I'm a 7. I find pride in the fact I didn't grow up burning wood, but I have now for the last 10 or 12 years. I have learned how to fell trees, limb, buck, split and feed a stove, then an indoor furnace. The most rewarding part is accomplishing all this on my own. And...I can sharpen my own chains now too!
customer # 8. the wood rotter.....you drive by a year later the pile is still there were you dumped it not touched and they are pleased with watching it rot. thanks for the videos.
Being about your age ,most likely older, There's an 8th category I think. My obsession with wood started about 40 years ago. Starts with logging, bucking ,splitting , clean up ,hauling , stacking once , then twice . Using all the wood possible. chipping or burning branches ,brush. Then making furniture and blanks, milling cants and boards. All for myself and my family. The eighth categorizes hardcore wood life. Not just for fun but for survival, economic savings, And the sheer dependency on the most beautiful resource we have. If your lucky enough to have the property resource. On Wisconsin!
i went from zero to #6 a boiler person . 4 months ago i had no idea about a boiler . now we heat with one and i have a stihl 400C and a county line 25 ton splitter . our light bil went from over $400 a month to $92 with the boiler . the saw and splitter are investments that i should easily get 10+ years out of . really enjoying your videos !
I agree with everything you said however, may I make a suggestion. Look into a processor. It cuts your cutting and splitting time in half. I used to be exactly where you are at right now. I felt like I was permanently attached to the splitter. Especially with the big rounds that you can’t lift on to splitter. I invested in a winch fed processor and can cut and split all in one motion. Obviously not something like in the wood yard uses on his channel ( the big processor). It saves your back and time. Just my thoughts
South Mississippi here. Just an old country boy that installed a Buck wood heater in our old house about three years ago. Never paid for wood. I’m constantly tracking down free sources of wood. Just finished up a week in a yard where they had a huge oak on the ground. I went in and limbed it, but also spent time cleaning up some of the mess for them. I try to keep about three to five years worth of wood on hand. Depends on the winters. I just love cutting, splitting and racking firewood. My new 27 ton splitter really helps. Enjoyed the video!
Yeah, I think I'm a heating person, 4-4 1/2 cord (the bulk of which is poplar because that's what grows here) a year, all gathered myself. When the time comes that I can't gather my own wood, I'm going to pay the gas company for the bulk of my heat and turn into a fireplace person and buy a cord a year just to have as back up. And you are ABSOLUTALY right, I love wood heat, to watch sunlight unwind from the logs (those big glass doors with an airwash system the best invention since the chainsaw!) I love the exercise it gives me, getting out in the country, and knowing when the power goes out, I'm going to be warm.
We are 72 and heat with a wood stove. We cut our own wood but if I get too old I will buy decent wood in bulk probably. Before I retired the extra work wasn't enjoyable but now I get a lot of satisfaction out of it and it keeps me from getting "lazy" in the winter.
Yup, that sounds great! My dad just kept at cutting more each year after he retired until he couldn't and had 7-8 years or firewood stocked up then my brothers and I helped out.
7 here. I love the heat, I like the savings ( have access to free thankfully), I need the exercise. I work a desk job and love getting out in the woods and moving around.
Number 6 here and thank you for telling me i'm special. Mine is like tony's and they recommend the kind of firewood you sell for the boiler. But honestly these things are so efficient i'm burning the same amount of wood i used to burn in the woodstove except now every room in the house is 70 degrees, and i can go 18 hours between fill ups on a mild day. I just don't understand why you don't have a boiler at your house. Give it five years and it will pay for itself. A couple of my boiler owner neighbors we have so many contacts we don't even have to look for wood it gets delivered to our houses for free because tree guys have to pay to dump it at our local 'mulch farms'. And since we are a sod farm with forklifts, tractors, trucks etc, if you ever came to my house the first thing you would say is "Why the heck aren't you selling firewood??" Maybe one day.
I don't have a wood boiler mainly because where I live you can't so there is that. Also I do not want or need more work, so I sell the wood for $$$ and just crank up the thermostat.
I burn in the firepit. I am lucky. I have a neighbor with 30 wooded acres. Told me anything dying, widow makers or fresh fall is all good. I have a crap load of wood. Helped neighbors cut downed trees from bad weather etc. I even give some to family and friends. Like you said Chris, love being outdoors and playing with the chainsaws.
