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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Weather
« on: March 23, 2016, 08:20:52 PM »
Northern part of the state (Iowa) is expected to get 6-10 inches of snow tonight. Southern 2 tiers of counties are under tornado warnings. We got some rain and high winds. Temps dropped 30 degrees today. Alfalfa and grass is all seeded and we're hooking to the planters. Saw a guy mowing his yard today. What next? Tsunami?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Weather
« on: March 11, 2016, 08:50:43 PM »
It will really Pi$$ me off if I have to mow my yard in March but, the way it's going, I might have to.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Weather
« on: March 06, 2016, 10:43:33 PM »
We're pulling anhydrous,doing some dozer work and the baby calves have never had it so easy. This has never happened this early in the year. Me and a grandson took a couple of disks to a few farms yesterday and worked down some cow paths in the cornstalks. Makes me wonder how many feet of snow we will get in April!!!
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Equipment / Re: Nother broken chain!!! :bash:
« on: February 23, 2016, 08:55:12 PM »
Keep us updated. Recently, I put on a chain I had sharpened and it would lock-up either while coming up on RPM or going down. Called the dealer and he said if a chain gets thrown it can booger-up the guides and cause it to lock-up. My wife did have a chain throw off a while back so that must have been the one.
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General Discussion / Re: Ever have this happen?
« on: February 15, 2016, 09:48:28 PM »
Now that right their is some funny stuff!!! Gopheritt!!!!
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General Discussion / Re: whats with the dem's always trying to take our rights????
« on: February 15, 2016, 09:40:02 PM »
Funny to me the seatbelt law was mentioned. Halloween 1989 we had an ice storm show up about 11:00 that night. Had 40,000 bushels of wet corn in the dryer when we lost all electricity. I was harvesting corn on the east farm when it got too bad to go. Got home about 1:30, tried to get the generator to fire the drier but no luck, hard fuses were blown when power went down. 7am was in town and got fuses. Roads were pure ice. 5 miles from home I hit some pot holes and pickup went sideways, went sliding on the ice, into the ditch, 3 1/2 roll overs. I was thrown out. Pickup rolled over me. 2 vertebrae broken. I'm in ambulance and Highway Patrolman sticks his head in (when he tried to stop his car went in the ditch) and asked if I was wearing my seatbelt. No. He said, "You would be dead if you had been wearing it." 11 weeks later when I got home I saw my pickup. The steering wheel was where my knees should have been. I have been stopped twice since then for seatbelt violations. Show them some pics and they let me go.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: what could have been done?
« on: February 15, 2016, 03:35:39 PM »
I agree with all of the above. Education,properly dried wood,firebox size and design all have an effect on the burn you get and the efficiency of any stove. But what hasn't been mentioned and is arguably the most important thing that could have been done is VOTING!!! If we could get more of the good, hard working, honest people of this country to get out and vote we wouldn't be putting up with the bunch of liberals hell-bent to ruin this country and the good people living in it. I could go on and on but you get my point.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Water temp an issue when topping off level from tap?
« on: January 25, 2016, 08:58:14 PM »
Noticed I was a little low the other day. I am plumbed in to cold water in the basement. Just turned it on for about a minute (6-10 gallons) and never noticed a difference in heating or stove performance. Unless you need to add a lot of water, I wouldn't worry about the temp of the water you are adding.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: WTH
« on: January 25, 2016, 08:36:46 PM »
Going into this winter, I had some 4 year cut,split,dried sitting in the sun and wind red oak and elm. Loaded it and brought it to the furnace. That stuff burned like paper! Smoked black and gray. Full load wouldn't last more than about 6-8 hours. Too dry! I didn't think it was possible but yes, wood can bbe too dry.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Oil is now so cheap I'm giving my OWB a break!
« on: January 13, 2016, 07:24:41 PM »
gspren, I understand what you are doing. I think it's a good idea. Sometimes people fall behind cutting wood, maybe because of an injury or extra time spent at work or whatever the case may be. Now is a good time to conserve your resources and buy some less expensive fossil fuel and get caught-up on your wood supply.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Another Road Trip
« on: January 07, 2016, 07:39:33 AM »
whatever you do......DO NOT paint it like Hillery's campaign bus. You might get shot at!
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Equipment / Re: Rugged Made Splitters
« on: January 02, 2016, 08:47:37 PM »
Glad it worked for you.
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Equipment / Re: Rugged Made Splitters
« on: December 24, 2015, 04:22:55 PM »
I'm going to be in the Detroit area the 2nd week of Jan. Will be going past the Northern Tool in Des Moines, Iowa on my way. If you want to order it online delivered to the DM store I can bring it along. PM me if I can help.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Merry Christmas!
« on: December 24, 2015, 03:54:46 PM »
Merry Christmas to all! Stay warm and safe.