HEATING WITH FIREWOOD (FACTS VS MYTHS)

[@loghog4392]

I bought my first chainsaw at 15. I am now 65. Heated exclusively with wood my entire life. Nothing much better than coming in from the cold after a hard days work and sitting down with my back to the woodstove. Sitting by it right now.

[@jeffreymabbe9829]

Respect i feel you!

[@falconeaterf15]

As a member of the tree community (Elm), I was absolutely petrified while reading your comment. We trees have done nothing but support life on this planet for millions of years. And you feel compelled to brag about your record of slaughter and deciduous mayhem! Warming your obese backside with a fire fed by the lives of my kindled kin. Shame!

[@ernestinebass4371]

@@falconeaterf15 Please address your complaints to Hurricane Helene.

[@richardbaker595]

Me too...

[@maxmann-td4hn]

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[@CBECK73]

It heats you up falling it bucking it , spitting it,staking it , packaging it , loading it ,starting it , maintaining it and then cleaning it and i love it!

[@powerwagon3731]

I burn in 2 EPA clean burning stoves. I picked up 10 cords from the stacked bunks ftom my local softwood forest with a USFS permit. Lots of work by it helps keep me and my wife fit in our sixties. Best heat ever!

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

I agree. It is great exercise. Thanks for tuning in.

[@brucegriffiths7875]

Good wood beats you twice. Once when you cut it, the other when you burn it.

[@michaeltewes7833]

Lol, what about halling, stacking , and getting it into the house to burn ??

[@willtricks9432]

People call it the "Green Gym", I call it life. All my fire wood I get paid to take it away. Have my son in law and youngest son working with me. Cheers

[@josephlacarrubba8219]

In 2021 I purchased a house with electric baseboard heat and no furnace. It has a wood burning stove in the center of the home and we use it every day during the cold months. Most people are shocked by the fact that we only heat with wood. We have had some power outages and never had a problem. Yes it is a little bit of work every day to clean and re-start, but our electric bill is $40 a month ($7 for actual use the rest is taxes and fees). Ho! by the way I'm 72 and I cut, split, stack and use 7 cords of firewood each season.

[@charliewheeler6738]

We are in Virginia and your situation mirrors ours. Baseboard heat. 70 years old. Surprised neighbors.

[@karlschwab6437]

Great information. We reluctantly had two large black walnut trees taking down on our property. Some went to the saw mill and the rest will heat our home.

[@1636patriot]

Damn...don't burn the black walnut

[@Nathan-d8d]

I love my wood stove, only a rich man can open the door or windows up when it gets to hot and not worry about the cost😂. Not mention i love the smell of the wood smoke

[@petemorton8403]

Been over 20 yrs, 24/7, no smell yet

[@maxmann-td4hn]

Section 8 "clients" have been known to do that 😉

[@Nathan-d8d]

@maxmann-td4hn lol true, but iam not section 8 😅

[@paulbrown521]

Dead right buddy, I love it .

[@Nathan-d8d]

@petemorton8403 you telling me that you don't see or smell any wood smoke inside or outside, ever in 20 plus years 🤔

[@darrylt1137]

Been heating my home for 25 years with a outdoor wood boiler, best thing we ever did,

[@BobJohnson-xg9ng]

Have one too. This is the ultimate wood heating solution,

[@scottwebber652]

Me too but on my16th year.

[@howardullom2683]

The reason some government entities want to ban wood burning for heat has nothing to do with smoke or carbon emissions, its because if you put in the time and effort to more efficiently heat your house with wood ,they ( the government) is not getting the tax that they get if you heat your house with commercial services like natural gas, propane,electricity, fuel oil!

[@gregpace4676]

Remember Obama doubled to tax on natural gas because he said it was too cheap?

[@kenbrown2808]

that would be another myth.

[@richardbaker595]

As Rush would always say...follow the money...or should I say taxes

[@maxmann-td4hn]

​@@kenbrown2808🐑

[@henryvanderbeek2973]

It has more to do with the fact that more conservative/independent type people burn wood, and those in government hate people like us....

[@johnduffy6546]

Excellent and factual video! Having cut/burned wood for almost a half century, I must concur with all the points you have made. Thank you for a quality video

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@jameskelly9800]

agree!

[@jasonbrown7258]

I've been heating with wood for 30 years the key is you gotta have good fire brick in the stove. I went with a ceramic fire brick it holds the heat in which leads to a more complete and smoke free burn. I don't stack my fire wood i don't let it set to season most everything is already on the ground. I typically drag up 20 plus feet long logs that i just pile up and cut an split as I need. Then just dum in the basement. I don't waste time with hand stacking. If it's a Lil wet i just put it to one side of the stove just to mix it in simple as that. My chimney never really gets dirty. I just run my sweeper down every fall. People make wood burning way more complicated than it needs to be.

[@elkoposo686]

I'd say you've got the thermal mass idea in action and operating well, yes? For those that don't know... do research into thermal mass energy stoves/ovens/fires. Essentially heating masses of earth or fire bricks absorbs large amounts of wasted fire heat, this absorbed heat is later released at a steady rate to maximise fuel burning efficiency. The Russians, yes, those pesky 'Reds', have been using thermal mass stoves for generations, to survive the long and very cold Northern climes of their country... way before electricity was even a thing... Matt, at Quantum of Conscience has several videos, amongst his other 'enlightening' catalogue of videos, that explains his trials and thoughts on thermal stoves/ovens/fires. Needless to say, there's plenty of other videos with content covering thermal mass conversions/stoves/ovens/fires... Due diligence Folks! Have a great German Medicine inspired day..

[@willtricks9432]

I have had Fire brick stoves but have a pure steel burner without brick and it works very well because it was designed that way. I have a small stove with an oven and a 8mm steel plate top I have cooked and heated my house for 9 years. I cut trees for work for 35 years and what I cannot burn myself I give to my family and friends.

[@jamescraig8601]

Your right on. Good advice. But clean your chimney mid winter too. Happy burning.

[@petemorton8403]

​@@jamescraig8601to clean mid winter it must cool down. It never does that.

