You must know first-hand what the old timers say about wood warming you three times!mtnman533 wrote:...... yes, a round 3ft across every evening from October to May/June, every year since 2006.... We have almost 100 winters worth of wood chopped and stacked, then another 50 or so currently in rounds waiting for chopping.
And I will be doing it here in England too!
Sadly it's n/a but it is a 5 speed.Mike W. wrote:That is a turbo Volvo isn't it?
That crap will fill up a wood stove with ash in one night! Also, you weren't trying to split wood with an axe, were you? You need a good maul and some wedges to get it done. I certainly do!davintosh wrote:You must know first-hand what the old timers say about wood warming you three times!mtnman533 wrote:...... yes, a round 3ft across every evening from October to May/June, every year since 2006...
And I will be doing it here in England too!
.My father taught me how to split wood when I was a kid and we split a lot. I really enjoy it. Most of the wood has been a joy to split. If the grain is straight is splits like butter. If it's twisted it requires the wedge. The red oak smells amazing when split but the maple smells like vinegar. Do you know why some of the maple is blue?a wrote:Todd this the regimen I follow when cutting wood. I only cut until I run out of gas in the saw. Then I split and stack the wood. Most wood splits easier green. And wood dries better if split. I split by hand. It is an acquired skill. I have access to a splitter, but find it too much trouble to mess with, due to my slow and easy approach. All of you guys, should learn not to over work un-used muscles. The land behind me slowly returning to its origins. White pines and mixed oaks,. Right now, it is weed trees, cherry, locust, elm, When stuff blows over, I take it . Locust is useful because it is as tough as oak, and it doesnt rot . Cherry smells like a chocolate maraschino when you split it in the winter. A splitter putting away in the background would be oldfactorilly akin to lighting a Montecristo with a Zippo. In these 'ere parts , red oak is known as piss oak .
Ah knew I liked yew. . .tsmall07 wrote:Rodney,
There is a reason they call it Ash.
For two years I lived in a house with a wood stove as the only source of heat (since I didn't want to pay to fill the oil tank) and enjoyed it. I definitely did a lot of splitting. I used to sit for hours at a time and watch the fire. Nature's television.
I cheated with mine,a wrote:Todd this the regimen I follow when cutting wood. I only cut until I run out of gas in the saw. Then I split and stack the wood. Most wood splits easier green. And wood dries better if split. I split by hand. It is an acquired skill. I have access to a splitter, but find it too much trouble to mess with, due to my slow and easy approach. All of you guys, should learn not to over work un-used muscles. The land behind me slowly returning to its origins. White pines and mixed oaks,. Right now, it is weed trees, cherry, locust, elm, When stuff blows over, I take it . Locust is useful because it is as tough as oak, and it doesnt rot . Cherry smells like a chocolate maraschino when you split it in the winter. A splitter putting away in the background would be oldfactorilly akin to lighting a Montecristo with a Zippo. In these 'ere parts , red oak is known as piss oak .
Amen brother. I've heated my house with found firewood since I bought the place in 2005. I have (2) 275g oil tanks attached to the dormant oil furnace, do the math. I put in an on demand water heater for hot water and hooked up my woodstove to a pre-existing thimble and chimney in the center of the house. I just love a wood fire, and honestly I love all the labor that goes into having a woodstove. To me the whole process is very Zen. Here's last weekend's score, most of which I split tonight at my buddy's house with a hydraulic splitter, however at my house it's all maul.tsmall07 wrote:Rodney,
There is a reason they call it Ash.
For two years I lived in a house with a wood stove as the only source of heat (since I didn't want to pay to fill the oil tank) and enjoyed it. I definitely did a lot of splitting. I used to sit for hours at a time and watch the fire. Nature's television.
