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Gladto hearyou are OK I am glad to hear you are ok. Try calling around regarding your insurance. I'm sure you could arrange a rental car etc before waiting until next week. You maybe better off cleaning it out and heading home in your own rental in any case. Be sure to keep all your...

Please bring back the Bold Black Headers I would like to have the Black Bold Headers back. I can't see the light green very well.

Graystone House Heating Hi I have a similar house plan to you and find I can heat house effectively. By the way no furnace here. If you want heat it is the wood stove. I have 3 in the house but only use 1 at a time unless it is really cold. I have a woodstove in the corner of the living...

Ravendo 90 Wheel Barrow I have had the Ravendo Wheel Barrow for 25 years now. This is a perfect Wheel Barrow for Firewood. Very well balanced. I have greased the bearings a few times and added a bit of air to the tire. This is a great tool. I have 2 of these and wheel them right into my...

My 20 Cord Pile I was able to get about 20 cords from this pile of wood from last year.

Jeep Cherokee - Snow Plow and Log Roller I have a 1997 Jeep Cherokee with a Warn Winch 6000 lbs pull on the front. I use the winch to raise and lower the snow plow blade. The setup works great and also is very good at moving logs around to get them in position for cutting. When the snow gets...

Kawartha Lakes Slab Floor I just finished building a house on a floating 40 x 40 slab with radiant heat. Entire Floor is done with rebar on 12" centers. 5 Perimeter bars were added to hold everything in place. Slab was 14" thick at the side and we placed 6" of durafoam insulation under the...

Kawartha Lakes Firewood I have sold 22 full cords of wood this year. 13 cords to my local customers. I advertised in 2007 on Kijiji but nothing since. All repeat or referral business. It's nice to have people call you back year after year. I am a one man operation and my wife helps out with...

16" Dowel For Measuring I have a 16" by 1/2" dowel hose clamped with 2 clamps to the lower part of the handle on all my saws. Line up the end of the dowel with the end of the log and you get 16" wood every time. I have red tape on dowel to mark 12" for cutting the odd shorter piece. I...

Picture of Napoleon 1400 Insert Here is a picture of my 1400 Insert. The Black area outside of the gold trim is a sheet of steel custom cut to drop over stove to cover edges of existing fireplace. I have 3 thermometers on it to keep track of the temperature. I am very happy with the stove.

Wood Heat All The Way Here I have 3 Napoleon Wood Stoves spread through the house. I mix and match according to outside temp. Rarely use more than 2 at a time. Keep unlit ones cleaned out and filled with paper and kindling ready to light at a moments notice. Usually burn a stove for 4 days...

Napoleon Stoves Are Great Hi I have Both the Napoleon 1400 pedestal stove and the 1400 insert both with glass doors. I prefer the 1400 insert as it has a thermostat controlled fan and a better blower arrangement. I highly recommend the Napoleon. The stoves burns clean and gives great heat...

How Much Wood On a Truck I am doing firewood in Coboconk Ontario north of Lindsay. I get 2 Truck loads of wood per year delivered here and get 14 cords of wood from the fully loaded truck. Try to load 16 foot logs if you can as it gives more wood per truck and less wasted air space...

Tandem Load of Logs Here is how the logs arrive at my place in Ontario Canada I pay $1500.00 per truck load and get about 14 to 15 cords per truck I chain saw the load into rounds in about 55 hours which includes moving rounds and piling them up ready for splitting.

Snatch The Logs Of the Pile I usually get my logs in 16 foot lengths and do the following. 1 Start at one end of the pile. 2 Pull out the easy logs first 3 Use a choker chain 6 feet in length Slip hook on 1 end and chain hook on other end. 4 Slip hook on log 2 wraps 5 Chain hook to make...

More Snatch Block The hooks with clip are something I have added to the snatch block. I replaced the original hook which was much smaller. I think it has to do with the difference between SWL Safe Working Load and Ultimate breaking strength. Hook is rated at 4000 lbs SWL but has a ultimate...

Snatch Blocks and Tree Straps The attached picture shows a 3 to 1 set up using 3/8" cable to a 12500 lb winch. Total pulling power on the first wrap of cable on the winch drum would be 37500 lbs less friction. The snatch blocks are rated for 16000 lbs which is above the 12500 lb winch...

I have 2 of these axes both with the fiberglass handles. Great axe for splitting white birch and spruce or anything with a straight grain and no knots which is not to large. They are a bit noisy as pointed out above and you need to keep a supply of springs and pins around as they always seem...

Trailer with Crane Here are a few more pictures of the trailer with crane. The crane is made up from a truck bed crane and some of my own inventions. The lifting is done by a 6000 lb warn winch mounted on the back of my jeep. I also have a hitch on the front of the jeep so I could use the...

Spruce Tree bites the snow Here are a few pictures of a spruce tree I took down today. No where near as big as the willow but I had fun. I got just over a face cord from this tree. Andrew