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    Who uses fireplace inserts?

    Here is my blaze king stove/insert. I think it is from the 80's but unsure since the mfg plate is on the rear of the stove which is covered in insulation and hard to get to. The older guy that I bought my house from, also had two blowers on the sides of the hearth which blows air through the...
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    whats the deal with black walnut

    I scrounged a lot of black walnut earlier this year and some I am burning now. I also heard a lot of myths about it, but as far as I can see it burns great, dries fairly quick, but makes a lot of puffy ash. I even had someone tell me that you can't burn it because of the gases it gives off...
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    How cold is your house in the morning?

    9pm the stove gets loaded up, house is around 74 on the first floor. Temp on the stove is usually between 5-600* when I go to sleep. At 6pm when I wake up the house temp is at 66-68 and the stove is down to 300*. This when the outside temp is around 20. Using the longwood, I can go to bed...
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    How much burnt so far?

    I've used about 1/2 a cord since late october. Just fired up the stove yesterday and looks like it will stay on for a while. I was firing up the longwood once day previously.
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    The Long Burn

    Thanks, you make us in house burners jealous. I can set my longwood dual fuel furnace to come on and start a fire while I am gone, but I am a little leary of burning while I am gone, so I am stuck to fuel oil or electric heat pump to keep things from freezing.
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    Wood Box by the Stove.....

    The first pic is the one by the stove, the second is wood in the basement, which I can put 2-3 cord in. There is a wood chute you can feed wood down. The old man that I bought my house from did a hell of job setting it up for wood.
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    Regional Wood Differences

    If you talk to the old timers, every wood has its pros and cons. One wood makes too much ash, another wood is too stringy to split, oak takes to long to season. Red oak probably is my favorite, easy as hell to split and high on list for btu's, and the lovely smell. I got some white ash this...
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    How to tell when a bar is junk?

    So when should a bar be replaced? I have been using the same bar on my 455 for the last two years (20 cords) and always check and clean when done using it. Other than the paint, it still is as smooth as a new bar. I bought a new bar to replace the original one or incase I bent one but haven't...
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    Need advise on replacing Longwood

    I would love to have on now, because the longwood is horrible for regulating temps, its either hot or too hot, but I also have a blaze king in my living room which also heats us out of the house. But with a wife in school for another year and two kids, its rough right now. I am torn between...
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    Need advise on replacing Longwood

    Look at the yukons, I'm gonna try to get one or two more years out of my longwood and I will be replacing it with a yukon. My longwood is in pretty good shape except it needs new grates before this heating season.
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    My tri-axle load

    The last two years I paid $700 a load for wood that is only a couple miles from me. I have no problem paying it considering the amount of work it saves me from having to go cut and haul the wood back to my house. Two toddlers keep me busy.
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    How's your "seasoning" season going?

    This year has been amazing for wood drying but everything else has suffered. I have not cut my grass in 6 weeks, its been so dry. Next spring I am going to reseed a bunch of my yard because most of the grass died. I just wish my wood was out in the open and not under a roof. The p.o. of my...
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    How old is your wood furnace?

    I have a longwood in my house from 1978 and a blaze king stove from 1982. I am hoping to replace the longwood soon with a yukon, but other than needing grates it is in great shape.
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    How long should a cord of wood last?

    I burn a cord every three weeks in a longwood dual fuel furnace and a older blaze king. I wish I could use less wood but having a new born and a 4 year old, I feel that it is necessary. I am ready to ditch the worn out longwood and upgrade to a big jack to keep the temps more consistent and...
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    Question on Buying logs

    I bought a tri axle load this year for $700 of 90% red oak that gypsy moth dead cut. I helped my uncle cut up two loads that he payed $500 a piece for but had probably 30-40% pine and the rest oak.
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    putting ashes on garden

    Plants take nitrogen out of the soil. Leaves and grass clippings add nitrogen also. I put everything in my garden like it is a compost pile. 1/2 acre of grass clipping, lots of leaves and ash from two woodburners. Too bad the blyte killed our tomatoes this year. My garden also sits on my...
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    Chimney Cleaning Tools

    I use rope and refuse to buy rods, plus I have a large concrete cap attached to my chimney which would be hard with rods. I usually have my neighbor come over and help me for 10 minutes or so. The insert I have, which I rarely use, I do the same way but a little more difficult since it has to...
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    Amsoil in your chainsaw?

    Been running sabre in my husky at 70:1. I agree with most that more oil equals longer service life and a cooler running motor, but the it doesn't make a differance if I drop it to 50:1. My leaf blower and weed wackers like the leaner ratio better as well. I really like the bar and chain lube...
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    Didier splitters

    Here is a crappy pic of mine sitting on ghetto blocks to get it up to a good working height. The old briggs finally locked up a couple of weeks ago.
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