[@billclisham8668]

When we lived in northern Michigan we had a 110 year old 5 bedroom farmhouse that we heated 100% with wood. We lived within the borders of the Hiawatha national forest and bought firewood permits from the forest service. Each permit entitled you to cut 4 FULL chords of firewood from the national forest. It was a lot of work but I saved a ton of money on a gym membership,,,,lol

[@genequerry7247]

I do both…burn lotsa wood and train in gym 6 days a week….love my wood stove.

[@PaulW-db3ks]

Bought my fireplace insert 15 years ago. Best home investment I ever made! Still have original bricks. Only burn oak from my property. I use a low speed fan to move air to the whole house

[@lukehanson5320]

7:30 It's Buck'n Billie Rae, love that crazy Canuck!

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

@@lukehanson5320 We thought a few of you might enjoy a cameo from ole Billie.

[@donalddoan3092]

This Canadian endorses your comment. 😁🇨🇦

[@scrappydog175]

I usually handle the wood about 5 times before it burns, way more work than most people would think. Good video 😊

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

I agree. If you don't care for it at first, you'll hate it soon enough. Thanks for watching.

[@markbuker5]

I've burned wood for heating my entire life (55 years) and have always heard that doing so heats you at least 3 times before you even burn it. Cutting it, splitting it and stacking it. 💪✌️

[@YouTuber-mc2el]

I got it down to 1 time. I have a backhoe with a 4 in 1 bucket on the front and a self built one of a kind backhoe attached splitter on the back. I split directly into a 330 gallon IBC container with the bladder removed. Load the filled IBC on my deck and roll it to my backdoor where my stove is 20' away. I simply open the back door and load up for the first hands on. I love heating with wood. Hope this info will come in handy for you.

[@brianmahoney3256]

Way more work! And then someone who hasnt helped burns it like it's easy.

[@scottwebber652]

The average joe doesn’t have the time or integrity to do it. But they get to pay $ for it n listen to the family whine for 4 months. I have 3+ k to spend on other things every year for the past 15 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnbozak1662]

Only a fool would freeze in a wooden country. Greetings from Canada.

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Lol. Greetings from Tennessee and thanks for watching.

[@ickster23]

A fool, or a people with an authoritarian boot on their neck.

[@johnbozak1662]

@ It’ll be a boot up an authoritarian’s arse you mean. lol!

[@1439315]

The tall tale of how people as families or towns 'starved' is silly, fish are always in the pond, river, lake, ocean. City Slickers need to learn history.

[@mistermac4118]

Excellent video, well presented, thank you! We have heated with wood for over 30 years and wouldn’t have it any other way.

[@martinschulz9381]

For me heating with wood part time on weekends or during cold snaps is a fun rewarding hobby. Heating it full time with full time jobs would be a burden and a hassle. A lot of wood and a lot of work. Good video.

[@paulgourley6369]

You forgot about locust wood it's a good wood for stove burners very hot next to coal

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Yes it is, and we'll likely be doing some videos about specific hardwoods in the future. Thanks for tuning in!

[@attitudeadjusted9027]

Black locust is the schizna. Another overlooked wood is mulberry. It burns hot as well just not as long or as hot as locust. We wait till it gets down into the teens before burn locust mixed with mulberry. Zero and below we mix black locust with hedge ( Osage orange) cus it's really hot. So hot in fact I've seen warp cast iron if it's used straight for long periods. Flu maintenance is crucial when you're burning those hot woods. I typically brush out the flu every thirty days or so and especially right before we start using the hot wood. We heat a four bedroom two story 2800 sq ft house with one centrally located stove. My wife and kids wouldn't have it any other way. Takes about six or seven cord per winter depending on how cold a winter. Red oak and ash until it gets cold. 🙏🏻

[@jerryzemaitis9464]

If you ever tried to split locus, you'd know the answer already.

[@attitudeadjusted9027]

@@jerryzemaitis9464 locust splits easier than about everything. Mulberry splits easy as well. As long as you split it right after you cut it😃

[@johnserrano9689]

Best firewood on the entire east coast is eastern hop hornbeam...aka IRON WOOD. doesn't grow too large but it's harder than even shagbark hickory, burns far hotter than even black locust. Next is common service berry as a close second. Both are so fckng hard though they are 100% a 2 year seasoning wood, yet season faster than red oak persay

[@tinylimo4987]

got to love organic heat

[@stevew1851]

When the Government lowers my Taxes, and keep their noses out of my business, I Might Listen to them.

[@Watchdog123go]

Nailed it. Excellent work

[@scottsachs2547]

Excellent information!!❤

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@RobertoJuanSurMontana]

Chain sawing my own firewood, hand splitting all that firewood, hauling, stacking, trying to dry it and keeping it dry, and hauling again into the home... cleaning the stove twice a year, brushing out the chimney 3 to 4 times a year, getting up in the middle of the night during the frigid weather, if that is fun, then DO IT! If that does not float your boat, then stay away!

[@NancyMaloney-i1l]

I use a 36 inch bowsaw. Running out of wood and having to go outside at three in the morning with a headlamp is truly not for the faint of heart. Bundle, bundle bundle in multiple layers. I am going to buy reflectors this year so I can follow them to the house. A few times I got turned around and wound up at the back of the property while pulling a wagon full of firewood.

[@hawk1481]

65 years old doesn’t bother me and you’re a little over reactive

[@hawk1481]

@@NancyMaloney-i1l you sound like a danger to yourself I’m 65 years old, I’ve never had to go outside in nighttime for firewood. I never had to cut firewood in the winter.

[@craigmatheson2736]

​@@NancyMaloney-i1lNancy, have you thought about filling the indoor firebox with enough wood to last for 2 or 3 days? The only time I have to go out that late is when I forget to reload the box -even then keep a big stack near (not against) the house. Remember: keep it at least 6' minimum away (rodents, ants, termites, other pests).

[@craigmatheson2736]

​@@hawk1481I get lazy after working hard as a landscaper all day and playing in the garden so I usually end up cutting SOME during the winter 😂!

[@Dan-qt7kq]

I have to resplit my wood when I buy it, I get more in my stove when pieces are smaller, the wood burns more uniform. Large pieces do not burn properly. All good points.

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Thanks for watching!

[@gidave]

The smaller the split the more efficient your fire. I split mine twice...once to season and again to burn.

