Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Deleted member 117362]

LOL.
I was just on Ebels site and got all excited, even gave them a call, ready to buy . I saw the 550 mark II listed in their inventory, called and it won't be there for at least a month she said, but they have the 572.

I know those people, what was the 572's price?

 

[Be Stihl]

A little more “Snob Wood” for the holz hausen, sweet BTU’s!

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[woodchip rookie]

Elm, hands down.
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/scrounging-firewood.252988/page-1728#post-6688101

I think I've had some of that before. I mean the elm.

 

[farmer steve]

FS … your given me the jitters … don't they already refer to Red Oak as Piss Oak???

Like @muddstopper said. Pin oak.
Scrounged some red oak today.

 

[95custmz]

A little more “Snob Wood” for the holz hausen, sweet BTU’s!

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I like the sheath on your Fiskars. Did you make it or buy it? I'd like to get one other than the plastic one it came with.

 

[Huskybill]

White oak and hickory is the highest btu of firewood. I save that for the lowest temps. Any kind of birch burns hot and quick to warm up a cold house. I burn skids cut up till December one good fire a night. I switch to split hardwood when the cold hits. I use two heat temp gauges one on the stove and one on the pipe. I regulate the temp & burn time in the stove and how much heat goes up the pipe.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rutland-Stove-Thermometer-Burn-Indicator-701/202218152

 

[dancan]

More BTU's.

Betcha you gotta empty the "spl-ash" pan more often than on the spruce lol

Never thought about that.
Might as well grab the softwood since you're getting the same weight it should be about the same BTUs anyway.
The great thing for me is I have what I call the chevy 350 of pellet stoves and it will eat about anything you feed it. I like to buy the bags that are damaged or returned, why not for half price or even sometimes a dollar a bag . I only use a few bags a yr anymore. I bought 5 this yr and have burned what was left in the stove from last yr and 2.5 bags, we had a sitter here with the kids when we went to Niagara Falls so that made it easier on her/the kids to keep the house warm, small price to pay for a nice vacation for my wife and I .

We've got a fella around here selling mdf pellets , not sure how they burn or what comes out the stack .

 

[dancan]

A little more “Snob Wood” for the holz hausen, sweet BTU’s!

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That sure is a nice looking van

 

[chipper1]

We've got a fella around here selling mdf pellets , not sure how they burn or what comes out the stack .

Never heard of those.
Just grabbed me three big wheelbarrow loads of hardwood. When its this cold I am probably at the stove as much as you guys are with the spruce and pine because I have to manage the coals. The good thing is we all get to run saws and our homes are nice and toasty , except when you don't get up to fill the stove like I did this morning. After working it pretty hard to maintain the temp this morning I managed to bring it back up to normal room temps.

 

[chipper1]

That sure is a nice looking van

As they say down in Australia "that ain't no van".
I saw this a couple weeks ago and was drooling over it . Nate could even load logs on the roof rack. Steve were gonna need that tailgate lift .
I like these things, but if something goes wrong in the engine compartment .

 

[dancan]

I'm pretty sure that the fella gets free mdf sawdust from a molding plant and presses his own pellets .
I know mdf burns real hot but the glue is not a good thing to burn .

 

[chipper1]

I'm pretty sure that the fella gets free mdf sawdust from a molding plant and presses his own pellets .
I know mdf burns real hot but the glue is not a good thing to burn .

Oh that mdf, that's nasty, but I'm sure my pellet stove would gobble it up lol.

 

[Philbert]

I saw this a couple weeks ago and was drooling over it,

Google 'overland vehicles' - images.

Also: https://sportsmobile.com

You will need a large towel.

Philbert

 

[Deleted member 150358]

When I grow up I want a unimog.
One of these old conversions would do.
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/hvd/d/lena-freightliner-flu419-loader-backhoe/6819904011.html

 

[Deleted member 149229]

My buddy has this for sale.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Google 'overland vehicles' - images.

Also: https://sportsmobile.com

You will need a large towel.

Philbert

quigley4x4.com

http://www.quigley4x4.com

 

[woodchip rookie]

Oh that mdf, that's nasty, but I'm sure my pellet stove would gobble it up lol.

Do not burn mdf. Or plywood. Or OSB. Or pressure/weather treated.

 

[woodchip rookie]

White oak and hickory is the highest btu of firewood.

Theres a couple of woods that are higher on the BTU charts but the hardest stuff I have access to on a bulk level is ash. I had some sugar maple once. You could power an aircraft carrier on that stuff.

 

[U&A]

For me, the worst smelling wood is black locust. 90% of my wood is red oak, never really noticed a smell.

Iv heard that before. I don’t mind it at all.


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[Huskybill]

I burnt willow once I was given cords of it. I let it dry for two years. It smelled like the swamp was burning. I only burned it at 12am when the neighborhood was sleeping. I never made that mistake again. But it was free, free, free. Lol