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stihl chains I have heard that Stihl chains require a different technique than other brands, any thoughts on this? I have filed othr chains before but haven't had to touch up my Stihl yet.

The seven trees are around a garden, and he wants them removed. I plan on keeping some of the wood and getting it milled down, not sure what I will do with it yet though. He has a neighbor that is into woodworking and he plans on asking him if he is interested too. Not sure the height...

thanks for the responses, I will see who we can find to give us an idea of what we have, or if it is better suited for firewood! Since we both heat with wood! I will let you know as soon as I find out. Thanks Again

My dad has 7 blackwalnut trees that he is planning on taking down. All 7 of them are over 16" in diameter, my question is how do we find out the value of these trees to see if it is worth selling them. I know black walnut is used for gunstocks and veneer, and have heard they can be valuable...

blower mod I finished my blower mod the other night FINALLY! I might start burning this coming weekend, propane has been running a week now :(

Almost ready for 2nd year I have done the steam fix, thermostat, insulation in the door and this year I'm going to do the blower mod and reinsulate above the firebox. Should be getting new windows this fall too, so we will see what surprises year number 2 brings. Positives: I never had to...

Fellow Hoosier Here is the link for the water treatment: http://www.woodboilersolutions.com/ You just give them a call or email them and order a water sample kit, send them a fill water sample and then they send you 2 chemicals plus whatever else they think you need. Excellent customer...

ticks There is a new product out called Vectra 3D but you can only get it from a veterinarian, It repel and kills 4 species of ticks. It is labeled for Fleas, Ticks, and Mosquitoes. Also is good for those dogs that like to go swimming alot. It is effective even after bathing or swimming.

steam fix I use to add water every day as well, usually about 30-45 seconds with the fill valve open, and usually once a week now and it only takes about 10-15 seconds to top it off.

wood This is my first year with my OWB and I went through what I thought was a years supply. Just under 4.5 cords, I just cut a dead oak a few weeks back and i'm burning on that now. I ended up with 4 dump truck loads and a pickup of oak. I already have used almost 2 dump truck loads of that...

very nice I ended up getting a heaping full size truck and a 6'x12' trailer load out of the free wood! Very nice guy too, he took down my number and said he would call me later this winter when he drops some more trees on his property. He said he has 5 or 6 more trees that he wants down...

My Grandma called and said her neighbor was dropping 2 trees and she checked with him and he didn't want them. So I called him up and he said you can have them if you want them. One tree is already cut into 16" pieces it is an ash, and the other is a 30-40' cherry and not cut up yet. All the...

Keeping Up The Shaver 165 did good last night, it was 4 degrees with little wind and the house was set at 69, needed wood at 6:00am, but water was still 160*, I'm good until the wind starts to blow. Then the old house starts needing more heat!

heat loss There is a fair amount of heat loss on the bottom of the unit! Everytime it snows I have a 8-10" ring around the OWB of melted snow.

Sure looks like it. Hey Fletcher, I thought the same thing when I bought it that it was insulated, but that was one thing I had on my check list to ask before I bought it. Shaver said you are welcome to insulate it yourself, but if we insulated it, it would tear off when we move the unit and...

t-stat I had the 1% faliure rate as well haha I went through 3 of them in about 4 weeks too. I ended up buying this one: Fletcher directed toward this one. http://www.dwyer-inst.com/Products/Product.cfm?Group_ID=125 I made a weather proof box for it and temp. zip tied it up for this...

40 degree burn times Last Sunday it was in the 40's and I put on 3- 6"round logs about 20" long on around 7 am and at 4pm they were still there and the water was up to 200* and then I didn't put anything else on till 10pm again 3 pieces, and the next morning the temps were dropping fast...

burn times I have a shaver 165, and heat a 2,400 Sq ft Farm house with 2 furnances powered by the OWB and our DHW. Our house sits in the middle of 2 open fields, and the OWB sits in the open as well. I fill the OWB at 6 am and my wife gets home at 4:00 and throws on 3-4 logs and then i fill...

loving it! I have to agree with you, anything I have thrown in it burns good. Big huge pieces of molded rotted pine, wet, green, you name it! It took about a month or so to work out the kinks, but I'm happy with the 165!

Do you know what kind of temps you are getting out of your duct (registers) work when the furnace blower is on? Dan