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Post by pigeonflier on Feb 4, 2023 8:07:23 GMT -5
Wood heat is, by far, the best heat there is. It just instantly warms you and keeps you there. As for splitting...hydraulics are your best friend. The bigger the hydraulics, the more you have to split...
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Post by Mean Gene on Feb 4, 2023 8:18:36 GMT -5
Wood heat is, by far, the best heat there is. It just instantly warms you and keeps you there. As for splitting...hydraulics are your best friend. The bigger the hydraulics, the more you have to split... Make sure your house is sealed and well insulated and you have to split a lot less.
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Post by bill9068 on Feb 4, 2023 11:17:09 GMT -5
We had a metal roof installed this last fall. The installers insulated it with foam board of some kind underneath the metal. Combined with my wood burning insert we keep the house at about 74 degrees. By the way my metal roof was free.
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Post by pigeonflier on Feb 4, 2023 11:57:25 GMT -5
The bigger the hydraulics the more you have to do... I only keep around a quarter of the wood I split each year. The rest gets sold off.
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Post by ms660 on Feb 4, 2023 15:44:11 GMT -5
Might be a good time to go looking. When I had my office in Franklin the head of the wwtp made more money than anyone in government and he got pretty much what ever he wanted. I'm trying to transition into the drinking water industry. I'm tired of the other side. From what I see the drinking water industry is no different than the other side. Is your board of directors not elected by your company members by a vote?
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 4, 2023 18:25:10 GMT -5
I'm trying to transition into the drinking water industry. I'm tired of the other side. From what I see the drinking water industry is no different than the other side. Is your board of directors not elected by your company members by a vote? No. The board members are appointed by judge executives. I'm want to switch over just to get away from the sewage. I'm tired of dealing with it
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Post by esshup on Feb 4, 2023 19:18:03 GMT -5
Wood heat is, by far, the best heat there is. It just instantly warms you and keeps you there. As for splitting...hydraulics are your best friend. The majority of the Oak and Maple that I split is a mininum of 18" dia, and I get a workout even with hydraulics. I need to make a large table and fab up a log lift to help. I pick up the rounds with a FEL but still manhandling them around is a workout.
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Post by Mean Gene on Feb 4, 2023 20:01:49 GMT -5
Wood heat is, by far, the best heat there is. It just instantly warms you and keeps you there. As for splitting...hydraulics are your best friend. The majority of the Oak and Maple that I split is a mininum of 18" dia, and I get a workout even with hydraulics. I need to make a large table and fab up a log lift to help. I pick up the rounds with a FEL but still manhandling them around is a workout. Easiest bucking I ever did was when a friend picked up the logs with a grapple on a case backhoe and held them waist high. Only happened once though. LOL
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Post by esshup on Feb 5, 2023 1:25:57 GMT -5
The majority of the Oak and Maple that I split is a mininum of 18" dia, and I get a workout even with hydraulics. I need to make a large table and fab up a log lift to help. I pick up the rounds with a FEL but still manhandling them around is a workout. Easiest bucking I ever did was when a friend picked up the logs with a grapple on a case backhoe and held them waist high. Only happened once though. LOL I agree. But I'm usually the one in the cab of the tractor that has the grapple bucket. LOL I did put the logs that I was cutting on top of another roughly 24" log so I wasn't working at my ankles. Cut the "V", then cut it off the log, rinse & repeat.
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Post by Mean Gene on Feb 5, 2023 9:28:56 GMT -5
Easiest bucking I ever did was when a friend picked up the logs with a grapple on a case backhoe and held them waist high. Only happened once though. LOL I agree. But I'm usually the one in the cab of the tractor that has the grapple bucket. LOL I did put the logs that I was cutting on top of another roughly 24" log so I wasn't working at my ankles. Cut the "V", then cut it off the log, rinse & repeat. Yep, I'm usually bent over a lot, but I've found a log jack comes in pretty handy. I have a 28" bar on the saw, but even then you can't get away from bending and kneeling. Still, the work is worth it when you fire up that wood stove.
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Post by steiny on Feb 5, 2023 10:12:22 GMT -5
We did a big remodel last year which involved super insulating the whole place plus new efficient doors and windows so our utility bills haven't spiked much. However .... when you take a look at your fuel expenses, grocery bills, and cost of about anything else you need, inflation is off the charts. Heck, going to breakfast to a cheap little diner these days is a $35 experience, probably 30% up from a couple years ago.
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Post by duff on Feb 5, 2023 10:25:28 GMT -5
We did a big remodel last year which involved super insulating the whole place plus new efficient doors and windows so our utility bills haven't spiked much. However .... when you take a look at your fuel expenses, grocery bills, and cost of about anything else you need, inflation is off the charts. Heck, going to breakfast to a cheap little diner these days is a $35 experience, probably 30% up from a couple years ago. Yup. It is out of hand and not going to be controlled anytime soon
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