Mountaintrekker
09-23-2011, 04:24 AM
Hello all,
I have been busy with the family out at our homestead lately and I do intend to fill you all in with the whens and how's of it all in due time (also with pics). Until then, I wanted to share something with you preppers and other homesteaders that I have been working on with regard to how much gasoline I need to store to be able to cut wood for the season/s.
Everything that comes into our place has a very high price and requires either coming in on our backs, sled, canoe or atv (when the weather, tide and a few other variables coincide with one another.) Hence everything must be planned or we face the consequences of either doing without or possibly getting into a serious survival situation.
I have been cutting wood like mad with the weather changing and getting colder everyday and decided to figure out approximately how much gas I burn in my Stihl MS310 to give me a weeks worth of wood. Well, after some testing this past year I figure one full tank of chainsaw gas yields approximately one weeks worth of wood. Yes I did take into account cold snaps etc. this is just an average mind you for both house and sauna.
So the saw fuel capacity is 1.2 pints which is .15th of a gallon. If we take 6 full tanks of fuel and multiply them by .15, 15 X 6 = .9 tenths of a gallon of fuel for 6 chainsaw fill ups. I figure the tenth of a gallon is a good loss factor for spills, letting the saw warm up or idle for a bit etc. So I figure I'm getting 6 weeks of wood per gallon of gas if I do my part and don't do too much small stuff.
Everyone's numbers will be different due to how your place is insulated, what type of wood and woodstove, how warm you like your place etc.
I have been busy with the family out at our homestead lately and I do intend to fill you all in with the whens and how's of it all in due time (also with pics). Until then, I wanted to share something with you preppers and other homesteaders that I have been working on with regard to how much gasoline I need to store to be able to cut wood for the season/s.
Everything that comes into our place has a very high price and requires either coming in on our backs, sled, canoe or atv (when the weather, tide and a few other variables coincide with one another.) Hence everything must be planned or we face the consequences of either doing without or possibly getting into a serious survival situation.
I have been cutting wood like mad with the weather changing and getting colder everyday and decided to figure out approximately how much gas I burn in my Stihl MS310 to give me a weeks worth of wood. Well, after some testing this past year I figure one full tank of chainsaw gas yields approximately one weeks worth of wood. Yes I did take into account cold snaps etc. this is just an average mind you for both house and sauna.
So the saw fuel capacity is 1.2 pints which is .15th of a gallon. If we take 6 full tanks of fuel and multiply them by .15, 15 X 6 = .9 tenths of a gallon of fuel for 6 chainsaw fill ups. I figure the tenth of a gallon is a good loss factor for spills, letting the saw warm up or idle for a bit etc. So I figure I'm getting 6 weeks of wood per gallon of gas if I do my part and don't do too much small stuff.
Everyone's numbers will be different due to how your place is insulated, what type of wood and woodstove, how warm you like your place etc.