a few years ago now. I'm using about 7-8 face cord for the season and feel that is a healthy amount. Guess I should count my blessings it isn't 7-8 cord instead. Happy heating!

  • @lnproductions3159
    @lnproductions3159 9 днів тому

    That’s a lot of wood. I burn 5-6 a year roughly. Great video! This is my 21st year burning and I finally built a 5.5 cord woodshed so I know roughly how much I need. I keep another cord stacked down back as reserve, if I don’t break into it then it’s the first wood up during burning season next year. Keep up the good work fellow wood burners from northeast New England.

  • @stenzo51
    @stenzo51 12 днів тому +3

    Hey Todd, I'm curious... of the total wood burned last year, how much was burned in the wood boiler, which burns much more efficiently, versus what you burned inside, which requires smaller drier pieces and burns much less efficiently? Maybe you could build yourself a couple of wood sheds where you can keep your inside wood separate from the wood boiler wood? Blessings to you and the entire SSL Family!

    • @SSLFamilyDad
      @SSLFamilyDad  12 днів тому

      All of what was measured was for the outdoor wood boiler. The stuff I burned inside was probably about two face cords

  • @pjanders87
    @pjanders87 12 днів тому +3

    That yellow wood looks like the Mulberry we have here in Iowa. Similar to Osage apparently, burns hot. I find it sparks more than most.
    Cant wait to see more outdoor wood furnace videos.

  • @ronyerke9250
    @ronyerke9250 12 днів тому +1

    It might be worth your while to start using a splitting maul. If you get a good rhythm going, you can split faster than that machine.

  • @mikenuyen4441
    @mikenuyen4441 12 днів тому +1

    Osage on that yellow wood? not sure if it grows that far north

    • @SSLFamilyDad
      @SSLFamilyDad  12 днів тому

      That could be! We do have those here

    • @fredmeyer1898
      @fredmeyer1898 12 днів тому +1

      Osage will grow almost anywhere but it looks like mulberry to me. Osage is usually not that straight. Both are outstanding burning woods but Osage is great for tool handles or anything requiring tough durable wood that looks nice and will take a beating!

    • @mikenuyen4441
      @mikenuyen4441 12 днів тому

      @@fredmeyer1898 I have heard that native Americans used Osage for hunting bows. I also heard that the green convoluted fruit will repel spiders.

  • @henrikleong1234
    @henrikleong1234 12 днів тому +2

    Lots of dead trees
    😂😂😂

  • @matejkotnik9675
    @matejkotnik9675 11 днів тому +2

    The woodspliter pin-holder could be reinfrced by welding a bridge behind the hole/nut. Just a tip😊

  • @loodusefilm7881
    @loodusefilm7881 12 днів тому +6

    That's crazy amount of firewood considering it's hardwood. At really cold winter i don't use even not 4 cord of firewood for 1200 sq ft house and it's not oak, it's alder and spruce. Also in Estonia we have cold winter with a lot of snow.

    • @edieboudreau9637
      @edieboudreau9637 12 днів тому +1

      He did mention that last year it was . mostly pine so that burns 2-3x faster.

    • @fredmeyer1898
      @fredmeyer1898 12 днів тому

      His house is quite large, also he is burning not only in his primary boiler but in stoves and fireplaces in the house.

    • @SSLFamilyDad
      @SSLFamilyDad  12 днів тому +2

      Well this would be for 4400 square feet and also heating our hot water for a family of 4

    • @ronyerke9250
      @ronyerke9250 12 днів тому

      Snow is a great insulator. Once the house is covered, you lose less heat when the wind blows.

    • @loodusefilm7881
      @loodusefilm7881 12 днів тому

      @@ronyerke9250 Not that good 😄

  • @dister72
    @dister72 День тому +1

    I like to rip those big rounds in halves or quarters instead of wrestling around with them.

  • @curtisgrehn7814
    @curtisgrehn7814 12 днів тому +1

    I like your channel first of all, thanks. I was taught that a full cord of wood is 8' long, 4' high and three rows of whatever your preferred length of wood may be. Seems simple and unscientific however.

  • @kenltron
    @kenltron 11 днів тому +1

    Ohhh, it's that time of year, innit. We're on a similar page in terms of processing/counting/stacking. I go with pallets, tarps, and bungees. I slide a pallet vertically over a T-post to create an end, then stack double rows on palettes. My estimate is a bit more than 2 pallets for a full cord (average probably 3' wood across x 4'-5' H x 4' L for 1 pallet). I use thick "Xpose" brand 6' tarps (in 8' to 20' length) and Cartman brand 48" bungees to hold the tarps down, using the grommets in the tarps with the bungee hooked around whatever log is conveniently sticking out of the stack. Note: If you do two stacks on palettes as I do, the water will collect in the center of the tarp and collapse your stacks outward, so you have to toss some branches across to lessen the water build up. Heh, scared the horse with a collapse once. LOL! I've begun counting my wood use in terms of "pallets" of wood. Last season I used 7 palettes, or about 3 cord, give or take, feeding an Osburn 3500 wood stove to heat the house. Yeah, it's been warm outside over the past few winters. I'm currently processing a bunch of new wood to get out ahead of next season, like you are doing. I added a 27 ton gas splitter to my maul/axe/sledgehammer/wedges/7-ton electric splitter setup that I've been using since I started processing my own stuff several years ago. It's still a lot of work, but that has made life easier. Amazing what you can get done with simpler tools, though, if you have to. Always look forward to your vids, btw, whatever it is you've got going on!

  • @dwightminor5792
    @dwightminor5792 11 днів тому +1

    Always seems like you could use more esp if you burn all year like I do. It would be nice to have a year ahead but that’s a ton of wood for us boiler guys.

  • @neildriedger637
    @neildriedger637 10 днів тому +1

    🙏❤😇👍ENJOYED THE VIDEO TODD!!

  • @dorisharrison9885
    @dorisharrison9885 12 днів тому +1

    👍🍁🍂🌾🥀🇺🇲👍

  • @edieboudreau9637
    @edieboudreau9637 12 днів тому +2

    Being able to calculate what's needed and getting it "laid by" is important.
    Doing some after weather trends down to cooler = warming yourself twice. Lol.

  • @marilynm8812
    @marilynm8812 12 днів тому +2

    Neat you can do some sitting down.

  • @tsx3214
    @tsx3214 12 днів тому +1

    What is the system you use to stack without blocking yourself from the earlier split wood? It seems the last in will be the first out 🙂 Sorta biblical. LOL

    • @SSLFamilyDad
      @SSLFamilyDad  12 днів тому +1

      lol, I have a path to get to the back so I can pull that wood first. However it was only don’t this was this year because I had other things in the way. Next year I will start stacking in the front!

  • @stephencoon7352
    @stephencoon7352 9 днів тому

    I was never able to do it until I retired, but I now only work on wood in fall and winter. My goal is to have a year and a half ahead at all times. You will find the better seasoned the wood, the better it burns. Reducing how much I need to cut.

  • @fredmeyer1898
    @fredmeyer1898 12 днів тому +1

    Are the tree companies still dropping off wood or are you having to go find it yourself now?

    • @SSLFamilyDad
      @SSLFamilyDad  12 днів тому

      I find it myself but it isn’t hard at all!