First time posting , I have Ben slaying away away a lot of red maple and cherry . Going from oil to wood and coal inside this year . Never made any sense live on a 200 acre farm and burn oil . I got all this wood to cut , especially since our farm was timbered in 98 there is a lot of damaged bad bottom trees . Located in south western pa . I wholeheartedly got invested in this wood cutting disease . I even bought a firewood moisture tester off Amazon . Me and my boys enjoy it in our spare
FellingFundis welcome to the land of BTU's. You are exactly right, that amount of acreage no need to pay oil man. Hoard on!
Welcome! Glad you're here! So everything your cutting/splitting there (looks good btw) is for this fall? Your kiddo reminds me.of me at the same age, hoarding with my dad, and my kiddo hoarding with me. Enjoy every moment!!! Sirchopsalot
Welcome to the FHC FellingFundis Great to have you. Nice looking set up and new stove. Looking forward to seeing future posts
Yes I’m cutting for fall spring I got a late start around June decided to upgrade furnaces . Might have to find some dead stuff but I got a huge jag of cherry needs done up. It seems to dry really fast especially at my place the winds always moving . There’s not to many days it don’t move air around. When the temp gets really cold I’ll use some magic rocks (anthracite).
I enjoy them a lot , there always on the farm with me doing anything from cattle to planting to hay ! There at the age where there starting to drive buggy’s four wheelers . Makes the grey hairs show up ! Love every minute
Ds machine stoves , sold as a coal stove but dual fuel . Used to be classified as a wood burner until epa regulations hit .
Hello and welcome. This document can be found, along with others, can be found in "Resources" at the top of the page. Primer on Woodburning by Backwoods Savage
Welcome to the forum FellingFundis. Good for you getting a better heater, You are right it makes sense with you having wood on your place. Burn it and enjoy!
Greetings from another PA resident. FHC is one of the best forums on the net, lots of good folks here, always willing to help and enable.
Welcome! Appear to have done things in the right order……hoarded the wood then bought the furnace. Can’t go wrong with maple and cherry, especially when it comes to drying times. Looks like you’ve got some good help. What do you use to cut the firewood?
Welcome to FHC. You'll like it here. We like beer, dogs and pics. Lots of pics. Looks like you got some good helpers. There are alot of folks from PA here. There are alot of GTG in PA. That is a weekend of cutting, splitting and stacking wood. Along with alot of good food. I would definitely recommend reading the primer that Mike posted.
