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My dad has been looking to replace his Glenwood kitchen range with a stove that would provide more heat. I was cruising Craigslist yesterday and found a stove that I forwarded over to him. He borrowed my brothers truck this morning and this is what he brought home. $150 dollars. I think it...

We got a break from the rain today and my brother and I were itching to get out of the house. Loaded up the war wagons with the implements of destruction and up the hill we went. We have been looking at this old hickory for a while and decided that it was time for it to become firewood. The...

My dearest wife and son picked me up a new toy for my birthday. I am a very happy guy this afternoon.

I get a kick out of folks cutting firewood that will walk right by a log on the ground just so they can cut a fresh tree. Picture of an old "rotten" log laying across an old stone wall. Why people will pass it up. Why people should just cut it. I just laugh and add it to the...

It was spitting snow when I woke up this morning. I thought about sitting inside and decided that I just needed to get out for a bit. I felled, pulled and cut some ash that was easy picking from one of my trails. Alone in the woods with the snow falling doing something useful. It beat the...

Twin trees are pretty common but I had one that WAS half Maple and half Oak. A wind storm a few weeks back broke the Oak half and created a bit of a mess with the other trees it collected on the way down.

I admit I like felling and blocking best. Getting it out of the woods is a close second. Splitting and stacking is such a chore to me that I always leave it to the bitter end. At the moment I have about 8 cord sitting in a pile and I just can't bring myself to go out and start in on it. I...

I have to say that all of this mild weather here in VT has been great. Today it was 19 in the morning but warmed up very nicely to around 28. I have been able to get up on the back side of the hill all year long. I spent the morning cutting up the last of a maple that was put down earlier...

It seems to be topical with the arrival of the first of the cold air. What is your favorite "Oh damn it's cold outside and I have to go and work" wear. For me it is a Carhart Arctic Extreme full suit with a Mountain Hardware bomber type hat, Turtle fur neck ring as well as a pair of heavy...

Dear AS members. If you could please refrain from making unlucky and inviting statements about the upcoming winter season I would appreciate it. Examples. “Bring it on”, “I’m ready for whatever comes”, “ I don’t care how cold it gets” etc… I understand that Mr. Murphy and his wife Mother...

Several others on the board have posted up on this subject lately and I WAS following with some moderate interest since we all spend our fair share of time in the woods. Last weekend I spent some time up cutting and then left out to go to work on Sunday. Around Tuesday I started in with some...

We have owned this Huskee 35t for several years and it has been a really good splitter...Except for the recoil start which trys to rip your arm off when you aren't paying attention. This spring it started losing the little nylon pawls in the recoil and we just kept fighting with it. Something...

Some might remember a thread where I was seeking input on what age a kid could start cutting wood. He has been helping ever since he could walk but has never actually run a saw by himself. After careful consideration and some planning I decided that with the correct supervision, instruction...

What do you folks consider the minimum age for chainsaw use? I have a very jaded view on things since I started using a huge saw at a very young age. My opinion is that if the kid is given the right instruction and PPE can handle the weight of properly sized saw and has enough intelligence to...

Curious what other stove users are getting for temp differentials using only a stove to heat the house. Here is my setup. 3000 sq ft well insulated two story open plan Jotul Firelight CB Burning 2yr seasoned maple and hickory I am able to keep about a 60-70 deg difference between the...

Every fall I spend at least one weekend getting ready for the winter season by pulling out all of the snow gear and going through it. I service everything that I use so that when the cold weather really hits I am ready and don’t have to spend a day freezing under a piece of equipment. I have...

I have had a problem with one of my wood piles getting knocked over for the last few months. When I walk out there I can see all sorts of tracks coming and leaving the scene of the crime but I had not been able to catch who was doing it in the act. This morning I finally caught him. After a...

My father just put this in last week. He is not a young man to be sure but he wanted to do it on his own. Since he wouldn't let me or my brother help we went out and cut some wood to help fill it. He piles his wood (he says he is too old for pretty stacks) so he put some fence on the walls...

I won some Amazon dollars at work and got something cool for the firewood setup. I am pretty good at hand filing chains but I thought it was interesting how much variation there was between the teeth when you use something that makes the exact same cut every time. I figure that once...

The sun finally showed up for a weekend day. I woke up this morning to a clear sky and the sun was just starting to break the dawn. I called up my brother and told him to get ready because I was on my way over to get him. There has been a dead standing cherry tree that has been under threat of...