I'd say that I'm a hybrid of some of these categories. My father and grandparents burnt wood for heat when I was growing up. My father had a wood furnace and my grandparents house has a wood boiler that did both the heat for the house and heating the hot water. It was the job of my brothers and I to toss the wood into the basement of our house and when we were done there go over to my grandparents house and do the same. We probably unloaded four trailers of wood in a day, two trailer loads for each house. Of course being young kids we also hated it. We were never allowed to run anything, that task was only for my dad and grandfather to do. But now that I'm older and I have my own saws I love bucking up firewood but I don't get to do it as often as I'd like to. My older brother also loves running the chainsaw but he has only gotten into using one in recent years. I also like collecting the vintage saws when I can find a good deal. :)
You'll enjoy "NORWEIGIAN WOOD" , a great read about the use and practice of firewood in Norway. And for an MBA of wood, lovely pics. Bill is in the mail. P.S. We're always #1 on your list with 100% wood heat mostly self harvested.
Nice talk Chris. I am for sure the “party” guy sharing my evening fire pit with all my neighborhood friends and family. I’m also the guy who likes to cut and split firewood for exercise and to keep my old body outside and off the couch. Not a wood seller but known to trade for shared whiskey, a bbq or fish fry, deer sausage etc. I also enjoy watching the sun rise by myself around the fire pit with a cup of coffee just about every morning spring-fall. GNI
Yeah as a kid I grew up in a house with 2 wood stoves as our primary heat so we bucked & split 8 cords/yr. I didn't enjoy it because Dad always wanted to only pay for 1 day of rent on the splitter so it was a lot of work. Now I really enjoy firewood as it's just a hobby to feed a fireplace...
I’m a fire pit burner starts in May try not to let it go out until Halloween,usually makes it through most of our hardest summer rains.I like big fires with big wood.Mainly ash and elm that I have access too keep all I cut just too help keep the 40 acre woods clean from the dead stuff.I just like being in the woods cutting I do hand split with splitting axe.My buddy that owns the woods has a 12yr tandem axle dump truck and a backhoe left over from his fathers heavy equipment business it’s old stuff 72 GMC dumper and an 84 backhoe that his dad kept around just for the woods.I will almost always go through 4 dump truck loads a year.I would say 80% of my wood starts at 24” or bigger for ash and 28” or bigger elm.I cut 20” lengths that works great in my 30”boiler plate ring.So maybe I’m one of those guys that just likes fire.❤️🔥👍
That was a great video. I'm def a No.7. Our large house is well insulated and has a 14-zone heat-pump-powered system for winter so our two fires are more for effect. I have 5 saws and a nice splitter so clearly like playing with wood and more so now one of our sons has a big house with two fires. He is a chip off the old block and has six saws ;-) I get anxious if I'm down to less than 10 cords of dry wood. That's a bit telling..
Great video Chris!! You forgot number 8 which is me. Outdoor boiler heating multiple buildings and hot water. Outdoor firepit for parties and drinking, Inside open hearth fireplace with a bread oven for open hearth cooking and wood fired pizza. During the winter the fireplace is continuously burning. I sell and deliver firewood, also on-site firewood processing. I burn between 10-13 cords of wood every year. I love burning all the debris and cookies in my boiler since that's heating for almost nothing. Lastly, I really like fire! Does that make me a firewood maniac? Thanks again Chris!
I am one of the boiler people. Where I live pine is the dominant tree. That’s no problem because it dries for a minimum of 6 months in a carport that’s enclosed on 3 sides which creates a low budget kiln. I start of the season with a minimum of 14 full cords. By the end of the season I usually have 6 cords left over. I started out the same as you. Hand split and progressed to a winch fed processor. Growing up heating house with firewood as main source. Hated it then , I don’t hate it know but I have accepted the work with the amazing heat as the end result.
I must just be a highbred lol. That really likes would heat or the cost savings and cooking outside. Never have bought any wood before but I go through about 18 to 20 IBC totes every year down here in Iowa. I have an Quadra fire with a glass door, heating stove and my fire pits and camping out and just really enjoy it. Have a good one Chris.
I rarely use the wood I cut, a few fires in a fire pit in winter, I use a small amount in my smoker. I live on heavily wooded acreage and I just basically cut up and give away what the storms knock down, or that dies (we have a lot of short lived small trees here that live maybe 15 to 20 years ). Probably 3 or 4 cords a year. My father on the other hand is a wood scrounger, he will travel a 100km for a free load of wood! He loves his fire in his lounge room, runs it constantly through winter, but he is to tight to pay for wood!.
You're right about the unique heat wood fires produce. If you talk to Finnish folks, especially the older generation prefers wood heat. There are 2 drawbacks to wood. The labor and cost of the wood and the 2nd is the maintenance involved in keeping the sauna clean and functioning well.
