The stubfarts out here are laying in their supplies. Years ago I bought a small electric log splitter because my back isn’t up for extended workouts with an axe… and I just fell in love with it. In a short duration sprint, in my younger days, I could probably beat the log splitter with an axe. But with a log splitter I can go all day long. And lord - I love how the splitter can take on those nigger head logs and go through them with ease. I got into some elm once - and the damned axe just bounced off them. The only way we could split those things was with wedges, sledges…and high octane road rage!
I used to think the smoke and the flames were worth the work but time and age have gotten the better of me now. I don’t care where the heat comes from as long as it’s there…
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ReplyDeleteThe bottom picture of the woodshed is a man that has OCD and is anal retentive! No redneck is that organized and meticulous in his wood stacking.
ReplyDeleteIf I stacked wood up against my house the termites would eat the wall quicker than Newsom could empty my pockets!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen a direct copper connection to a propane tank in a long time. 'Gotta use flex connects here in earthquake country...
yeah, I tend to buy my wood these days, already split and ready to burn. might have to change out to a pellet stove here in a year or two. but I need a backup power supply to run it when the power goes out. and it does go out 2-3 times each winter, ice on the lines or some fool hits a pole. always something.
ReplyDeletea few years back, the power was out for 3 days and a bit. the house was nice and warm with both wood stoves going.
my neighbors not so much. besides , wood heat is just better than hot air heat. damn oil burner runs like mad, and gets cold fast (?) and it is LOUD too. wood heat is quiet and even and the house stays warm hours after it goes out too.
at 250 a cord, it is cheaper than running the oil burner too.
every day I see both oil and propane trucks go by.
250 a cord????? cut &dry???? I’ll have 4 please! Spruce is running 450+ per & birch is 500 or better, undelivered. I’m about 3 cords short still & it’ll start snowing any day now. The trees are downed, it just hasn’t quit raining since July; stuff’ll never dry out. Pellet stoves are nice but ya gotta power ‘em I believe. Kinda defeats the backup plan if ya do.
Deletethat price is for breech or oak. unless you have to deal with the damn bastards selling any crap wood that happen to find. I use the old car port to store my wood in. its stays dry and the plenty of air flow to keep it that way.
Deleteand you have to find a HONEST wood cutter. there are plenty of assholes that will rip you off with "crap wood"
I like cherry wood for starting a fire, it burns fast and hot. then add either some oak or beech to it.
used to love ash wood, but after the blight hit them, wood doesn't seem to burn right. more like pine as it gone in less than a hour (?)
look and ask around, you find a honest wood guy. took me 3 years here before I did. and be NICE to him too.
that pays off big time.
one small thing. I always paid in cash. what the damn IRS
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my wood guy says he takes care of me first before people that pay in checks.
I’d do that, but all we have up here is birch & spruce. Ya burns what ya gots…. Oak pallets or shipping dunnage are like gold, they only get burnt when things get below -40.
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