Personal Questions

[Jags]

1. Stove = Quadrafire, Isle Royle heating the entire house.

2. Location = Northern Illinois

3. burn rate = 24/7 as much as possible (forced air, propane for backup)

4. # of cords = 5 to 6 (its the 110 year old family farm, I own it now, and am making slow improvements to it to tighten everything back up)

5. Stihl 290 and homelite 240 (VT Woodburner - I can't wear mine out either)

6. Self built splitter (currently trying to come up with a good name for it.)

 

[JBinKC]

1. Jotul Castine F400
2. Lake of the Ozarks 89 MM
3. 24/7
4. I am estimating between 3-3.5 cords in a normal year. Currently have about 2 1/2 cords 50% oak and 50% red maple on my limited space for holding the wood. Last year my first from late January to the end of the burning season burned about a little over 1 cord but that was a very mild year.
5. Husky 141 16 inch, Stihl MS 180 14 inch
6. by hand sledgehammer with splitting grenades

 

[z-man]

1.Type of stove? Lopi Freedom Wood insert
2.Location? North of Boston, MA
3.24/7 or occasional burner? Occasional meaning every night but not 24/7
4.# of cords burned? Estimating 1 cord. Have about 5 on my property from trees I cut down.
5.Type of saw? 16" Homelight Ranger from Homedepot
6. Splitter or Maul? 8lb wood handle maul and a 4lb super splitter from Lowes which I swear by.

 

[Todd]

1. Woodstock Fireview

2. Chippewa Falls, WI

3. 24/7

4. 3 cords

5. Stihl MS290

6. EZ Brave 8 ton splitter, Axe

 

[riguy]

1.Lopi Declaration
2. Northern RI
3. 24/7 when needed
4. Roughly 3 cords seasoned, 3 cords unseasoned
5. Stihl 16"
6. Uncle's homemade splitter.

 

[Marty]

1. Hearthstone Mansfiled
2. Pittsburgh PA
3. Shoot for 24/7 end up closer to 18/7
4. Unknown... first year. (looking like 4-6)
5. Homelite EZ automatic c. 197x ... and a brand new, used, Stihl 290 c. 2006 I picked up today.
6. Hatchet, axe, maul & wedge.

 

[mgambuzza]

Don’t know if it has been done, but how about some info from everybody.

1.Thelin Parlor 3000, Quadrafire Castile, Vermont Castings Winter Warm Large

2.Syracuse, NY

3.24/7, 24/7 or by temperature, weekends

4.3-4tons pellets, 2cords

5......

6. Splitter or Maul? Just stack or haul.....

 

[Flame]

Gladly,

1. Hearthstone Mansfield

2. Southbridge, MA / Stove in living room

3. 24/7 (oil tank is full and furnace is in the off position Yahoo!)

4. First winter, I started late. Probably looking at 3-5 cords (cape cod around 2100 sq ft ?)

5. Had delivered this winter all cut (just stacked).

6. Possibly next year

 

[MishMouse]

1.Type of stove?
Drolet Adirondack

2.Location?
Verndale, MN

3.24/7 or occasional burner?
Occasional burner will be 24/7 when I get a stove that is capable of it

4.# of cords burned?
1 cord?

5.Type of saw?
Husky

6. Splitter or Maul?
Eight lb. Maul, hopefully a splitter this year

 

[jpl1nh]

1. Woodstock Keystone, dead center in open concept house, first thing you see coming in front door.

2. Newfields (Seacoast area -all 12 miles of it) NH

3. 24/7

4. About 3 so far

5. Stihl "Farm Boss" 029 Super, 18" bar

6. 4# Ames super splitter axe and 8# wedge and sledge for knots, forks and da big boys.

 

[gyrfalcon]

1. Hearthstone Tribute

2. Shoreham VT (15 mi southwest of Middlebury)

3. would be 24/7 if the tiny stove could keep going overnight, but have central heat (oil, baseboard) zone set at 60 for distant rooms, and both zones for backup overnight

4. about 1 and 1/2 since starting in mid-December

5. No saw. No need. No woodlot. Delivered firewood.

6. Splitter or Maul? Hatchet/mini-sledge combination (with occasional help of a wedge) to split down too-big splits, but still debating a small electtric splitter for next year.

