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Net savings We're on year 5 of wood for heat and hot water. We had electric hot air before that for heat, LP for hot water, so you'd expect we'd be saving a ton. But then I have to deduct the cost of the wood boiler, the repair costs for the old saw and the purchase price of the new one...

Manual for 621 I have the Operator's manual and parts diagram for the 621 on ebay this week. Anything you want to know from the docs?

Container-shed A relative suggested pretty much the same - he retired from a job in a freight yard. I could get one easily enough. But Disposing of it or even moving it would be something else.

Solar Drying Ah yes, Colorado.... Ideal for open air drying! One of the earlier posts noted an article by Wengert - he's the same guy who designed the Virginian dryer in the DOE publication. Claims for the dryer are drying times in a month to 6 weeks. I wonder if anyone on this site has...

DOE Solar dryer This is identical to the dryer described in detail in DOE 1983 booklet "Drying Wood with the Sun". DOE/CE/15095-3. The same booklet described this as th "Virginian", also contained plans for two even simpler designs: The Montanan, anf the Black Tarp along with brief...

best use of old tires Old tires are especially good for doing smaller diameter rounds. I bolt a couple of tires together and put that on top of a flat rock. Any splitting device (like the leveraxe) won't penetrate through to the stone, but the rock ensures that none of the impact is damped by...

Thank you for your note. Like the leveraxe, the chopper does not penetrate very far into the wood. For that reason, it rarely gets stuck. It is much lighter than either my standard maul, or my father's "Monster Maul". It is heavier than my axe, though. If the leveraxe is significantly...

leveraxe and alternatives I've used a maul, axes of various heritages and sizes (but not any of those nice Scandinavian models) and my Dad's monster maul. They all work, more or less, but I am interested in this idea from Finland of something different than weight driving a wedge. I've...

Sold I found a dealer who handles both Huskies and Jonsered, so I could heft them side by side. Then back to my local shop to buy a 2159. $566 for the saw, two bars (20 and 16) and two chains. The extra bar was a piece of advice I got here (as a more practical alternative to a second...

Tarms We bought a Tarm 5 years ago, with the LP gas backup and hot water options and the water storage unit. The unit provides both hot water and heat (forced hot air), We go through 4-5 cords a year. In the summer we just use gas, since all we need is hot water. Water storage was key -...

Modding Thanks for the cautions on handling the cat muffler. Think I'll leave the modding until after the warranty runs out, if the heat of the cat is a problem.

DR powerwagon My wife bought me a DR wagon two years ago for Christmas. We use is a lot, including bringing in the same kind of wood, maybe a little bigger. We use the DR a lot - not just for wood, and it has made it a lot easier to bring in wood from distant parts of the lot that the old...

Thank you all Thanks to all. I get a consensus that I should drop the smaller saws off my list. I paid a visit to my local hw store - they carry Huskies and Stihls. The Stihl 361 runs $100 more than the Husky 359, and $80 more than the 'red 2159. Sounds like the latter two saws are...

My old saw (Jonsereds 621) has gone to Valhalla. I bought it used 27 years ago to clear the house lot and then for bucking wood for fireplace. Now we are burning 5-6 cords a year for heat and hot water. The woodlot is 12-18" trees. The 16" bar on the old saw was fine. The old saw was built...