How to prepare firewood for the entire heating season for free in just two days

Firewood remains one of the most cost-effective heating fuels. Especially for those regions where there is no main gas or coal. The cost of firewood is different in each region. For example, in Siberia the cost of firewood is 1500-2000 rubles / m3. It is the best fuel for stoves and fireplaces located inside the house. The only inconvenience when heating with wood is that they quickly burn out and need to be regularly added.

This is especially important for boilers. If you use long-burning boilers with a large chamber or pyrolysis boilers, then the burning of firewood on one tab can be extended up to a day.

In such a machine, at least 6 m3 of firewood. A small house needs about two cars for the winter. Let's round up to 15 m2. This is 30 thousand. rub., if the firewood is brought chopped. And if there is frost and a house with an area of ​​more than 100 m2, then the amount may be even higher.

There is a way to prepare firewood for free in just a couple of days. Many people know that sawmill waste is given free. In Siberia, almost every sawmill - if only they were taken out. If you have your own truck, you can load it and take it to your place. And to cut it.

But to cut such wood, and then fold it, is another occupation. Lots of rubbish and sawdust. There is another way to process them into firewood. The croaker and pasta can be shredded on this branch shredder:

There are both electric and gasoline models. The average productivity is 5 m3 of branches per hour. Someone makes such shredders on their own:

The design is simple. From the drive, two gears rotate, on them shafts with knives. The rotation is synchronous. Knives cut branches and small trunks. Or maybe a croaker.

Here you can see a number of examples of such homemade products for chopping branches and slab sticks: https://youtu.be/7GnVQajyRn4

Self-assembly work will be simplified if you purchase ready-made knife grinders, but without a drive and bed:

A pulley is attached to them, the necks are welded from sheet steel, the base for a gasoline or electric motor. Gasoline engine power must be at least 6.5 HP. If less, then the chopper on large slab sticks may not cope. Or you need to remove one knife from each shaft - the logs will be longer and the load per shaft revolution will be reduced. Then the diameter of the sticks for processing can be increased.

How does a similar unit grind - we look in this video:

Branch shredder Pulley made in Ukraine.

There are few forests in Ukraine, so there such equipment for deep wood processing is relevant. As you can see, you can put small logs directly into bags. In them, the wood will dry during the summer season to natural moisture and will be ready for use in ovens and boilers.

The only question is the cost of such shredders and grinders. Having looked, I saw that it was cheaper than 50 thousand. rub. can not found. Not everyone can afford it. Therefore, the option of self-manufacturing such a unit is relevant. Or team up with a neighbor. Purchase a shredder together and work together on the workpiece. Twice as long, but the equipment will pay off for you in a season.

Few sawmills have slab chopping equipment. But if they do, they process it into chips. Chips can be sold for the production of wood concrete, or it can be heated. I wrote about this method here

How to remove recycled slab from the sawmill? If you load the logs into mesh bags for potatoes, then you can in the trailer of your car. Or, to speed up the process, you can load 1m3 in MKR and also take it out in a trailer. And in your area to disassemble in bags for drying. Bags will also have a cost and you need a lot of them. For the winter, you need about 1000 bags of such firewood. And before storage - a drying shed. And a woodshed 6x3x3m for storage.

After watching several videos, I saw that many people in Ukraine do this. True, there is not a lot of firewood needed for heating because of their warm winters.

Yes, such firewood is not entirely free. There will be costs for electricity or gasoline, for the delivery of bags to your site. But they are minimal and will not exceed 100-200 rubles per m3 if the sawmill is nearby.

P.S. A request to skeptics: write your objections well-reasoned. If you think that the idea is not working, then take the trouble to explain why.

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