A Truckload Of Payback

Getting help a few weeks ago to fix the switch box in the wood burning furnace means heat for the house and another kind of heat also, the kind generated when making a load of firewood to payback the help.

Our outdoor furnace can take large wood pieces up to 3 feet long. We have made more than 10 cord so far this year of this long heat source so it was difficult to saw pieces that are only 15 inches in length to fit the size of his firebox.

I had to go so far as to measure one piece to use it as a guide when cutting the seasoned cherry, fir and alder that was stacked along the edge of the landing from our logging that we had done nearly a year and a half ago.

My right hand helper and I had been able to get wood cut, split and loaded into the bed of the pickup on a beautiful fall morning. The frost on the ground kept our feet cold while the activity created fine beads of sweat at our temples and runny noses during the process.

I think I’ll save the unloading at my brother’s house for Mike, I would not want him to miss getting his share of the warmth from this payback.