This may be the latest in the year I’ve ever fired up the basement wood furnace. It’s been a mild fall here in Ohio but it finally dumped 5 inches of snow and made it into the twenties last night. I’m not complaining! I actually got a rare late November motorcycle ride in Sunday!
Per my routine the last decade or so I always check in with my friends here at arboristsite on the first burning. I’m a somewhat WTF thread lurker thru the year but the firewood forum is for wood burning season! How’s everyone doing?
Few questions u can answer from last year for me so I can catch up:
- Is the fiskars x27 still king or do they have lithium ion hand splitters yet? Tell me they do! My gas powered Speeco 22 ton actually got some use this summer vs. the mauls because I had some tough wood. Or I’m getting old. Toss up!
- Has anyone else in my area of the country had to fell an ash tree lately? Because the last two seasons I just wait for a good blow and I have 3 more to cut up in my wood lot. Good firewood yet but sad. Those were supposed to be good lumber for me someday. Plus I miss the thrill of dropping them! Their getting so sketchy at the bases now I don’t touch many of them. But man I hate hangers too.
- And finally... is Uncle Mustache at 20 or 27 kids now?? I’ve gotta be close!
It’s getting to a cozy 75 in the house now so I’ll sign out. Let’s see some replies of some woodstacks, fires, and the new roomba firewood cutter vacuum if you’ve seen one! Actually, my new neighbor down the road has one of the Husqvarna yard mower versions of it. Even though it’s a husky the jury is still out on whether or not I ask for his man-card!
Feel free to post pics. I’m embarrassed to say I don’t have any recent ones. I’ll have to settle on my 8 yr old and I harvesting some our big pumpkins instead of big wood. We’ll fix that soon!
Per my routine the last decade or so I always check in with my friends here at arboristsite on the first burning. I’m a somewhat WTF thread lurker thru the year but the firewood forum is for wood burning season! How’s everyone doing?
Few questions u can answer from last year for me so I can catch up:
- Is the fiskars x27 still king or do they have lithium ion hand splitters yet? Tell me they do! My gas powered Speeco 22 ton actually got some use this summer vs. the mauls because I had some tough wood. Or I’m getting old. Toss up!
- Has anyone else in my area of the country had to fell an ash tree lately? Because the last two seasons I just wait for a good blow and I have 3 more to cut up in my wood lot. Good firewood yet but sad. Those were supposed to be good lumber for me someday. Plus I miss the thrill of dropping them! Their getting so sketchy at the bases now I don’t touch many of them. But man I hate hangers too.
- And finally... is Uncle Mustache at 20 or 27 kids now?? I’ve gotta be close!
It’s getting to a cozy 75 in the house now so I’ll sign out. Let’s see some replies of some woodstacks, fires, and the new roomba firewood cutter vacuum if you’ve seen one! Actually, my new neighbor down the road has one of the Husqvarna yard mower versions of it. Even though it’s a husky the jury is still out on whether or not I ask for his man-card!
Feel free to post pics. I’m embarrassed to say I don’t have any recent ones. I’ll have to settle on my 8 yr old and I harvesting some our big pumpkins instead of big wood. We’ll fix that soon!
