The bulk of my firewood is high BTU hardwoods, but I always keep a bunch of red pine 2" thick cookies on hand to toss onto a large bed of coals if I need to burn them down quick. I pull the coals forward to where the doghouse openings are at the front of the stove, then leave the primary air wide open so the door window's air wash and dog house vents can provide lots of air. The pine cookies burst into flame and increase the heat to pull more air into the stove as the flue temp rises. I installed an Outside Air Kit so I could do this and the stove wouldn't be pulling house air for the high volume combustion that would pull cold air into the house at window and door "seals". I'm always looking for ways to make the wood heat more efficient. Not that want to cut less wood... but...
Saw a nice BL score of FB. Way up in the NE corner if I recall. Also no access for the trailer. Gotta walk it 75 feet across the lawn. Not me FWIW you’ll be happy to know I went looking at a storm scrounge yesterday. Woman said Large cedar came down in her yard. I didn’t even want it for myself, figured I’d give it to my sawyer for Xmas present. It was a rotten mangy red oak
Burning a lot of silver maple this year for the first time. Dont think I’d want it for the real cold spells but it’s not bad this time of year. Probably get a lot more heat out of pine or tulip if I wanted heat,,,just gotta feed more often.
I had to disagree. Taxes, taxes, specialized equipment, fuel, lawn damage, taxes, more taxes. I did have dreams of grandeur on my way there tho. Bout a year ago they cut one down on a road that I travel frequently. A fine specimen of a tree. I’d say the butt cut was 28”. No rot, no inclusion, just a solid cedar tree. Three long logs left on the side of the road neatly piled ready for the truck to pick up. Rare in these parts. Funny part is I must’ve driven by it a million times and never noticed it. That tree was the reason I jumped to look at this one.
5 miles. On its way down it went through a few cedars. Broken Cedar branches on the ground. A Quick comparison between the cedars and the oak just never happened All good, things happen.
