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March 3/20 Update from Derrick at Crosscut Firewood

We are off to a roaring start at Crosscut Firewood!  Our kiln has been running around the clock to keep up with customer domand.  As we wind down the heating season, we have been shifting gears and selling more "green" firewood.  We recently had a price reduction from...

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February Giveaway Winners

February winners have been drawn.  Grand prize, winning a cord of kiln-dried firewood, is Michael from South Burlington.  Second place, winning $200 cash towards their first order, is going to Ryan from Fairfax.  Third place, winning an embroidered Crosscut Firewood...

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Kiln-Dried Firewood – Batch #1

Our first kiln-dried firewood batch of six cords is nearly complete.  Six sensors inserted into several pieces of wood measure the internal temperature.  Once all sensors hit 215-220*, we will shut it down, unload our firewood baskets, and prepare for a busy day of...

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Firing Up The Kiln

A service technican from Kiln-Direct made the journey from North Carolina to fire up the kiln.  After a brief training session on the controls and maintenance of the unit, we loaded the baskets and it got to work.  

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January Giveaway Winners

It's already the end of January, which means it's time to draw the winners of our first promotional giveaway!  There were 56 entries this month.  We put all entries into a jar and pulled the following winners: Grand prize, winning a cord of kiln-dried firewood, is...

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First Promotional Giveaway January 31st!

  The winners of our first promotional giveway will be drawn on January 31st.  We will be giving away a cord of kiln-dried firewood for first prize, $200 off your first order for second price, and an embroidered "Crosscut Firewood of Vermont" firewood log...

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Hard At Work

Although we haven't been splitting every day, we have processed over 75 cords of firewood.  We are aiming for 250 cords of seasoned firewood in 2021 and plan to maximize our processing days in January to finish the initial split. The Multitek is running well with...

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It’s Alive!

The Multitek 1620SS has been fired up and is processing firewood.  From the log loading deck, to the 40" radius circular saw (set at 16" lengths), to the 6-way splitting wedge, up the 20' conveyor, into the tumbler, and out the shoot!  It takes a bit of finess to...

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