I am going to need a better splitter, that's for sure. My little table top 5 ton isn't going to cut it.
So, I'm in the midst of a massive elm score. Last week I saw some guys trimming back the trees along HWY 1 just south of Oakes ND. I stopped and...
Yep, I bought the MS 311 for the cost. The pro model would have been the 362 and I just couldn't do it for 1 pound in weight savings.
Geez......well if I lost power I'm going to lose most of our food. The water lines in the house wouldn't break because I can still keep a fire...
You know what, you're right! I'm going to talk with my boss about that in the morning.
So today at work the boss calls my coworker and says "drop everything, there's a house with a burst pipe, get there and shut the water off, NOW!"...
[ATTACH]I keep this stack in the basement. Its 2 rows deep. I have the room for it in my basement. I just wish I had more space outside for drying...
Yeah, I have been leaving them larger since someone else brought that up. My fire box isn't very big, now that I have seen some other pictures...
Only 1 or 2 loads left from the first row. Had the wood stove going for a solid week straight now.[ATTACH] Normally, Monday through Thursday, I...
We live on the prairie........all trees were planted and very few hills to speak of...
Uff da, -21.....wind chills pushing -50.
We are currently at about -16, going to get down to -25 tonight. But our wind chills will be pushing us down into the -30's and -40's.
Our temps have been hovering around 0 to -10 below. But wind chill the last couple days has been -20 to -40 below.
Looks like cottonwood to me.....not great, but decent shoulder season wood.
As Yooperdave pointed out, yep, thats what I did. The original concrete foundation of the house had crumbled on that side of the house. It was...
Always open it when reloading or starting a fire. Then close it off once you are at temp or have a good fire going, then I close mine off to about...
Here is mine.[ATTACH]
There is so much cottonwood here in the Dakotas its crazy. Most shelter belts are nothing but huge trees. Farmers around here used to plant them...
Yep, that's it!!!
Check out a YouTube video called "The Firewood Processing Factory/ Fastest Firewood Production Line" ...... by Hero Machines. (Sorry, I still...
