Not really yours till you stake your claim to some future BTU's. 2 little Hickory's needed to come down to make way for the Hardy OWB. Then dropped a little oak to make manufacturing to the wood stacks easier. Still have another oak I want to drop and several paper birch to come down. Not sure what the original owner like about the paper birch, but the ground level roots and dropping limbs consistently are a pain.
Even though it has the "town" appearance I'm in the county. Besides living in a predominantly rural area othe Ozarks there are no regulations against it. Get this, we still burn our leaves".
Good to see they were fell safely. There's one on the way to my current cutting spot. 2 or 3 times now I've gone by and they have the whole valley smoked out w/ thick smoke rollin' out of the 5' chimney. It's no wonder they are hated. One bad apple is all it takes to ruin the pie.
No doubt! I hafta say though, the post 2020 gasifier OWB's are a game changer though...my folks just upgraded from a 20 YO Central Boiler to a G10000 HeatMaster this past fall and its a real game changer! The only way you can tell if its even running is if you happen to see a light wisp of steam coming out the stack...nothing like the blue cloud rolling cross the road (sometimes slowing traffic...literally!) from before...they say it looking like there will be a 50-60% reduction in wood usage too!
If I were to upgrade I'd definitely go with a Heatmaster. To me they are the Hardy's of gasifiers. Simple and efficient.
Less wood usage. Cleaner and more efficient burn. All great but I think there is still room for more. I can't wait until the hybrid OWBs start production.......(thanks brandon) They're a combination of gasification and solar with electric!
I was mistaken on the type of birch. They are copper birch. Either way they are going. The gazebo is pretty nice I actually hand a hand in the finishing design. The roof is cedar shingles and I suggested the copper color tin caps and coopala when the original owner built it.