[@jamesgibson5876]

The smaller your wood is split when you buy it ..the less you get ..

[@jameskelly9800]

Hey youngins! In the days before airtight stoves having some 'all-nighters' in the wood pile was crucial.

[@AStanton1966]

The legislature in my corrupt blue state in the Northeast keeps trying from time to time to put a sales tax on home heating oil! I supplement my heat with wood and love it. Recently I purchased 100 gallons of home heating for $343.00! I can't imagine heating without a wood supplement and using 700 gallons a season!

[@scottwebber652]

I’m in the same situation with propane. After going with an o d wood boiler I’ve cut my propane use from 1500 gallons or more to150 / year and have more heat than I can use !! If I had a new current model stove I’d cut the wood consumption down to about half of the current use. But since the coldest days are dwindling in duration I’ve already cut down the amount of wood that I use I’m guessing 30% so until my area gets more sub zero nites as in the past I’ll stick with the one I have.

[@jameskelly9800]

@@scottwebber652 I got propane furnace after heating with wood for years. Took it out 2 years later. Expensive, sometimes more than electric, and dependent on delivery.

[@1636patriot]

Let's vote them out

[@KarlsLabReport]

Thank you! Am new to using wood stoves. Useful info.

[@TrickyVickey]

We only ever used hardwood like oak and hickory when I was growing up and diameter so big one 2.5 ft piece was all you could carry in at one time from the porch. We cut it,(as a family) split some of it, put it on the porch and burnt it without seasoning it. Pick up truck, axe, splitting with a wedge and sledge hammer and people power was the drill. Sometimes if you’re splitting green hardwood with just an axe it will bounce off and back at you. I had that happen a few times when I was a 11-14 yr old child. We used to do a lot of necessary manual labor as children bc we also got to eat and stay warm just like the rest of the family so we worked in the field’s and alongside adults in the woods getting firewood and rightly so.

[@melinda5777]

Thank You! I learned something new!❤❤

[@gregpace4676]

I have been heating with wood for 50 years. Your wood will dry a lor faster if you cross stack it allowing more air to flow. The trick to keeping your chimney clean is to keep the chimney hot with a small diameter pipe. I also throw an aluminum can in the hot fire once a week to clean the chimney. I have a bunch of chain saws, I am going to electric saws that I can recharge with my solar panels, they don't have quite the power, but much easier to maintain. We have power outages from ice storms almost every year in Tennessee, I couldn't imagine life without a stove. When SHTF, you will wish you had one. I have 150 acres and a 1 mile driveway lined with oak trees and I get enough wood from fallen trees in the driveway every year (maybe 4 big trees) to heat my house and garage. No brainer if you want to survive, if you live in a city, Good Luck! Maybe you think the bankrupt government will save you LOL

[@elkoposo686]

Your alright Jack, FTW, EH? Jolly good... I'd say keep your cutting options open by having several forms of cutting wood and keep all of them in service to a point YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE AND WORKABLE IF NEEDED! I'll wager you don't have a thermal mass stove/heater/oven to maximise your wood burning efforts? Do you replant any trees to replace those that have fallen? Probably not. You are a 'SORT', aren't you/ Anyways... for those moving into a genuine more considered era... ​ Get to know about how to reduce smoke in thermal mass ovens/fires/stoves/heating. Why? Because if he did research into thermal mass energy stoves/ovens/fires, he'd be actually EDUCATED (and probably free of ALL THE POLITICAL NONSENSE MANY ARE AFFLICTED WITH/BY/INFUSED/LADEN WITH/DELUDED BY/PROPAGANDISED WITH). Essentially heating masses of earth or fire bricks absorbs large amounts of wasted fire heat, this absorbed heat is later released at a steady rate to maximise fuel burning efficiency. The Russians, yes, those pesky 'Reds', have been using thermal mass stoves for generations, to survive the long and very cold Northern climes of their country... way before electricity was even a thing... Matt, at Quantum of Conscience has several videos, amongst his other 'enlightening' catalogue of videos, that explains his trials and thoughts on thermal stoves/ovens/fires. Needless to say, there's plenty of other videos with content covering thermal mass conversions/stoves/ovens/fires... Due diligence Folks! Have a great German Medicine inspired day...

[@TheStickinator]

I hope to retire in Tennessee in hopefully under 2 years. I can only afford about 20 acres. Sounds like you have things figured out. And no I won't be bringing any Liberal values to mess up Tennessee.

[@TheStickinator]

​@@elkoposo686You sure are full of yourself.

[@jameskelly9800]

My battery Echo saw is my favorite for firewood.

[@chronicles661]

Aluminum can works for cleaning out your chimney ?

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@surroundedbyjaggoffs]

I supplement my oil furnace with wood burner for 40 years , have 12 acres of woods, best decision I ever made !!!!!

[@hermancm]

I live in NW Wisconsin where scrounge deciduous tree wood is easy to find for free and I’ve heated my home with it for 15 years now. Love it.

[@DudleyDoright-ru2ch]

Heat with wood, exclusively pine. We had the pine bark beetle go through here a couple decades ago. Standing dead pine everywhere so do not have to season very long. Most of our towns have wood heating regs which require an afterburner. Lowers particulate in the air. Rurally we do what we want.

[@mjohnsongreen]

Here in Utah we have mostly pine and fir. I usually cut dead standing fir, split and stack it. Let it sit till the next winter so it has over a year to season. Doing so has really cut down on my creosote build up, as well as popping that comes with pine/fir burning.

[@darrylt1137]

Been running a wood boiler in alberta canada, best thing I ever did

[@Markds181]

Wood has been used for millennia. Carbon is necessary for plants; they use it as food! The government will not make choices for me. Thank you very much!

[@Idahoprepper71]

I only burn lodgepole pine. I get virtually no buildup in my chimney. I inspect every year but only clean it every two years and barely get anything out of it.

[@jonathanschulz8117]

same here

[@maplebones]

Dry wood doesn't produce any build up.

