Cheap heat

sakorick · January 25, 2018, 12:13:39 PM

I jumped on the Big Country and Bela and Missy came along and headed for my stash of Pin Oak. I cut these 3 trees down as they were crowding out the shooting lane in Paul's old favorite stand. I got a weeks worth of heat cut, split and stacked in 1 hr and 15 minutes......got a good workout too! I like Pin Oak for several reasons. It's easy to light, easy to split, burns slow and hot, logs up to 10 inches are my over-nighters and they leave little ash. I moved 1/2 the load into the sunroom 6 or 8 steps from the door of the Quadrafire.

gitano · January 25, 2018, 12:41:04 PM

Were those trees alive? The reason I ask is in the context of moisture content. Just curious.

Looks like really nice weather! Snowing here.

Paul

sakorick · January 25, 2018, 12:48:49 PM

Quote from: gitano;150008Were those trees alive? The reason I ask is in the context of moisture content. Just curious.

Looks like really nice weather! Snowing here.

Paul

Not alive! Cut them down 18 months ago. After you loaded my buck in the Big Country we drove right past them just west of the pond dam.

gitano · January 25, 2018, 07:38:35 PM

Ah. So... they won't be humidifying your house. :)

Paul

sakorick · January 26, 2018, 04:47:12 AM

That's for sure. I keep a 2 gallon steel pot on the top and the steam is all the humidity I get. Right now it's 30%.....like to keep it at 50%.

Hunterbug · January 26, 2018, 09:43:12 AM

A man who chops his own wood is twice warmed.

sakorick · January 26, 2018, 05:25:05 PM

Quote from: Hunterbug;150023A man who chops his own wood is twice warmed.

I figure 4 times

1. chop the tree down.
2. cut it up.
3. Split the wood.
4. Move it to your porch

gitano · January 26, 2018, 08:29:10 PM

That would be five times...

You're gonna burn it.

Paul

j0e_bl0ggs (deceased) · January 27, 2018, 01:17:38 AM

sakorick · January 27, 2018, 03:03:37 AM

None of them look happy. Do you suppose they all realized that they just killed something 2000 years old? I wood say 95% of the wood I use for firewood is deadfall ready to split and burn.

Paul Hoskins · January 28, 2018, 02:55:09 AM

Amazing how much the fellow on the ground looks like my grandfather. He never cut wood. All he ever did was dig coal after getting out of the US Calvary. ......Paul H

j0e_bl0ggs (deceased) · January 28, 2018, 07:25:46 AM

Amazing how they did that with a pair of hand saws cobbled together and a bunch of wedges...