Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Ambull01]

this was a white oak that had been dead a few years. the piece i split was pushin 25 lbs. i thought it would be wetter than what is was. it's gone in the shop stove tonite for an all niter. we are supposed to get down to 6* tonite. i'm sure that's just comfy for MN.

No way, show me the MM reading. According to the Nazis that is impossible. Needs to be CSS for 2 years minimum. You must think I was born yesterday!

 

[farmer steve]

No way, show me the MM reading. According to the Nazis that is impossible. Needs to be CSS for 2 years minimum. You must think I was born yesterday!

sorry i lied when i said 13.5 %

 

[Ambull01]

sorry i lied when i said 13.5 %
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Nice! Wish I found instant fuel like that.

 

[SteveSS]

This is the Dog Track my wife dug in the backyard, and our boy Linus on the track!

Love it!

 

[Ambull01]

Love it!

Every time I see your avatar pic I think I'm looking at my old dog. Have you seen it in the firewood dog thread here? They look real similar.

 

[svk]

Nice! Wish I found instant fuel like that.

Drive around till you find standing hardwood trees with no bark.

 

[SteveSS]

I've looked at the fire wood dog thread, but must not have realized it was yours. I'll have to give it another look. Did you see the pup we got a couple days ago? Have mercy! This little dude is wired. He has two modes. Full speed ahead, and knocked out. He's a trip.

 

[Ambull01]

Drive around till you find standing hardwood trees with no bark.

I see a lot like that. Only issue is there's yellow posted signs all around them.

I've looked at the fire wood dog thread, but must not have realized it was yours. I'll have to give it another look. Did you see the pup we got a couple days ago? Have mercy! This little dude is wired. He has two modes. Full speed ahead, and knocked out. He's a trip.

Oh yeah I put up a pic of my old dog and my 2 year old Am Staff smoking a stogie. Brother and mom really grew attached to my old dog so I let him live with them. Poor guy, sucks to see him age. I got him right when I got out of the Marine Corps as a present to myself for living through the hell called monotony.

The Am Staff is seriously retarded. Typical bully breed goofy, thinks he's a lap dog at 75-80 lbs. Super fast and athletic yet lazy as hell lol. Tries to bury bones/chew toys in sofa cushions, under blankets, etc. Bought several relatively expensive chew toys that are supposed to be indestructible and he chewed them into pieces within an hour. Only toy he couldn't rip apart was a black Kong massive turd looking toy. Instead he somehow got outside with it and probably buried it. Been looking for that toy for 3 months now.

My brother's camera phone skills suck. Anyway, looks like they have the patch on different eyes. I swear they look alike though.

 

[SteveSS]

They sure do look a lot alike for sure.

 

[MustangMike]

Nice looking pups, whose is the other one?

 

[svk]

Ambull. Stop and ask if you can cut those dead trees and promise to do a good job cleaning up.

 

[Ambull01]

Nice looking puts, whose is the other one?

You talking to me? What are puts? If you are talking to me lol, the other one in the pic was my dog too. A female American Bulldog from TX. Got her about a year or so after the male. As you can see, she's a lot smaller/skinnier. The male has a broad chest and the female is narrow. I'm not really sure the female really is a 100% AB.

Ambull. Stop and ask if you can cut those dead trees and promise to do a good job cleaning up.

I would if I could figure out who the land belongs to. Must have been a major storm or something a few years back because there are a LOT of blowdowns and I pass by them every freaking day driving to work. Only about 5 minutes away from my house. Woods are on the boundary of a farmer's field and juts up against the highway. I could cut for years in that stretch of woods. I'm not too familiar with farmers though so not sure how they'll feel about someone driving up their long driveway to ask for free firewood.

 

[mainewoods]

I'm here, been working on my new wood hauler. This ones for you ambull!

 

[sawfun]

Looks like good car comrad ( In my finest soviet accent).

 

[Ambull01]

I'm here, been working on my new wood hauler. This ones for you ambull!
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Nice! Now that's making do with what you have. Does he have mud tires on that thing? lol

 

[MustangMike]

I meant to say pups, my bad!!!

 

[Ambull01]

I meant to say pups, my bad!!!

No worries, should have realized that lol.

You ever see duct work attached to a ceiling? I guess I've seen it in commercial settings but not in someone's home. Here's my latest crazy plan. I'm having issues keeping heated air from going straight up to the 2nd floor. I want to keep more of the heat downstairs. So, I need to somehow get this heat past the door to the living room that's diagonal to the stove room. I'm just about ready to take my reciprocating saw to the wall above the doors. Then I'll install grates in the space I cut out with a portion of the grate taken out to insert small fans. I want to run duct that's attached to the ceiling which will go from the stove room transom all the way to the kitchen. Is this plan feasible or am I going overboard?

 

[MustangMike]

Your plan would likely work, but why not just block most of the air flow up? Wouldn't that be easier?

 

[Ambull01]

Your plan would likely work, but why not just block most of the air flow up? Wouldn't that be easier?

Yes it would lol. Just not sure how I would do it. I've been looking and thinking about solutions but I think the only way to really ensure I get this heat into the other parts of the house is forcing it to go into a duct. If they built this damn chimney in the center of the house where it should have gone I wouldn't have all these issues.

 

[MountainHigh]

Ambull01 . . .
I've seen guys blow hot air with fans from free standing stoves into their furnaces cold air return to move hot air around their homes ... not sure if it does anything to your home insurance, but it works nicely if you leave furnace circulating fan on. Depending on the location of your cold air return (if you have forced air furnace) it might be an option for you.

When I was building my house, a neighbour originally from back east in Canada where they get frequent severe storms, suggested I put chimney in centre of home to get radiant heat source from brick and keep chimney warmer so it drafts better. Best thing I did when building. 2 story 2500 sq. ft home stays toasty warm for hours just on radiant heat from large central brick chimney with stove on lower floor. Radiant heat from chimney lasts for about 8 hours after the stove goes out. I also have nat gas hydronic heat piped hot water in the slab floor, but never use it.

I hear northern homes in Scandinavia also build homes around central chimney. If you're ever building a home - central chimney with thermal mass is the real deal! Works fantastic!