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Well...held off until this evening here in mid-eastern PA. We have been unseasonably warm with a few minor exceptions. Dipping hard to mid-20s by tomorrow night - so much for making it to November!

Same boat here and explored it when I moved into my current PA house. Have a detached 40x40 and "TONS" of wood. No-go on the insurance. Have a wall-mount propane from the old place but have yet to install it. Gone with portable tube type to bring it up and larger MrHeater buddy one that is...

My 2 cents - repower with the predator (easy & cheap). What I did... Maybe look for used pto splitter since you like that option. Try them both and sell one. PS have a kubota also (but not a splitter as it was not worth the squeeze) - I do like the pto generators though!

I used the silver HF ones - last a few years. Another thought & Sounds crazy, but I had an old above-ground pool that was solid but replaced Cut into tarps and super tough - looks weird but I am back in the woods! :p

Saw you scored some in another thread and it's been pretty warm here. Seriously, are you still looking for wood? I am about an hour away in Lehigh

Cut it anytime - ash is great!

I have a really tall masonry chimney (27') and my woodstove is in the basement. I back-drafted a number of times early on before I figured it out. Really cold day and the chimney will flow down/in every time. Smoke in the house, family w/asthma, setting off local and monitored alarms got...

I use Carolina Linesmen boots for firewooding and general all-around HD work - I don't like the higher heel/sole on logging-specific ones. I also prefer the mid-height version as a balance between ankle support & mobility

OP - Those are great and you have already figured out the long game of minimizing the number of "touches" from tree to stove. I see you are in York. I haven't found any that are reasonable yet in our region, but I know they must be out there... Can you give a ballpark of cost & source? ;)

I have all of those and I have all of these in my woods and w/cherry it definitely depends on the tree - sometimes it is super sweet and fragrant like the fruit, other times not so much. I save the sweet heartwood for the smoker. I have two types of hickory and the seasoned shagbark will...

I use the 3/4 treated & give it an initial coat of good quality opaque deck stain. I built sides on a very similar trailer that I have had for just under 30Y (mule or something like that?) and coat the edges of the 3/4" with silicone caulk. This last about 12-15 Y but more so due to serious...

That one in your picture broken up high is similar to my original post/situation and ask for advice. FWIW Hindsite being 20/20 - My takeaway was the best course of action was NOT to use the tractor - rather multiple tie-offs and judicious use of tension. Maybe Check out the Maasdam rope...

Now that is a beast! I LIKE it. Mine is unsound so I am planning on v 4.0 as something similar with all of the angle iron that I salvaged from the old-style 69kv tower on my property that the power company replaced with a monopole. I have related that saga in other threads previously - the...

Marine supply stores usually have a good assortment of axles

@JRM - I think I get it but would love to see a pic when you get a chance. This may work as a further mod to what @husky455rancher is doing with those smaller pallets

Thanks for the suggestion. I have looked at those but run a BH normally. I am going to invest in forks for the front next. I can't find any decent ssqa ones used around here

I also have a 25y/o "franken-trailer" that I use with my jeep. 4x8x3h I know when it groans and sits the fenders down on the tires that's enough and time to remove a few rounds!

I love the concept, but at first glance, it looks top heavy & easy to dump. I am hopeful & keep us posted on how it works in practice. :cool: I have been burning solid for the last 12 years and go through about a guesstimated 5 cords per year. I am constantly thinking and working on reducing...

I appreciate all of this. I hear you... but that was NOT CUT and the weirdest thing I had ever seen. Those pics are as/is untouched tree. It broke like that during a storm. WTH, right...? In the end, I ended up doing what you said and pulled it out from the base. I just don't have the...

Very similar physical situation to mine - check out what I do to mitigate it in post above.