Personal Questions

[homebrewz]

Don't know if it has been done, but how about some info from everybody.

1.Type of stove?

2.Location?

3.24/7 or occasional burner?

4.# of cords burned?

5.Type of saw?

6. Splitter or Maul?

1. Currently repairing an abused VC Defiant Encore,
In the mean time using a steel box (older stove.. it just says "Home Warmer" on the door and has a relief picture of NH's "Man on the Mountain". It runs into a masonary chimney lined with an insulated SS flex pipe. Also running a Breckwell P-23 pellet stove in the kitchen.

2. Howes (not in the) Cave, NY

3. nights & weekends (only when I'm home)

4. About 2 to 3 last year.

5. Homelite that I found in the gargage cleaned and tuned up. It was free.

6. A maul, an axe, and a neat little wedge splitter on a vertical track that I am borrowing from a friend. After reading this thread, I am interested in trying the "wood grenade"!

 

[jmd425]

1.Regency Insert

2.Ma

3.Nights/Weekends

4. 2.5

5.Husky 345

6. Chopper1 axe / 8 lb maul

 

[DavidV]

[quote author="Gunner" date="1162276453"]Don't know if it has been done, but how about some info from everybody.

Appalachian 32BWXL

Richmond, VA

24/7

About 4 cord

Poulan 14 inch, Husqvarna 365 special

8lb splitter, 5 lb "splitting axe" with the little wings, and 30 ton Northstar splitter.

 

[citizanken]

Hearthstone Clydesdale on the 6th of Nov.
Smithsburg, Maryland
plan on close to 24/7 during the cold months
estimating 3 to 4 cords
Stihl 18 inch
I use both a 8 pound maul and a 8HP log splitter



**Edited for spelling**

 

[zzr7ky]

1.Type of stove? Vemont Castings Resolute Acclaim
2.Location? Michigan

24/7 or occasional burner? This is my first year.

4.# of cords burned? none yet, but I’ve got 3+ ready for this year…

5.Type of saw? DOLMAR 5100 18” bar Saw was under $400 delivered and it ROCKS!!

6. Splitter or Maul? 8lb, 6lb mauls,

 

[wg_bent]

Don't know if it has been done, but how about some info from everybody.

1.Type of stove? Osburn 1800i

2.Location? Livingroom

3.24/7 or occasional burner? 24/6

4.# of cords burned? Last year about 3.5-4.... was hard to tell since my stacking and scrunging wasn't good yet.

5.Type of saw? Husky 136

6. Splitter or Maul? 6lb maul

Answers above.

 

[NFreiermuth]

1. Hampton HI300 Insert (Majolica Brown Enamel)
2. Youngstown, New York (Family Room)
3. 24/7 or at least I try to
4. About 3-4 Cords Per Year (10 ready to go)
5. Stihl Farm Boss 22"/Echo Arborist Saw CS-3000 14"
5. 8 Lb. Maul/ The old Man's Log Splitter

 

[Bushfire]

1. Fireplace Xtradinaire 33 insert (main floor) and Morso 3450 (finished basement)

2. Willington, CT - near Storrs (UCONN)

3. Try for 24/7, but more like 12/5 (week) and 24/2 (weekend)

4. 2-3, but still learning, and not really keeping track, to be honest.

5. Husky 141 - great value saw, in my opinion

6. Fiskers 2.5lb splitting axe (best 28 bucks ever spent), and a 8lb sledge hammer with wedge on rare occasions when fisker won't do the trick.

 

[burntime]

1. Hampton HI300
2. Central living room in New Berlin, WI (Go Pack!)
3. 24/7
4. Prior use 4-5 cord a year, new stove hopefully 2-4 now!
5. Stihl 029 with 18" Bar and an attitude.
6. Chopper 1 axe, 8lb maul, speeco 22 ton splitter.

 

[hardwood715]

1. 1980 Gold Marc Fireplace Insert
2. Hyde Park (Dutchess County) NY
3. For now Nights and weekends, striving for that 24/7
4. last year under a cord
5. Poulan Wild thing- repaied twice since buying it!
6. 8 LB Maul,Wedge, 6 LB MAUL

 

[babalu87]

Morso 3610
Southeastern Massachusetts
When I need it, havent had to burn 24/7 but do burn every night when the weather calls for it. The Boiler is my enemy and I shudder when it kicks on for Hot water.
3-4 cord, 2 sliders and 4 other windows on the house face due South. House is pretty efficient to heat.
Jonsered 2054, getting a second saw after the Government gives me my damn money back. Can we charge THEM interest?
8lb maul, though my father keeps mentioning we should split a splitter

 

[quads]

1.Type of stove?
Mid 70s heavy steel box. She makes a little creosote, but that's ok. Creosote heats too when it burns!

2.Location?
A stone's throw from Lake Superior.

3.24/7 or occasional burner?
24/7 for nine months of the year and occasional burner for the other three!

4.# of cords burned?
Per year, about four or five. Over the life of the stove so far, 125 - 150 or so.

5.Type of saw?
Two Stihl 026s are what I'm using now. Sachs 117 that I don't use anymore. The ones before that are long gone.

