On 11/26/2018 6:31 PM, wrote:
> 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.
>> Â* 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.

Â* Total bullshit Sheldon , I ran the numbers . For the same BTU's I get
from wood it would cost me over 150 bucks a month to heat with propane
at 2 bucks per gallon . I heat for 4.5 months in an average winter . No
way in hell do I spend nearly 700 buck a year on saw maintenance and
supplies . Not even if you count maintaining Rusty the Tractor do I
spend anywhere near that kind of money . If I BOUGHT my wood at
$100/cord it'd still be cheaper than LPG (no natgas out here in the
woods)assuming burning a cord a month average .

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Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !