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RE: Autumn On The Homestead; Entry for The Homestead Photography Contest
howdy sir hhayweaver! hey firewood will warm you up, that's darn hard work, do you use a splitter?
howdy sir hhayweaver! hey firewood will warm you up, that's darn hard work, do you use a splitter?
Yes we do and thank god for that. I’d rather us a splitter then use an ax any day lol. Oh @janton If you don’t know already @hhayweaver is my step father.
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howdy again enosh! yes an axe is tremendous work, really brutal! lol. A splitter is the way to go. Yes I remember now that hhayweaver is your step father but I kinda lost track of you guys off and on but I will try to be more consistent in following you two.
Yes I have a splitter and a helper (@ensoh). I am grateful for the splitter, for sure but I am even more grateful for the help. You know the old saying "many hands makes light work".
Howdy sir hhayweaver! yes sir, that's a great saying and so true, you can't much harder labor than cutting and chopping wood. Is that for a fireplace or some other type of wood heater?
I have a wood stove in our "back room" and a wood boiler in the basement. The boiler eats firewood when it is at full burn (about a cord every 1-1/2 weeks) which amounts to about 11 cords per season. It is a lot of work but if I keep the fires burning the oil consumption is almost zero compared spending over $3,500 to heat the house.
howdy sir hhayweaver! oh wow...that's a great system. And you are able to heat the house if the electric goes out?
Yes and no, the boiler requires electric to run the controls, but I have the boiler on a battery backup that keeps it going for a little while which is enough time to get the generator hooked up and running.