I'm talking gas motors now too. However BMW is doing it, it's going to be an industry first. It's been tested in the bmw motogp safety cars.
My uncle, who still runs a garage in my hometown up on LI, always said a drop or 2 of water down a carb would break up carbon on top of the piston..... Not exactly what yer talking about Horkn.....
It's German engineering, what could possibly go wrong? LOL. Unfortunately most of those that burn green wood have to learn the hard way. How hard of a way is the difference.
German over-engineering. Leave it to some good old boys from the Midwest to hop up a tractor with water.
Inherently most dealers in firewood mislead their buyers. Honestly I bet that most people believe that wood seasoned for 6 months is properly seasoned.
I was lucky the man I married knew that wood needed to dry, or seasoned. I had no idea, but after our 3rd residence where we had a wood stove I learned the difference between picking up and hauling THEN trying to get the heavy (wet/green) splits to burn......
I am not suggesting those on this site would ever mislead their buyers. The people on here that sell firewood have a much better understanding of drying cycles. It also does not mean that there are no honest sellers beyond this forum. However; it's been largely my experience that someone that sells you firewood is not selling firewood he/she CSS'd three years ago.
No worries, everyone here knows there are alot of sellers that deliver wet/green/recently cut and split wood. Don't give it a second thought, rather congrats to you for giving guests a chance learn the difference and benefits.
We have gone several times from 8 to 10 cords, and life was good, to a few times in February I didn't know where next years wood was gonna come from, but it has magically appeared when needed!
I looked at a more recent google map of that house we sold, it had several cords remaining...... Looks like they burned all the c/s/s, the last load of logs that was not c/s is still there, and I do not see more wood to replace the few cords gone.....
There are two kinds of people, those of us that love what we do. And those who do it just to save money, and that's it. I hear the those who jump into wood burning complain about the work, the mess, the labor. I say go buy oil and sit on your azz. When I get a day off and I get to play at "central wood processing" nothing makes me happier! And to find all you good folks out there who share my passion, well I have found my place!
I'm a combination of both. My dad always did it to save money, and that was my original belief. However; I found that I love processing my own wood.
We are in essence trading our labor to purchase self sufficiency which in turn provides a sense of pride. Birds know to migrate, bears know to hibernate and squirrels know to stock up. Man is the only creature not born with a natural instinct for survival. Everything we do to survive is a product of our thought processes. Some choose to pay others for heat. We choose to provide that for ourselves. Like a farmer that knows he must grow crops we grow woodpiles
As a kid my family burned wood, I hated it, as an adult I got back into burning wood for heat to save money, and fell in love with it.
Had the same thoughts with the farm. When I had to CSS no matter what, it seemed like a never ending PITA sometimes. 8 cords/yr. I knew I loved watching a fire burn but neither of the "heaters" had glass in the doors. I swore someday we'd have the biggest window I could find in a new stove. That was one of the reasons we ended up with the Liberty. It lives in the unfinished basement. I'll sit in front of that fire for hours... hardly even notice where I'm sitting.
