Winter Prepping in the Burgh

Driving down the street today and found my Firewood stash.

 

And YES I asked permission. Just can’t Believe that nobody beat me to it. Do you see the sizes of some of that wood. And it’s wet just cut. I deserve a six pack

 

That would last all winter in GA. Probably a few days worth where you are.

 

I woulda busted a gut trying to heft those rounds. Glad you got some nice free fuel!

 

All u have to get to now, is splitting. I have cut, stacked, split so many cords of wood from 1974-1988, for my fireplace, then fireplace insert.
My grandfather taught me how to split wood.
I had to travel 100 miles to my dad's farm get all that wood. I loved being in the bush!

 

I'm not missing winter in the Burgh lol

 

Gstewart if you used that plane. Would not be so bad

 

I could have beat up an Arangatang or a kangaroo. After loading that truck.

 

I weigh 172 pounds. Some of them had to be close to 80-90

 

I’ll feel it tomorrow

 

The second day will be the worst, but then again I am old.......

 

I here ya,I heat my 2400sf house with a out door wood stove,i live in wv ,and it gets cold .I have a buddy that's a logger,and he loads my 1 1/2 ton dump truck with A loader ,and I bring logs home And work it up at home.
This post makes me think before long I need to be thinking about fire wood.

 

I would love to live in West Virginia. I can only dream about it. Beautiful country. Spent 13 years in a row. Driving down to Logan. Hatfield McCoy trail system. Best ATV riding east of Utah. Good friendly people in West Virginia

 

Yeah it is a nice state,I live in southeast WV, it's got a lot of farm land ,and big mountains.

 

You're the man...can't do that any more, need my BX to move rounds that size...as f0r WV, used to backpack the logging roadbeds in Smoke Hole area and trailer camp and tube the Potomac at Big Bend...ahhhh...

 

I always enjoyed splitting wood when I lived in MA. Here in sunny SW Florida amid the algae and dead fish, all we have is pines and palms - neither is decent firewood (not that we need firewood). In MA I always split with a sledgehammer and wedges. We just used the wood for the fireplace - we had two of them. They were properly designed and did help with the heating of the house. Most residential fireplaces are too deep to throw much of any heat. Nice score Steve.

 

Yes John you said it . It’s just for sound and smell. Someday when my ship comes in . I will install a real wood stove (efficant) in the mud room beside the gas furnace. So I can adjust dampener. To use wood stove through the furnace ducts. Another trick . My heating and cooling guy told me . The guys that install them for a living . Strategic ly put a Ac/Dc low voltage fan in the middle of the ductwork ( so the fan keeps everything equall) dispersing air around . So the thermostat does not kick on all the time. I also have (3) fisher ceiling fans in the house witch help a little

 

DwayneB down in Logan WVir. The mountains are huge, coal capitol of the world. ( well back in the day 50’s to 70’s . It is a mini tropical rain forest down there. It really is a fascinating place. And the guys that use to work for Consol energy ( no longer in business) use to use hydro seeding machines to plant clover and food plots after they cleared small areas with earth moving equipment on top of the mountains. They use to send me pictures of Bucks . Huuuge whitetails. Unreal. But I think there is no gun hunting in (3-4) counties. So deer grow big an old. Economy not good down there shame

 

Bow hunting only. Hunters Paridise. And the Black bears are plenty

 

Consol sold all their mines in West Virginia, but they still have the Bailey complex here in Washington/Greene Counties. I’ve worked for them for 7 years underground.