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24640 Scott Perkins
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Mar 13, 2013
10:23 am
no this... the fiberglassed handlehttp://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/NTESearch?storeId=6970&Ntt=maul or...
24641 se_smith Send Email Mar 13, 2013
10:34 am
That all depends on what he's splitting. I used to cut and hand split 6-7 full cords for home use. Much of it was beech and all was cut to 24". I always...
24642 Mark Cambra
Mcambra Send Email
Mar 13, 2013
12:17 pm
From the son of a monster maul owner, a metal pipe welded to a metal wedge did not absorb any of the shock waves from hitting the wood and my father developed...
24643 Bob Reite
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Mar 13, 2013
5:25 pm
I have one of those Monster Mauls and yes, they are impossible to break and I personally found it not any harder to swing than a wood handled maul of the same...
24644 Tim
timothydj Send Email
Mar 14, 2013
2:02 am
50 cords a year. That's serious. Just thinking about it makes my tennis elbow hurt. My hyd. splitter saved me and it might have done him good too....
24645 Julie Couture
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Mar 14, 2013
4:18 am
Hi all I am bringing this tread back because I am going up to the cabin tomorrow and I am looking for ideas, things to try to see if I can help my smoke issue....
24646 Mark Cambra
Mcambra Send Email
Mar 14, 2013
1:15 pm
He actually did more some years and 100 cords (mostly by hand - becuase a splitter was too slow) was his record.  If I said 80 or 100 cords, people would...
24647 Tim
timothydj Send Email
Mar 18, 2013
5:14 pm
Better to break a handle than your arms. When I was young and dumb I didn't give much thought to my body- I was indestructible. The motorcycle could not go...
24648 Rock
agoldink Send Email
Apr 7, 2013
2:14 pm
... Yep that is an old Parlor stove, figure 1890-1920. Some of them are worth a small fortune....
24649 Pete
pdhndly Send Email
Apr 8, 2013
1:51 am
I think I'm going to do round firewood stacks this year for the first time. I stack about 5 - 6 cords. Usually I do rows on top of 2 x 4s on cinder blocks to...
24650 Keith McHugh
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Apr 8, 2013
2:13 am
I use Kiss technique (Keep it simple stupid) - Use pallets on the ground - or on 4x4's - stack three wood split pieces or round wood across pallet - no fancy...
24651 atbearlake2013 Send Email Apr 8, 2013
3:49 am
I posted some pics on message #24529 put a stake in the ground w/a 10 ft string attached, draw a circle and begin, I filled the middle w/as many pallets as...
24652 Tim
timothydj Send Email
Apr 28, 2013
1:02 am
Just making small fires now to take the chill off. I'll bet this is the way to clog the flue. I'm gonna have to make some hot ones to clean it out or...
24653 Tim
timothydj Send Email
Apr 28, 2013
1:02 am
Just making small fires now to take the chill off. I'll bet this is the way to clog the flue. I'm gonna have to make some hot ones to clean it out or...
24654 gggGary
ggoetz111 Send Email
Apr 28, 2013
1:21 am
Been a long heating season here. two fires a day the whole month of April and a few nights with midnight feedings. IMHO small fires are OK just keep the air...
24655 Bob Reite
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Apr 28, 2013
6:18 pm
Here, March and April have been the coldest in 80 years....
24656 Alan
rustaholic777 Send Email
Apr 28, 2013
6:51 pm
Where are you? ... From: Bob Reite <br@...> Subject: Re: [woodheat] Getting warm out, quiet in here To: woodheat@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, April 28,...
24657 gggGary
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Apr 28, 2013
7:30 pm
south central Wisconsin. Northern WI got 44" of snow in April! gggGary...
24658 Alan
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Apr 29, 2013
1:04 am
Please just keep it on that side of the lake. 8>))   Alan in Michigan ... From: gggGary <yahoogroups@...> Subject: Re: [woodheat] Getting warm out,...
24660 therealfractal Send Email May 8, 2013
2:25 pm
I'm trying to get away from digging a 2 foot hole, or anything that can be hard on the back. Right now I have nothing. I don't have elm, or a tree trunk, or...
24661 Betty
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May 8, 2013
2:49 pm
Matthew, would it work for you to place an ATV tire on a wood pallet to split? The tire would keep your log in place and probably help keep the axe from...
24662 TimSchrand Send Email May 8, 2013
4:36 pm
I had my first burning season with my Pacific Energy Summit Insert. The installer put in an insulated 6" stainless steel liner. He sent a card in the mail...
24663 Tim
timothydj Send Email
May 8, 2013
5:25 pm
There's other things you can do probably if uou think about it but the best and easiest by far is for you to find a big chunk of a tree somewhere. Talk to the...
24664 gggGary
ggoetz111 Send Email
May 8, 2013
5:30 pm
Yup buy the brush and DIY for free forever. buy the plastic brush not the steel wires. The steel will scratch the stainless and cause rusting. gggGary...
24665 samiamrd Send Email May 12, 2013
6:51 pm
You can clean it yourself. It is easy. What I did the first year was to have the installer guy come and clean the chimney. I watched. He also checked the...
24666 Rock
agoldink Send Email
May 13, 2013
4:40 pm
Your buying wood, call the guy and tell him what you want, it would be no biggie for them to roll a 16" section of trunk onto the truck for you to use....
24667 Alan
rustaholic777 Send Email
May 24, 2013
12:18 am
Whole house down to 60 F so we fired up the old All-Nighter again this evening It is in the basement and it was 58 F down there. Very uncommon here in Michigan...
24668 Tim Schrand
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May 24, 2013
1:24 am
It's global warming.  :-) ________________________________ From: Alan <rustaholic777@...> To: woodheat@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:17...
24669 John Gulland
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May 24, 2013
2:40 pm
It snowed here last night, so I also built a fire. Although we live in the frozen north (100mi west of Ottawa), this is still an unusual event. John...
24670 Alan
rustaholic777 Send Email
May 24, 2013
7:05 pm
It was 29 F here this morning but it had pretty much rained itself out the two prior days. Lots of rain over the two days. Wind and rain yesterday as the temps...
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