I think im a mix maybe 4 & 7. I work crazy hours at a jail. When im off i love to play. However i do like to get some wood off the property when a tree is dead or blows over etc. Yet if im out of time ill buy some to maybe help a person, or a guy like you i like i dont mind paying a higher dollar just because. Fun video
I'm ALMOST "the whale". Fireplace which goes almost constantly, fire pit, use wood for camping, and my cabin is heated by a Franklin stove-but I'm only at my camp now once or twice a year since it's about a 7 hour drive for us now. I go through about 2 full cords a year. I cut my own wood, but buy the logs from a tree removal service. I'm like you-I enjoy the exercise.
Chris, I sell firewood in the Nashville area and have all 7 types of burners you mentioned. A growing customer base of mine is backyard smokers. These folks want the best for smoking expensive slabs of meat. Cherry, hickory & white oak is their main fuel type. Smokers are a tight knit community and they spread the word if you have the good stuff.
OK, didn't really catch me in that lot. I'm in a subset of No. 7, maybe, as I do love all kinds of tree work, cutting wood, splitting (by hand) and stacking (like making it look arty!) and love Love LOVE my 2 smokefree woodstoves. But my REASONS are I like to be non-reliant on fossil fuels as far as I can, and this means ALL my space heating and some of my cooking is done by wood, a renewable fuel. I have only bought wood 2x in my life and I'm 57. I have tipped a tree surgeon a couple of times for dumping a load with me, though. I transport wood I find by bike trailer or cargo bike, as that's green and doesn't use fossil fuels. I cut with a solar-powered chainsaw (batteries charged off the roof panels) and love that my bills are SO small I don't have to work very hard for money. So, political reasons as much as anything, plus I LOVE fire and wood heat. Thanks for entertaining video though!
I’m a 4. I try to get as much for free as possible. Just gas for the saw and splitter and diesel for the truck. I got on my property and other people who have trees taken down. I do buy some Amish slab wood for $20 a bundle to make sure I have enough wood. I do it to save money for sure. Just sweat equity and not a lot of money
@@InTheWoodyardLocation South Africa. The whole diverse nation is addicted to what we call 'braai' what you call barbecue. Wood availability is big here. Lots os suppliers too. I use the local suppliers as their wood is always dry whereas the wood from the shops can often be wet. I appreciate your advice and videos so now have a correctly stacked pile for winter stove fires.
You have no mouse issues, do you? I mean the sweet kitties running around. Very well kept and clean looking. I'm #6. Going to get my heatmaster this spring.
I'm in category 4 and 7. Used to have a wood stove growing up. Now all I got is a backyard fire pit. Have 5 cords hoarded away at all times. Miss that good ol' wood heat. I'll horse trade with folks that have wood stoves as long as they let me come over and let me warm up by the stove at least once a winter. Haha! Its a disease for sure! Whelp, back to hoarden!
I think I'm a sub category of 6 or category 8. Or whatever category a person can think up. Going out to yard logs in to send to Weyerhaeuser export or RSG domestic, the leftovers heats things. As well as replanting, in spring. . Then there's the leftovers from the sawmill slabs and sawdust that's big enough to be seen from satellite. Being mostly sapwood and bark it's a rather low grade wood, and way messy so even at a way low price it just sits. Occasionally I'll have someone that's had say a medical emergency and needs low cost/free wood and I'll just give it away. As that's about the only type of person that's interested in it. Someone that has minimal or no electric heat as a 2nd heat source. . And yes I spend more keeping food frozen or refrigerated then I do on heating. Actually the biggest chunk of the power bill is the $22.50 service fee. But understand my rate is about half the national average 0.0719c with hydro power out west. I believe the 2nd lowest rate in Oregon.
Ex logger turned arborist firewood home heater now a 7-A (Adam)🤪who spends my free time watching ITW and helping other people cut their firewood, Found your channel and became a subscriber 👍a couple of years ago while looking for reviews on a 592XP.
I'm the 5 but I use 2 stoves when it's super cold but I also have bonfires every weekend so I go cut my own split it and stack... About to not even stack it anymore lmao.. the bad pieces or ugly ones go in the fire pit and alot of pine because we have so much of that in the wood piles
7, but also thpecial lol. Pretty much everything you said and i cook over it as often as possible. I cut my own AND buy the good grilling wood. And yes, I HAVE said the old Beavis and Butthead Heh heh heh FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!!!
