Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[mainewoods]

There are several good threads on that very subject on here. Start a thread and you will get all kinds of suggestions. If you do a search, I think you will find what you're looking for, from guy's who have tried them all.

 

[olyman]

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.[/QUOTE]
approach them with humble attitude,,and talk friendly..MOST farmers,,aint got a chip to hit..... depends whether they burn wood,,their neighbor does, their kids do, etc..but its like this,,its a 50/50 shot,,and it dont cost you a dime..................

 

[wudpirat]

Talking to the clerk at the local CVS about the weather.
He said, " If we didn't get snow, ice, blizzard winds, wind chill below zero, power outages.falling trees.broken branches, unsafe walking/driving and chest high drifts. We would be wasting winter."
I had to think about that for a moment.
Yep, he was right, without all those things happening.
We would be wasting winter.
I'm happy Feb. only has 28 days.

 

[Ambull01]

approach them with humble attitude,,and talk friendly..MOST farmers,,aint got a chip to hit..... depends whether they burn wood,,their neighbor does, their kids do, etc..but its like this,,its a 50/50 shot,,and it dont cost you a dime..................

Right now I have too many jobs lined up. Got a lady with several oak trees down on her property that I'll cut up next weekend then have another guy with a bunch of Leyland Cypress. That may be several weeks worth of scrounging right there. When I'm done with that I'll find out who owns that stretch of woods.

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

Got up to the cottage last night late and found out theres no water running.basically found a defective heater line to my well. And it stays on with some light pressure at the circuit board.....

 

[macattack_ga]

This morning's scrounge.

 

[1project2many]

I'm here, been working on my new wood hauler. This ones for you ambull!
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Chinese Elm in a Russian car. Ultimately destined to be an instrument of destruction.

 

[1project2many]

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!

You can find plenty of old homes and foundations here in the northeast built around central chimneys. In the 1700s the homes were tiny compared to the massive amount of stone in the center. Even as some of these homes expanded, they never took down the original portion with the central chimney.

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.

You should block any direct paths to the second floor such as stairways. As far as moving air, a simple fan mounted at the ceiling and blowing air below the door will help but the degree of help this provides depends on how many rooms you're trying to heat. Have you considered opening the doorway to the rest of the house? Larger openings encourage circulation. You will still need to restrict air movement to the upper floors but it will be easier to create flow to the stove. If you have a basement then one option is to put in floor vents for return air which lead to a plenum under the stove. You could encouraging air to circulate by drawing it from the coolest part of the room into the cooler basement then returning it to the stove. It would then circulate through the house back out to the rooms with floor vents.

 

[Coro cutter]

I've been busy scrounging up some red gum for two days now all done should be about 10cm3 View attachment 401816 View attachment 401816

 

[mainewoods]

Nice score!

 

[farmer steve]

here's my half the spoils of our scrounging this past week. got all the logs sawed yesterday so now it's splitter time this week. 99% oak with a little ash.

 

[MustangMike]

Very nice, but it looks like Fiskars work to me!

 

[farmer steve]

Very nice, but it looks like Fiskars work to me!

just getting lazy in my old age i guess.

 

[MustangMike]

Likely I'm just jealous I don't have a hydro .... maybe this year!

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

1. Fiskars is a great tool and i use it in moderation....or i try to. End up using it whenninhad enough to fire up the splitter.
2. i like the fiskars as stress relieve.
3. Splitter is definatly easier on the wrists....fr me anyway
4. Theres to much damn snow right now to do anything lol

 

[hamish]

1. Theres to much damn snow right now to do anything lol

Spend the morning on the Yellow slug hauling I cedar off the swamp, gonna be heading to the lake later for a little fish.

Right now is the best time to do lots of thing. Theres no bugs. You don't need ice I the cooler. Most women look the same wearing snowsuits and balaclavas.

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

I do like splitting a littlw bit but this is my first year burning wood and our setup is a little crazy this year and makes it difficult to move the wood.

Im looking at a snowmobile next weekend though. That should turn up my winter progress.

 

[MustangMike]

I think they make track kits for some ATVs, that would let them go about any where.

More snow falling, but the Mustang made it home on snow covered roads. They say we will get 3-5 tonight, and another 3-5 tomorrow, followed by plunging temps. I'll take the Escape to tonight's appt.

Real winter this year, again!

 

[zogger]

Snow too deep to get to the woodlot? No probs, hire these guys!! hehehehe what a hoot

 

[MustangMike]

Nice post, that is what it kinda looks like here!