my fire wood pile

hoot gibson

my fire wood pile . h

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Eric Frei

You split all that by hand (axe)?

Some of it is nice and red inside ... what is it?
It's winter now there so how much do you go thru a month?

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hoot gibson

i split most with a maul . my wife uses the splitter when she splits , but i mostly can keep her buisy with stacking , she is a worker. the red looking stuff you see is cherry , oak, sometimes run into a walnut and maple . but we call maple goffer wood . put a piece in the stove and go fer another one . i only cut dead or fallen trees . i dont like to cut a healthy tree down for firewood , we had an ice storm here 3 years ago , and there are still trees down . we lost alot of nice cherry trees , and oaks , almost broke the tops out of all the maples. so there are plenty of trees down for firewood . here is a picture of my handle saver on my maul.

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hoot gibson

i forgot , we go through about 8 to 10 cords a year . at the most . i live in a small house and have an add on wood burnig furnace . love it , have only turned on the coal oil furnace twice this year to make sure it still works . home heating oil is almost 4.00 a gallon here , h

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Done it

Your firewood pile looks a lot like mine, we even stack the same way. [4th pic]. I split all mine by hand, on weekends. I use a block buster, best ever firewood splitter, I'll get a picture tomorrow.

treevet

Being in ctl Ohio, you should be getting dead ash from ash borer now or soon. Not one of my favorite woods (quick burn too, but easy split) but good underneath other stuff. What kind of add on furnace you got? I have a Clayton that is cooking right next to me right now. Used stoves for over 30 years and got this last year and could never go back with big firebox, hooked up to forced air to ducts and basement location and humidifier. I love it. Wondering why you don t have much unsplit stuff as mine will take an 11 inch by 28 inch and they last much longer than split stuff although I use plenty of splits too.

Maybe send a picture of furnace setup?

Steve Tipton

Hoot, looks like you're in a great location.
Is the cherry you burn the type that produces fruit?

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Done it

This is my block splitter, I've had it for 30 years come March. Can't believe it. I got the [unbreakable handle] about 12 years ago for about the same price as a wood handle, I prefer wood but it's not bad, averaged about 10-12 ton a year since then. Over 20 ton before that, mostly box, ironbark & grey gum, not much of that left around here now. I used the rubber protector on my wood handle, it doesn't fit this one.

Your type of maul doesn't with our hardwood, but I like your welded on extra's.

Never heard off flint knapping before, so looked it up and found out a lot about Ohio I didn't know, and this site flintknapping.com I might try the beer bottle axe, if I can find an empty bottle,

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hoot gibson

yes it does produce a fruit , but not for humans , small and bitter to the taste . good for birds and animals .

flint knapping is the making of stone tools . i make all my points for deer hunting . good luck in finding a beer bottle big enough for an axe,,

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Done it

Guess you wouldn't have seen a Darwin stubby!

hoot gibson

is that anything like a henway? h

olyman

theres a gentleman i used to work with in the factory--and yours is the exact name he had-----crazy!!!! this be in iowa---

hoot gibson

having this name , i find out there is alot more of us than you would think . h

osb_mail

Hey looked these pictures after I saw that you were from licking county I would guess I have drove by your place before .Not sure but it looks like I have seen it before .

hoot gibson

i live out on loches rd . at the bottom of the hill . befor martinsburg rd. h

quercus

Those are some very very nice arrowheads, Hoot. It's a shame bowhunting is illegal here. That's the real hunting huh!!! I read about a guy who stalked a large goat on some mountain for 14 days before he could get a good shot with his bow. When the perfect shot was performed the goat fell in a ravine, so he had to walk two days again to go and get it. That's what I call hunting!!!!! But I couldn't shoot an animal though...Couldn't even kill a bunny if my life depended on it...On the other hand, I wouldn't care for a second about takin' a shot on a burglar. All I hunt is clay discs and large cartboard guys with pistols pointing at me, mate!!

