Very particular about my firewood

[BigE]

Your stove Doesn`t like 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 15" wood?Mine could care less.That size wood stacks the same too.It all looks the same under my shed too.I just collected all the deadfall around my house.I just cut it up.(I didn`t have to measure, I know what my stove will take, and I cut it smaller.No measuring, not paint, no chalk.See, I don`t need my wood to be between 16-18". Neither do you.Your wood could be 15. or 13 .Your stove don`t care.I`ll bet you could cut a whole truck load of wood under 18" without measuring.You just don`t want to.For some reason, you need your wood to be uniform.It doesn`t have to be.it just has to fit in your stove.It just seems silly to me to think of you guys out there with a paint can or chalk, marking your firewood like your bucking logs for the mill.I`ve never had to do it, and never will.I`ll always just cut it way small if I have to.

Nope. My stove DOESN'T like the shorter wood. Seriously, it doesn't burn as uniform. Yes, it DOES care. A bunch of short small pieces burn hotter and don't last as long. You can't put as much wood in to the box, and you've got to refill it more often.

And yes, wood that is all uniform in size means less work in the end. You cut five 10" pieces to my three 16" pieces. Why do you want to do all that extra work? You've got to split it, stack it, move it into the house, etc. All those extra pieces add up.

On top of that, I can get more wood stacked in my woodshed, the pile stays stacked better, and it is easier to carry an armload into the house.

But hey, if you enjoy doing all that extra work, more power to you.

 

[ropensaddle]

Nope. My stove DOESN'T like the shorter wood. Seriously, it doesn't burn as uniform. Yes, it DOES care. A bunch of short small pieces burn hotter and don't last as long. You can't put as much wood in to the box, and you've got to refill it more often.

And yes, wood that is all uniform in size means less work in the end. You cut five 10" pieces to my three 16" pieces. Why do you want to do all that extra work? You've got to split it, stack it, move it into the house, etc. All those extra pieces add up.

On top of that, I can get more wood stacked in my woodshed, the pile stays stacked better, and it is easier to carry an armload into the house.

But hey, if you enjoy doing all that extra work, more power to you.

Yup but thats what I think of 16 inch stuff 22 in to 24 is less work per cord and stoves should be built to accommodate the standard of firewood instead of changing it to 16
I can burn 36 but its not optimum 24 works just fine in my furnace.

 

[BigE]

Yup but thats what I think of 16 inch stuff 22 in to 24 is less work per cord and stoves should be built to accommodate the standard of firewood instead of changing it to 16
I can burn 36 but its not optimum 24 works just fine in my furnace.

LOL. My old stove could burn up to 24", and that was pretty nice.

My new stove can burn a max of 18". But, my new stove burns about half what my old stove did to keep the house at the same temperature. So, I still come out ahead.

 

[ropensaddle]

LOL. My old stove could burn up to 24", and that was pretty nice.

My new stove can burn a max of 18". But, my new stove burns about half what my old stove did to keep the house at the same temperature. So, I still come out ahead.

Well yeah; but start selling firewood and you will see fast the wasted labor by shortening wood. Ps: ain't no small wood stove going to heat like my furnace lol

 

[fatjoe]

Nope. My stove DOESN'T like the shorter wood. Seriously, it doesn't burn as uniform. Yes, it DOES care. A bunch of short small pieces burn hotter and don't last as long. You can't put as much wood in to the box, and you've got to refill it more often.

And yes, wood that is all uniform in size means less work in the end. You cut five 10" pieces to my three 16" pieces. Why do you want to do all that extra work? You've got to split it, stack it, move it into the house, etc. All those extra pieces add up.

On top of that, I can get more wood stacked in my woodshed, the pile stays stacked better, and it is easier to carry an armload into the house.

But hey, if you enjoy doing all that extra work, more power to you.

Your the one doing the extra work.Marking it and stacking it nice and straight and even, and worying about it.It`s firewood my man, your burning it!As far as getting more in my wood shed, that don`t matter either.As long as it`s full, I`m good to go.I don`t carry armloads of wood, I have a carrier.Are you an Engineer?Your acting like one.I can guess 16", it`s 2" more than my boot size.If you can`t look at a piece of wood and guess a spot on that wood that is roughly 2 inches bigger than the shoe your wearing, than you do need to measure.I don`t need to.You keep putting all that time and effort into thinking and measuring and optimal heat exchange, and wood burning uniform.I`m getting a headache thinking about it.It`s a waste of time!If it fits in your stove, burn it!!My house is just as warm as yours is in the winter.Hope YOU enjoy all that extra work.

 

[BPS. LLC]

The wood I sell, I measure with the bar. I like to sell uniform 18" pieces. I burn whatever is leftover. Its ugly, just like my pile of wood that's on pallets, but it gets the job done.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Ya know Joe, for someone that swears he's not putting anyone who measures down, you sure seem to keep jabbing away.

Ian

 

[fatjoe]

Ya know Joe, for someone that swears he's not putting anyone who measures down, you sure seem to keep jabbing away.

Ian

Saying measuring is silly is putting someone down?You must be a measurer.Sorry, if you feel put down.It not my intension to hurt anyones feelings.Are you a measurer, or do you just feel the need to stick up for the poor innocent ones I`m putting down so fiercly?Do you even care?

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Well look at it this way. If you were doing something that you've done for a long time and made sense to you and someone stood there and repeatedly told you that what you were doing was silly and a waste of time, how would you feel?

