So it's going to be mild, per the caterpillars laying in the stacks moved into the shed. Every one of 'em I saw had broad brown middle: [ATTACH]...
Innovator- the IS has a separate 'cat air' intake & channel independant of the others. It is automatic, controlled by a thermostat bi-metal vavle.
Interesting idea. I like the way that the IS has the 3 separate intake ports (sort of) accessable on the outer shell - cat air (bimetal flapper),...
Thanks for the post thewoodlands and for the caterpillar chart Deererainman. I was needing to know exactly how much wood to pack into the shed...
Dollars to donuts, you're going to like it in that NC30. We find white ash pretty close to dry red oak.
I never burned in an NC30 so can't compare it to our IS. We started burning in a smoke dragon (Fisher Papa), put in an EPA cat stove (VC Encore...
A safety TIP for IS owners: remember to remove the center burner (it's loose) before you remove the top cover. Else it can slide off and boink...
Good lookin' production you got going there, Drvn. Your burn plan for this winter sounds very doable. Next year's gonna be a blast!
Good job, mike. That will grow your stacks with good stuff. I like the double up off the ground nice n' high.
Good catch, markr. Several good loads to build up your stacks! Whenever I haul home free wood, I wonder if I should feel guilty about taking...
Sorry I caused that confusion - by s.maple I should have said silver.maple (not sugar). Sugars never grow that fast. The silvers are growing...
Growing trees from seed is fun. We've so far planted oaks, cherry, catalpa, silver maples, walnut, honey locusts (residential- no thorns) and...
Good job, CuckooChris. In top view of the 3 split round pic ( and your feet), it looks like ya have the aim down real good on your maul targeting....
Wowsa, that's TONS o f wood. You've been BUSY. How long will all that in the pic's last you? Good job!
Being in ND, you maybe have slick roads sometimes. I was impressed with the handling of my old Subaru Forrester (full time AWD), but the AWD takes...
Waiting after summer to brush the flue seems to work better. The warm months of no use lets the little bit of clingy creosote dry & turn crispy...
This year I hope to improve the ashes and coals management as JA600L said, and to fine-tune the sweet spot of when to engage the cat for starts...
Any availability of renting (or borrowing) a bigger saw for 1/2 a day? I did that to handle several 54" ash trunks. Had to justified the rental...
Good catch there, like pennies from heaven. Even better, you didn't have to deal with tops and brush.
Heheh, imagine how long it would take those guys to churn out a couple of cords. And I thought I was slow.....LOL.
