Firewood Time
The 95 foot ash tree died last summer. On Tuesday, we cut it up, and my brother hauled it up the mountain with the 4WD tractor.
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Now the work begins.
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Heating with wood warms you 4 times. When you cut it, when you split it , when you haul it in and stack it and finally when you burn it . Discovered that when I accounted for my time , chainsaw costs etc etc it was cheaper to buy lp gas
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Heating with wood warms you 4 times. When you cut it, when you split it , when you haul it in and stack it and finally when you burn it . Discovered that when I accounted for my time , chainsaw costs etc etc it was cheaper to buy lp gas
How does that analysis stack up if the wood is free?
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The 95 foot ash tree died last summer. On Tuesday, we cut it up, and my brother hauled it up the mountain with the 4WD tractor.
A whole lotta Louisville Sluggers in that tree
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allen you left a chain in the road.....
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Emerald Ash Borers killed all the ash trees. Gone the way of the American Chestnut.
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Your brother looks a little like Lee Van Cleef.
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A whole lotta Louisville Sluggers in that tree
Thought they used hickory?
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Ash is the BEST firewood. IMHO
When I worked at the Sawmill, I always paid attention to when the mill was cutting Ash. I would pick up scraps in the cut off area and stack em' on the flat areas around my cab on the Loader, then throw em' in my truck.
The old saying goes - "Ash, wet or dry, good to warm a Kings slippers by."
Dead standing wood, makes it even better. 👍
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Ash is good firewood. I got a load on Tuesday, and went back yesterday and got another load.
Thirty years ago, most baseball bats were made of ash. The emerald ash borer came to Minnesota in 2002, probably on a crate of some machinery shipped in from Asia. Today, the ash tree in North America is on the way to extinction, and only 5 pro baseball players still use ash bats. Most of the guys have switched to maple.
We had only about a dozen ash trees on our properties, they started dying 4 years ago. It took the bugs 15 years to work their way down from Yankeeland, and now, our ash trees are all dead.
Good one jimdeere, he does resemble Lee van Cleef. Does that make him The Good, or The Bad, or The Ugly?
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Thought they used hickory?
too heavy... Still some Ash but mostly Maple
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Allen, do you save the Stihl for when the Husqvarna won't start?
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I heat with wood, have 29 pulp cords piled waiting to buck up and split. Came off my tree farm. I prefer white oak if I have a choice.
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Allen, you should check out the Log Ox. I love mine.
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I have looked at the Log Ox. A cant hook with a stand on it. Pretty good invention. As you can see I have 2 cant hooks and some form of cant hook is indespensible for rolling big logs around.
I have thought about getting a Log Ox but never got around to it.
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Great pictures and story. I live in Wisconsin and have heated our home with wood for the past 45 years. Our home takes about 20 face cords a year. Mostly red oak. I have always enjoyed all aspects of Harvesting and processing firewood. It’s going to be -20 below this weekend so wish me luck.
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This Wisconsin red oak is ready for a two year drying period before burning.
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Ash is a very good firewood. I have 3 types of oak that I am burning this winter-white, red and pink oak. They all burn good, also.
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roenm, I spent a few years living about 30' from lake Mendota. The wind coming off that ice cut right through me. Summers were great when I stayed with family off lake Menona though.
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Good Lord, roenm, what a woodpile! Red oak is great firewood, better than ash.
What kind of wood stove do you have?
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This Wisconsin red oak is ready for a two year drying period before burning.
I wish we had an abundance of hardwood here. I get to burn pine or do a lot of work and get some tamarack or fir. Maple is about the only one we have around here and it's not close to me at all. I have a few small alder on my place and it will be a while before it would be worth harvesting, not that it's much better than softwood for fires.
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Tamarack heat content is about equivalent to white birch or Elm. Not as good as maple, but not too bad. Pine burns fast and fairly hot, but creates creosote in the chimney.
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Huntsman model made by Atlanta Stove Works in 1977. It takes wood up to 27in. and holds heat well for up to 8 hours. After 45 years it still runs great.
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One of those old-time stoves. Reminds me of the Fisher Papa Bear. Those are great stoves.
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Now Im using a Prairie Farm boiler, in the basement since 1976. Have to clean it and scrape the tube every couple of weeks.
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who cares about the firewood, I wanna know what brand cigar your brother is enjoying🤣. I still do this heavy work with my dad every summer. No fun at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My Huntsman pictured burns so clean that the stove pipe and the chimney have no build up, even after months of use. With a hot fire there is little to no smoke coming out of the chimney. Quality seasoned wood and a hot fire is the key. This stove is in the middle of the basement with an open foyer stairway for good air flow.
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Your wife is a very good housekeeper.
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