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  1. johnha

    Latest EPA Wood Stove News

    Unfortunately, its this type of thinking that created agencies like the EPA in the first place. Elected officials without the cojones to do what they were elected to do create a 'board' that is outside of the control of the voters. There are LOCAL public nuisance laws that could be used...
  2. johnha

    Splitter Opionion needed

    It appears that $1K is your high price point? I would look for a 25 ton or higher, and if it costs a little more, have him save up his pennies a little longer. Our Ace stores around here just started carrying an Ariens 27 ton, msrp 1899 intro price of 1299. The unit looks pretty good to me...
  3. johnha

    AAARGH! Messy, Dusty Wood Heat (solved?)

    Not a knock on outdoor burners, to each their own, but watching the actual fire is a HUGE part of my enjoyment of wood heat.
  4. johnha

    May be a rumor about firewood

    I wish an entomologist would explain to me why the bugs don't heed firewood quarantines. <sarcasm> we can see how effective that was here in PA <sarcasm> But I guess bureaucrats must do something to try to justify their existence (and spend my tax dollars)
  5. johnha

    Black Birch and Iron Wood

    I'll take your blue beech over ironwood, takes forever for ironwod to grow big enough to use. Ahh, But the smell of birch always make me think of riding my mc around Quebec.....
  6. johnha

    AAARGH! Messy, Dusty Wood Heat (solved?)

    I didn't get the 'upgrade' that was available for Lennox, just stuck with the slide in inline filter. I do buy a pleated filter that Ace Hardware sells. Tried the 3M filtrete but it didn't seem any different from the Ace, and the Ace brand is about 25% of the cost of the Filtrete.
  7. johnha

    My Splitter Build (heavy on photos)

    whoa, cool. A K-Car, you ever watch "The New Red Green Show"?, he was always using K-cars, mostly out of a feeling of revenge he said. Nice job, I'm jealous of your shop but my real question is: what do you use the cannon for?
  8. johnha

    AAARGH! Messy, Dusty Wood Heat (solved?)

    My 11th season heating with wood. Love the heat, HATE the dust, BUT, I think I may finally have found something about forced air HVAC that makes me hate it less and love my wood heat more. We had our 44 YO HVAC system replaced last spring. This modern unit has a 'Circ' setting for the blower...
  9. johnha

    Life is Good Tonight

    ahhhh, you sent me into the 'stickies' first, I thought I was (more) losing my mind. I'll be riding the Honda up and down the Blue Ridge Parkway to TN over the last weekend in April and taking a couple days on either side, probably be tough to get any more time off work in April around that time.
  10. johnha

    Life is Good Tonight

    the stickies I find both refer to last year. I'm near Lansdale.
  11. johnha

    Life is Good Tonight

    Stay warm, MN guns. We got bathing suit weather out here compared to you.
  12. johnha

    Free Firewood Wanted

    SE Pennsylvania, looking for hardwoods in any form. Have saws, pickup, and trailer or can take delivery. If I come to your location I promise to leave it in better condition than when I arrive. PM me, thanks.
  13. johnha

    Life is Good Tonight

    Both burners have been going full tilt for quite a few weeks. Woodshed still has 3+ cords of mostly Ash and Cherry so I should be good. Haven't posted in a good long while, had a rough stretch of undiagnosed Lyme Disease that kicked my but and ruined my knees for a couple years. Slowly...
  14. johnha

    Bar and Chain smoking have to be oil, right?

    Jim - After removing the brake cover I gently pryed the fixed end of the brake band (around 11 o'clock on the dial) out and unwound it slightly so it was out of the way. This made the brass tube easy to wiggle free. Thanks again.
  15. johnha

    EAB in Bucks County PA

    Which would explain why the last update of PA's EAB website had them only in the middle of the state. I have it on good authority that those stupid purple boxes are pretty useless.
  16. johnha

    EAB in Bucks County PA

    From the beginning of PA's firewood movement quarantine, I have wondered how that would manage to stop a flying insect. Not very well, apparently. As Will Rogers said 'its a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for'. The 'expert' in the article is still claiming that not...
  17. johnha

    Bar and Chain smoking have to be oil, right?

    Okay, many thanks for all the replies and Jim nailed it. It WAS the pump worm gear. The metal gear in the pump housing moved to one side and jammed itself into the housing: https://picasaweb.google.com/johnha1980/Miscellaneous#5724001515780639058 And it ate the crossbar threads and...
  18. johnha

    best splitter for the money

    I've been using the Brave VH0626 (current model) since 2003 and have no complaints. Brave did put out a recall on the cylinder, but since they paid for that I don't consider it a problem. My buddy borrowed mine a lot for about 5 years but finally bought his own last year, buying the same...
  19. johnha

    Oak vs Hickory... the best firewood?

    That's kind of like asking folks if they prefer Husky, Stihl, Jonsered, Mac, or Echo. They're all good and all have different postitives and negatives. Need some wood fairly soon? Then you want ash. My buddy heats with wood too and his favorite is cherry. Me? I think Beech may be my...
  20. johnha

    What's your best excuse to go cut wood?

    You're doing something wrong. Why do you need to make excuses for cutting wood, or anything else you want to do?
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