Chris, I cannot find a way to e-mail you. I have some totes that I want to use to hold firewood. I cannot find a bit to take the top bars off. Can you tell me what kind of a bit it is and where I can get one. Thank you.. I have been cleaning up part of my woods today cut up an old walnut, a dead cherry and a dead locust. Also cut some grape vine big enough to be burned. When I find one that big, I cut them up and season them, they burn great.
Thank you Chris. We have a Harbor Freight near here. I havn't tried there. I tried 2 local hardware stores and they had no idea what I was taking about@@InTheWoodyard
There is another type; that Minn girl that comes with a bundle of wood under her arms and a case of beer under the other to the firepit...guaranteed invite to join
I'm a 7. I find pride in the fact I didn't grow up burning wood, but I have now for the last 10 or 12 years. I have learned how to fell trees, limb, buck, split and feed a stove, then an indoor furnace. The most rewarding part is accomplishing all this on my own. And...I can sharpen my own chains now too!
Congrats! That is awesome!
I'm a 7, Its a hobby, good exercise, and cheap heating, love the woods, cutting, splitting, stacking.
Very nice! Keep cuttin'!
So, fsr, i am mainly home heating and 1 camper for selling.
So far, no one has complained, and they keep coming back every year. 😉👍
Yup, that is a good market to sell to!
Maybe im the 8th group.
I spent a lifetime making firewood and lumber
Now i live in an old folks home and watch Chris make firewood on RUclips
Congrats on having you own category! Most will never achieve that!
customer # 8. the wood rotter.....you drive by a year later the pile is still there were you dumped it not touched and they are pleased with watching it rot. thanks for the videos.
Thanks...That is true!
Being about your age ,most likely older, There's an 8th category I think. My obsession with wood started about 40 years ago. Starts with logging, bucking ,splitting , clean up ,hauling , stacking once , then twice . Using all the wood possible. chipping or burning branches ,brush. Then making furniture and blanks, milling cants and boards. All for myself and my family. The eighth categorizes hardcore wood life. Not just for fun but for survival, economic savings, And the sheer dependency on the most beautiful resource we have. If your lucky enough to have the property resource. On Wisconsin!
Yup, that sounds like a great life...keep cuttin'!
i went from zero to #6 a boiler person .
4 months ago i had no idea about a boiler .
now we heat with one and i have a stihl 400C and a county line 25 ton splitter .
our light bil went from over $400 a month to $92 with the boiler .
the saw and splitter are investments that i should easily get 10+ years out of .
really enjoying your videos !
That is awesome...Keep cuttin'!
I agree with everything you said however, may I make a suggestion. Look into a processor. It cuts your cutting and splitting time in half. I used to be exactly where you are at right now. I felt like I was permanently attached to the splitter. Especially with the big rounds that you can’t lift on to splitter. I invested in a winch fed processor and can cut and split all in one motion. Obviously not something like in the wood yard uses on his channel ( the big processor). It saves your back and time. Just my thoughts
South Mississippi here. Just an old country boy that installed a Buck wood heater in our old house about three years ago. Never paid for wood. I’m constantly tracking down free sources of wood. Just finished up a week in a yard where they had a huge oak on the ground. I went in and limbed it, but also spent time cleaning up some of the mess for them. I try to keep about three to five years worth of wood on hand. Depends on the winters. I just love cutting, splitting and racking firewood. My new 27 ton splitter really helps. Enjoyed the video!
Thanks for watching...keep cuttin'!
I’m the heating firewood person. Get free wood to heat with. Wood heat feels the best, and save money on the heat.
Yup, wood heat is the best!
Yeah, I think I'm a heating person, 4-4 1/2 cord (the bulk of which is poplar because that's what grows here) a year, all gathered myself. When the time comes that I can't gather my own wood, I'm going to pay the gas company for the bulk of my heat and turn into a fireplace person and buy a cord a year just to have as back up. And you are ABSOLUTALY right, I love wood heat, to watch sunlight unwind from the logs (those big glass doors with an airwash system the best invention since the chainsaw!) I love the exercise it gives me, getting out in the country, and knowing when the power goes out, I'm going to be warm.
Yup, wood heat is the best!
We are 72 and heat with a wood stove. We cut our own wood but if I get too old I will buy decent wood in bulk probably. Before I retired the extra work wasn't enjoyable but now I get a lot of satisfaction out of it and it keeps me from getting "lazy" in the winter.
Yup, that sounds great! My dad just kept at cutting more each year after he retired until he couldn't and had 7-8 years or firewood stocked up then my brothers and I helped out.
7 here. I love the heat, I like the savings ( have access to free thankfully), I need the exercise. I work a desk job and love getting out in the woods and moving around.
