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  1. wally
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    Throttle on snowblower- wide open or not?

    guess it depends on the machine. i have two. my primary is a 1972 toro 7/24. i usually run that at 90% throttle, and rarely open it to full. my...
    Post by: wally, Feb 4, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    Can i ask what is "Your comfort" temperature with wood vs oil/electric.

    all with wood. keep the upstairs at 62 day/56 night, and the downstairs at 64 day/60 night.
    Post by: wally, Dec 18, 2010 in forum: The Green Room
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    My old Dodge wood hauler

    nice dodge. my wood-hauler is a bit older, but it's also a dodge. a '48 1.5-ton dump, with a two-speed rear. it isn't fast (top speed is about...
    Post by: wally, Oct 12, 2010 in forum: The Gear
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    Where has eric johnson been???

    care to elaborate? not sure what the nh tree farmer magazine is. do you mean the granite state tree farmer newsletter? or the NHTOAs Timber Crier?...
    Post by: wally, Oct 6, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    You are now only allowed two types of wood - pick them..

    pine for the sugar house sugar maple for the boiler
    Post by: wally, Dec 19, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Why the fear of splitting large rounds?

    anything 20" or less is fine. i don't like splitting directly on the ground, i prefer to use a block. keeps the maul from driving into dirt too...
    Post by: wally, Nov 17, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Grapple load in NH

    you paid $700 without knowing how much was on the truck? :blank:
    Post by: wally, Nov 11, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    tapping maples

    mapletrader.com is a pretty good online resource. regional sections, and plenty of research links, primarily to cornell and the vt maple research...
    Post by: wally, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
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    How big will a Hornbeam get in New England?

    didn't really notice. i found a group of them over in vermont during a timber cruise, on some enriched soil with blue cohosh/maidenhair fern all...
    Post by: wally, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    How big will a Hornbeam get in New England?

    american is also known as blue beech and musclewood. smooth bark. eastern is typically called hophornbeam, and has "shreddy" bark. i've seen,...
    Post by: wally, Nov 7, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
  11. wally
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    What is your oldest, yet relied upon piece of equipment?

    oldest thing i use is my house, to live in it. circa 1850 new englander. i also have a coffee grinder that i use every day, circa 1850. for...
    Post by: wally, Aug 29, 2009 in forum: The Gear
  12. wally
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    Play the Hearth.com Wood Chopping Game - win big.....

    best i can get is 38,600 can't get that 40,000 threshhold.
    Post by: wally, Feb 17, 2009 in forum: The Inglenook
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    CAN YA GUESS THESE BIG BOYS ??? TREE ID

    i say it's Populus tremuloides, rather than Liriodendron tulipifera. Populus grandidentatahas bark that looks slightly different.
    Post by: wally, Feb 15, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Do you use a safety harness on your roof?

    yes. many hardware stores carry them. they clamp to the top two rungs of the ladder, and the "hook" drapes over the peak of the roof, securing the...
    Post by: wally, Oct 9, 2008 in forum: The Gear
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    Do you use a safety harness on your roof?

    i will admit that i don't use a harness when i clean my chimney. my house is a two-story, with a steel roof, 12/12 pitch. i use a ladder/hook over...
    Post by: wally, Oct 9, 2008 in forum: The Gear
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    Help ID this Walnut look alike

    ah. i see. you're a troll. an intellectual giant such as yourself could clearly differentiate the meaning of my statement in the "other thread"...
    Post by: wally, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Another help with ID wood

    it certainly looks like rotting sugar maple.
    Post by: wally, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    I feel incredibly stupid asking this.But how do I identify wood?

    clearly, your experience with "20 or more" foresters differs from my own. no doubt, there are foresters that do a poor job; all professions have...
    Post by: wally, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    I feel incredibly stupid asking this.But how do I identify wood?

    to get to the OP's question, a good way to learn to ID wood is to learn to ID the trees local to your area. once you are comfortable with...
    Post by: wally, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    I feel incredibly stupid asking this.But how do I identify wood?

    my comment is that glacialhills is painting with a pretty broad brush. i'm relatively confident that i can identify 90% of the logs produced in my...
    Post by: wally, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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