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You just remined me that I forgot the basement windo open when I lit the stove tonight. Better go close it before it gets cold in the basement.

I've been reading this thread all the way through, and never bothered to reply until now. Just got the e-mail invoice from my auto ins. minimum liability insurance on the 2 daughters cars, the family van, and full coverage on the camper. $2000 for the year, and I still need to add the dually on...

I havent had to clean the chimney in years. I usually go outside and stick a mirror in the cleanout door before I fire it up for the season to make sure there are no bird nests in there. It stays pretty clean. My stove pipe on the other hand is 6 feet long and has two 45's and needs to be...

Nothing like the smell of 2 stroke, but I still aint keeping the saws in the bedroom. My wife laughed at me last fall when I bought a new snowmobile jacket. The first thing I did was run outside with it on and fired up both sleds so I could stand in the smoke. Had to break it in properly. :)

Well you got me there. :) The truck hant ran since about the end of October so it isnt costing me anything right now. Somewhere in another thread I did figure up how much my gas bill was for saws, truck, and splitter, and it was less than $100 for the whole year. That chevy burns more gas in one...

The best splitter in the world is the one that gets your wood split at the speed you wish to get it done at, with as little effort as possible. I think I am going to ad a log lift to mine and a chair to sit down. My lower back is getting bad if I bend over for a long time.

Mine stay in the basement. I have no garage. In my bedroom is my dog and my wife in that order. 20 years ago the wife would have come first. :)

I havent burnt a drop of gas in 11 years. Gets a little chilly in here on some mornings but we manage

I just ran mine last weekend. It was 5 below, and it started on the 3rd pull. I did just put a new engine on it this spring though. Last year once it got below 40 degres out you would just forget it.

I have a 13HP Predator from HF on mine. Bought it last year and it has been perfect. I just ran it today to slip up some red oak at 5 below and it started right up.

Well I ended up going with the Daka from Menards. We started smelling smoke in the house again the other night so I took the covers off the old Royal and found another huge seam split open. I couldn't let this go on any longer so I called menards and had them raise the debt ceiling on my card...

I threw the rest of what I have in the basement last weekend. That included a load of slabwood that I picked up a few weeks back in case I ran low. The way things are going this year that will probably get me through the 1st week in Feb. Think I am gonna have to make another trip down the road...

Get a quote to put them spark plugs in. I know them manifold bolts wern't cheap to replace either. I'm telling ya, you won't be gaining anything going to a dodge

Let me get this straight here. I understand that this is a bad design, and all of that. I will not be buying one until the problem is resolved as well. Here is how I burn wood and have done so since as far back as I can remember. Every night when I get home from work the first thing I do is go...

Stihl/Chevy My bro-in-law had a Husky once. Had to take a tool box with him to keep all the screws tight so it wouldn;t fall apart. I am a mechanic by trade at a used car dealer. I get stuck working on everything. The chevy might break more often but it costs a fraction of the money to fix...

Well over 20 years of use. The last few years it has actually been abused so to speak as well so it is definatly ready for a well deserved retirement. It has served its purpose well. They dont last forever.

Well I have toadmit that I started reading that thread, and got bored so I skipped ahead to the last page where there was discussion of thermostat problems. That didnt bother me, so I started leaning towards this furnace. Thanks for the heads up. I went back a few more pages and did some more...

I managed to hammer out a patch, and weld it in place for now. This should get me by until warmer temps come. The seam had split wide open and left a huge hole under the rail for the fire brick. Been doing a little reading and giving some serious consideration to the Drolet. What is the...

I burn Elm almost exclusively and I get this a lot. Mine usually has a green tint to it. Never really gave much thought to the stuff.

Yes the curved pipe is the inlet air. It was originally just a 2" long pipe with a 3 bolt flange on it with a forced air blower fan on it.. The heat from the stove kept burning up the little blower so when I rebuilt it I added the curved pipe to get the blower a little distance from the heat. I...