Awesome! Keep cuttin'!
Good morning all!
Hello!
Number 6 here and thank you for telling me i'm special. Mine is like tony's and they recommend the kind of firewood you sell for the boiler. But honestly these things are so efficient i'm burning the same amount of wood i used to burn in the woodstove except now every room in the house is 70 degrees, and i can go 18 hours between fill ups on a mild day. I just don't understand why you don't have a boiler at your house. Give it five years and it will pay for itself. A couple of my boiler owner neighbors we have so many contacts we don't even have to look for wood it gets delivered to our houses for free because tree guys have to pay to dump it at our local 'mulch farms'. And since we are a sod farm with forklifts, tractors, trucks etc, if you ever came to my house the first thing you would say is "Why the heck aren't you selling firewood??" Maybe one day.
I don't have a wood boiler mainly because where I live you can't so there is that. Also I do not want or need more work, so I sell the wood for $$$ and just crank up the thermostat.
I burn in the firepit. I am lucky. I have a neighbor with 30 wooded acres. Told me anything dying, widow makers or fresh fall is all good.
I have a crap load of wood. Helped neighbors cut downed trees from bad weather etc.
I even give some to family and friends.
Like you said Chris, love being outdoors and playing with the chainsaws.
Yup, out is always better than in!
Amen father Christopher, preach the sanctity of the firewood
Thanks John!
I'd say that I'm a hybrid of some of these categories. My father and grandparents burnt wood for heat when I was growing up. My father had a wood furnace and my grandparents house has a wood boiler that did both the heat for the house and heating the hot water. It was the job of my brothers and I to toss the wood into the basement of our house and when we were done there go over to my grandparents house and do the same. We probably unloaded four trailers of wood in a day, two trailer loads for each house. Of course being young kids we also hated it. We were never allowed to run anything, that task was only for my dad and grandfather to do.
But now that I'm older and I have my own saws I love bucking up firewood but I don't get to do it as often as I'd like to. My older brother also loves running the chainsaw but he has only gotten into using one in recent years. I also like collecting the vintage saws when I can find a good deal. :)
Yup, I was the same a s a kid and now I like it!
Morning Chris! I'm a "Heating People"!Free or nothing! never bought wood in 45 years !
Awesome, keep cuttin'!
Thanks for all the info on your "extensive" market research. You know your business........
Thanks for watching!
Definitely number 7, firepit out back is all I have to burn wood but I just keep cutting more bc I love doing it.
You'll enjoy "NORWEIGIAN WOOD" , a great read about the use and practice of firewood in Norway. And for an MBA of wood, lovely pics. Bill is in the mail.
P.S. We're always #1 on your list with 100% wood heat mostly self harvested.
I'll check it out! Thanks!
Nice talk Chris. I am for sure the “party” guy sharing my evening fire pit with all my neighborhood friends and family. I’m also the guy who likes to cut and split firewood for exercise and to keep my old body outside and off the couch. Not a wood seller but known to trade for shared whiskey, a bbq or fish fry, deer sausage etc. I also enjoy watching the sun rise by myself around the fire pit with a cup of coffee just about every morning spring-fall. GNI
That is just great!
This was great Chris. Very unique idea for a video.
Glad you liked it!
Yeah as a kid I grew up in a house with 2 wood stoves as our primary heat so we bucked & split 8 cords/yr. I didn't enjoy it because Dad always wanted to only pay for 1 day of rent on the splitter so it was a lot of work. Now I really enjoy firewood as it's just a hobby to feed a fireplace...
Yup, I was THE wood splitter, now I like it too!
Chris,excellent video 😮😊❤
Glad you enjoyed it
I’m a fire pit burner starts in May try not to let it go out until Halloween,usually makes it through most of our hardest summer rains.I like big fires with big wood.Mainly ash and elm that I have access too keep all I cut just too help keep the 40 acre woods clean from the dead stuff.I just like being in the woods cutting I do hand split with splitting axe.My buddy that owns the woods has a 12yr tandem axle dump truck and a backhoe left over from his fathers heavy equipment business it’s old stuff 72 GMC dumper and an 84 backhoe that his dad kept around just for the woods.I will almost always go through 4 dump truck loads a year.I would say 80% of my wood starts at 24” or bigger for ash and 28” or bigger elm.I cut 20” lengths that works great in my 30”boiler plate ring.So maybe I’m one of those guys that just likes fire.❤️🔥👍
Awesome, fire is fun! Keep cuttin'!
i learn a lot from you Chirs..Thank you
Thanks a bunch for watching!
