New to Burning, saying hello

etiger2007 said:

Oh yeah forgot to mention its the only web site you can admire another mans wood and feel good about it. You will hear things like "nice wood" " boy thats alot of wood" " Man I wish i had wood like that" " I'll give you some wood" and its all good.

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Don't forget - nice stacks and nice rack.

Welcome!

mxchamp04 said:

The 2 cord I have now are seasoned. One of the reasons for getting the stove, also my wife grew up heating with wood. I live in a Colonial and it's relatively new, so it's very energy efficient.

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Welcome to the forum mxchamp04.

My one word of warning is that little word you used; "seasoned." You will quickly learn that word is practically meaningless. And yes, pine is fine.

For lots of excellent information on wood and even on scrounging, come on over to the Wood Shed part of hearth.com This forum deals only with the wood and is extremely valuable for many of us.

Welcome to the forum mxchamp04. Some have cautioned you already about this place..........but as near as I can tell, it is already to late for you. I believe you are hooked already. But then it is a great place to be. You can get answers to your questions, all the advise you will need, give some now and then, make good friends and satisfy your need to be amongst those who love wood burning as much as you do.

MasterMech said:

Canada would be miserable place to live if you couldn't burn pine.......

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Hey! We have great hardwood in Canada.

Welcome to the Forum. Many years of pleasure to you.

mxchamp04 said:

Cool. I have a good friend who lives in Grey ME. I love sledding as does my wife. I get up to Ft. Kent once a year and Vermont every weekend. We both have Yamaha Apex's. Need more riding in ME, you hosting. LOL

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My brother in law used to ride with a bunch of guys who used to go up to Vermont about every other weekend . . . trying to remember the place . . . I know he said it was popular . . . too popular though . . . said the trails got beat up pretty quickly though and were crowded.

I've gone up north to The County a few times with him as I love riding up there . . . but he prefers the tight, twisty trails here at home.

Welcome to the best forum on the net mxchamp... Im sure you will get hooked like the rest of us. When the time comes we can share the secret handshake and tricks for explaining a yard full of wood to your better half

mxchamp04 said:

Probably Woodford is the place you're thinking of.

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Nope . . . that wasn't it . . . Island Pond? Island Falls? Something like that.

I can't for the life of me figure out where this aversion to the term "seasoned" in referring to firewood originated. Seems to me we routinely use the word "seasoned" as a synonym for "dried"...which it is.

This is found among the listed definitions for the word "season" from a perfectly reliable online dictionary of the regular old English language:

3. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

I will continue to use "seasoned" to mean the same as "dry" when I'm referring to firewood...as many others routinely do on these forums. So far as I'm concerned, it's perfectly clear what's meant by the term, and it should cause neither confusion nor consternation. Rick