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Still at the wood.
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:37 am
by propane1
Been at the wood pile cutting it up for the last while. Got the Ford 1210 compact 16 hp diesel tractor hooked to the sawbench. Some easy on fuel, compared to the 1951 Ferguson tractor. Got a bunch cut yesterday.
Noel
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:44 am
by propane1
Doing a little clean up today. I’ll get the LGT 100 Ford tractor out and take that trailer full of stuff to the dumping spot.
Noel
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:52 am
by MattA
I recall you posted video of this setup and the smaller Ford tractor did quite well cutting the wood.
Have you ever looked into adding more insulation to your house to reduce your wood consumption? I had about a foot of I insulation blown into my attic on top of the existing insulation + some other upgrades in my 2014 built house. My propane consumption is down 100 gallons a year. I paid 25% ($800) as part of a local utility program. It's been 3 years and its basically paid for itself + my upstairs is cooler in the summer resulting in a lower HVAC bill.
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:25 am
by propane1
MattA wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:52 am
I recall you posted video of this setup and the smaller Ford tractor did quite well cutting the wood.
Have you ever looked into adding more insulation to your house to reduce your wood consumption? I had about a foot of I insulation blown into my attic on top of the existing insulation + some other upgrades in my 2014 built house. My propane consumption is down 100 gallons a year. I paid 25% ($800) as part of a local utility program. It's been 3 years and its basically paid for itself + my upstairs is cooler in the summer resulting in a lower HVAC bill.
Matt. I only burn wood in my garage. But my son and my sister in law burn wood in there houses that this wood supply’s. Son’s house built in 1840. By my many great grandfathers ago. Sister in laws house built in 1920 by my grandfather. Both houses were fix up with in the last 15 years. I could use some blowen in insulation in my garage attic. Some day maybe.
Noel
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 12:41 pm
by DavidBarkey
That is a lot of wood there Chuck . My you are a busy little beaver .
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:30 pm
by propane1
That I am Dave.
Noel
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:32 pm
by propane1
Sooo, finished stacking the softwood today and cleaned up the mess from where that pile was sitting. Now on to the hardwood pile to stack. Tomorrow. It’s about twice as much as the softwood pile.
The two items in the last two pictures are free. Come and getum.
Noel
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:02 pm
by RoamingGnome
Crikey
@propane1 that's one heck of a stack of firewood you loaded up on your trailer
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:17 pm
by propane1
That’s a light one. We stack it higher than that with hardwood. That was mostly throwen in then kind of stacked at the top. The MF7 will pull it loaded with hardwood, fuller than that.
Noel
Re: Still at the wood.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:06 pm
by JSinMO
propane1 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:25 am
MattA wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 9:52 am
I recall you posted video of this setup and the smaller Ford tractor did quite well cutting the wood.
Have you ever looked into adding more insulation to your house to reduce your wood consumption? I had about a foot of I insulation blown into my attic on top of the existing insulation + some other upgrades in my 2014 built house. My propane consumption is down 100 gallons a year. I paid 25% ($800) as part of a local utility program. It's been 3 years and its basically paid for itself + my upstairs is cooler in the summer resulting in a lower HVAC bill.
Matt. I only burn wood in my garage. But my son and my sister in law burn wood in there houses that this wood supply’s. Son’s house built in 1840. By my many great grandfathers ago. Sister in laws house built in 1920 by my grandfather. Both houses were fix up with in the last 15 years. I could use some blowen in insulation in my garage attic. Some day maybe.
Noel
Noel it’s really awesome that you still have the houses in the family. It’s quite a testament to the craftsmanship of your for fathers!
The original log cabin that my 4th great grandfather built in the late 1830’s still exists about 25 miles from where we live and currently has a young family living in it. Unfortunately it hasn’t been in our family since the mid 1800’s. But it has been owned by the same family since the 1870’s and they have been friends to my family all those years! I go by and visit the place from time to time.