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Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on January 01, 2014, 08:10 AM:
Don't know how many of you chop your own firewood but this guy has a good system though not automated pretty slick. Beats the crap outta my wedge.l Look to be an old engine hoist.
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Posted by Moe (Member # 4494) on January 01, 2014, 12:23 PM:
That machine could've saved my hearing. A day of running a chain saw then a full day of using a wood splitter gave me a permanent ringing in my ears and made me partially deaf. Of course shooting at least 1000 rounds per week at tournament trap didn't help. Most hearing protection only slows the ear damage down.
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on January 02, 2014, 07:47 AM:
Creative setup he has there for sure. I'm going to probably stick with my 22 ton splitter though as I don't see his setup being able to punch through some of the nasty knots and burls in the spruce I encounter. I put up about 26 cords a few years ago and am still trying to burn it all up. Birch is the best we have up here as far as BTU's go. I've burned about 2 cord so far this winter and the stove has been going basically non-stop since November.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on January 02, 2014, 07:59 AM:
TundraDude;
Are those `soot burning` sticks that you're supposed to toss into the flames once in a while to clean the chimney any good or just a gimmick ??
Thanx.
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on January 02, 2014, 08:14 AM:
Koko,
I've never used those things before, but have heard they can knock down the bigger creosote buildup. A really hot, high velocity fire will knock down the big stuff too, but I don't like to typically get my stack that hot. I sweep my stack every month though, just because I'm paranoid about buildup or a stack fire. My stack is pretty tall (26 feet) and I usually get about 2 cups of buildup swept out every month, which isn't too much.
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Posted by Moe (Member # 4494) on January 02, 2014, 11:54 AM:
The trick to keeping a stovepipe clean is to not burn green or wet wood or to burn bark at all. I learned that the hard way.
I used to put up 5 or 6 cords of spruce and hemlock up every fall along with a cord of red or yellow cedar. I worked for the phone company and whenever they took down an old pole lead I'd grab the old poles. That's where I got the cedar. Cedar burns extra hot and fast so I'd burn a load every 5th or 6th load. It kept the creosote under control.
When I lived in SE Alaska I loved a wood fire because it would dry out the house. SE is a wet place most of the time and the cold is usually a damp cold. It was nice to get up on a cold morning when the weather was miserable and busy myself with indoors chores like tying flies or building rods with a warm fire going in the stove all day. Coming in from hunting ducks in a cold driving rain made the house warmed by a wood fire real nice.
Posted by tedo (Member # 4320) on January 02, 2014, 11:59 AM:
I usually just tie the cat to a rope and pull it up thru the stove pipe, works pretty good. Make sure the fire is out first!
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on January 02, 2014, 12:12 PM:
tedo,
That's funny about the cat pull. I leave my sweep up on the roof and just cram it down the pipe. I take the single wall pipe from the stove to the adapter out and tape on a couple garbage bags to catch debris. I can get it swept and a fire going again in about 20 minutes.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on January 02, 2014, 12:30 PM:
Ok,
Thanx, guys !!!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 02, 2014, 01:53 PM:
Welcome to The New HuntmastersBBS.com, Tedo. Glad to have you on board. Say hi to Sara for us.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by tedo (Member # 4320) on January 02, 2014, 01:57 PM:
Thank you, hope I can make a few positive posts from time to time. Will say hi to Sara and hopefully bye bye to Begich in November.
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on January 02, 2014, 01:58 PM:
I'm with you Tedo, I can't wait for Baggage to be gone.
Posted by Cayotaytalker (Member # 1954) on January 03, 2014, 10:22 AM:
Moe, I just got a say you write very well. Now I wish I had a stove are a fire place.
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