[@Gary-q8q]

So I'm just curious. But is spent jet fuel in the atmosphere from commercial airlines contribute less emissions than some poor old fella trying to keep his house warm? Just asking

[@benjamincresswell3713]

Yoor kidding right? They burn more fuel in a day than U and I will in a life time. That includes all the BS CO2 Nitric Oxide and Hydrocarbons. Remember when the midget Bush shut down all air traffic? The chem trails were gone. I like to burn gas and Diesel, so don't take this opposite, but I enjoyed not having all those planes flying over my house. If you've never seen all the air traffic google it and you will be astonished. 15,000 to 17,500 in the air at any given time average.

[@Nathan-d8d]

Not to mention when they launch the space ships, all my wood burning comes from me cleaning up my woods ,which should reduce risk of Forrest fire

[@TheStickinator]

I get free wood from tree service companies. If people like me didn't take it they would burn it in a hole they dig or they would pay to dump it in a landfill. I have been heating my home with a woodstove for over 35 years. Never once paid for wood.

[@jameskelly9800]

Most regulations are due to people burning green wood and trash in their stoves and stinking up the neighborhood. It's bad for your stove to.

[@maplebones]

Are you thinking of heating your house with a jet engine ? I think from the look of the exhaust there is a more compete combustion from a jet engine so there would be less particle emissions, all other things being equal. Soot in the air was one of the complaints when locomotives we're burning wood or coal.

[@johnguill6129]

In my city, seasoned hardwood sells for about $75 for a full cord. On my property, I, unfortunately, have a LOT of sweet gum. Gum does not split, it splinters. It takes longer to dry than maple or oak. And it does not burn as hot. So I don't use much of it, and when I do I try to keep it in smaller pieces mixed in with better wood.

[@invisibilianone6288]

Myrtle Madrone & one other, can't recall the name at moment... Those are two good hardwoods.🔥😎☕

[@stevendembinski9132]

raised WITH WOOD HEAT SINCE 1972. AND STILL USING IT.

[@kenbrown2808]

a handy rule of thumb is, the heat output of wood is proportionate to the dry weight of the wood. (but don't be confused by the fact you can compare moisture content of wood by comparing the weight of the same type of wood)

[@marttimattila9561]

In Finland new buildings are required to have Wood burning heat sourge for reduntancy in case of War=Russian invasion.

[@PaulW-db3ks]

From USA, welcome to NATO! Glad to have you!! In woke NY, they want to outlaw all fossil fuels 😡

[@charliewheeler6738]

Being prepared is built into the Finish culture.

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

We burnt wood to heat our home for 18 years. When we built the new bigger house we installed a pellet stove. THe reason was age, we somehow got old? Dirt, wood tends to be dirty. Heavy, it gained more and more weight over time! It had a lot of drawbacks but we were a lot younger. I had to cut trees over the decades anyway and it was mostly oak so it was sort of free wood. I have been thinking of getting a small wood burner for our new home but it is no longer free. Our new home is all electric but the power tends to go out here too. For those no power days we are looking at the Big Buddy heater. They are LPG and easy. We have also thought about getting another whole house generator? They work great too!!

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

A better way is a lithium phosphate battery home power station you can build yourself. Check them out.

[@Nathan-d8d]

@@MikeJones-rk1un until the battery pack catches fire? You mine and make the battery 🤔😃

[@andrewhanson5942]

If you are worried about C02 emissions, once you've been burning wood for a few years the amount of CO2 you have put into the atmosphere comes into equilibrium. That is, the logs (from standing dead wood) I cut up and split five years ago are no longer lying on the ground being digested by microbes, mold or termites. The chemical reaction for combustion is the same as that for digestion. Thus, there is only just so much carbon out there locked up in trees. And it all comes out eventually.

[@maplebones]

True, but the microbes, mold and insects are an important part of a healthy forest, and they need something to eat. There's always a trade off.

[@andrewhanson5942]

@@maplebones I don't disagree with that Maple. Somebody has to clean up the forest or we'd be waist deep in old growth that died off and never deteriorated. I think I leave them plenty to fill their bellies with when I'm done harvesting the firewood suitable stuff. (They are quite welcome to all of the crotches!)

[@bukboefidun9096]

I put up a cord of wood mid-August this year, it was fresh cut from logs that had been down for a year. Been off the ground, lightly covered, since Sept 1st... no rain since then, ... oak, maple, ash and a little apple and walnut. I am planning to burn 1 piece of that wood with 3 pieces of wood that's 9 to 24 months seasoned

[@donalddday7741]

i like the 100% no fillers pressed wood logs, seem to burn hotter last longer but are harder to light, where i live in Idaho about the same price as cord but you get more from pressed then regular wood mostly due to all pack next to each other on a measured cord

[@westcoasttuggin]

Good to see ol Buckin Billy ray on here splittin!

[@danielanthony9621]

At 60 and having grown up in Appalachia I just cant bring myself to burn pine. I've seen first hand the creosote build up in chimney stacks that do burn it and its bad. Ive known of many chimney fires from folks who burned pine. Maybe theres a way to burn it safely but you said it yourself it has a high resin content. I know in northern parts of the country there isnt much choice but they have to clean and sweep their stacks often. Im blessed to have an abundance of hardwood so ill stick with what I know. Good video though, I enjoyed it. Thanks

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

I agree. We also live in Appalachia and have access to good wood and so we don't have to use it, but it works well for us as kindling and for waking up an overnight fire.

[@pocatelloman51]

I live in Idaho ---- All We Burn is Pine Except for some Ash from time to time . With Pine you NEVER EVER use a Stove Pipe Damper , It KILLS the Updraft . ---------------- How we Work it is to Use OUT SIDE AIR Coming up Under Our Wood And Then a RE-BURN Chamber in our stove or Rock Wall . --------------- YOU CAN NOT EVEN SEE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE STACK ------------ Our Damper is on the Air Coming in , My Stove I can totally Shut the Fire Down just Closing the Damper air Damper . NO AIR , NO FIRE .

[@jimj1889]

I live at 7600 feet in CO I burn spruce and Fir . I'm 66 and heated with wood more than 25 years off and on. Last year's heating cost the highest cost was under $100 That's letting the fire go out at night and the gas stove kicking in. Some folks in our area paid $400 to $900 in mediam sized home for heat. I'm not trusting our government. Yes it's work I hand split and even sell some, let's just say I don't have to go to the gym.

