flatbroke
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Eucalyptus burns really clean in a wood stove. hardly any ash, Oak works good in fireplaces due to coals for heat
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Just put that ash bucket in the back of the truck and drive to town, be empty before you know it!
I save some for my chickens but like you, have filled all the holes in the yard. I just top up the garbage bags and let the garbage man take it.
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Howdy BFS.
I just had a guy who wanted to buy a saw from me ask if I had any parts for one of those olemacs just last week, funny you should mention it.
Sounds like you have a well rounded lineup to get things done.
Cheers Chipper1, Yeah the little Oleomac was my first chainsaw and first time I used a chainsaw, when I first got it it wasn't going as hard as I thought it should (bit gutless) so I took it back and the fella there tuned it and now it screams - a great light little saw that isn't tiring to use for long periods and gets the job done no worries at all, starts easy and is quick to service (no tools needed to clean the air filter) I guess it would be close to 12-15yrs old now and still going strong. The other saws I bought 2nd hand and all have been brilliant with no issues with any of them, the 394 sure has some guts, smashes through everything I've used it on but a little heavy for general firewood duties for me but it sees action in the big stuff when we happen upon it.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
The house I grew up in, my dad made a duct loop. He had a thermostat up stairs that would turn on a blower that would pull air from by the front door and bring it into the woodstove room that would force the warm air up the basement stairs. Near the stairs was another duct that would take the air towards the bedrooms. Not sure if it worked, but it did give me some awesome hiding spots that NO one could ever find me. I became the all time best at hide and go seek or hide from mom when cleaning needed getting done.
Mom was down stairs betting your dad she could get you to dust the vent
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The great thing about that is you can save the ashes til spring and then roll around in them, no worries of ticks or fleas and you don't have a wife to complain about the ashes on you
. Not totally picturing that one. It shouldn't be to hard to come up with some redneck fix for it, I've done it with enough stuff
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Just scrounged a wheelbarrow load since I was totally out in the house, still got a little bit outside lol.Yup , no mess in the house .
What I have is a Kerr wood furnace that was meant to be added on to an existing hot air furnace so I set in the porch , cut a hole in the wall and piped a 12" duct into the house .
Last year I got a nice high velocity fan to blow the cold air into the furnace , it worked great , I fired it up this fall and it quit two days into the heating season so I went to get another , it's a seasonal item so no stock but I got a refund because it was under warranty .
I had been looking for a compact furnace so I could cannibalize the section that holds the blower and the filter but I scrounged up a next to new electric furnace from a mobile home that gave me a blower , filter and nice compact box
I thot I was set but the high speed on the fan is not high enough but works for now , I'll scrounge a better one yet .
After I get the bugs worked out I'll figure out how to get a thermostat/draft control and blower speeds all forking together .
I didn't want to get any today because when I cleared the drive, front yard, around the wood pile I got a few spots down to the dirt, and with the warmup today there was some mud which would have gotten drug into the house. Now it's all froze back over even though it's still pretty warm out at 39.
I installed an AC unit in my last house like that. I had it in the only window it fit in for a week or so and had to take care of it, as that was a window in my kitchen. I enjoy hand washing dishes and the cold, but I didn't even want to go in the kitchen
. I just cut a little inspection hole in the wall so I could see if there were any wires and where the studs were and then laid it out. It worked just great as it was high enough to blow cool air towards the kitchen and then I put a little fan by the hall and blew the cool air down to the bedrooms.In this home I used a radon fan I bought in a lot of stuff from a retiring electrician, it' can move some serious air, but it's also meant for continuous use and has an adjustable speed.
There is some fertlyzer value in it. I just spread it on the grass by "slinging" the ash pan Been doing that on the same areas since 1980. Can't say I notice any improvement but there are no bad results.
Conquistador3
Le Comte de Frou Frou
If it's pure wood ash (meaning you don't use your stove to dispose of plastics and other "combustibles" such as dissidents and the like), it has decent potassium and phosphor content. You can use it straight as a fertilizer or you can do as I do: dump it in the compost heap and mix it up with the rest.
Since Thomas Slag has been cleared for sale again (in purified form), there's no much need for it in pure form, but as there's never enough compost to go around with as poor a soil as we have here and compost tends to be rich in nitrogen and carbon but poor in potassium and phosphor, it makes sense to dispose of ash this way.
Like wise, I add the ash to my compost heap which also takes the saw chips and grass cuttings, then it gets spread around the garden.
All this talk of cold temps.....I wish it’s currently 11.00pm and still 31 deg C outside.
At least Christmas forecast is looking to be quite cool 27 deg.
At least Christmas forecast is looking to be quite cool 27 deg.
Conquistador3
Le Comte de Frou Frou
Yes, I often wonder why you people from down under bother with firewood at all.
According to the propaganda machine here you are baked to a crisp by infernal temperatures 365 days a year... and if you don't die of heatstroke first the poisonous spiders, deadly snakes and man-eating sharks and crocodiles will get you. Gotta love our media, especially when they lecture everybody in range about "fake news".
Well dog gone. I finally figured out where these ancient posts come from. I never payed attention to the "Similar Threads" at the bottom of the page. One caught my eye and I clicked on it. I'm reading along, quite interested, and I'm getting ready to hit the "Like" button. So I looked over to see who I was getting ready to "Like", and it was me. The post was 4 years ago. Although, I must say, I did like my advice, Joe.
Dealing with the mess of burning wood is the draggy bit. I fill the blue IKEA tote bags with wood at the stack and carry them up the garden in my pram/ wood hauler, then lift them inside and fill the rack by the stove. Still get lots of dust by the rack and stove. Little black bits, insect poop I guess. Ash is fairly easy for me, with stoves that are out every morning, empty the ash pan every 2 or 3 days
James Miller
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Heard something about drop bears from another Aussie member. Everything in Australia has evolved to kill peopleYes, I often wonder why you people from down under bother with firewood at all.
According to the propaganda machine here you are baked to a crisp by infernal temperatures 365 days a year... and if you don't die of heatstroke first the poisonous spiders, deadly snakes and man-eating sharks and crocodiles will get you. Gotta love our media, especially when they lecture everybody in range about "fake news".
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panolo
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Once I have covered my garden and raspberry patch I let the rest cool for a few days and it goes out in the weeks trash. I get about 3 gallons every two weeks so it isn't a ton. Have yet to start my trash can on fire
Don't know that I would refer to Silver Maple as hardwood, even though it has leaves. Cuts like paper mache!
nomad_archer
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It produces btu's and that's all I'm worried about.
nighthunter
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I dig the ash straight into the veg patch straight after i clean the stove. Those ash vacuum cleaners are 1 of the best inventions ever
woodchip rookie
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I wouldn't but it burns really good. Better than pine. And smells way better. And we have an endless amount here. Cuts easy, dries fast, light, splits good when the grain is strait and burns to powder.
Two downfalls to silver...doesn't burn as long as densewood...and bugs love it. I'm not sure what kind of borer insect it is but all my maple (sugar and silver) has been chewed up pretty good by something