That was a great video. I'm def a No.7. Our large house is well insulated and has a 14-zone heat-pump-powered system for winter so our two fires are more for effect. I have 5 saws and a nice splitter so clearly like playing with wood and more so now one of our sons has a big house with two fires. He is a chip off the old block and has six saws ;-) I get anxious if I'm down to less than 10 cords of dry wood. That's a bit telling..
Yup, wood heat is awesome and working outside is very good for a person!
It seams that that yellow cat is calming you as it's own.
Yup, he is like a dog!
Great video Chris!! You forgot number 8 which is me. Outdoor boiler heating multiple buildings and hot water. Outdoor firepit for parties and drinking, Inside open hearth fireplace with a bread oven for open hearth cooking and wood fired pizza. During the winter the fireplace is continuously burning. I sell and deliver firewood, also on-site firewood processing. I burn between 10-13 cords of wood every year. I love burning all the debris and cookies in my boiler since that's heating for almost nothing. Lastly, I really like fire! Does that make me a firewood maniac? Thanks again Chris!
Yup, you are very special and you deserve your own number like maybe a 10!
@@InTheWoodyard LOL! I've always been told I was number one! Mostly by people passing me on the highway though. 😅
I am one of the boiler people. Where I live pine is the dominant tree. That’s no problem because it dries for a minimum of 6 months in a carport that’s enclosed on 3 sides which creates a low budget kiln. I start of the season with a minimum of 14 full cords. By the end of the season I usually have 6 cords left over. I started out the same as you. Hand split and progressed to a winch fed processor. Growing up heating house with firewood as main source. Hated it then , I don’t hate it know but I have accepted the work with the amazing heat as the end result.
That sounds just awesome! FIRE!
Hi Chris,Ed from Vermont,i am 63 and have cut firewood for yeras(no where near what u cut) and i have picked up a lot from your video`s,thnks
That is awesome! Keep cuttin'!
I must just be a highbred lol. That really likes would heat or the cost savings and cooking outside. Never have bought any wood before but I go through about 18 to 20 IBC totes every year down here in Iowa. I have an Quadra fire with a glass door, heating stove and my fire pits and camping out and just really enjoy it. Have a good one Chris.
Maybe you are all of them! Ha!
I would definitely call your research just that. I'm a 5 and 7
That cat sure likes you it's always with you
I feed him so he knows where it comes from. Yup, he is like a dog ...always there!
I'm a firewood addict! Keep cuttin' Chris! (edited)
Yup. You should know that youtube frowns big time on people trying to send viewers to their channel from others channels and it is also not cool.
@@InTheWoodyard Edited, my bad.
It takes all kinds! I would say I started as a #7😂 Good talk👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Sir Toddeth you are number one in my book, top of the list. Matter of fact you are the only one on the list.
Good morning Chris yes i did firewood 1952 with my Dad @ Uncel with old Forgo press buttom on the floor to start ( Ty Ron
Wow, you have been at it for a long time!
I rarely use the wood I cut, a few fires in a fire pit in winter, I use a small amount in my smoker.
I live on heavily wooded acreage and I just basically cut up and give away what the storms knock down, or that dies (we have a lot of short lived small trees here that live maybe 15 to 20 years ). Probably 3 or 4 cords a year.
My father on the other hand is a wood scrounger, he will travel a 100km for a free load of wood! He loves his fire in his lounge room, runs it constantly through winter, but he is to tight to pay for wood!.
Sounds like you are doing good things!
You're right about the unique heat wood fires produce. If you talk to Finnish folks, especially the older generation prefers wood heat. There are 2 drawbacks to wood. The labor and cost of the wood and the 2nd is the maintenance involved in keeping the sauna clean and functioning well.
Yup, wood is work!
I think im a mix maybe 4 & 7.
I work crazy hours at a jail. When im off i love to play. However i do like to get some wood off the property when a tree is dead or blows over etc. Yet if im out of time ill buy some to maybe help a person, or a guy like you i like i dont mind paying a higher dollar just because.
Fun video
Thanks for watching!
Good vid chris. Bought a boiler so started as a 6 now a true 7. Have a great day.
Nice job! You too!
Like a child doesn’t like vegetables but as we grow older we tend to actually like them
Yup, good point!
G’morning Chris ! I don’t mind what they are, as long as they buy !! I’m non-denominational to customers.
GoodNightIrene
Yup, I agree! More fire is the right amount!
