Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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MustangMike said:
When I first started heating my house by wood, it was out of necessity, in 1979 the Energy Crisis (resulting from Iranian revolution) tripled the price of fuel oil, so a $35 air tight kit for a 55 gal drum, and a Homelite Super 2 (14" bar) paid for itself almost immediately! There was no choice!

But once I started doing it, I did not want to stop. Part of it was just to maintain my independence regardless of price or energy blackouts.
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Dang it Uncle Mike you stole what I was going to write, its about independence for me. Fudge the oil man! He can kiss my arse if he thinks he's gonna get my $$$. I like the exercise and the fresh air and the adrenaline rush when dropping a nasty tree. There is no price tag I can put on it anymore, I spend too much time in my office and firewood is the way I get to remind myself "I'm still a man". My next house, sure I could afford now to burn oil for heat, but screw that, I want a outdoor burner for 80% of the heat and a nice looking (for the wife) insert in a beautiful stone "fireplace/mantle" in my living room for those weeks like we're having this week. It doesn't matter how much money I ever make, giving the bastard oil companies money for my car is enough, I'm not gonna give those Saudi sons a bitches any more of my hard earned money than I have too!
 
Did I tell you guys about my B'day a couple of weeks ago ?
Well , forgive me if I did but I had one of my crazier customers stop in , I said to her "Geez , you here to wish me a happy B'Day ?"
She sez "It's your B'Day , let me give you a hug !" so , she comes over , gives me a hug , grabs both my hands and then rubs them all over her boobs , sez "Happy B'Day ! But I didn't know it was your B'day , my husband sent me over for you to check my oil ...." I asked for a happy ending , she said "Maybe next year ... ;)"
More than 50=The new 25 , I'm not dead yet but don't tell my wife lol
 
farmer steve said:
bring my favorite Canuckistan brew. :happy: :rock2: :cheers:
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EDIT: translation for you non-french speakers. the end of the world
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But are you worthy !

Yes , that is an awesome beer , in my top 5 favs :)
 
dancan said:
Did I tell you guys about my B'day a couple of weeks ago ?
Well , forgive me if I did but I had one of my crazier customers stop in , I said to her "Geez , you here to wish me a happy B'Day ?"
She sez "It's your B'Day , let me give you a hug !" so , she comes over , gives me a hug , grabs both my hands and then rubs them all over her boobs , sez "Happy B'Day ! But I didn't know it was your B'day , my husband sent me over for you to check my oil ...." I asked for a happy ending , she said "Maybe next year ... ;)"
More than 50=The new 25 , I'm not dead yet but don't tell my wife lol
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yeah, you told us already but not the part about actually asking for a happy ending. Up until that point I think you were passing that test but ya blew it ;-) Like most of us would.
 
Around here wood goes for $80 per facecord. I figure it takes me an hour to cut, hour to load and haul, hour to split, hour to stack... if I pay myself $20 per hour- there’s my $80. Out of that comes gas, oil, chains... so I probably make less than 15 an hour. It’s cheaper than propane and I get to keep my house as warm as I like. And there’s the independence thing.
I just look at it as a hobby that heats my house.
 
Kiwi , I always like a happy ending lol
I had another of my crazier one in today , we were talking while the guys were working on her car , she said she had a dream and she had to change her name to Ryder so I had to forget her old name , (Yes , she's a bit "Out There") I looked at her and said "I might be older but I can use word association to remember new names so Ryder spelled differently will be real easy for me to remember , no comment ..." So ... She started to laugh and maybe it wasn't such a good choice of names lol , we kept on talking about all kinds of stuff ...
I loves me a good scrounge , spruce is good lol
 
image.jpg The closer I get to Forty the more I'm starting to think that way, but then there are days my right knee says, no fool your not 20 anymore.

Just for the record, 8* on the way home and it was 69* when I got home, she must have been slacking today. Well can't say that, she filled the wood hoop so, I will not complain.
 
MechanicMatt said:
View attachment 621489 The closer I get to Forty the more I'm starting to think that way, but then there are days my right knee says, no fool your not 20 anymore.

Just for the record, 8* on the way home and it was 69* when I got home, she must have been slacking today. Well can't say that, she filled the wood hoop so, I will not complain.
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Almost 70 in the house is running in my underware temps but the wife would be happy.
 
Jeffkrib said:
Don’t forget to factor in the additional cost spending time on the scrounging thread!
Anyway yesterday I was still enjoying my very very late thirties. But alas that is now a memory
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Happy birthday, young whipper snapper. Now you can start having glorious mid-life crisis.
 
JustJeff said:
Around here wood goes for $80 per facecord. I figure it takes me an hour to cut, hour to load and haul, hour to split, hour to stack... if I pay myself $20 per hour- there’s my $80. Out of that comes gas, oil, chains... so I probably make less than 15 an hour. It’s cheaper than propane and I get to keep my house as warm as I like. And there’s the independence thing.
I just look at it as a hobby that heats my house.
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If I factor in the time bringing wood to the stove, feeding the stove, sweeping up the wood mess and the ash and so on I'm probably down to £5/hour. But as you say, it's a hobby, a hobby that keeps me fit, is good for the environment, gets me fresh air AND saves money. If I stop enjoying it though then I'll stop doing it.
 
James Miller said:
Iv never really looked at what it costs me to make fire wood. Are stove is near 20 years old so probly paid for its self a few times over. Figure I couldn't get into a new 60cc Stihl or Husky for the combined price of my 2 echo's. I'm so cheap I have to borrow saws from Steve when the wood gets to big. Hoping to fix that this year though. Pretty cheap but not free I guess.
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Keep a close eye on craigslist and you will find a 70cc saw thats less than at least one of those echo's.
 
As to the cost of firewooding, I have absolutly no idea how much I spend or have spent on it and I dont wanna know. I dont care. I do know when its 75* in the house and 2* outside and the heat pump isn't running I am coming out ahead. Plus I love wood heat something just special about it.
 
nomad_archer said:
As to the cost of firewooding, I have absolutly no idea how much I spend or have spent on it and I dont wanna know. I dont care. I do know when its 75* in the house and 2* outside and I'm not sitting in a treestand freezing my nutz off I am coming out ahead. Plus I love wood heat something just special about it.
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fixed it for ya Trevor. :) stihl waiting on them to pick the corn across the street. :dumb2:
 

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