[@danielanthony9621]

I sell white oak and red oak mainly. They burn hot and for a long time. No getting up at night to put more in. I wish I was closer to you I would sell to you. In my area I sell a full cord for $300. If I drive down to the North side of Atlanta I get $400 a cord. If your ever in North Georgia let me know on this thread. I'd be glad to sell a cord or two for the $300 price.

[@jimj1889]

@@danielanthony9621 I lived in IA and WI for many years I know the value of good hard wood, I burned much oak, and Hickory, Hard Maple in KC Osage orange was really great.

[@dcs5343]

I'm convinced that there is a push against anything and everything that cannot be taxed. Heating homes with firewood cannot be taxed so just say it's harmful for the environment. It's as simple as that. Everything is illegal until it can be taxed,, prostitution included unless it's filmed and sold, tax included. Liquor, same thing.

[@maplebones]

I think you're paranoid. Smoke is an environmental hazard in some situations, so there needs to be controls. If everybody in New York City was burning wood it would be impossible to live there. Nobody's going to tax your garden or the beer you make at home.

[@AlLong-f9i]

I'm in Western Idaho it gets nice and nippy I burn wood constantly through the winter I'm lucky to have hardwood but some of it's not that great just shove it in the stove I like small stuff I like big stuff I use it all nothing beats wood heat

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

"Nothing beats wood heat" is the quote of the day. Thanks for watching!

[@markfomenko8873]

You should make a video about installing a stainless steel coil in a wood-burning stove to heat water. The hot water can be sent to radiators and used for washing.

[@markleininger95]

Why is the old lady in the red dress attempting to split a piece of plywood? at 4:28

[@donaldhollingsworth3875]

I have burned soft wood, especially Pine as long it has been dried for 2 years. This reduces creosote build up.

[@chaosensues1656]

Water boiling out of wood creates more heat? Please explain. The phase change from liquid water to vapor involves absorption of heat without a temperature increase. If the water vapor goes up the chimney the result is the water in the wood removing heat, not adding any.

[@jameskelly9800]

That was the only disagreement I had with this video. Heat is wasted drying the wood.

[@TylerAllman-j9g]

I don't have any data to support this, but I think there might be a tipping point where a little bit of moisture can out perform simple dry heat in terms of heating efficiency. Steam is a very effective heat transmitter. I bake a lot of bread and always add a pan of boiling water to the oven after placing my dough on the baking stones. I've learned that I need to be well away from the oven if I open the door in the first 15 minutes of baking as the rush of steam is very hot, to the point of being painful. If I open the door 40 minutes after starting the bake, I'll get hit by a rush of hot dry air, which doesn't convey the heat energy with the same intensity. In summary, as a 20+ year wood burner, I agree with the comments above, you do want well seasoned dry wood for maximum heat output. But I do suspect that there's a tipping point where a little bit of steam, which comes at a thermal cost, out performs totally dry heat in terms of heating up your fireplace/stove/insert.

[@PaulW-db3ks]

Moisture may extend burn time and steam may help to keep chimney clean 😉

[@rocketman7471]

I am surprised that no one has brought up the air we circulating heater. The Ashley Wood Burning Air Recerculating stove is the most efficient wood stove I have ever used.

[@gettintheresafelywithpatf2869]

We need more videos showing the facts vs myths on this subject! All to often I have had some sort of “Karen” stating that heating my home with wood was illegal, and harmful to the environment, and just wrong! Many of their views were about smoke emissions not from the actual fire, but the processing of the firewood, chainsaws, log splitters, trucks and such! So, after listening to their statements, I educated them the best I could, that harvesting locally uses less fuel then the delivery and processing of fuel oils, splitting at home or having a delivery of firewood. Then they went down the chimney so to speak about the actual emissions of stoves, and I started laughing ( shouldn’t have) but I look at fire wood as “today’s carbon” as in the fact that trees and vegetation absorb carbon from the most recent atmosphere, and store it, the only way to release that carbon is either letting it rot in the wood or burning, and when burning it only releases the amount of carbon it has stored, no more-no less. Compared to other fossil fuels that are archaic to begin with, being refined,( addition of chemicals) transported and burned the carbon footprint is much larger! People need to get their facts straight!

[@barrymacokiner9423]

I have always burnt wood. I’ve never had to buy wood, I gather it where I can. Only hardwoods. I know people that let me take what I need from their bush in exchange for providing them with their wood. I burn about 4 bush cord per year and my wood stack is currently 10 bush cords. Ask your Karen how her grandparents heated their home and cooked their food. Most likely by fire

[@gidave]

Agree. I cut my own trees. I replant 5 or 6 saplings for every tree I cut down. Typically I replant oak, walnut, or sugar maple. I've burnt wood, coal, propane, and fuel oil. I prefer wood. I use coal in my barns because I don't mind the dirty mess. I burn heating oil or propane in my three furnaces only when I have too, which is a couple times a year. I have three stoves and a fireplace insert to keep warm.

[@alexlindekugel8727]

your last statement is wrong. you actually have a smaller foot print with coal than wood. energy density. takes less coal to make same btus of wood. but i burn both wood and coal .basically for wood to equal out it has to be over 50 years old by that point most trees have converted and or stored enuff carbon to make wood net zero or close to it. its just all part of the carbon cycle.

[@thesmallwoodlot433]

@@alexlindekugel8727while I agree about the density of coal, and the amount of btus,and the carbon footprint on this fuel, it isn’t on the same par as wood, because it has to be mined, thus adding to the carbon footprint!

[@thesmallwoodlot433]

@@barrymacokiner9423she wouldn’t listen, and even if she did, she would argue with them and the facts that have been in her perfect head of misinformation the media and governments have placed besides that I think she is happier being so ignorant!

[@raymondmarcinkowski5514]

We use the wood burning stove for 35 years In the Woodshop during the day we burned soft Woods because the sun was out and it was warmer during the day then burned the hardwoods at Night clean the chimney out every week especially using pine or other soft woods and leave a lot of pitch

[@willloudner2789]

I heat with wood/propane wall heaters, way cheaper than electric. My 1920's Parlor stove works great. Oklahoma has plenty of Oak, but I burn a lot of Elm too. Elm is hard on a splitter. With all the storms we have, finding downed trees isn't a problem and more often than not people cut it up and stack it on the curb. Just go get it!

