how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Hedgerow]

Siberian’s can get over 5’ across.

And split so-so.

American splits worst of all Elms. But better BTU than Siberian.

Red is best firewood and is splittable, but non existent here.

 

[Hedgerow]

Finally lit a fire. This is such a big stove that I don’t really know how to use it when it’s only cool outside. Trying it with the air inlet only partially open for a slower burn. Fortunately the furnace works, but I have to slip the damper back in over my homemade plenum for the fan to move air properly. The stove alone makes quite a good whole house gravity furnace, with the basement stairwell serving as cold air return.

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Is that white pipe to the left a home made external combustion air supply?

 

[Hedgerow]

Depends on where you are for firearm season. Brother has 6 tags to fill but he is in a CWD zone. Only one antlered for gun season. Archery says you can buy and fill any number of antlerless tags if I am reading it right.

We are thinning the herd hard this year in anticipation of that CWD spreading.
We don’t want it here..
That, and the roaming pods of deer have gone from 3-4 to 6-8.. population is just a little too thick.

 

[Hedgerow]

So do you only get a limit of two in Missouri?

I can get 4 this year, but many can only get 3.
Some counties can get quite a few.
It seems to be a county by county thing.
DNR can’t “manage” *s-word, but they insist on trying..

We manage our own.

 

[Only the Tony]

I can get 4 this year, but many can only get 3.
Some counties can get quite a few.
It seems to be a county by county thing.
DNR can’t “manage” *s-word, but they insist on trying..

We manage our own.

Are you using land owner permits? Counties must have different amount of tags that are given to land owners. I had two for rifle season, one any deer and one antlerless. I still have 4 for archery if I can get off my butt and go hunt...
Except we butchered a steer in september and the freezer is full...
842 lb hanging weight...
Gots to get hay moved before it might turn slippery.

 

[Hedgerow]

Are you using land owner permits? Counties must have different amount of tags that are given to land owners. I had two for rifle season, one any deer and one antlerless. I still have 4 for archery if I can get off my butt and go hunt...
Except we butchered a steer in september and the freezer is full...
842 lb hanging weight...
Gots to get hay moved before it might turn slippery.

2 land owner tags, 1 any deer tag, and one bonus doe.
If I bow hunted I could add a couple more, but bow hunting is pretty tough round these parts.

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.

 

[Cat 525]

Hat is off to everybody today! Hope you all get your deer shot your firewood cut and everybody stays warm!

 

[Hedgerow]

Hat is off to everybody today! Hope you all get your deer shot your firewood cut and everybody stays warm!

I worked up a sweat yesterday and had to build a fire this morning..
2 / 8 point bucks hanging in the shop. Bout 35 degrees out there.
32 and spitting wet outside..
Something bout wind and wet makes that temp drive straight to yer bones. But good humidity for hanging speed beef..

 

[Hedgerow]

And mornings like this are good for drinking coffee and thinking about what you “should” be doing outside.

 

[Cat 525]

Have to agree with that!

 

[teacherman]

Is that white pipe to the left a home made external combustion air supply?

It is. I started with 1 1/2" then put in a 2" to give enough air flow. The galvanized is a primitive heat shield. The pipe goes up five feet to a 90˚, then horizontal 12 feet out the wall, then a 45 fitting to keep the rain out. Tried to reduce restrictions as much as possible.

I've noticed the stove seems to respond well to adjustments in the air inlet. At half closed, it maintains the house at 71˚ with outside of 23˚,and last year at 0˚ outside it held at 72˚ inside with the inlet fully open. This seems a good rig. I do like the quiet operation of the gravity air flow. A rectangular house with a basement stairwell by the kitchen seems to heat evenly this way. And it was free!

 

[teacherman]

Have to agree with that!

I've had my six cups of fresh ground Peruvian, and we are now getting His Primacy ready to head to church.

Have a good day, gentlemen!

 

[teacherman]

You gotta talk to him bout it. Make him tell you why he didnt keep the reservoir full. How you know he ran it too hard and too long? Them things are built to be used. Im assuming he gets paid for tree work so you dont owe him. Prolly need to walk softly til hes educated you. Quite a quandry. You still gotta talk to him bout it. Is it a fast leak or a slow seep? May “let” him fix the seep before finishing his splitting. Then again are you sure its not a manufacturing issue? Also, all splitters leak somewhere. Still gotta keep the fluid full to dissipate the heat. Go forth and resolve this. Curios to know the resolution

Well, he told me that after two guys running it continuously for 8 hours, 4 cords of elm, it was leaking some at the valve, which he said he tightened. Then the next day he said the filter had come loose and lost a bunch of fluid, and asked where I kept the extra bucket. I sent a text explaining I'd bought this for my own firewood, not for commercial firewood production, and if it got broken someone was going to have to get it fixed or come split my firewood by hand. He said he started running it only a few hours at a time, and that it worked fine. There is a slow seep at the valve, and the ram connection to the wedge is now wet, but not dripping. Both were not present before he started borrowing it. I'm trying to not be a prick about it, but tearing up other people's equipment is a problem for me. I will let him know he needs to find another splitter to use, and that if our arrangement is contingent on letting him tear up my stuff I'm not interested. He didn't bother to even knock the thick caked dust off the AF of my 026 he had, until I pointed out this is a necessary part of the process. This is an observed pattern of behavior.

 

[67L36Driver]

Morning midlanders!

Got an email that Huztl has shipped my last 200t order.

[emoji848]

It got here Wednesday actually.

[emoji15]

Maybe they screwed up and sent another due to poor record keeping. [emoji1696]

Who am I to complain. [emoji48]

 

[Only the Tony]

28' long 12' deep stacked on plastic pallets. Working to fill it up. Should last 8 to 10 years for me. Back stacks are 9.5' tall. May take to dog out to run after lunch and do some more stacking.

 

[Hedgerow]

It is. I started with 1 1/2" then put in a 2" to give enough air flow. The galvanized is a primitive heat shield. The pipe goes up five feet to a 90˚, then horizontal 12 feet out the wall, then a 45 fitting to keep the rain out. Tried to reduce restrictions as much as possible.

I've noticed the stove seems to respond well to adjustments in the air inlet. At half closed, it maintains the house at 71˚ with outside of 23˚,and last year at 0˚ outside it held at 72˚ inside with the inlet fully open. This seems a good rig. I do like the quiet operation of the gravity air flow. A rectangular house with a basement stairwell by the kitchen seems to heat evenly this way. And it was free!

Any time you can get your heat source in the heart and under the house, you’ll get a better, more even heat..
Up north, all the big old farm houses had a basement with a big ass furnace in it. Floors stay warm that way. So does the plumbing.
I’m gonna get a house with a basement some day..

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

This is one I got 26 yrs ago.

 

[rsting]

Morning everybody! Just having a hard time getting motivated this morning. Believe I'll have another cup of coffee.

 

[Hinerman]

This is one I got 26 yrs ago.View attachment 150914

WOW!!!