My brother in law put in a wood burner in Minnesota. He just volunteers to process downed trees on private property within 50 miles. He also cuts down trees bas

My brother in law put in a wood burner in Minnesota. He just volunteers to process downed trees on private property within 50 miles. He also cuts down trees basically for free, and takes any municipality-cleared trees from, say, highways. The city just knows to drop them off, but that's a small town thing. I think he stocks 15 chord for winter, and usually cuts about 40 chord in a few days with a mechanical splitter. He's got several years worth of timber and logs drying on his property. So the hard part is building the timber supply, letting it dry. I think it's fairly easy with the right equipment to build your fuel supply from that. You don't get too much colder than MN, so I'd see what kind of land it would take to harvest 30-ish chord per year if you wanted to grow yourself.