The Third Warming of Firewood

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I use my FEL to lift my chimney cleaning supplies up to the roof.
 
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Here's a pic of my B3030 towing the lift into position for this year's cleaning.
I shouldn't mention this, but I rent this lift from Massachusetts. They recently passed a law that will require anyone in the state who wants to rent a lift or any construction equipment, like a tractor, to have a "hoist permit." You have to go online or to a local college and complete a course for about $300. The insanity never stops.

Thanks for the rate info. I guess 4 hours would get done what I'd need it for - cutting out the widow makers on my larger oak trees. I assume the law you're talking about is in MA, even though you rented it there? I rented a commercial 45' lift for a week with a neighbor of mine to paint the house quite a few years ago, so as of then at least, you could rent them here in CT as a homeowner.
 

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   / The Third Warming of Firewood #13  
Cool shots of your lift in action. That's the deluxe model; they rent for about a grand a day around here. They offer insurance on the lift for any damage you may do to it. If I were cutting widow makers, I would opt for the insurance. Ice cream happens.
 
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I use to harvest and burn wood - ponderosa pine. I don't know anything to do with wood that has a cooling effect. Its all hard, heavy & hot work. However, I do love a wood fire... We went from wood to pellets to electric heat. I find wood is too difficult for me now - pellets are to darn expensive around here - electric is easy and very cheap.
 
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I think Geo Thermo is the way of the future. However, for me, nothing beats the tranquility of a fire behind the glass door of a wood stove or fireplace.
 

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   / The Third Warming of Firewood #16  
Up in my neck of the woods, they rent for about $170 for 4 hours. They require a $20 deposit for a harness. I guess the harness keeps you from falling out. I never use it--I hate confinement.

I used to think the harness over protective... till I was using a boom lift at work. I was glad for the harness then. If the harness is confining, it's the wrong size. A boom lift will make a person fly like a pea in a spoon. Doesn't have to be fully extended. Any quick movement of the base will be amplified by the boom to send you flying.
 
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We built our house in 2010 and heat/cool with Geothermal. Why more new homes are not built with this technology is beyond me. Planning for power outages, my fireplace is our backup heatsource. It works both like a woodstove with a variable speed blower, and a fireplace with open doors and a screen.
Like someone else said, "Nothing warms you like a wood fire!"

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They recently passed a law that will require anyone in the state who wants to rent a lift or any construction equipment, like a tractor, to have a "hoist permit." You have to go online or to a local college and complete a course for about $300. The insanity never stops.
That is crazy. On one hand I see it as just another way to get money. On the other, I see it as a safety issue for the inexperienced. But no online course or college class can replace common sense that I've seen in some cases.

Back to the original post. I love burning with wood. We don't burn much, about 2 cords a year. That BX sure fits nicely in those woods. I miss a smaller tractor. When I had my B7800 I could easily fit in my woods. But now with the L I can't.



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The dogs love it when its wood burning time.
 
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VRM,
You started a nice thread. And you are right about dogs, they do love fire.
 

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Me old hounddog Jasper; he passed in April, sad day for us. Anywho he loved to be in front of the wood stove.

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Wood boiler we call Beulah Balbricker because she takes anything you can throw at her. Poplar, pine, Maple makes no difference to her. I clean the flue from just behind her at the cleanout shown in the photo. Takes about 20 minutes to brush her out.

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Fred, cut wood most of the day yesterday.
 

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