Aren’t you somewhere in S. Cal? How much wood are you using? We use wood as our primary source (with propane furnace and space heaters when it gets really cold at night) and go through 3-4 cords a year. I sure am happy when I can get hardwood. And the three barn cats take care of all the rodents.
NorCal, Sonoma County. We’re 3 logs a day normally but that’ll jump by a couple when we have freezing temps. About $250/mo for logs.
I see those logs sold locally and that certainly would be easier. But three logs a day…I have my stove going 14 hours a day.
Did someone say “Firewood”? Solid thread derail, btw!
Also, congrats on a job well done to all BD16 participants, vendors and customers alike!
Cabot 6 old Zin
Cabot 6 old Syrah
EMH 4 Black Cat
Veleta 12 EVOO
Can’t wait to try the Cabot Zin with some years on it.

I see those logs sold locally and that certainly would be easier. But three logs a day…I have my stove going 14 hours a day.
Yeah. My Wife works from home so the fire gets started at 5am. Second log will go on around noon and then 5pm. If it’s really cold we’ll use a couple extras.
These are the big 9lb logs not those little things that come in 6-packs. Those are garbage.

The single biggest thing with a chain saw is to know which direction compress the cut and which will spread it apart.
This should be enough to get me through next winter if I can actually log it all without dying.
Marcus, if you come up and work this maple with me, I’ll provide end-of-day all-you-can-drink Doyard! I think it is about 30" diameter at the break. Eight feet off the ground.
At my age I now like my snow in pictures, but in my earlier times did my share of chain sawing. This looks like a really serious job with hazards amplified because of snow, treacherous footing, etc. Whomever tackles this gig really needs to know their stuff.
For sure, it is a bad looking situation. That said, no tackling will occur until the conditions are dry.
Not to worry. Check out this thread for some pointers:
https://www.wineberserkers.com/t/men-who-lack-female-supervision
I meant to say. Make sure you have some wedges to keep the saw from binding. Have a second saw in case it does, and cut from the bottom up as soon as the log starts coming off the ground.
Amen Marcus Once using the chainsaw I looked down and saw my jeans shredded. I said close call and was more careful the rest of the day.
That looks like something out of the SSChris playbook.