I'm ALMOST "the whale". Fireplace which goes almost constantly, fire pit, use wood for camping, and my cabin is heated by a Franklin stove-but I'm only at my camp now once or twice a year since it's about a 7 hour drive for us now. I go through about 2 full cords a year. I cut my own wood, but buy the logs from a tree removal service. I'm like you-I enjoy the exercise.
That is awesome, more fire is the right amount!
Chris, I sell firewood in the Nashville area and have all 7 types of burners you mentioned. A growing customer base of mine is backyard smokers. These folks want the best for smoking expensive slabs of meat. Cherry, hickory & white oak is their main fuel type. Smokers are a tight knit community and they spread the word if you have the good stuff.
Yup, mine are starting to grow here ! Cherry, white oak and hickory for sure!
OK, didn't really catch me in that lot. I'm in a subset of No. 7, maybe, as I do love all kinds of tree work, cutting wood, splitting (by hand) and stacking (like making it look arty!) and love Love LOVE my 2 smokefree woodstoves. But my REASONS are I like to be non-reliant on fossil fuels as far as I can, and this means ALL my space heating and some of my cooking is done by wood, a renewable fuel. I have only bought wood 2x in my life and I'm 57. I have tipped a tree surgeon a couple of times for dumping a load with me, though. I transport wood I find by bike trailer or cargo bike, as that's green and doesn't use fossil fuels. I cut with a solar-powered chainsaw (batteries charged off the roof panels) and love that my bills are SO small I don't have to work very hard for money. So, political reasons as much as anything, plus I LOVE fire and wood heat.
Thanks for entertaining video though!
Yup, wood heat and out side work are the best!
Morning, Mountains of New England here! 2 houses, 3 woodstoves and 2 firepits been cuttin for almost 50 yrs, guess that makes me an addict
Yup, it is a good addiction!
I believe I have all those type of customers!! Its amazing i do have one that let's his wood rot then orders more. Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Awesome. Thanks for watching!
Wood cats are out. Orange cat seems to be a bit of a hambone! He is so cute!!! I am in category 3 - level 3
Yup, he is a very friendly cat, kinda like a dog.
The orange cat is straling the show
Yup, he is like a dog follows me everywhere and just watches the show every day!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
Morning Al!
That cute little furball is lovin that sun bath on the logs!!
Yup, he sure does that well!
I am 9. Wine tasting, book club meetings, social parties.
Have a great day.
Bill said you where a 10!
@@InTheWoodyard As Arnold would say, I am here to pump you up.
0830 tomorrow,, second surgery. Eue Eye Skipper. Two more weeks of my fork and spoon.
I’m a 4. I try to get as much for free as possible. Just gas for the saw and splitter and diesel for the truck. I got on my property and other people who have trees taken down. I do buy some Amish slab wood for $20 a bundle to make sure I have enough wood. I do it to save money for sure. Just sweat equity and not a lot of money
It is good work and it saves you $$$ ...all good!
Here wood is a necessity as our nation loves to cook on an open fire. Basically a national passtime. So all our grocery stores sell wood. Heaven.
Very nice .....where are you at???
@@InTheWoodyardLocation South Africa. The whole diverse nation is addicted to what we call 'braai' what you call barbecue. Wood availability is big here. Lots os suppliers too. I use the local suppliers as their wood is always dry whereas the wood from the shops can often be wet. I appreciate your advice and videos so now have a correctly stacked pile for winter stove fires.
I just like doing all aspects of firewood, and then collecting the Benjamins!! GNI
Yup, it is all fun!
Good morning Petoskey Michigan here
Hello!!!
You have no mouse issues, do you? I mean the sweet kitties running around. Very well kept and clean looking. I'm #6. Going to get my heatmaster this spring.
That is awesome, keep cuttin'!
I'm in category 4 and 7. Used to have a wood stove growing up. Now all I got is a backyard fire pit. Have 5 cords hoarded away at all times. Miss that good ol' wood heat. I'll horse trade with folks that have wood stoves as long as they let me come over and let me warm up by the stove at least once a winter. Haha! Its a disease for sure! Whelp, back to hoarden!
Yup, it is a good addiction to have!
I think I'm a sub category of 6 or category 8. Or whatever category a person can think up.
Going out to yard logs in to send to
Weyerhaeuser export or RSG domestic, the leftovers heats things.
As well as replanting, in spring.
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Then there's the leftovers from the sawmill slabs and sawdust that's big enough to be seen from satellite. Being mostly sapwood and bark it's a rather low grade wood, and way messy so even at a way low price it just sits. Occasionally I'll have someone that's had say a medical emergency and needs low cost/free wood and I'll just give it away. As that's about the only type of person that's interested in it. Someone that has minimal or no electric heat as a 2nd heat source.
