Are you a true diehard

[tld400]

I am just wondering how many true diehard wood processing, wood burning men and women are on this site. Would you still do what we do to heat our homes if money was no object and you could just walk over to the wall and push a button for heat up to 72 degrees. Or another way just use a remote to turn it on. I just want to see if saving money is the sole driven factor for wood burning or is it a true desire to be proud of taking care of your family and to not look at heating with wood a chore but as a way of life that maybe some one passed down to you and now you want to do the same. For me it started out to help save money but now I have fallen in love with my wood and if I hit the lottery I would still burn wood. These past couple of years I have really grown to love this stuff. Not only the wood cutting,splitting,and burning but the people I get to interact with on this website. So My vote is wood burning all the way no matter what changes in my life. I am addicted to wood burning and you fine caring people of this site. Thanks Tom

 

[mizzou]

Yes, I need a reason to run my saws. If I had unlimited cash I'd just have neater burning devices, neater stuff to process it and own many acres of trees.

 

[tld400]

Yes, I need a reason to run my saws. If I had unlimited cash I'd just have neater burning devices, neater stuff to process it and own many acres of trees.

I hear you on that. Just upgrrade all thr equipment to make wood cutting that much more fun and better to do.

 

[Mac88]

We can pay for non-wood heat, but why would we? I enjoy the whole process, from felling to burning. I'm of the work smarter, not harder mentality, but I don't mind getting some exercise in the process. And the Mrs isn't afraid to get involved in the work either. So, yea, we're probably diehards. So be it.

 

[Gavman]

I'm renovating a house for a customer right now, he payed 3 mil for the property, will drop another 1.5 on the reno, only three requirements from him, his bathtub, his BBQ and his new open fireplace, unit installed is 10 thou....
His wife gets all the say for the rest of the house....

Is that hardcore???

Me as mentioned above, if money were no object I would have, many wood sheds and many acres of my own to chop wood from....

 

[Jakers]

if i were rich and didnt have to cut for heat id have to start cutting more to sell. i can garuntee id be upgraded to a OWB and a bunch more saws. still burning for myself tho. i just enjoy it too much

 

[sgt7546]

I can afford to just use the furnace, I simply choose not to. I enjoy the process, I enjoy the independance (from the gas man), and I enjoy the diversion of funds to things that count, like going on an extra cruise a year for instance.

 

[kmcinms]

if I couldn't burn wood

..I'd have to burn all the money I've saved just to have fun...
Heck, yeah, I love this stuff and don't know what else I would do if I didn't do it every year.

 

[PEKS]

It's the whole package....
Being outdoors, hard days exercise to bring home the goods..
The Hunt, the find, the fell, buck, the cut, the egress, the haul, the unload, the split, the stack, the placement and the burn is one aspect.
The maintenance and operation of all kinds of tools and machinery, and skill to use them safely and properly, chainsaws, splitters, wedges, rigging lines, harnesses, Atv's, tractors...........
Planning, preparing and calculating...
The knowledge and experience gained on each mission to help with the next.
Really, I just like to cut wood..

 

[kmcinms]

Well said sir.

 

[trophyhunter]

PEKS knocked it out of the park, heck some of us might spend more on chasing and cutting firewood than we would otherwise running a furnace on Nat gas. I just bought two new 576's I wanted, didn't really need them just wanted to have them for the enjoyment of using the best to reduce big oak trees to firewood.

We had a nice meal with family invited over this evening and everyone beat it for the living room after supper to sit by the stove and enjoy it. That alone makes it all worth the time and effort. Who sits by a lukewarm furnace vent with a full belly and smiles about it?

 

[turnkey4099]

I am just wondering how many true diehard wood processing, wood burning men and women are on this site. Would you still do what we do to heat our homes if money was no object and you could just walk over to the wall and push a button for heat up to 72 degrees. Or another way just use a remote to turn it on. I just want to see if saving money is the sole driven factor for wood burning or is it a true desire to be proud of taking care of your family and to not look at heating with wood a chore but as a way of life that maybe some one passed down to you and now you want to do the same. For me it started out to help save money but now I have fallen in love with my wood and if I hit the lottery I would still burn wood. These past couple of years I have really grown to love this stuff. Not only the wood cutting,splitting,and burning but the people I get to interact with on this website. So My vote is wood burning all the way no matter what changes in my life. I am addicted to wood burning and you fine caring people of this site. Thanks Tom

I could easily afford to heat with oil but I hate feeding "the man". Furnace is set tocome on if it gets down under 60 - rarely happens.

