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Wood for heating... effort required
25 October 2015, 20:02,
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Wood for heating... effort required
I spent today in the wood store, bringing in the wood that we cut during the year... and there was a lot of it, and most in logs weighing around 120Kg. Man will I ache tomorrow!

While working I did some quick sums on how much effort goes into the process.

1 big tree is about enough to last us a whole season....

1 day for felling and extraction
1 day for brining under cover ( today's exercise)
1 day for basic splitting
1 day for processing to lumps ready for chopping
I reckon on a couple of hours per week chopping during the season so that's approx. 6 days worth.

So that makes it 10 days hard graft to keep the home fires burning for a year. Not bad at all , and certainly makes the hard graft more palatable.
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25 October 2015, 21:12,
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RE: Wood for heating... effort required
LS can you relate it in cord terms ....1 cord = 8ft x 4ft x 4ft high..if possible ?
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26 October 2015, 09:27,
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RE: Wood for heating... effort required
I find that when I'm chopping and sawing wood, I don't need any extra heat for the rest of the day ha!
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26 October 2015, 11:38,
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RE: Wood for heating... effort required
Yes, they say that wood heats you four times:

When you fell and extract the tree

When you stack it for seasoning

When you split it and chop it

When you finally burn it!
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