It is closer to "thrice" or more for us.
Cut down tree, remove limbs, cut to 4' lengths and load on trailer to haul home and unload trailer; cut into 12-16" lengths, split, and then stack to dry; then we haul by the wagon load to the house for the actual warmth of a fire. We keep it stacked a little ways from the house since we have black widow and brown recluse spiders that call this area home and they seem to like woodpiles; it is also safer in case of a wildland fire to have it away from the house.
But the radian heat of a woodstove beats the forced air furnace by far and makes it all worth while.
Cut down tree, remove limbs, cut to 4' lengths and load on trailer to haul home and unload trailer; cut into 12-16" lengths, split, and then stack to dry; then we haul by the wagon load to the house for the actual warmth of a fire. We keep it stacked a little ways from the house since we have black widow and brown recluse spiders that call this area home and they seem to like woodpiles; it is also safer in case of a wildland fire to have it away from the house.
But the radian heat of a woodstove beats the forced air furnace by far and makes it all worth while.
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