On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:04:57 -0600, Terry Coombs >
wrote:

>On 11/26/2018 12:49 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:16:29 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/26/2018 9:59 AM, cshenk wrote:
>>>>> Working out how to share a photo. Nothing fancy here, just my
>>>>> backyard and some of the wood pile
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...EcXJfBAiPMs5HM
>>>> Good sized wood pile. I always liked heating with wood but I found
>>>> as I got older it was easier to write a check for oil than bring in a
>>>> few cords of wood. I have a Vermont Castings stove that can be
>>>> burned open or closed. We'd sometimes cook on top of it but other
>>>> times I'd let the wood go down enough to open the doors and grill a
>>>> steak over the coals.
>>> I'd love a good old Ben Franklin here! It could go in the back room
>>> but needs a fair clearance and the room isnt that big.
>>>
>>> If we ever enclose the back porch fully though, that would be the
>>> trick. It's 13ft x 44 ft.
>>>
>>> I get you on bringing in the wood, both to the yard and stacking and
>>> then a daily task to bring it inside.
>> Carrying and stacking are the easiest parts.
>> You forgot cutting and splitting... and then the ashes.
> * Chainsaws are wonderful tools ... I have 3 that run and 3 more for
>parts . Only one gas powered log splitter though , but it's a pretty
>good one . The hardest part for me is getting it out of the woods , our
>land is not level and it's heavily wooded . That's where Rusty the
>Tractorand his little trailercome in handy . The ashes go into my
>compost heap for the garden .

Yes, cutting them down and dragging the logs out of the woods is the
most laborious part. I don't bother heating with wood anymore, I've
found that propane works better, a lot less laborious, and in the end
actually costs less... because maintaining chain saws and log
splitters can get expensive, plus the fuel and oil. My time and
energy is best used for other things. I stopped being obsessed with
collecting fire wood some 15 years ago. And burning wood one may as
well smoke tobacco, wood smoke is just as harmful to ones respirtory
system, maybe worse. I have a water jacketed wood stove in the
basement that heated the house and made hot water but I don't use
it... propane is far more efficient, and in the end all things
considered costs less.