We use 3 cord per year for all our heating needs here in Downeast Maine. Our house is 1600ft2 on two floors. The wood is primarily red maple, which is a very low density, low BTU content hardwood. I don't burn softwood. There's a bit of yellow and white birch mixed in. Timewise, I don't do it in one go, so I don't know. My stab in the dark is 80 hours. That includes felling, limbing, sharpening blades, etc. My annual cash outlay is about $5 for a half gallon of bar oil.
How much heat do you get from the wood you cut and split? How much time did it take from start to finish? How much per BTU would that cost for the wood you produced? Was that pine?
Very nice. Congratulations on your solar powered fire wood processing. One small bone to pick: You were discussing power (watts) not energy (watt-hours or kilowatt hours). But keep up the great work, and spreading the solar word.
We use 3 cord per year for all our heating needs here in Downeast Maine. Our house is 1600ft2 on two floors. The wood is primarily red maple, which is a very low density, low BTU content hardwood. I don't burn softwood. There's a bit of yellow and white birch mixed in. Timewise, I don't do it in one go, so I don't know. My stab in the dark is 80 hours. That includes felling, limbing, sharpening blades, etc. My annual cash outlay is about $5 for a half gallon of bar oil.
TheMadGeneralist 10 months ago
How much heat do you get from the wood you cut and split? How much time did it take from start to finish? How much per BTU would that cost for the wood you produced? Was that pine?
tom1996t 10 months ago
Very nice. Congratulations on your solar powered fire wood processing. One small bone to pick: You were discussing power (watts) not energy (watt-hours or kilowatt hours). But keep up the great work, and spreading the solar word.
SolarBozos 1 year ago