[@NickOvcen]

@@willloudner2789 Why is elm hard on a splitter

[@willloudner2789]

@@NickOvcen It's twisted inside, doesn't split straight like oak, pine, maple. It really works a splitter. we also have twisted oaks here, but it isn't as bad as elm. getting it split while still wet so it will season faster is the key down here.

[@NickOvcen]

@@willloudner2789 I know what you mean I split 20 face cord of a Siberian elm never again

[@willloudner2789]

@@NickOvcen If it's free I'll take it, but I prefer oak..... LOL

[@bbtruth2161]

Lots of elm on my property. That stuff is brutal to hand split.

[@DevilsInBaggyPants1941]

Every 2 years I run a sweeper up the chimney. I burn only wood after 6 months to a year, no problems yet after 29 years, I'm lucky I guess. I don't properly protect the wood, I split it into long but slim pieces so that they dry quickly if they get wet from rain or snow.

[@dennisgray7509]

Hedge wood! The heat king

[@TheStickinator]

I get free wood. It might be the court jester of heating. As long as it's free.

[@jameskelly9800]

I'll comment before watching. 36 years with an indoor wood heating stove. Wood is not a renewable resource. Your chimney should be as short and straight as possible, and insulated to reduce creosote buildup. Clean the chimney at least yearly. Dampers are of dubious value on modern stoves. Wood should be seasoned 2 years. Pine is fine if its dry, i have yet to find a wood that is unsafe to burn or bad for your stove. If you have a new stove or catalytic model follow the instructions. The only free firewood appears by magic while you sleep. I like wood heat, its a luxury that comes with an ever present cloud of pollution. If you want cheap heat, get coal. never burn trash in a heating stove of any kind, the reasons are many. My critique: Very good video! I'll add that if you use an older stove it should be an airtight model. If you plan to heat with wood before you build, plan around the wood heat. Best wishes.

[@pointreyes4272]

I heated exclusively with wood for 25 years and eventually got sick of it. Put in a propane fireplace and forced air heat and have never regretted it.

[@bloqk16]

I hear ya! I had home heating with a fireplace insert and spent many a summer days gathering, cutting, splitting firewood; and after eight years, the novelty of it wore-off. I moved into a new house with central HVAC and don't miss the firewood chores. In addition, when cleaning the ash from the fireplace insert, issues of airborne soot created more work with household tidiness. With HVAC, that same household work is minimal.

[@elkoposo686]

25 years to learn that lesson? Geez! I'd say keep your options open and to best extent, independent of external sources. It's called personal sovereignty. Exercised correctly, it doesn't require a governyourmindment to control or dictate your life... As an aside... to those on the path to personal sovereignty 9no political muppets controlling their lives)... ​ Get to know about how to reduce smoke in thermal mass ovens/fires/stoves/heating. Why? Because if he did research into thermal mass energy stoves/ovens/fires, he'd be actually EDUCATED (and probably free of ALL THE POLITICAL NONSENSE MANY ARE AFFLICTED WITH/BY/INFUSED/LADEN WITH/DELUDED BY/PROPAGANDISED WITH). Essentially heating masses of earth or fire bricks absorbs large amounts of wasted fire heat, this absorbed heat is later released at a steady rate to maximise fuel burning efficiency. The Russians, yes, those pesky 'Reds', have been using thermal mass stoves for generations, to survive the long and very cold Northern climes of their country... way before electricity was even a thing... Matt, at Quantum of Conscience has several videos, amongst his other 'enlightening' catalogue of videos, that explains his trials and thoughts on thermal stoves/ovens/fires. Needless to say, there's plenty of other videos with content covering thermal mass conversions/stoves/ovens/fires... Due diligence Folks! Have a great German Medicine inspired day...

[@TheStickinator]

My woodstove is definitely a dust maker. And I even bring in the occasional yellow jacket hibernating in my wood pile. Took me years to figure out where they came from in the dead of winter. Haha

[@maplebones]

That's how the rich folks do it.

[@pointreyes4272]

@@maplebones Actually, that's how working people do it. Your welfare/food stamp/snap/Medicare/farm subsidy recipient has plenty of time on their hands. We working people don't.

[@davidbeals6807]

The water boiling out of wood died not generate extra heat. (8:28) It robs heat!

[@Gothmogdabalrog]

While the federal government may not have a bill in process, it doesn't mean that many of them don't want to do it. And there are local officials that are constantly putting those bills up. Even if they are unable to get rid of wood burning completely, they are chipping away at it at an alarming rate.

[@Itsme-vo4fx]

Right ! Just like they are trying to take away your guns and everything else. You must be a MAGA Trump cult member. Can’t you accept that it’s the states, not the federal government that’s trying to take away your fire burning stove. You just can’t blame Biden for everything.

[@russgould707]

​@@Itsme-vo4fx The only thing I blame Biden or any other career politician for. Is being a puppet for the highest bider.

[@danmc7815]

I try to age my wood 2 years. The shortest time I have used wood is six months, ovet a summer, after it was split and cut, mostly soft maple and birch. The oldest wood we ever used sat covered for six years or more. If it sits out of the weather and off the ground, it will last and be good for heat for a long time. Dry wood is the most important thing. 20% will work, but it is not really good. I like my wood in the low teens, as far as moisture percentage. Pine, I avoid as I have 100+ acres with lots of hardwood trees, but it is nice to have dry pine when getting a fire going, as it tends to burn easily and hot. So, pine makes good tinder and kindling.

[@jameskelly9800]

Truth. "Dry wood is the most important thing" Two years is a good rule of thumb.

[@maplebones]

@@jameskelly9800 It depends where you live. My wood gets down to 20% in 8 months and that's it. It can sit 5 years and not get any lower. If it's extra humid it might even go up.

[@tonylam9548]

Seasoning can be as little as a few days. I often place newly cut and split wood on top of the wood stove , it drys really fast.

