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  1. mhyme71

    OWB shopping (kind of)

    I am a happy central boiler owner. This has been the coldest winter i can recall and i am at 9 cords od wood used since the end of october. The biggest problem I have with the unit is cleaning out the ashes. It is a monthly chore versus a daily with the ash grater style units. I shovel my ash...
  2. mhyme71

    going to take the the plunge on new maul

    I can't see how there is a better splitting maul than the x27 . I split easily 5 to 7 cords with it year after year. It doesn't matter what maul you have you can't split wet wood by hand. Cut it and come back a couple months later and split it. I would like to try these fancy mauls to see...
  3. mhyme71

    Forced Air Thermostat help!

    Thermosat problem Does your thermostat give you the option to just turn on the fan. If so switch the fan on on the thermostat that is wired to the gas heat. That wire should go to a different relay on your control board on the furnace then the heat command wire. If the fan doesnt come on when...
  4. mhyme71

    Poison oak/ivy on some logs.

    Do not burn any ivy in your stove. We were burning some brush on my property when we bought the land and a friend of mine inhaled the smoke and it got in his lungs and he had to go to the hospital because his airway swelled shut. It didnt affect me at all but he was on steroids for months to...
  5. mhyme71

    OWB ratings?

    I have a Central Boiler Classic 5036 and couldnt be any happier with it. The family and I left the house on friday night in december for a christmas gathering out of town and came home sunday afternoon and still had hot coals in the stove. I lowered the tstat to 60 and filled the firebox full...
  6. mhyme71

    firewood saws

    I use a 028 super av woodboss with a 18" bar and full chisel .325 on the bigger stuff and i bought a poulan pro 18" took off the 18" bar and reduced it down to 14" and it does a great job limbing and cutting up 12" or so logs. The 028 seems to be a real beast for its size though i smoke my...
  7. mhyme71

    T-Stat

    This is the setup that i have. i have a 2 stage heat/ 1 stage cool setup. I bought the thermostat from lowes for 50 bucks. the first stage will run the furnace fan until the temp reaches 3 degrees below the setpoint in the house then the 2nd stage heat (propane furnace) will kick on and run...
  8. mhyme71

    I'm Thinking of Buying an ATV

    Suzuki 500 4x4 I have had a suzuki 4x4 500 for 10 years now and it has never failed me. It has a rear drive shaft wear some of these utility four wheelers have belts.. It also is a standard shift with high and low gear. I pull a 4x6x3 trailer thru the woods loaded to the brim in hilly...
  9. mhyme71

    Haven't seen one quite like this

    i was splitting some white oak rounds about 15 - 18 inches and my father in law came down to shoot the breeze and was amazed at how much time it saved me using my old dog chain and a 2 foot bungee. more bungee less chain though for sure
  10. mhyme71

    Wood Week 09 Family and Chainsaws and Log Arches Vol 1

    Without a doubt the best post ever!! Love the woods the family the saws and the atv skidding especially!! nice job dude:clap:
  11. mhyme71

    I'm No Longer a Piker: I Broke Down and Bought Firewood

    Here its half of that for 8 cords delivered in log length
  12. mhyme71

    Which owb to buy

    I own a central boiler classic 5036 i heat 1500 sq ft and am very happy with it. 2 years it has probably saved me 250 a month in propane during winter and 30 bucks for hot water a month
  13. mhyme71

    centralboiler5036

    I own a 5036 and couldnt be happier 10 for the house of good wood. at least
  14. mhyme71

    Walnut opinions

    I thought i was out of the cold season here in ohio and the temps dropped back in the 20s and 30s this past week so i had to cut up a few walnuts that were standing dead. I split em up and been loading it in the cb 5036 and man this stuff is burning right up and it isnt coaling very well. I...
  15. mhyme71

    Water stoves

    How do you burn the water?? :laugh:
  16. mhyme71

    HF chain sharpener-- anybody got one?

    I just got one of HF grinders and i sharpened all my chains with it. It takes a little tinkering to get it right but i dont have any problems getting sharp chains with it. It isnt a high quality piece of equipment buy any means but it sure is better than nothing. I run the chain through this...
  17. mhyme71

    Problems Noodling

    check the drive links on the chain My chain popped off a couple weeks ago and i didnt think anything of it and put it back on. it would turn free until a certain section got to the nose. I took the chain off and inspected it and i had a hell of a bur on a couple drive links. Took the file to...
  18. mhyme71

    Thermostat?

    Hunter Thermostat at lowes This is what i have installed in my house and i love it. It is the most versatile thermostat i have ever used. What you are looking for is multi stage heat control. This thermostat allows you to set a temp setpoint for example 75. When the thermostat gets below 75...
  19. mhyme71

    Rookie mistakes

    Not enough seasoned wood and burning Bigtooth Aspen wood absolute crap it would choke out any coals i had and burn out real quick
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