I had a brawl with a deer hunter a few years back. I went along with a hunting party and I was given a stick for rattling the bushes some 10 feet ahead of the hunters with the guns. I had to wear a stupid orange hat and jacket... Suddenly a deer jumped up and ran away from us and I remember thinking" Ow how cool is that!!!" but at the same time I heard the guy behind me cock his rifle... So I turned around and yelled that I'd slap him in the face with the stick if he took a shot. Well... He didn't...and the animal got away. But I was kinda banned from hunting parties from then on...As long as there is steak in our fridge, I guess I'm not on the hunt.

hoot gibson

the heads are made from obssidian , from oregon . i do enjoy my hunting . you need to think of it like this , our odnr keeps a good eye on the animals we hunt , as in the seasons and so . amount allowed to harvest and so on
any given night there will be at least 5 deer across the road from my house , and the field past it most nights in the 20 s . the corn field that has been picked doen the road will be full of deer . take your glass to the sink . the glass stands for the animal habitat , food cover and such . ( where they live and feed ) start poring water in the glass . when you get to the top its full . and what runs over are the animals we harvest . they will more than likley die from starvation anyways . i dont kill anything i dont use . deer and other wild animals are so much better than the tame animals we eat every day . like your beef . now a days they put the fat on them to make them weigh more . more weight = more money . a whitetail deer is a beautiful animal . i enjoy watching them almost as much as i enjoy eating them . hoot

thenorth

we started on next yrs wood...

john

hoot gibson

nice picture john . if i lived up there i would probably need a bigger tracter also . im about 1/2 a year ahead , but i havnt done much here , been raining alot , and if not rain snow , so i just kinda stay hid from to much work .. lol h

playfordtree

Hey Hoot,

nice looking spread you're on there, what are you farming?

Your right about wild meat being better than the grain fed stuff, I can't believe you can just walk across the road and get yourself a deer.
Very lucky indeed.
Deer is just about impossible to hunt here, it's easier to go to the shops and buy some venison (but it's farm raised and doesn't taste as good)

Nice arrowheads, looks like a lot of work went into them
(wheres ya guns)

Heres a couple of pics of our woodpile, pile on the right is for this year, pile on the left is for next year.
Shovel at the front is in case i find "jon blake" hiding in the woodpile.

Took these photos today, the rain is the first we have had since mid December.

Cheers Simon

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treevet

Nice set up Simon. Roof and all. I heated house entirely with wood this winter w furnace but my stuff is outside and if you slip and fall asleep w out covering and rain/snow gets it. it can mess you up for days.

I like the big rounds, they burn nice and slow. What does everybody say in conjunction when hard piece comes up or tired of working or time for cocktails? (answer: "all nighter"}

hoot gibson

simon , there is 5 deer across the road from my house as i type this . i only own about 20 guns or so . but i do also have about 60 bows , i enjoy bowhunting more than gun killing . but there are times you just need to put meat in the freezer . and man has this winter been hard on my wood pile . we have anly had 21 dry days in the state of ohio since the first of the year. gonna have to get on it soon . i only used about 25 gallons of coal oil this year . burnt alot of wood . hoot

hoot gibson

well i was wrong . there was 6.

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playfordtree

The people who owned the house us before bred dogs.
I just converted the kennels into my woodpile shed.
Aint it great when you can have the fire going all winter and it don't cost you a cent.
We're in the best job i reckon.

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playfordtree

You are indeed a lucky man Hoot.
I like that you prefer the use of the bow, it shows more respect for your prey i reckon, plus it keeps your senses sharp.
Much more skill in bow hunting, rather than just shooting something from 100 yards away.

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treevet

Nothing feels better than free heat (and quick heat when you go up to it when you lst come in). Ditto on "best job"

I ve been burning woodstoves for decades but got hooked up with this couple of years ago. It is a wood add on furnace that puts heat in ducts and has a humidifier built in. It has a powerful fan that gets to whole house. It takes a 12 inch dia by 30 inch log thru the door and has a huge firebox. It is a labor of love filling it up and playing with it. It wasn t very expensive either.

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hoot gibson

thats alot like mine but i think mine is a blaster . or something like that i cut my wood 18 inches , but split it for easier handling . sometimes my daughter fills the furnace , and my wife satcks all the wood . sais i dont do it right ,, darn the luck . hoot

treevet

. sometimes my daughter fills the furnace , and my wife satcks all the wood . sais i dont do it right ,, darn the luck . hoot[/QUOTE]

Tom Sawyer got them all painting the fence. Good job. (I mean "luck")

treevet

I m sick of looking at my firewood pile on the board. Let s look at Hoots for a while.

hoot gibson

well i sure havnt done much on mine for awhile . is there somebody elses we can look at , any of you guys out there not lazy , show us some pictures ,, h