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And yes I spend more keeping food frozen or refrigerated then I do on heating.
Actually the biggest chunk of the power bill is the $22.50 service fee. But understand my rate is about half the national average 0.0719c with hydro power out west. I believe the 2nd lowest rate in Oregon.
Sounds like you are a busy guy! Keep cuttin'!
Im a 6 and 7 for sure!
Nice!
Ex logger turned arborist firewood home heater now a 7-A (Adam)🤪who spends my free time watching ITW and helping other people cut their firewood, Found your channel and became a subscriber 👍a couple of years ago while looking for reviews on a 592XP.
Yup, you are the guy who knows and shares a lot! Thanks!
I'm the 5 but I use 2 stoves when it's super cold but I also have bonfires every weekend so I go cut my own split it and stack... About to not even stack it anymore lmao.. the bad pieces or ugly ones go in the fire pit and alot of pine because we have so much of that in the wood piles
More is the right amount of firewood!
I'm a No. 6. I burn the whole Damn tree, Branches and all.
I do split small like The size You do to achieve quicker drying..
Yup, small stuff dries fast!
hi there not to sure if there is a spot for me . 2 inserts in the house ,boiler ,4 foot fire ring out front ,burn barrel in the back ,good show john
John you are probably ...ALL OF THEM! Ha!
I’m a 2 but I burn a cord every year strictly partying !
That is great, fire is fun!
From your channel. In the wood clothing
Thanks for watching!
Proud to be a 7. 😄😄😄
All firewood people are good!
7, but also thpecial lol. Pretty much everything you said and i cook over it as often as possible. I cut my own AND buy the good grilling wood.
And yes, I HAVE said the old Beavis and Butthead Heh heh heh FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!!!
Yup...FIRE FIRE FIRE!
I am wondering why I never hear you sell in 1/2 cord quantities ? Here in southeast Wisconsin I sell most of my wood in 1/2 cord deliveries.
I do that once in a while. Most people I sell to have one of those racks 4'x8' that hold a face cord or 1/3 of a cord if you prefer to call it that.
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Thanks!!
I am a Hoarder
Nice, keep gettin' all the wood you can!
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Chris, I cannot find a way to e-mail you. I have some totes that I want to use to hold firewood. I cannot find a bit to take the top bars off. Can you tell me what kind of a bit it is and where I can get one. Thank you.. I have been cleaning up part of my woods today cut up an old walnut, a dead cherry and a dead locust. Also cut some grape vine big enough to be burned. When I find one that big, I cut them up and season them, they burn great.
chrisinthewoodyard.@gmail.com It is star bit from Harbor Freight I think???
Thank you Chris. We have a Harbor Freight near here. I havn't tried there. I tried 2 local hardware stores and they had no idea what I was taking about@@InTheWoodyard
I Like your videos watch every morning
How did cookie sales go
It girl scout day today
There will be a follow up soon. I thing Adams daughter sold over 1000 boxes!!
That cat likes to be on camera!
Yup, he is like a dog always by my side.
Cheap boiler wood person who cuts his own here! I wouldn't dream of paying for firewood. Glad guys like you can make a living selling it though!
Yup, most boiler people are do it your selfers!
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Thanks!!!
Do you have any newborn clothing? I have a granddaughter coming soon and I was just thinking that would be adorable.
I have no idea what you are talking about???
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Good morning
Morning!!
I'm going Whale hunting!
Yup, go for it!
I can't believe there are folks out there that doesn't enjoy chainsaws and cutting firewood
They do exist and they are just "different".
Pet the kitty's
Not often ...to much to do. I do feed them a lot though!
I think that I will go outside and split and stack some wood today.
Sounds like a good day!
I’m the a 🕳️ kind. lol wife says it’s true.
The wife is usually right! And if she isn't still tell her she is!
I’m a 6 person.
Ha! Better than being a zero!
I ❤ ALL PYROMANIACS!!🔥🔥
Yup....FIRE!
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I like making firewood. And burning it in the wood stove. Sure beats watching The Price Is Right on the couch and getting fat and lazy.
Yup, I agree!
Good Morning Woodhounds!(-:)))
Hello Greg!
There is another type; that Minn girl that comes with a bundle of wood under her arms and a case of beer under the other to the firepit...guaranteed invite to join
don't send her away, keep the party going lol
Yup, that is a party girl!
Yup!
Sounds like you might have been a little mooch the first 7 years.😜
Maybe so!
Cats always showing up when you are in wood yard.
Well, they DO live there so........