Stihl recommends cutting your wood for this winter early (as in now)

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CJRages

CJRages

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I get this Stihl newsletter emailed each week... this one happens to be from last week. Good for a few laughs. It is marketing to the general public after all..

Don't Wait Until Winter - Start Stocking Up on Firewood Today

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Most of us don't think about firewood until it's time to burn it, but the fact of the matter is that it takes a fresh log or a green log a few months to dry out sufficiently to put in your fireplace. So early fall is the time to start stocking up for those cold winter nights.

Wood dries out the fastest if split immediately after cutting it.
When you're splitting wood, it's best to put your sections of
log on a hard surface. If you don't have a tree trunk, take a
large section of log and partially bury it in the ground.

To keep the pieces of wood from flying all over the place
when you're splitting it, put a tire around it.

Next, consider an ax and a maul. An ax is used for cutting a tree
down; a maul is heavier and not as sharp and used to split the
wood.

When it comes to stacking wood, the object is to dry it
as quickly as possible. Keep it out of the rain, keep it in the
sun, stack it loosely enough that air can blow right through it,
and keep that bottom layer off the ground.
 
yup, a good laugh indeed...
 
They're just trying to sell some saws. And if you start now you'll really be in much better shape then most wood burners come winter. :lol:
 
Aside from the drying time debate, I find this line positively hysterical coming from Stihl:


An ax is used for cutting a tree down
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Really? Then what am I doing with this $700 chainsaw? :lol:
 
Battenkiller said:
Aside from the drying time debate, I find this line positively hysterical coming from Stihl:


An ax is used for cutting a tree down
Click to expand...

Really? Then what am I doing with this $700 chainsaw? :lol:
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I think the point was not to use an axe for splitting. I guess I am stupid as I do not understand why it is so funny, drying time is wacked but I can find that on a lot of sites that talk about firewood.
 
Battenkiller said:
Aside from the drying time debate, I find this line positively hysterical coming from Stihl:

An ax is used for cutting a tree down
Click to expand...

Really? Then what am I doing with this $700 chainsaw? :lol:
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I was thinking the same thing! Someone at Stihl needs to go back and study marketing a little bit! ;-P
 
Its nice to see that marketing nonsense is pervasive in every industry in this county!
 
oldspark said:
Battenkiller said:
Aside from the drying time debate, I find this line positively hysterical coming from Stihl:


An ax is used for cutting a tree down
Click to expand...

Really? Then what am I doing with this $700 chainsaw? :lol:
Click to expand...
I think the point was not to use an axe for splitting. I guess I am stupid as I do not understand why it is so funny, drying time is wacked but I can find that on a lot of sites that talk about firewood.
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Well we know that, but it's worded pretty ambiguously for the GP, don't you think?
 
Dang! All those years I split wood with an axe I must have been doing it all wrong. :roll:
 
I couldn't live without a chainsaw. I chop the trees down with a maul then I noodle them into stove sized wedges with the saw. yeah, you read that right....
sorry, work is a little crazy today. it's got me all discombobulated.
 
Is he wearing that pink shirt, again????
 
It's a grey shirt today. maybe the pink shirt has a delayed effect.
 
We always cut and split on a three year cycle. The wood for this winter was cut and split in the spring of 2008 . We have cleaned our chimmey twice in ten years and got less than a cup of ash each time. We burn 24/7 so we must be doing something right. Wood is what ever the arborist dumps in my side yard. Nothing special. Split everything to 1.5in by 3.5in when possible. Some pieces with knots prevent this.
Tom
 
What might be most "funny" is that questions answered by Stihl actually have been asked on this Forum! Learning starts from nada.
 
Damn I cant use an ax to split my wood anymore. What ever will I do. Its such a nice ax. We have been thru a lot of wood and now I cant use it. NO I say NO Mr. Chainsawmaker, I will use my ax, (and my big hydraulic splitter mutter mutter), to split wood.
 
jebatty said:
What might be most "funny" is that questions answered by Stihl actually have been asked on this Forum! Learning starts from nada.
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I respect people who come on here and ask the questions because they want to learn. Heck, most of us were in that same spot at one point in our life.
 
ikessky said:
jebatty said:
What might be most "funny" is that questions answered by Stihl actually have been asked on this Forum! Learning starts from nada.
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I respect people who come on here and ask the questions because they want to learn. Heck, most of us were in that same spot at one point in our life.
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That is why we do this stuff here. Gets a little edgy sometimes when folks want to argue with the answers though. I have seen a lot of people learn a lot about wood burning on this Forum. First one was me. I had been toasting trees as a sole source of heat for 30 years when I stumbled across this place and found out I was doing it wrong. Of course drying the wood longer didn't cost me anything extra but the damned liners and EPA stoves cost me a fortune. :coolsmirk:

All worth every dime when the joint got warmer and I only had to cut half the wood to heat it.
 
I don't think Stihl had the ax option when I bought my 390 a year ago. I must stop by the dealer and see what my trade-in value is. Maybe I can get two axes for the 390 and a maul for my broke splitter. They will probably charge me half for the maul when they see what splitter I have.

I'll call in the morning
 
This thread is weird, started out making fun of the info on the stihl site and jebatty makes a comment the info is the same as what is posted here and ikessky says he respects the people who ask questions on this forum, you have to really read all of the posts to understand it. :)
 
pelletnubi said:
I don't think Stihl had the ax option when I bought my 390 a year ago. I must stop by the dealer and see what my trade-in value is. Maybe I can get two axes for the 390 and a maul for my broke splitter. They will probably charge me half for the maul when they see what splitter I have.

I'll call in the morning
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I will be glad to give you those two axes and a maul for the 390 , and you can keep the broken splitter !
I once had a poolan, should have traded for an axe . At least the axe will cut the tree down eventually .
 
Stihl sells equipment to the unwashed masses.
Sorry if you're not one of them.
They have to to stay in business.

They could try to sell exclusively to all the non-idiots, but they don't part with enough money.
 
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