Firewood Season 2024

[indyjohn]

To kick the New Year off, here's a throwback to February 2020 when we submitted a short to Outdoors With the Morgans. We made it on the outro of #686



(for some reason, YouTube has the audio way down and the video quality only at SD. Oh well.)

 

[indyjohn]

In our previous episode, we were talking about what the .gov has done to the wood stove industry, the neighbor's shed full of lumber, and ghuns putting his kid to work splitting up rounds.

And go!

 

[klausm]

spent some of the afternoon cleaning up what the Nipsco crew left behind for me. They did actually listen and leave the trunk alone so I could cut it to the right lengths

 

[cmann250]

I’ve cut some rounds, but it’s been too warm and too wet to get excited. I split a SxS load today with an axe. A freeze would be helpful so I could get my tractor and splitter back to the wood pile.

 

[indyjohn]

I’ve cut some rounds, but it’s been too warm and too wet to get excited. I split a SxS load today with an axe. A freeze would be helpful so I could get my tractor and splitter back to the wood pile.

Same here. As much as we'd like to be spending a lot of our time splitting for fall 2024, doing so in this above freezing & wet weather would just result in mud on everything and everywhere. And it doesn't look too promising for the 2nd week of this year either.

 

[cmann250]

On the bright side, it’s been a good reason to spend some time at the reloading bench.

 

[tmschuller]

Same. I have been able to stay out of the mud working down the road..
I have a tree I need identified, burns great. Pleasant smell when cutting it and burning. Only find it close to the edge of the woods.. most I have cut were dead and 6”-10” in diameter. The next one is 40’ tall and 24” in diameter and also dead. I will get pictures of it someday.. on 3rd shift for awhile and have not had much time to spot/work on getting trees marked.
Have a hard maple or two to take down and I have someone on INGO wanting to try out a saw! Sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday morning

 

[Michigan Slim]

My wife and I were going to head up north next weekend to cut some oak. Uh, no. Single digit temps. No way in he!!.

 

[indyjohn]

My wife and I were going to head up north next weekend to cut some oak. Uh, no. Single digit temps. No way in he!!.

As I've completed my 60th trip around the sun, I hear you brother. But the OG and I bundle up with insulated coveralls and get busy in those temps and get things done. Sunshine helps a lot in these circumstances, if not we're not as motivated.

 

[cmann250]

My wife and I were going to head up north next weekend to cut some oak. Uh, no. Single digit temps. No way in he!!.

Send it my way. I’d be happy to blend some kerosene in the diesel and flip the shutter in my 462.

 

[Michigan Slim]

As I've completed my 60th trip around the sun, I hear you brother. But the OG and I bundle up with insulated coveralls and get busy in those temps and get things done. Sunshine helps a lot in these circumstances, if not we're not as motivated.

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I've no problem WORKING in it. It's getting the cabin warmed up and keeping it comfy that's the problem. LOL.

 

[cg21]

Well stove is working fine now after my debacle got a brush down it cleaned it all up. Now my next question for the wood masters here….. how hard would it be to install a clean out?

If I could have a clean out it would be great drop the brush down one time then shop vac the crud off the top of the oven…. Without disassembling the chimney pipe each time.

 

[bocefus78]

Well, after 15 years my inserts blower motor finally failed. New one sourced online and should be here by Wed. $180 including expedited shipping.

Extended forecast looking much colder....time to break out the primo high btu wood.

 

[Bugzilla]

Been actively burning the wood I stacked in 2022!

 

[Hoosier Carry]

In our previous episode, we were talking about what the .gov has done to the wood stove industry, the neighbor's shed full of lumber, and ghuns putting his kid to work splitting up rounds.

And go!

Could you explain the part about the gov and the wood stove industry? I am looking into a wood stove in the future. Interested to learn what your talking about.

 

[indyjohn]

Could you explain the part about the gov and the wood stove industry? I am looking into a wood stove in the future. Interested to learn what your talking about.

The entire conversation revolves around a problem cg21 ran into with his stove. It's all in last year's thread. Starts about here: https://www.indianagunowners.com/threads/firewood-season-2023.530314/post-9778116

 

[bocefus78]

To add on the .gov topic:
The non drawn out version is the fact they don't like us blowing a chitload of smoke out our chimneys. All new production stoves now have either a: a catalytic device or b: a secondary air/baffle system. Both of these objects basically reburn smoke which is wasted fuel. Not a bad idea in theory but by adding these devices stoves are now much more picky on fuel supply moisture levels.

The plus side of this is that both types of newer stoves are more efficient than the old smoke dragon types.

Cats need cleaning, baffles need replaced from time to time so both types have added some maintenance to what used to be basically a steel box that made heat.

 

[firecadet613]

I may revisit getting a wood stove or boiler installed... not sure I can have enough bonfires to burn this wood...

 

[klausm]

I may revisit getting a wood stove or boiler installed... not sure I can have enough bonfires to burn this wood...

a; sell some
b: have bigger fires

 

[Rookie]

Same. I have been able to stay out of the mud working down the road..
I have a tree I need identified, burns great. Pleasant smell when cutting it and burning. Only find it close to the edge of the woods.. most I have cut were dead and 6”-10” in diameter. The next one is 40’ tall and 24” in diameter and also dead. I will get pictures of it someday.. on 3rd shift for awhile and have not had much time to spot/work on getting trees marked.
Have a hard maple or two to take down and I have someone on INGO wanting to try out a saw! Sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday morning