I figure I might quit wood soon. Maybe if I lived in NJ I'd go longer with the milder winters. . I cut my own wood for 40 years in central and northern New York. Often used a 12-14 full-cords per winter. Had all my own hardwood forest. That said, the wood was not free. Cost of my dozer or tractor, truck, chainsaws, fuel, woodsplitters, cleaning chimneys, time spent cutting, blocking, stacking, splitting, etc. Not cheap at all, in the end.
Now living in northern Michigan by Lake Huron and Lake Superior. Same basic cold dismal winters as central New York. Cold is just more steady. But - I have 100 acres of forest and NO hardwood. Just white pine, cedar. balsam fir, and poplar.
So now I buy truck-loads of hardwood tops. I just got done cutting and splitting two year's worth of wood.
I just sat down and figured the cost. My firewood, assuming my time is worth nothing - cost me 5 cents per BTU of heat. Wood pellets cost me 3 cents per BTU. Plus with the pellets - no cleaning chimneys, no stacking, no splitting, and NO starting fires. Kind of a no-brainer.
I bought a pellet stove for my large shop on sale at Tractor Supply. I used to hate even the thought of pellet stoves. Now? I love this thing. I have around 1 year's worth of wood left and then, I think, I am done.
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