6. Splitter or Maul?
Maul all the way!

 

[Mike Wilson]

1.Type of stove?
Jotul Kennebec

2.Location?
Orient Point, NY... which is the very northeastern tip of Long Island (about 14 miles southwest of New London, CT)

3.24/7 or occasional burner?
24/7

4.# of cords burned?
3 per season

5.Type of saw?
Echo 18"

6. Splitter or Maul?
25 ton splitter

-- Mike

 

[PAJerry]

Stove - Pacific Energy Vista insert

Location - Waterford PA, northwest corner of the state in the middle of the Lake Erie snowbelt

Burning - trying for 24/7, first full winter with the stove, really dislike our nat. gas supplier NFG (National Fuel Gas)

# of cords burned - about 1/2 so far, but have 3.5 more ready to go.

Type of saw - John Deere CS56, 16"

Splitter or Maul - 8 lb maul

 

[northwinds]

1.Type of stove?
Quadrafire Isle Royale


2.Location?
South-central Wisconsin

3.24/7 or occasional burner?
Occasional burner (will be 24/7 next year)


4.# of cords burned?
1/2 cord/month

5.Type of saw?
Husky 350

6. Splitter or Maul?
Eight lb. Maul.

 

[adrpga498]

1. Jotul Castine

2. nj

3.24/7

4. 4 cords

5.Sears 18" bar ( can't kill it) want a sthil in future

6. 6hp.27 ton Verticle & horizontle 6lb maul for smaller stuff

7. Beer on sale

 

[fespo]

1.) Lopi Liberty on my 2nd season with it. I had an older Dutchwest Wood Stove, It need a complete rebuild so I got rid of it. I bought the biggest stove I could find around my area to heat my house.

2.) Far S.W. burbs of Chicago Il

3.) 24/7 when we need heat. I set the T-stat to OFF and Never had the heat on excpet to run it once a month just to burn the cob-webs off for 2-5 mins.

4.) About 4 of Oak and 1 cord of mixed. Also I sell woood as a side line :roll:

5.) Stil SawsDutchwest - 2478 Large Convection Wood Stove

6.) An Old splitter from Farm & Fleet

 

[Willhound]

1. Pacific Energy Summit Insert

2. Northern Ontario

3.24/7 from late September until late April

4. 5-7 cords, mostly Birch

5. Stihl 026

6. Craftsman "Tomahawk" 3.5 HP Horizontal Splitter

7. Old retired guy down the road that cuts, splits and delivers to my driveway for $90/cord (at least, this year and last year with too much *&%$# crap going on in my life to cut my own)
There's always next year.....

 

[ourhouse]

Don't know if it has been done, but how about some info from everybody.

1.Type of stove?

2.Location?

3.24/7 or occasional burner?

4.# of cords burned?

5.Type of saw?

6. Splitter or Maul?

1. 4300 Quad
2. Basement
3. 24/7
4. 5-7 Full cords 128 cubic feet
5. Husky 50, 266,272,372,575,288,394
6. 8lb maul and home built splitter.

 

[glassmanjpf]

1.Type of stove? Quadra-Fire Cumberland Gap

2.Location? Suffolk County, NY

3.24/7 or occasional burner? 24/7 Nov-Feb

4.# of cords burned? 3 last year, ran out in Feb. Have 6 ready to go

5.Type of saw? Poulan 16 inch gas

6. Splitter or Maul? 27 Ton Troy Built /w 5.5 Honda Engine

 

[yukiginger]

Don’t know if it has been done, but how about some info from everybody.

1.Type of stove?

Quadrafire 4100 insert on the first floor, soon to be a Lopi Endeavor in the basement (2600 sq. ft. house)

2.Location?

Western NY (Rochester)

3.24/7 or occasional burner?

Burn around the clock if possible.

4.# of cords burned?

6 cords last season.

5.Type of saw?

Stihl 440, Husky 345, Husky 353

6. Splitter or Maul?

Last season I burned 5 cords of maple that I had split by hand with a maul; bought a Harbor Freight splitter last fall which has now split over 30 full cords between me and my neighbors.

I LOVE IT ALL!

MarkG

 

[colsmith]

1. HearthStone Phoenix

2. Town of Raymond, WI (near Milwaukee)

3. 24/7 when it's cold. We only had the gas furnace on twice last winter since we've had it, that was when we went out of town for a few days. This will be our first full winter.

4. We scrounge plus have odd shaped woodpiles, maybe 4-5 cords ready for this winter plus some newer wood. I think we will need more, our stove burns awfully fast.

5. Craftsman 2.5 hp 14" electic chainsaw, I bought it years ago as an anniversary present for myself. Plus an OLD bow saw

6. 8 lb. maul and 12 lb. "Lickety-Split" monster maul

 

[berlin]

1. I build my own. designed for wood and soft coal, has very effective secondary burn.

2. Western New York (near buffalo)

3. 24/7 last winter i burned for almost 4 months without shutting it down once.

4. usually about 3-4 tons of coal and one cord of wood, equivilent to about 7 cords of wood.

5. Stihl 028 super

6. Maul, it's really just as fast, all things considered

 

[johnsopi]

1.Type of stove? Eagle/yukon Big Jack wood/coal furnace. Keeps the whole house at 75-78 2000spft 2 story

2.Location? North Maryland near DE

3.24/7 or occasional burner? 24/7 when it gets under 40

4.# of cords burned? 3-4 last year 1st year heating

5.Type of saw? Stihl MS360

6. Splitter or Maul? 8bl wood handle next year will rent a spilter for 24 hrs After I get a few cords home

 

[VT-Woodburner]

1.Regency F1100

2.Southern Vermont. The "Banana Belt" of the state. It only goes to minus 40.

3. 24/7 Oil hwbb as backup.

4. About 4 cords per season

5. 20 year old Homelite 240 ("Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without")

6. Both Splitter and Maul