[@normtheteacher5485]

Been heating with wood for 20 years now. Great exercise. I have a gas furnace but never use it. The inside of furnace heating ducts can be very filthy. Look inside one that's been used for 30 years and you might consider a wood burning stove. Made a small grill from re-bar. Have grilled many steaks in my wood stove. I live in the city but still have no problem getting wood. I just keep my eye open for large fallen branches that I offer to cut up and haul away for free. Have never been turned down. Also keep an eye open for tree removal companies taking a large tree down. Your offer to cut and remove some of the larger branches is free labor to them. Advice: in addition to a chain saw also get a hydraulic log splitter. These people you see spitting wood easily with an ax is only part of the story. Many woods have intertwined grain and knots which makes spitting with an ax very difficult.

[@MontanaJim419]

thanks!

[@onetransmission7871]

Pick out your firewood trees in summer. Around mid-January use a chainsaw cut a 1" deep groove around the trunk. During winter the sap is in the roots. After the groove is cut the tree is dead and sap can't move up in the tree. Cut and split your firewood whenever you want . Store wood off the ground and covered with a tarp if rain is possible. Best way is store your wood in a greenhouse during the summer. Run triple wall insulated pipe from the stove all the way to the rain cap. This keeps the chimney temp high enough that creosote won't form. These are all the real secrets for how to burn wood. There isn't any other way. .ost important is to kill the trees in January.

[@elkoposo686]

Do your research into thermal mass energy stoves/ovens/fires. Essentially heating masses of earth or fire bricks absorbs large amounts of wasted fire heat, this absorbed heat is later released at a steady rate to maximise fuel burning efficiency. The Russians, yes, those pesky 'Reds', have been using thermal mass stoves for generations, to survive the long and very cold Northern climes of their country... way before electricity was even a thing... Matt, at Quantum of Conscience has several videos, amongst his other 'enlightening' catalogue of videos, that explains his trials and thoughts on thermal stoves/ovens/fires. Needless to say, there's plenty of other videos with content covering thermal mass conversions/stoves/ovens/fires... Due diligence Folks! Have a great German Medicine inspired day... 😉😊😄💋💕

[@jameskelly9800]

@@elkoposo686 Do you have a thermal mass stove?

[@MrBagley55]

Don't forget Larch. Montana's favorite

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

@@MrBagley55 Stay tuned for our next video. Larch makes a cameo.

[@robertmino5608]

We used to heat with incandescent bulbs.

[@PaulW-db3ks]

😂😂

[@Rebel9668]

Growing up we heated with a wonderwood stove and we brushed the pipe out every fall and never had a flue fire. Typically we'd start a fire with kindling and then a couple of seasoned split sticks topped by seasoned whole logs during the day, but at night we'd add 2 seasoned split sticks and fill the rest of the firebox with green logs. Yes, they burned more slowly without as much heat, but burning slowly was the key as that meant in the morning there were plenty of hot coals to get the fire going again. We never burned pine as our woods didn't really have any, though we would burn Sassafras, sweet gum, oak, maple, hickory, beech and tulip poplar. By far the easiest to split was the beech and the most difficult was sweet gum as it had the most knots. I split wood as a teen the first few years with a maul, a sledge and two wedges but around age 15 we built a wood splitter on an old truck axle and quick connected the hydraulic hoses into the hydraulic pump of our old John-Deere "A" tractor so we didn't need a little briggs engine to power the splitter. The tractor also towed the splitter to where it was needed, and running at idle would split wood all day long. The great thing about wood is that it heats you twice as even in cold weather the work of cutting and splitting/stacking wood will keep you plenty warm, then you get heated by it the second time when you burn it. :)

[@jimzeleny7213]

I burn birch exclusively. Cut it, split it and throw it into the stove soaking wet. As long as there is a good base of coals it burns just fine. I've never had to clean the chimney, just the raincap.

[@SebastianButtigieg]

Ironbark and white oak which are hardwood will beat any timber stateside, we are blessed down under👍👍

[@bbtruth2161]

We have both here. I burn white oak all the time.

[@kevincarpenter8141]

I think I just saw bucking Billy Split and wood. On on this video.😅

[@markfomenko8873]

People seem to think it's okay to burn green wood in outdoor wood burners, which causes a lot of smoke and likely is the reason for regulation. Burning green wood is inefficient because much of the heat energy from the fire is used to dry the wood before combusting.

[@howardrichburg2398]

The time for seasoning firewood is for green cut trees, correct?

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Yes.

[@gidave]

Yes. Split it down, stack it off the ground, allow it to weather. I stack mine in the sun and wind typically for 12 months minimum. Then I tarp it to keep it dry. I don't stack inside a building. The wood could have ants or termites inside. Once the wood goes thru a cold winter that should be sufficient to kill off any bugs.

[@howardrichburg2398]

I thought so. I harvest dead trees, so there is very little seasoning time if any.

[@jimj1889]

All my trees are beatle killed in mountains, it's good to split and let dry out, yes they can hold moisture even if bark is off, but drys quickly, not like green.

[@alexlindekugel8727]

dident know wood was a fossial fuel ...

[@marvin95]

Whet?...

[@craigmatheson2736]

Bernalillo County (where the City of Albuquerque is located), NM, USA, has initiated "no burn" days due to "air quality" issues.

[@nursinghomemaintence9927]

Didn't New York ban wood fired pizza ovens?

[@shawngilliland243]

I believe that was New York City, which is far from a state-wide ban.

[@maplebones]

Montreal too, I think.

[@kathysiebert6654]

My Chimnist says to burn hard and nut wood only. We use Oak, Blackjack, and / or Walnut

[@larryborsa4396]

I have to assume that the pine in the US is a substandard species. We use beetle killed pine exclusively and 1- the creosote level is no worse than any other softwood. 2- it starts easily and the best part is very little ash. Anyone who has creosote issues with pine isn't using it properly. We use what is readily available and it works perfectly.

