Getting ready for another GULLY WASHER here in NW Oregon today. More heavy rain and some wind too. The weather pundits were ranting all about...
We just screened 10 gallons of shells for tonight and tomorrows burn. Fairly chilly tonight, not cold, but in the mid 30's F
Well now. The monsoons are giving us a break for tomorrow and we are heading out by mid day to get our last load of shells. Stopped by the plant...
As with life. All good things come to an end. The huge corporate gobble up the small companies, glean any good ideas they can and then dump the...
About to float away out here in Western Oregon. Rain and wind by the metric buttload. The El Nino usually gives us a dry fall and winter, not...
Bought out by Lennox Whitfields owner wanted to retire me thinks
Sweet. The 2 T was one of the best units that whitfield made
No insults or bad vibes intended. Recently I picked up a 1993 Whitfield Advantage 2 T for $200 Its clean, no rust and needs minimal work to get...
Looks like a real early Whitfield
The 2T is a great stove. We have one in the family room and I bought another used one recently from a local fellow. I wanted another Prodigy 2...
Great stoves. Simple and very robust
Nice. Which Whit is that ??? ADV 1, 2 or 2 T They all look much the same
Yup Just got to wait a few days until the nasty heavy rains slack off so we can get our last load in. With this large storage capacity, we...
Today the weather was dreadful with soooooo much rain that streets in town were rivers. Up here at the ranch it was just !@#$% wet. Been...
Chicken Is the house 4" construction, or 6" We have a set of double pane west facing widows that let huge amounts of heat in during summer....
A hole the size of a quarter (or combined openings) can let enough cold air in to make your stove ineffective for sure. Seeing that white stuff...
The sources for food grade drums is pretty good right now. Craigs list is loaded with them (here anyway) So many products are sold in these...
Some pix of yesterdays work. Once these are full we can grab one and transport it up the the house with the bucket on the little tractor. Roll...
Hazelnut Most any type will burn well. Walnut, hazelnut, and just about any that have a good solid shell structure. Peanut shells are too...
Load two all unloaded. The full dumpster (3 yards) fills nine and a half 55 gallon barrels. We have 2 new empties left and another one from an...