U guys busy cutting wood?

FarmboyBill · #81 12/08/12, 09:42 AM

WHAT IS BRACH COAL? is it the same size as regular coal. Is it cleaner than regular coal? Does it cost as much as regular coal?

Wouldnt matter here. Nobody knows where coal can be bought in Okla. The Electro plants take it all in 100 car coal trains a doz a day.

**Cabin Fever** · #82 12/08/12, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kasilofhome

.....We have 11 cords of wood for winter but I want CF pile plus one more cord.

Do you mean this pile?

U guys busy cutting wood? - Homesteading Questions

tinknal · #83 12/08/12, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

Do you mean this pile?

U guys busy cutting wood? - Homesteading Questions

CF, that's an awful lot like bragging..............................

Malamute · #84 12/08/12, 10:37 AM

Dang! Some of you have some large wood piles! I envy your hardwoods, we have pine here, but with a good stove, its fine.

I'm a couple years ahead on wood. I get most of it from a lumber mill I buy rough cut lumber from. I get slabs from his pile. Its sort of like pre-split wood. I can load my 16' flatbed trailer with about 2 cords in about 45 mins with another person, then I unload it and cut it to length on a sawbuck. I usually get help for that, as it goes far faster, either trade time or pay someone (kid). I use about 1 1/2 cords a year. The blaze King stove does great! when its zero or below, I can make a real fire (load the stove up most of the way) and only have to load it twice each day, once at bedtime, once in the morning. For warmer temps, I make smaller fires, otherwise I'd have to open the door and windows to keep from cooking in here.

A tip I learned a couple years ago, is build the fire "upside down", it lasts far longer. I lay all the larger pieces tightly together on the bottom of the stove, medium pieces on top of them packed tightly togther, then build a starter fire in top of it, get it going well, then close the stove up and damp it down a few minutes later. Pine slabs, or even 2x6 pieces left over from construction will make an all nite fire, even when only a foot deep and foot wide (front to back) in the stove. It sounds counter-intuitive, but it really works. I've saved tons of firewood and trouble (read wasted time building more fires than I needed to) since learning this. Making lots of air space and the traditional way of fire building is great,... for using up wood fast.

Those that I heard this from claim it makes less smoke and less ash also.

FarmboyBill · #85 12/08/12, 11:20 AM

I dont like to let a fire run at night. Cant sleep straight lol. I guage it so that, when its starting to get uncomfortably cool its time to go to bed. That usually runs from 10 to midnight. Which works great.
I could likely guage it to from 8 to 10, But I wouldnt want to go to bed at 8 NOR put more wood on to guarantee it to last from up to 11/12,

frankva · #86 12/08/12, 11:47 AM

What gauge wire or cable? do you use to attach the T post to the pallet?

Diagonal?

Malamute · #87 12/08/12, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmboyBill

I dont like to let a fire run at night. Cant sleep straight lol. I guage it so that, when its starting to get uncomfortably cool its time to go to bed. That usually runs from 10 to midnight. Which works great.
I could likely guage it to from 8 to 10, But I wouldnt want to go to bed at 8 NOR put more wood on to guarantee it to last from up to 11/12,

I do that sometimes when it isnt that cold out, but when it gets teens above to 20 below, it gets awful cold in here by morning, maybe cold enough to freeze the plumbing, tho I've not gone without a fire when its that cold.