 

[3fordasho]

1. Woodstock Fireview
2. 75miles SW of Minneapolis MN
3. 24/7
4. ~3 cords so far
5. Stihl MS210 & 361, Dolmar 5100, Makita 6401 with 7901 jug/piston upgrade
6. TSC splitter

 

[fullbore]

1. Quad 5700
2. Northeast PA
3. 24/7
4. 3 cords
5. 3 Stihls (2-046mags, 1-ms260)
6. Speeco/Huskee 22-ton

 

[argus66]

1-jotul f3cb
2-central coastal nj
3-nites weekends
4-1/2 cord but just got stove in jan
5- ax for now but shopping for saw
6-another ax

 

[slowski74]

1. 2002 Century (small)

2. Near Saginaw Michigan

3. 24/7 since early november

4. Second full season of burning. Will probably go through 2.5
to 3 cords

5. Stihl MS 270 18 inch bar

6. Timber King gas wood splitter

 

[Corie]

1. Englander 13NC

2. Amherst, VA

3. 24/4 (Depending on the weather)

4. Two cords plus maybe a bit more.

5. Stihl 260 PRO

 

[ControlFreak]

1. Napoleon 1401, Load and go with SmartStove (TM) combustion control system.

2. Holden, MA

3. 24/7

4. 3.5 cords.

5. Husq 350, MTD 20 ton splitter, two boys.
(Last summer was the first time I bought a half-load of logs due to the increasing cost of cut/split cordwood. Was paying $160/cord cut/split green, paid ~85/cord for the load of logs (about 4-5 cords). I like the logs. There are no tops and I get it processed exactly the way I want it.)

Dan

 

[bartlett920]

1.Type of stove?
Century 2000 Sq Ft

2.Location?
Fort Scott Kansas

3.24/7 or occasional burner?
24/7

4.# of cords burned?
First Year

5.Type of saw?
Husky 455
Stihl 029

6. Splitter or Maul?
Splitter and Maul

 

[milner351]

1.Type of stove?
Previously an '80's Nordic "smoke dragon"
(just ask the neighbor, she still complains about the new stove)

Now frustrated with getting my new Pacific Energy Summit working properly
(loosing too much heat to the exterior chimney thanks to a bad install)

2.Location?
Belleville, Michigan
(between Ann Arbor and Dearborn)

3.24/7 or occasional burner?
24/7

4.# of cords burned?
I don't estimate cords well, our first year we burned two rows of wood stacked 6ft highx30ft long
the last two years we've burned 4-5 full size pick up loads.
Once I get the Summit dialed in and the chimney insulated and sealed properly with a block off plate, I hope that number will decrease.


5.Type of saw?
Used Craftsman 40cc 18" bar with new oregon bar and chain

6. Splitter or Maul?
Huge home made splitter - 8hp tecumseh, two splitting wedges welded on top of each other
5" diameter ram, 20 gallon tank, complete with a seat for the operator!
- the brain child of a few engineer friends of my friends Dad.
My friend let's me use it, he's sick of dealing with wood!

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

1. Jotul F500 Oslo
2. NorthEastern CT (Pomfret)
3. 24/7
4. So far this year 3.5 cords
5. An old Craftsman
6. 27 ton splitter/8lb Maul/wood grenades

WoodButcher

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

[quote author="Todd" date="1162419222"]1. Woodstock Fireview


5. Stihl MS290

Todd,
How do you like the MS290?
Gonna retire my 42cc craftsman and Have my eye on the Farmboss.
With an 18" bar it fits my buget real nice.
Using it to chop up grapple loads and scrounge some trees in my woods.

Thanks for any input,

WoodButcher

 

[mayhem]

Don't know if it has been done, but how about some info from everybody.

1.Type of stove?

2.Location?

3.24/7 or occasional burner?

4.# of cords burned?

5.Type of saw?

6. Splitter or Maul?

1. Morso 3610
2. Western MA (or living room, depends on what you mean)
3. 24/7
4. Unknown since this is my first year...I estimate between 4-6 cords total for the season.
5. Craftsman 18".
6. Axe, maul, sledge/wood grenade. No splitters allowed...if I can't split it by hand then I need more exercise, which I can get by splitting!

 

[BrotherBart]

1. Jotul F100 Nordic, Jotul F3CB, Englander 30-NCL, Englander 25 PDVC

2. 45 miles from D.C.

3. Only heat we got.

4. Around five cords.

5. Poulan Pro (back when they meant it) 405+ 20", two Husky 142s 16", Poulan 1975 14"

6. 1988 Duerr splitter with a 2007 engine. A variety of busted and to be busted mauls.

 

[myzamboni]

1. Jotul F3CB

2. Silicon Valley

3. Nights/Weekends

4. Pushing 1 cord (all scrounged)

5. Poulan ES350 (Electric)

6. 8lb maul, Sledge and wedge.

 

[begreen]

1. Jotul F400 Castine
2. 25 miles from Seattle
3. 24/7 when below 40 degrees, evenings when above 40, otherwise the heat pump does it better for less
4. ~ 3 cords
5. Stihl 029
6. Northern Tool 20T, 8lb maul, wedges