11 thoughts on “Deathray is hurrying to get the firewood before real winter sets in…”
That would be a 2 month supply in Alaska.
That was Pa Wilder’s loading philosophy.
I have 2 tons of pellets in my basement. Also have UPS and generator power.
Power here in the PNW is pretty stable and reliable.
I think I might have 4-5 times that much split and stacked in the carport.
stove in the living room is burning now. outside is 45-6 I think.
lots of beech and oak with a fair bit of ash works for me !
the great thing about wood heat is that it is even. no cold or hot spots in the house.
and quiet too. can’t stand the damn noisy oil burner that has to run every 1/2 hour.
add a couple of fans to blow the heat around and the whole house is nice and warm too. my neighbor across the road comes up on weekends, he kicks his heater up and comes over for coffee every time in fall/winter when he comes up. he loves the warm heat, says so every time.
Dave, I do miss those hardwoods from back there.
25 years in the logging and tree business, I was burning the best.
Pretty much all spruce up here. It isn’ bad so long as it is well seasoned and dry. It is reall surprising how nothing but logs for the walls and a well insulated roof your home can be @ -40/50 below.
Deathray, I’d have thought that the Tank produced plenty of heat, once you got her up to proper operating temperature?
I reckon that the fault lies mostly with the operator, i.e. you! From photos I’ve seen, Miss Stacey gots enough fuel load to keep you warm straight through to spring.
If you kill and skin a big Grizzly, you both can generate plenty of warmth under that bearskin.
The spy satellites 📡 will pick up such a heat signature that Putin will think you’re a covert missile base, watch out!
beech and oak give off great heat, but ash burns the best I
think, less clean up too. the part that sucks is all of the ash trees are dead because of the damn blight.
very nice and stable wood, good for lots of things beside
burning in the wood stove.
I like cherry wood for starting fires better than pine.
not much of it though.
Amen. I’d kill for a cord of maple or oak. Birch takes a full 2 years to season, but it splits way easy when it’s frozen. Been gettin’ into the teens at night; glad it’s not getting cold yet..
I cut, split and stacked 11 full cords this year. I used to cut it in my own woods but now I buy it in 8 foot lengths by the logging truck load from a logger. Being 74 I just ain’t got the poop anymore to cut my own trees down and drag them out of the woods. Just hope I can do my wood next year as I really think there might not be any choice. —-ken
My Dad told the funniest story when on then wrong end of a cross cut saw in his early 20’s. I can only tell it over our favorite beverage next time I see you.
I wish that I could bundle it up, I ship it off to Deathray. It’s 04.22 hours on Tuesday morning, the temperature is 80F degrees and 99% humidity, no rain forecast.
He’d think that he was back home in Georgia!
That would be a 2 month supply in Alaska.
That was Pa Wilder’s loading philosophy.
I have 2 tons of pellets in my basement. Also have UPS and generator power.
Power here in the PNW is pretty stable and reliable.
I think I might have 4-5 times that much split and stacked in the carport.
stove in the living room is burning now. outside is 45-6 I think.
lots of beech and oak with a fair bit of ash works for me !
the great thing about wood heat is that it is even. no cold or hot spots in the house.
and quiet too. can’t stand the damn noisy oil burner that has to run every 1/2 hour.
add a couple of fans to blow the heat around and the whole house is nice and warm too. my neighbor across the road comes up on weekends, he kicks his heater up and comes over for coffee every time in fall/winter when he comes up. he loves the warm heat, says so every time.
Dave, I do miss those hardwoods from back there.
25 years in the logging and tree business, I was burning the best.
Pretty much all spruce up here. It isn’ bad so long as it is well seasoned and dry. It is reall surprising how nothing but logs for the walls and a well insulated roof your home can be @ -40/50 below.
Deathray, I’d have thought that the Tank produced plenty of heat, once you got her up to proper operating temperature?
I reckon that the fault lies mostly with the operator, i.e. you! From photos I’ve seen, Miss Stacey gots enough fuel load to keep you warm straight through to spring.
If you kill and skin a big Grizzly, you both can generate plenty of warmth under that bearskin.
The spy satellites 📡 will pick up such a heat signature that Putin will think you’re a covert missile base, watch out!
beech and oak give off great heat, but ash burns the best I
think, less clean up too. the part that sucks is all of the ash trees are dead because of the damn blight.
very nice and stable wood, good for lots of things beside
burning in the wood stove.
I like cherry wood for starting fires better than pine.
not much of it though.
Amen. I’d kill for a cord of maple or oak. Birch takes a full 2 years to season, but it splits way easy when it’s frozen. Been gettin’ into the teens at night; glad it’s not getting cold yet..
I cut, split and stacked 11 full cords this year. I used to cut it in my own woods but now I buy it in 8 foot lengths by the logging truck load from a logger. Being 74 I just ain’t got the poop anymore to cut my own trees down and drag them out of the woods. Just hope I can do my wood next year as I really think there might not be any choice. —-ken
My Dad told the funniest story when on then wrong end of a cross cut saw in his early 20’s. I can only tell it over our favorite beverage next time I see you.
I wish that I could bundle it up, I ship it off to Deathray. It’s 04.22 hours on Tuesday morning, the temperature is 80F degrees and 99% humidity, no rain forecast.
He’d think that he was back home in Georgia!