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I don't even know where my saws are, in the summer. lol... The bugs, the weeds, the heat, etc. No thanks!! My wife and I though cut a bit different than most do in the winter. We take a thermos of coffee, a cooler full of beer and the dogs and make an afternoon of it. I start cutting while she...

If you can find some red elm (i think it's also called slippery elm) you've found what I consider the hottest burning elm. Most of the red I find is less than 12" and will turn a dark, almost black color and will always have long and rather large vertical splits along the trunk. It's a fast...

We don't have much elm left around here. Dutch elm disease went through long before the ash borer in my parts so about every elm you find is usually punky and junk. Luckily we still have a TON of good ash trees left to harvest.

The EPA in itself isnt such a bad idea but the fact that their wide sweeping rules and regs affects everyone is what annoys me. A guy living in Podunk, Idahoe with a population of 4 families per square mile is bound by the same regs a guy in Dallas, Texas or LA.

I just wish all of that stuff was entirely up to the individual states.

We just bought a new "old" house. From what we can gather it's about 120 years old. The all brick chimney appears to be in very good condition. I have no real intentions of installing a wood furnace at this time but I am curios. If the chimney does infact look very solid top to bottom. Why would...

Walnuts value as a firewood depends on what else you have available. I you have ash, oak, hard maple, etc handy then walnut in my opinion isn't that great. If all you have is walnut and willow then walnut would make great firewood.

Chinkapin oak. Thats not correct spelling.

OWB's are great but yes they do have some drawbacks. (every type has drawbacks) Going outside to load. More wood. (generally you cut bigger pieces and split much less so some may argue that it's faster to cut for an OWB) Not as easy to just leave for vacation or whatever. (I have left for 2...

I've been burning my inefficient, lung killing, environment destroying, OWB for 6 or so years now. I have never pissed off a neighbor, I have never that I recall smelled it in the house, I have frequently burned less than desirable well seasoned wood, and I have never regretted even for a moment...

If you are ever thinking about heating 2 separate buildings with one fire your choice of heat TYPE will be made for you.

Double barrel stoves are awesome. Tons of heat!

Peel some bark. If it has the centipede shaped lines on the trunk it's an elm.

Love the scenery!

I've never quite comprehended the argument between the 22 ton thats a second or two faster vs the 27 ton. If you can afford either model why would you want the smaller version? Why limit your capabilities? To shave a 1/2 hour off your year? To me it's like wanting a truck that will pull...

You gotta let all wood season for 12 years or more or you'll be the damnation of all wood burners. If you don't have wood stocked up for the next 5+ years well then you shouldn't even be burning or you'll ruin it all for the rest of us.. I would say split it at least 3 more times and then...

I cut box to just get it out of my way. Then I leave it where it lays. If you have something better Id walk right past it. I'm only speaking for myself but it could be cut, split, and stacked in the woods ready for me to just load up and bring home and I'd still walk right past it.

sycamore then

I'll vote again... Sycamore and hornbeam... aka ironwood I have seen a few pines that somewhat resemble the pic but I'm gonna stick with sycamore. OK OK I will admit the top pic does SORTA resemble this GIANT pine that was in my Grandmas front yard till a few years ago... Alright.... I really...

The 445 is a damn nice saw. My son in law has ran the daylights out of his with an 18" bar on it and has had zero issues. To me it's a very smooth running saw that sips gas.