Tractors and wood! Show your pics

calpalmer · Jul 9, 2019

I burn it, but don't like its tendency to express its pitch.

arizona98tj · Jul 25, 2019

Today was the last of the yearly firewood processing. I finished off the last of the oak for the 2020-2021 heating season. Anything that goes into the woodshed now will be from trees falling across the trails from storms.

goeduck · Jul 26, 2019

arizona98tj said:
Today was the last of the yearly firewood processing. I finished off the last of the oak for the 2020-2021 heating season. Anything that goes into the woodshed now will be from trees falling across the trails from storms.

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Nice shed. How many cord fit in there?

arizona98tj · Jul 26, 2019

The shed is 28' x 10' x 8' (not including the 10' peak at the center roofline). That is 2,240 cubic feet. If you are using 128 cubic feet for a well-stacked cord, that makes for 17+ cords.

As you can see in the one of the photos, I leave a path down the center and don't stack it the full length of 28'. I have about 3 heating seasons of wood according to usage averaged over the past 4 years.

Jstpssng · Jul 26, 2019

^^^^^
That's just like having money in the bank, except that (so far) the government hasn't found a way to tax you on it.

Gordon Gould · Jul 26, 2019

arizona98tj said:
The shed is 28' x 10' x 8' (not including the 10' peak at the center roofline). That is 2,240 cubic feet. If you are using 128 cubic feet for a well-stacked cord, that makes for 17+ cords.

As you can see in the one of the photos, I leave a path down the center and don't stack it the full length of 28'. I have about 3 heating seasons of wood according to usage averaged over the past 4 years.

Nice looking shed and what Jstpssng says is right. So is 10 cord + or - close ??

gg

goeduck · Jul 26, 2019

Jstpssng said:
^^^^^
That's just like having money in the bank, except that (so far) the government hasn't found a way to tax you on it.

Here they already tax us annually on the property the wood grows on so I sure hope they do not try to tax us again on the wood itself. Not that it has ever stopped the gubbamint before from taxing the same income or asset multiple times. I sure wish they were limited to one bite at the apple.

arizona98tj · Jul 26, 2019

I'm thinking about 7~8 cords in their right now.

I do have to pay property taxes so they are getting their blood money that way. About a year after my wife and I put up the woodshed, the tax accessor stopped by. We had built our house the prior year and he was doing a followup visit. He was all excited to get his tape measure out and measure the concrete slab and add the woodshed to the list.

If you are interested in seeing it go up, I have an article on my website.

goeduck · Jul 26, 2019

arizona98tj said:
About a year after my wife and I put up the woodshed, the tax accessor stopped by. We had built our house the prior year and he was doing a followup visit. He was all excited to get his tape measure out and measure the concrete slab and add the woodshed to the list.

Those blood suckers stop by about every 4 years out here.

Jstpssng · Jul 26, 2019

goeduck said:
Those blood suckers stop by about every 4 years out here.

They don't need to anymore, between Google Earth and other technology they can see what you've done and can even drive down the road with a video, then run a program which spits out any changes.