[@TheScotsman1977]

For 6 years I used elm that I had just cut that day or within the past week. .burns well and hot

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

We did a video several years ago that covered girdling trees. They can begin seasoning while still upright and later dropped as needed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqDPdneki8xqm8U&pp=ygUgZ2lybGluZyBhIHRyZWUgYW1lcmljYW4gb3V0ZG9vcnM%3D

[@tonymayhew191]

I would have to disagree with you on the elm firewood! I got ahold of an elm tree that had been on the ground for a year. It was a major pain in the ass from start to finish! It was very hard to split, there were large thorns after removing the bark protruding all the way around it that were vicious and needed to be removed before handing it! And after way too much trouble to process, i thought it smelled terrible when burned! Of course I'm a little bit spoiled when it comes to firewood, as I live in Oregon and I heat my home with only Douglas fir timber! And the last two years I had old growth Douglas fir delivered to my house that fell in a wind storm and the ground was so saturated from a pineapple express tropical river that came off the Pacific Ocean and directly hit are area, that the roots couldn't take the force of the wind and there was a massive amount of wood for the taking everywhere around the Portland area. And that my friend! Is the cats meow! When it comes to burning awesome firewood. And all my neighbors always tell me how great my fire smoke smells compared to people who burn whatever they can get there hands on.😉

[@charliemagoo7943]

Ive got groves of em And have never seen thorns.​@@tonymayhew191

[@scottwebber652]

Any truth to the claim that ash will burn immediately after cutting as if seasoned ?? Seems to be true to me but wanted ur opinion

[@LarryClark-m2i]

In the Pacific Northwest Electric heat costs less than buying firewood.

[@compostjohn]

Only one mistake: at 8:20 you say that some moisture in the wood is a good thing because the water will boil and add some heat. Boiling the water off absorbs heat, not generates it.

[@brocklievsay8262]

what about aspen? It's like the most widely available wood in my woods. it's a fast growing soft wood each tree can live up to 50 years or until the wind blows it over. I have so many to clean up throughout my woods so it's my primary wood to burn. It's also called popple, probably cause it snap, crackles, and pops more than other woods as it burns.

[@maplebones]

Aspen is a variety of Populus, aka Poplar or Popple. I hate the stuff. It burns if it's dry enough but it smells bad and the smoke will burn your eyes.

[@dog_guy-m6b]

They have to get of this pine kik that its not that good, thats absolute bull shit I have been burning nothing but pine and spruce because I live hell and gone up north and that is the only wood here . I have heated with this type of wood for over thirty years that is the only heat I have in my home. Yes you have to fuel your fire more often but so what has eveyone become so lazey that they cant do that. I have a cook stove that runs best when it is clean and I clean my chimney regular . As far as creasote when I clean my chimney ( every 2 months) there is very little in the chimney but being a cook stove there is a little more build up in there, I like a clean chimney and stove, I like to feel safe have never had a chimney fire and dont want one. To me its like car maintance just do it.

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

I agree. In fact, our next video will be discussing the best and hottest burning softwoods. That should make for a lively discussion, lol. Thanks for tuning in!

[@YouTuber-mc2el]

I'm with you. I had 5 poplar trees blow down from a hail storm this past May. Instead of trashing it I thought I would give it a go. It is probably 1/3 the density of oak which is what I primarily burn but it does burn and put off heat. Yes you need to load more often. I call it gopher wood as I have heard and can agree. I mix it in with the oak and have know problem with it. It won't be wasted. I would not cut a poplar down for wood burning but if blown down or dead I will burn it. Pine is all the better than poplar so rock on. I heat my detached garage with pine. Gets too hot and have to open the windows/doors.

[@dog_guy-m6b]

@@American-OutdoorsNet looking forward to a good dust up. laughs

[@dog_guy-m6b]

@@KZbinr-mc2el Some times I find that here too, I have always said I would rather be to warm then to cold plus am getting old now and my body dosent handle to cold and damness as it used to. Right you are ya can open a door and let the fresh air in at almost no cost.

[@anythingadrenaline4515]

How exactly do you clean your chimney?

[@daveofyorkshire301]

I tried a winter burning wood. I thought I had 3 months worth, it lasted 3 weeks and that was with conserved used. Heat density or supply can't keep up with demand.

[@craigwyss6035]

Can we break that down? Was that mostly for wages?

[@scottwebber652]

What type of wood is liked bestus- i like ashbestus

[@marvin95]

@6:24 on this chart, you supposed to also put a price of energy from wood. Only then it would make sense to show that chart.

[@shadowsdad903]

I have burned primarily hardwood pallets for years. Be careful sawing them up. Not all nails are readily visible. The nails go out with the ashes.

[@clawhammer704]

I heated my first home with a wood heater. I cut wood thru the year and my first year I busted wood with a maul and two wedges since I could not afford a wood splitter yet. The following year I had built my own wood splitter. That made for easier work. I burnt wood for twenty some years until I got another house. My new home has a wood heater for emergencies if the power goes out. But nowadays I heat my home with a heat pump here in NC.

[@jameskelly9800]

Mini splits rule!

[@PrangGella]

I get paid $2 for the old tyres i collect from the local garages , These cut into 8 x 8 chunks give off a fantastic heat

[@masonsykes2240]

Wood stoves aren't bad for the environment, except for the wood stove owned by this guy

[@hovsepian]

@7:18 Buckin Billy Ray

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Yep, you know your celebrities, lol.

[@Jimmyjimjimjim]

Washington state banned wood stoves like 29 years ago.

[@swamprat69er]

I get my hardwood cut, split and delivered in the spring for the following winters burning. it gets dumped in the driveway and about every month I turn the pile over. Come fall I chuck it into the basement about 20' from the wood furnace where the heat from the furnace will finish drying it out. It goes in at less than 15% moisture. left over wood from the previous winter is what dries it out. The chimney gets cleaned and inspected in the fall.

[@jameskelly9800]

good system.

[@TheRealMrBlackCat]

A caveat to no federal ban on wood heating... technically true, but... the largest home on surer in the US will not insure homes with wood heat as primary. First hand info. I heat exclusively with wood, and have for 45 years.

[@jamesgibson5876]

I don't give a damn about insurance it's a ripoff

[@donhenry7879]

Òne of your last statement about water boiling and giving off heat seems strange. Can you site the scientific principle for that. Have you figured a way to burn water?

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Correct, water boils and does not burn.

[@jakeblaha9233]

So how is the fire boiling the water out of the wood adding any additional heat?

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

@@jakeblaha9233 Wood is in the best state to burn at a moisture level below 20%. It will produce the most heat and burn the longest, all other things being equal, than wood with zero moisture content.

[@Nathan-d8d]

​, hold your hand over a pot of boiling water, any heat? .but it does seem like wasted energy

[@jamesgibson5876]

Well actually you can burn water .. it's hydrogen and oxygen..