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A Firewood Connoisseur

Ricci.WrightRicci.Wright Member Posts: 5,129 ✭✭✭✭
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This old boy seems to know his firewood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqBN_t1-rj8
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    GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 16,755 ✭✭✭✭
    My God, those stacks are like a fine wine. I loved to be the woodsman years ago. We burnt wood as a kid and I was the woodsman. Now after using the 20" bar for an hour I have to walk bent over for a while.  :#
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    KenK/84BravoKenK/84Bravo Member Posts: 12,055 ✭✭✭✭

    I consider myself a "Firewood Connoisseur, as I am sure Jimmyjack does also. I believe you could put Allen Griggs in there as well.

    Probably a few others here also. (Jltrent, etc.)

    Started splitting wood in my Pap paws woodshed with a double bit axe at about 6 years old. (Wood burning Kitchen stove.) God I'd love to have that thing. (Huge)

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    allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,242 ✭✭✭✭


    My goodness that guy has a huge firewood operation!   But if you really want to dry wood fast, you need to build the Allen Griggs Non-Ventilated Wood Shed.  I keep the door closed.  It sets in the sunshine all day long.  It gets hot in there!  It works on the principle that water vapor will pass through wooden walls and floors.
    I am getting oak and hickory down to 17 percent moisture content in 9 months.
    It looks small, it is 8x12, but it holds more wood than I can burn in one winter and I burn a lot of wood.
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    Ricci.WrightRicci.Wright Member Posts: 5,129 ✭✭✭✭
    That's impressive Allen. I think that guy lives in Minnesota and heats just with wood. 
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    jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 25,669 ******
    Golden Retriever approved

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    Ricci.WrightRicci.Wright Member Posts: 5,129 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice!! Cool doggy.
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    Nanuq907Nanuq907 Member Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭✭

    I’m down to birch rounds, only about a cord left to split. Getting there. I love this stuff.

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    allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,242 ✭✭✭✭
    Jim Deere you have good taste in firewood.   That is locust with some cherry on top.  Locust is great firewood.
    I am burning up the locust and have about burned it all up.  The locust blight hit here 20 years ago and killed all the trees.  Not much left.
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    JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,399 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2020
    No, Im just a common tree farmer that grows and sells wood.  I keep about 45 facecords for myself  to heat my home with a wood fired boiler.  I keep it all under a roof, or ten facecords or so in a shed.  Either works fine.  Moisture meters are only 15 to 20  bucks,  get one.  I burn some junk wood so it doesnt get wasted. I can heat my home with 15 face cords per year.
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