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Well... just like I said. The fall rains have been coming, and the days between the rains remain with high humidity and temperatures that don’t get out of the 60’s---not something conducive to drying out wood that got soaked with 4 inches of rain. So glad I got on schedule this year in covering the wood in the third week in August.
Ran a small hot fire tonight. Temps supposed to go down to 46, and only up to 63 outside tomorrow. So not much chance for the current 62 interior temp to rise. Earliest thAt we needed to do this before wAs September 15.
Is there a recommended amount of wood to take per acre of Maine treegrowth sustainably??
Googling i'm seeing everything from a cord an acre can be taken annually, to much less. But this is for the whole country and not just Maine.
I'd say a cord/acre of sustained harvest would be very optimistic. It would definitely have to be a hardwood stand, not mixed growth like most places would be. I've been told a good hardwood stand would produce 10 cord per acre if it was totally harvested. Considering that, I'd say a half cord/acre would be more realistic for a sustainable harvest and that would be pushing it.
I’m in my late 60’s and have burned wood all my life. I generally drop trees on my land that appear diseased or damaged by ice or crowded out by other trees. I have a wood splitter, a 4wd tractor, side by side UTV with dump body and a pickup that I utilize for such duties. Personally it is a difficult task at best, but it keeps my blood sugar levels at a healthy level! I don’t mind it really. I devote one day a week to firewood during the snowless season. When I bought the home it was a leaky, drafty, ignored dwelling. The oil bill was over $80 per week for hot water and heat. I have since insulated the entire home and installed new energy efficient windows. Also Installed tank less hot water heater and installed an energy efficient wood burner. I stack my wood on pallets, use the tractor with forks attached to the bucket and move the pallets as needed into the garage, and fill the wood box nightly. Who needs a gym membership?
I’m 70. I’ve been burning wood since 1979 for 100% of my heat in 3 houses. I always looked at the house in regard to whether it was conducive to wood heat.
I’m thinking that a John Deer or other small garden tractor with a fork and bucket might be in my future. I would use it to move the wood from the piles to the stack position on the wood pallets. Right now I have to pick it up from the ground, put it into a wagon behind my cub cadet lawn tractor, drive it to the wood stacking, and then lit it out of the wagon. This lifting up and down gets to me. Lifting it up to the height of the pile would save time and my back.
I recommend the largest 4wd garden tractor you can find with lugged tires and chains; diesel would be a plus. I made the mistake of buying a gas JD 445 2wd and it just did not have the oomph to dig under and lift even small piles of dirt and gravel. A lot of money wasted due to my lack of experience with such equipment.
I recommend the largest 4wd garden tractor you can find with lugged tires and chains; diesel would be a plus. I made the mistake of buying a gas JD 445 2wd and it just did not have the oomph to dig under and lift even small piles of dirt and gravel. A lot of money wasted due to my lack of experience with such equipment.
So this wouldn’t work.
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