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I'll have 8 cords of firewood ricked soon. After that, another two for our family use is needed. Anything more will be sold. Me and father in law discussed it yesterday.
If they fetch it themselves we'll sell them a pickup load for $50. That means they come w/ a pickup, load it and go. If we have to take a load to them, within say a 30 mile radius, we sell for $65 the extra $15 for having to load, haul, unload for them. We'll let some elderly have for nothing, or if they insist on paying we'll knock off 15% and we'll do the same with the infirm what cannot genuinely help themselves if they need. We will also help someone in genuine dire straights.
He says he's got enough to cut up and bring to split for a few years of it. I figure if he gets momentum behind it, he'll 'turn up' a lot more firewood to gather in. We have two big old walnuts that were felled during a storm right out here in our 'bottom'. He's got oak up yon way in some back holler, if he can get to it. *chuckles* He's finding a lot of poplar and sycamore, folks want him to take scrub pine too. He takes some but we're not exactly after pine. It burns too quick and too hot, does not hold fire though. It is good to start on but have some hard wood on it to catch.
I strip him out bark fiber and make big old handfuls of starting nests. He loves it. Says when the fiber dries just a little it sets off like paper. I might play with an idea of dousing the fiber with a light coating of wax. Although if it works as is not sure I'd make it any better fiddling with it. He has clothes dryer lint too if he needs a good starting nest material, that and a little steel wool touched by a 9 volt battery gets you a quick fire starter. Of course, flint and steel cannot be beaten, except maybe by a magnifying lens and hot sun. *chuckles*
Had third class fireman training by the navy. Think I have forgotten more ways to start and stop fires than ought to be legal. With the fireman mentality, I break things down to the fire triangle a lot. To stay warm in Winter for example I set up a triangle of Dry, Sheltered, Fed. Well, I better get some other critters fed before I eat. Got a little to rick this morning too. Run 'er slow.