Feel free to offer advice, show your setups and comment\questions about feeding wood stoves.
After just two nights of feeding this furnace it had become in my mind a working animal on the homestead to feed and care for. So much so I'm looking for a name for the furnace.
Background:
I'm new to this. Never had more than an ornamental fireplace fed by store bought wood. After moving here about 6 months ago I've finally lit my first fire at this house. The house is all electric. No propane and no city gas. There's a bit of wood on the property that was left by the previous owner but not much at all. I do have a wooded area to pull some trees out of on my property. To keep electric bills down this house has a stove hooked up to the furnace. I received no instructions on how it worked and had to go to the manufactures website and get a manual.
Example of what's on my property.
I knew winter was coming but with little experience gathering and cutting wood, and electric backup, this fall I volunteered through my church group to help others in need get wood and learned from others who've done this much much longer than I. This included pulling wood from back lots, cutting it up and getting it to their homes.
Pulling out a log from the deep woods to get cut with a rope puller.
Helping an elderly church member on his property with a large oak that had been cut down for it's trunk cutup haul and split wood for his heating needs. That hillside was really steep to work on. All those rounds were cut that day.
I hope to be better prepared next year with wood reserves. Really takes the edge off the cold just running it overnight.
Equipment owned so far....
Chainsaw - Stihl MS170 - came brand new with the house as part of the deal.
Chainsaw safety gear - chaps, eye pro and gloves.
Rope Puller - Maasdam Long Haul Rope Puller
Fiskars IsoCore 8lb Maul. - just ordered and should be here Friday.
Wheelbarrow I got for free, restored\upgraded.
Future plans.
Wood storage
Splitting area\setup including an old tire
Work on my splitting skills
Work on my tree falling skills
More serious chainsaw. - this one is handy. Not for anything big though. It currently fits my skill level though.
Longer rope - Help me pull things from deeper in the woods.
Timber tongs or something like them.
Hookeroon
After just two nights of feeding this furnace it had become in my mind a working animal on the homestead to feed and care for. So much so I'm looking for a name for the furnace.
Background:
I'm new to this. Never had more than an ornamental fireplace fed by store bought wood. After moving here about 6 months ago I've finally lit my first fire at this house. The house is all electric. No propane and no city gas. There's a bit of wood on the property that was left by the previous owner but not much at all. I do have a wooded area to pull some trees out of on my property. To keep electric bills down this house has a stove hooked up to the furnace. I received no instructions on how it worked and had to go to the manufactures website and get a manual.
Example of what's on my property.
I knew winter was coming but with little experience gathering and cutting wood, and electric backup, this fall I volunteered through my church group to help others in need get wood and learned from others who've done this much much longer than I. This included pulling wood from back lots, cutting it up and getting it to their homes.
Pulling out a log from the deep woods to get cut with a rope puller.
Helping an elderly church member on his property with a large oak that had been cut down for it's trunk cutup haul and split wood for his heating needs. That hillside was really steep to work on. All those rounds were cut that day.
I hope to be better prepared next year with wood reserves. Really takes the edge off the cold just running it overnight.
Equipment owned so far....
Chainsaw - Stihl MS170 - came brand new with the house as part of the deal.
Chainsaw safety gear - chaps, eye pro and gloves.
Rope Puller - Maasdam Long Haul Rope Puller
Fiskars IsoCore 8lb Maul. - just ordered and should be here Friday.
Wheelbarrow I got for free, restored\upgraded.
Future plans.
Wood storage
Splitting area\setup including an old tire
Work on my splitting skills
Work on my tree falling skills
More serious chainsaw. - this one is handy. Not for anything big though. It currently fits my skill level though.
Longer rope - Help me pull things from deeper in the woods.
Timber tongs or something like them.
Hookeroon