infinitymike
Minister of Fire
When you have so much split wood, your friends think nothing of asking for a load, like I ask them for their heating oil or for them to pipe their NG over to me
Thank you for posting that. I now know exactly what I'm going to say next time someone asks me for some firewood. It happens too frequently, and I always cave.When you have so much split wood, your friends think nothing of asking for a load, like I ask them for their heating oil or for them to pipe their NG over to me
Whaaaaa? Das crazy. I split a small wheelbarrow full of osage tonight and it popped apart like ash for me. it always seems like bitter cold make every split easier. Bummer.when you go outside on the coldest day of the year to see if frozen rounds really pop right open like everyone says they do. Spoiler alert: they didn't for me, at least I noticed no real difference (on some big red oak) except that my maul seemed to bounce off a lot. I did manage to get one round split before my fingers went completely numb. Color me disappointed!
I have a neighbor with a two-car version of that.You might be a firewood junkie if you have built yourself a new carport...
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I tried again today (now that it's even colder) and think I figured out what's going on. I had a bunch of smaller poplar & maple rounds to work on and those popped apart for me, like you and others described. (Is that why they call it pop-lar??? ) The stuff I'm having trouble with is a dense red oak. It's still sopping wet inside so trying to split it while frozen is like hammering a solid block of ice. Guess I'll be holding off on that until it warms up later in the week.Whaaaaa? Das crazy. I split a small wheelbarrow full of osage tonight and it popped apart like ash for me. it always seems like bitter cold make every split easier. Bummer.
Don't do that Ashful! It's nice to share with friends. Rack up those good karma points.Thank you for posting that. I now know exactly what I'm going to say next time someone asks me for some firewood. It happens too frequently, and I always cave.
Yes, yes, yes!To piggy back the last one, when your wife says that maybe the upstairs bedroom could have door shut with the electric heat on with it being so cold tonight....and you get a panicky feel, redouble your pitch for the woodstove and you win out because she realizes you're a lunatic about this stuff.
I got depressed when the wife asked me to run the AEP machine "just for a few minutes" until
the stove took off this morning.
Bummer dudes. Guess ya gotta make sure it still works n' blow the dust out.
(We actually do this every few weeks for ten minutes)
I can help. American Electric Power is the utility that the bill comes from, so its his reference to his furnace. Like if you referenced your PECO machine (if you were heating with PECO electricity or gas).An AEP machine is a stretch wrap bundler, so what are you talking about?
Doesn't stay cold enough for long enough to freeze that wood fiber so it would split easier......when you go outside on the coldest day of the year to see if frozen rounds really pop right open like everyone says they do. Spoiler alert: they didn't for me, at least I noticed no real difference (on some big red oak) except that my maul seemed to bounce off a lot. I did manage to get one round split before my fingers went completely numb. Color me disappointed!
You might be a firewood junkie if it bothers your wife when you constantly talk about "ex" in front of your family and friends, and she is referring to your Fiskars...
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