I probbly have enough wood to last me and wifethe rest of our lives but I'm still out there looking - have an appointment to cruise a big scoreof Willow in March. Yep, pretty low on the firewood scale but it is saleable here and I need some to mix with the B. Locust.

Harry K

 

[Garmins dad]

Well lets see.. Have MS.. Had a spinal tap this past thursday. I'm still packing my fire wood in and stoking the stove. I sure hope the migraine and neck pains leave soon.. Do i qualify under your standards? :msp_unsure:

Im slow but steady all summer here.. 5 to 7 cords of wood a year..

 

[echoshawn]

It's the whole package....
Being outdoors, hard days exercise to bring home the goods..
The Hunt, the find, the fell, buck, the cut, the egress, the haul, the unload, the split, the stack, the placement and the burn is one aspect.
The maintenance and operation of all kinds of tools and machinery, and skill to use them safely and properly, chainsaws, splitters, wedges, rigging lines, harnesses, Atv's, tractors...........
Planning, preparing and calculating...
The knowledge and experience gained on each mission to help with the next.
Really, I just like to cut wood..

I was raised going out and getting 2 cords or so every year for "recreational" fires. Now I'm up to about 6. Hate hearing the furnace kick on ever.
Between fuel, equipment, etc, I doubt I'm saving money, but like to think I am :biggrin:.
Totally agree with you though, just love to go cutting.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Several years back we ripped out an entire wall that included the 'double' fireplace that came in this place when we bought it...it leaked smoke and was grossly inefficient.
We had a new wall with stone and a RSF Delta 4.4 cube firebox installed with the intention of heating the entire house...works great!
I've been cutting wood for home heat since the early '80s and don't plan on stopping very soon.
I cut whenever I can and store most of our wood at my stepfather's place due to space restrictions at home. We burn mostly Oak and Madrone from a Norcal property along with whatever Eucalyptus or other neighborhood wood that happens to fall down around here.
My wife and I along with our two long-haired Doxies love the stove!

getting down below 30 tonight...might have to wake up in the middle of the night to add a few sticks

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[AIM]

Nope. I wouldn't.

Oh I'm sure I'd have a saw or two laying around for cutting up some campfire wood or just the occasional tree that needed taken down but for day to day heat I would just crank up the t-stat.

It's not that I dislike cutting wood. I really enjoy it. There are just many things I enjoy more.

 

[beerbelly]

Yeah, why not. Been cutting wood for 35 years. First ones were under duress because I was made to do it at that time. Now I do it because I want to. Lived for 7 years with no other source of heat. In '95 installed a furnace...still prefer the wood stove. Besides, beer always tastes better sitting next to a fire rather than the radiator! Mmmmm beer!

 

[Streblerm]

I burn wood because I like to, not because I have to. We like the feel of the heat from the wood stove and I enjoy being outside, working, with family and friends. I see firewood as a hobby that (mostly) pays for itself. I'm not so sure about the saving money part. Some people gamble, some drink in bars, some chase women, heck some do all three. I chase firewood and I can't think of anything else I would enjoy doing as much in my spare time.

 

[StephieDoll]

Never had a fireplace until 06. Purchased 2 loads of wood for 06/07. Said never again. Now have a Quad 3100ST about 5 cords still ready to go and never run the fireplace. We are on NG so use that to help with the undersized woodstove. Wish I could find/afford to find a way to run the AC on wood.

 

[Whitespider]

If money was no object??

I heat with wood for three reasons…

1. I (we) like the “feel” of wood heat (wood-fired furnace in the basement).
2. It’s easy and convenient (woodlot surrounding the house).
3. Reduce LP expense (still heat water with LP).

I like being outdoors, heck I darn near live outdoors… but there are a lot of things I’d rather be doing outdoors than cutting firewood. I don’t mind hard work; I have plenty of chores to keep me busy and firewood is just one of them… I don’t need firewood to keep me working “hard”. I have just the one saw now, I’m not infatuated with chainsaws, don’t get a big grin on my face when I run one… it’s just another tool in the long list of tools I own, and need(?) to get by in this life. I live on the edge of society, and I don’t see that changing even “if money was no object”; if I had more money than I could spend, I’d still have the tools, just bigger, better and newer… and a fancy new shop to keep them all in.

So… if money was no object would I still burn wood? Yep… in my brand new, fancy multi-fuel furnace; and to load it I’d walk into the wood room where there would be stacks of premium hardwood, that somebody else cut, and split, and delivered, and stacked up pretty in my basement while I was out on the lake (where I had just built a new home next to the new shop) teaching my boy how to catch September Walleye.