Home Page
   Articles
       links
About Us    
Traders        
Recipes            
Latest Articles
firewood bonanza

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Downsizer Forum Index -> Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Author 
 Message
magnet



Joined: 05 Apr 2010
Posts: 41
Location: Northumberland
PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 12 7:45 pm    Post subject: firewood bonanza Reply with quote
    

Due to the recent floods in the area our local beach was piled high in wood.So last weekend we managed to get two pickup loads away.
With it all cut and stacked the hard work was worth it, more so now the gas and electricity prices have just gone up.
Afew months ago i made one of these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_z4ar_he_o this its by far the best saw horse that i have ever used, so if you are handy with a welder its a great project if you cut alot of wood.
The only change i made was to splay the foot bars for extra stabillity..............Magnet

jamanda
Downsizer Moderator


Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon
PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 12 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Don't put drift wood in a wood burner though. The salt is bad news for the flue.

Lorrainelovesplants



Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Could leave it out in the rian to wash the salt off?

Lorrainelovesplants



Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sorry, rain.......... Fingers too fast for brain.

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 9:42 am    Post subject: Re: firewood bonanza Reply with quote
    

magnet wrote:
Afew months ago i made one of these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_z4ar_he_o this its by far the best saw horse that i have ever used, so if you are handy with a welder its a great project if you cut alot of wood.

That one looks like it's bolted together, so you don't necessarily need to weld.
And he seems to be struggling through that wood. Is it something really hard, or is his saw blunt?

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Don't put drift wood in a wood burner though. The salt is bad news for the flue.

Exactly how bad?

jamanda
Downsizer Moderator


Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

https://bit.ly/SRMhrY

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
https://bit.ly/SRMhrY

Oh yes, very clever.
Endlessly repeat a something you have heard somewhere without concern for its accuracy or relevance, and when challenged on it point the challenger at an internet full of b******t.

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
Jamanda wrote:
https://bit.ly/SRMhrY

Oh yes, very clever.
Endlessly repeat a something you have heard somewhere without concern for its accuracy or relevance, and when challenged on it point the challenger at an internet full of b******t.


Heh, heh, heh.

She's right, mind.

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
She's right, mind.

Not right enough to answer the question though.

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45385
Location: yes
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

plenty of freshwater drift wood round here

there is a tangle of several trees about 5 m up the centre pier of the railway bridge


Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
there is a tangle of several trees about 5 m up the centre pier of the railway bridge

Should be able to charge somebody to clear that.
Is there a phone number on the bridge?

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45385
Location: yes
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the risk assessment makes me cringe

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
the risk assessment makes me cringe

Best we charge double then.

DawnMK



Joined: 01 Dec 2008
Posts: 895
Location: Buckinghamshire
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 12 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Don't put drift wood in a wood burner though. The salt is bad news for the flue.

learn something new everyday thank you

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Downsizer Forum Index -> Reduce, Reuse, Recycle All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1
View Latest Posts View Latest Posts

 

Archive
Powered by php-BB © 2001, 2005 php-BB Group
Style by marsjupiter.com, released under GNU (GNU/GPL) license.
Copyright © 2004 marsjupiter.com