It's fine to state your opinion, everyone has one, but know when to stop. You keep repeating yourself in a thread that was started by, and is geared towards those that like consistent, neat wood stacks.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood shows a distinct lack of attention to detail.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood is silly.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood tells me that you don't care that your property looks disorganized and messy.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood shows a lack of math skills.

See what I mean? By downing on one's methods, you are downing the person by questioning their reasons for doing what they do.

I'm just sayin'.... not insulting you in the slightest.

Ian

 

[ropensaddle]

Well look at it this way. If you were doing something that you've done for a long time and made sense to you and someone stood there and repeatedly told you that what you were doing was silly and a waste of time, how would you feel?

It's fine to state your opinion, everyone has one, but know when to stop. You keep repeating yourself in a thread that was started by, and is geared towards those that like consistent, neat wood stacks.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood shows a distinct lack of attention to detail.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood is silly.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood tells me that you don't care that your property looks disorganized and messy.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood shows a lack of math skills.

See what I mean? By downing on one's methods, you are downing the person by questioning their reasons for doing what they do.

I'm just sayin'.... not insulting you in the slightest.

Ian

I think clowns as avatars show lack of tolerance for odd ball firewood. It exemplifies humor while in actuality is a cover for eccentric behavior and possible repressed tendency's. Does wood in piles instead of stacked sorta get to you too? I wonder if being a neat freak shows lack of experience in hard physical labor. I hope this upsets you

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[Haywire Haywood]

I think having a macho Hollywood testosterone actor as an avatar is a cover for a pansy who is lacking in said chemical and might have a shriveled weenie. :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

back at ya...
Ian

 

[amateur cutter]

opcorn: If this is turn into the insult thread between rope & haywire I'm stayin. A C

 

[wvlogger]

opcorn: If this is turn into the insult thread between rope & haywire I'm stayin. A C

:agree2:

 

[ropensaddle]

I think having a macho Hollywood testosterone actor as an avatar is a cover for a pansy who is lacking in said chemical and might have a shriveled weenie. :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

back at ya...
Ian

Yup I am a pure cupcake scared of my own shadow lmfao but I am not obsessive compulsive!
I bet you vacuum the dirt in your flippy caps don"t ya?

Go on, you know you want to move the empty bottle don't you?

 

[J.W Younger]

Yup I am a pure cupcake scared of my own shadow lmfao but I am not obsessive compulsive!
I bet you vacuum the dirt in your flippy caps don"t ya?

Go on, you know you want to move the empty bottle don't you?

Ya know rope,thats just mean.Us cpd(cessive pulsive disorder)types can't take #### like that empty bottle sittin on that there stump.ps:yer woodpile looks like ####
can i have it?

 

[Haywire Haywood]

That bottle isn't properly centered on the stump... ATTENTION TO DETAIL!

None of my saws have flippy caps.. but if they did....

Ian

 

[ropensaddle]

Ya know rope,thats just mean.Us cpd(cessive pulsive disorder)types can't take #### like that empty bottle sittin on that there stump.ps:yer woodpile looks like ####
can i have it?

Nah it would just drive you to insanity if your ocd and I would not want that:angel: I don't think there is a piece the same exact size in the whole pile

 

[fatjoe]

Well look at it this way. If you were doing something that you've done for a long time and made sense to you and someone stood there and repeatedly told you that what you were doing was silly and a waste of time, how would you feel?

It's fine to state your opinion, everyone has one, but know when to stop. You keep repeating yourself in a thread that was started by, and is geared towards those that like consistent, neat wood stacks.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood shows a distinct lack of attention to detail.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood is silly.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood tells me that you don't care that your property looks disorganized and messy.

I'm not getting down on you, I just think that not measuring your firewood shows a lack of math skills.

See what I mean? By downing on one's methods, you are downing the person by questioning their reasons for doing what they do.

I'm just sayin'.... not insulting you in the slightest.

Ian

You keep sayin I`m gettin down on everybody and keep repeating myself, but I`m simply replying to people who keep quoting me.Just admit that measuring and stacking symetrical, and figuring optimal heat output is a waste of time and that I`m right and your wrong and I`ll stop.Oh, ya, if my dad were alive, he could beat up your dad.Now run along and go check the gas mileage in the minivan, I think you might have a bad plug.It might save you a quarter next month.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Just admit that measuring and stacking symmetrical, and figuring optimal heat output is a waste of time and that I`m right and your wrong and I`ll stop.Oh, ya, if my dad were alive, he could beat up your dad.Now run along and go check the gas mileage in the minivan, I think you might have a bad plug.It might save you a quarter next month.

Nah, why admit I'm wrong when I'm not? I guess your if you dad were still alive he could beat up mine, but he would first have to dig him up. Was he into molesting corpses much? I see where you got your rare qualities.

Ian

 

[fatjoe]

Nah, why admit I'm wrong when I'm not? I guess your if you dad were still alive he could beat up mine, but he would first have to dig him up. Was he into molesting corpses much? I see where you got your rare qualities.

Ian

It was a joke,and so are you.Look, your obviously looking for a little spat or argument.Maybe your boyfriend isn`t home this weekend.I`m not gonna continue bickering with you, so read this, come up with a real good mature comeback and leave it.That way you`ll have the last word.Oh ya,Give him a call, I bet he misses you too.