This has inspired me to run a test myself. I loaded six packages of eco blocks from tractor supply into the Ideal Steel - that’s 36 blocks ($20)...
Suposed to get upwards of 20” tomorrow not Sunday. Been some time since we got that amount of snow. I filled the inside wood rack and gave...
Drove by the town yard waste give back area last weekend. Got a truck bed full of mostly Box Elder with a few rounds of Silver Maple. Free is...
For me it’s Black Locust. Splits ok, dries faster than Oak, and cranks out the BTU. But man, it sure does throw off slivers too - got one today...
My thoughts - (probably not worth much). Wood and draft. This is my 5th year burning and 3rd with an IS. Also been simultaneously working on...
I saw that pic and 1st thought was “ Nice lookin saw”. Then I see Armbru84 said that exact thing in the first post! GLWS. Heck if it sticks...
Perhaps I do not have the patience for shorties - I find dealing with them a pita. I do, however, make plenty of cookies as circumstances permit...
19 here currently with 30mph winds. House was 60 when I got home. 72 now with the IS chewing on Locust and Maple. Have a warm Thanksgiving...
29 degrees here, snowing, about 1/2 inch on the ground. Were on the western edge of the storm, not expected to get much accumulation. I did...
You burn what you got. I’ve been know to throw a split of BO in the stove myself. Cat stoves do better with it vs. tube stoves. Smoke does...
Eric - the 266XP was my dads. He bought it new I the 80’s - he’s a woodworker - turns bowls. Used the saw for harvesting bowl stock. Somewhere...
No more newspaper for me - those Rutland fire starter squares from Tractor Supply are MINT. Been using them 3 years now. Only need em in the...
Fellow Hoarders, Went by the local dump wood-give-back area today and scored a bed full, mostly Ash with a bit of Silver Maple. Just about a face...
Same for my IS, although it all turns to ash eventually.
Yup , all my leaves go into the garden
Whew! Good job there.
I had a small fire late August - had some chilly weather. I probably would have had one tonight (47 out) but the 2-year d Ideal Steel is in...
Nicely done!
Got one stuck on wifey’s 2010 Matrix - what a royal pita! As someone said earlier wtf is wrong with the regular old screw on metal filters?...
Hold up to the snow - been through that before - don’t ask me how I know... I can tell you,where I live an 8 foot span of roofing w/o support...
