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That is on the research list! Just looking at what options make good sense. I do appreciate all the comments to this point! :blob3:

I thought with so many in this forum who use firewood to heat their homes, perhaps a few of you might also be a little more electrically independent by also using a propane fridge in the kitchen. I'm looking to replace our electric fridge with a propane model, 15-18 cu ft, and get away from very...

I can usually just drop the tongs (meaning lower the bucket arms) over either a large log, or a couple of small ones and lift. Sometimes I have more luck than others. When the logs are lying uneven, I just get off the tractor and place the tongs around several logs myself, get back on & lift...

I got a set of grapnel hooks from Tractor Supply last year, probably spent $40 on them. Don't remember exactly - they were on sale. However, I move all kinds of wood, as you can perhaps see in the picture, and they're easy on - easy off. I just take my front bucket off, attach the grapnels with...

Check out the Yukon-Eagle line. Yukon Klondike Wood and Coal Furnace I have an Eagle IV Klondike. This is my third heating season with it, and I absolutely love it. I put it in the basement of my 2500sqft ranch and just had it ducted into the existing duct work for the already installed...

I have a Yukon-Eagle IV "Klondike." It's capable of burning wood or anthracite coal. I absolutely love the furnace! :rock::D:msp_biggrin: Going on it's third year of use at my 2500sq ft house in the U.P. It puts out so much heat, whether on wood or coal, that if the daytime temps are going to...

I have an Iron & Oak PTO mounted 20 ton hydraulic splitter. I love the thing, and it's a real work horse. I've yet to come across a log I can't split. Basically if I can heft it upon the splitting surface, it'll cut the logs. I really like it!!

I have a wood/coal burning furnace, and I have my chimney swept once per year. It's worth the piece of mind.

I'll second the Yukon-Eagle Klondike IV! I have one (we just finished our first "full" heating season, unless it gets really cold again) and I couldn't be happier with it! It is great, whether burning wood or coal! I saved myself almost $2000 this year over what I spend just for propane last...

Yep, same with my Yukon-Eagle Klondike furnace. I take it up to 800 or 900deg when firing it up and establishing a good coal bed, then throttle it back to run at about 400degF.

Pictures! Yes! I was just at my U.P. of Michigan house this weekend and took some pics of my set up before getting to work. For those of you noticing the cinder blocks underneath, the splitter works just fine without them, but all those physics classes I took told me to put a support (with a...

I'm burning in a whole-house furnace (Yukon-Eagle Klondike), and I have both a magnetic and a probe pyrometer on the exhaust flue to measure temps. I routinely run my furnace with probe exhaust temps between 400 and 600degF, depending on how cold the outside temps are. I have a 2500 sqft home...

Explain to the Tree Hugger that burning wood is actually "carbon neutral." That'll make him and his Obama-like buddies happy!!:hmm3grin2orange:

Took delivery of a 20-ton Iron & Oak PTO log splitter this weekend for use behind my John Deere 3032E. Great piece of equipment. The three point hitch took about 2 minutes to attach. Way too easy. Fired up the tractor, drove it and the now attached log splitter out to my already cut pile and...

Wife and I like the bedroom cool, but not like ice! My elderly mother, on the other hand, likes her room like a sauna. I use an electric space heater in her room for those really cold nights.

+ 2 on insulation first, then furnace. I have a wood/coal furnace made by Yukon-Eagle (same company that makes Big Jack wood add-on that Crappie Keith talks about) and it was the right decision for me. I alternate burning wood & coal, and when burning coal exclusively it's 1/2 the cost of...

7 degF outside tonight here in the Upper Peninsula of MI! While I'm burning primarily anthracite coal right now, I alternate between coal and wood. Love the very toasty 75degF in the house right now. Wifey is happy too!!:rock::rock:

I cut, split & stack wood because I like the exercise. I also REALLY like saving money over propane, but mostly I like being outside and the physical labor involved. I'm 56 now, with no major physical complaints, so maybe when I'm 86 I'll think differently. :clap::rock:

My furnace manual says to set the BD at 0.03 inches of WC. I think that's pretty well the norm from what I've read on this and coal burning forums. While I'm not an expert by any means, I measure my draft before the BD with firebox and ash pan closed and the furnace motor on and providing air.

I have a wood/coal furnace and burn both. During those "warmer" periods when the daytime temps don't call for coal (which REALLY cranks out the heat!) and we burn wood, I'll see a creosote build up upstream and downstream of the baro damper, but only for a few inches either way. While I may be...