Welcome Hearth.com Guests and Visitors - Please enjoy our forums!
Hearth.com GOLD Sponsors who help bring the site content to you:
Jotul Cast Iron Stoves
Woodstock Soapstone Stoves
Hearth and Home (QuadraFire and Harman Stoves)

Search Results

Search Again

Page 1 of 3

Thread
And this is why the big stuff is always around for me

I actually got a kick out of this CL ad tonight. It really got me laughing. Hope it wasn't posted by any of you. I should contact the guy and team up...

Thread by: fabsroman, Apr 25, 2013, 9 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
How far will you travel for a scrounge?

I have a decent oak scrounge about 25 miles from me and am debating whether to go and get it. If I could bring a trailer with me, it would be a no...

Thread by: fabsroman, Apr 24, 2013, 9 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
The verdict is in, I saved ...

$1,700 over heating the house last year with two little space heaters and only heating the rooms we were in. If we heated the entire house with...

Thread by: fabsroman, Mar 8, 2013, 31 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
Thread
Blue flames from mystery wood

Well, I am burning some of the smaller splits of the mystery wood that people think is either locust or Siberian elm (the majority siding with...

Thread by: fabsroman, Feb 25, 2013, 19 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Limbing saw suggestions

Alright, happened to be at Ace Hardware today because they were having a 20% off sale, 10% off Stihl accessories, and Stihl equipment excluded from...

Thread by: fabsroman, Feb 16, 2013, 74 replies, in forum: The Gear
Thread
Some of my wood processing setup

Was out messing around in the wood stacks today. Taking inventory, moving some more wood inside to see me through the rest of this "winter", stacking...

Thread by: fabsroman, Feb 12, 2013, 16 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Took more pics of my mystery wood

Alright, I started a thread a week or two ago asking what this wood was, and there was some disagreement and some requests for more pics. Today was a...

Thread by: fabsroman, Feb 12, 2013, 41 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Poplar - only when nothing else is available

Started burning my poplar about 10 days ago and I will say this, I will never put it in the racks again as long as better wood is available. Even...

Thread by: fabsroman, Feb 9, 2013, 18 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
My stacks are getting filled back up.

This is a pic of my stacks up top on the driveway. The ones on the right are 2 stacks deep, so essentially there are 8 stacks in the pic. Have 4 more...

Thread by: fabsroman, Feb 1, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Wood ID please, driving me nuts

Alright, this stuff has been seasoned for 16 months and I am getting 37% from my moisture meter on it. Red oak that I got at the same time in 2011 is...

Thread by: fabsroman, Feb 1, 2013, 38 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Tree ID please

The homeowner has already told me what this tree is, but I am not sure I agree with him. Would like a second, third, fourth .... opinion.

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 27, 2013, 11 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Would you take a 36" oak that has.....

been sitting on the ground for 2 years? I have the opportunity to take a couple of trees like this that have been down on the ground for around 2...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 27, 2013, 46 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Thought you guys were pulling my leg about oak,....

especially since the 16 month old splits I was picking up from the wood stack felt really light. So, I ordered a moisture meter last week and it got...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 23, 2013, 26 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
You know you have it bad when ....

You are coming home from buying milk at the convenience store, see a tractor trailer full of logs, and hope that it is stopping at your house to drop...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 21, 2013, 5 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Wood scrounging buddy in the Howard County, MD area

Man, my dad hurt his toe a little while ago and it is tough seeing all the Craigslist firewood going by. Patience is a virtue they say, and I am...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 14, 2013, 11 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
What is your worst Craigslist story?

Think I learned a lesson today. If I cannot see a picture of the wood or the location is not close enough while running an errand to swing by and...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 12, 2013, 0 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
Wood ID please

Long story short, was told this was red oak. The homeowner got part of it right, in that there was a single piece of red oak off to the side that I...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 12, 2013, 10 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Thread
I want to support my local dealer and economy, but ...

It is very hard to support the local dealer when prices are 50%+ higher than on the internet. I stopped in at the local dealer, an independently...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 10, 2013, 10 replies, in forum: The Gear
Thread
Which Stihl for my dad?

My brothers and sisters are most likely going to buy a new saw for my dad for his birthday. Probably going to be a Stihl since that is all he keeps...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 4, 2013, 52 replies, in forum: The Gear
Thread
Fiskars Axe sharpener - can anybody share their experience

About to pull the trigger on a Fiskars X27 and X7, but Amazon showed a Fiskars axe sharpener as an "Items others buy along with this item". For...

Thread by: fabsroman, Jan 2, 2013, 22 replies, in forum: The Gear

Showing results 1 to 20 of 45 Next >

Search Again

Page 1 of 3

Search Results

Useful Searches