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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Michigan Senate Bill 910 signed by Governor

« on: January 06, 2015, 05:20:24 PM »

Bohener getting it means we are all getting the bone. 

Yep.I agree.   We are only going over the cliff at a slightly lower speed now.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: wind chill / bs = pet pev !

« on: January 06, 2015, 05:07:22 PM »

All I know is when it's cold the wind makes it worse and when it's hot the wind makes it better. At least here in the wolverine state. YMMV

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: November 4 2014

« on: November 04, 2014, 06:13:06 PM »

I voted against the party in power, not that the alternative is much better, but it's the only chance we have to slow down the progressive movement and get back to constitutional values.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Blower Fan Chugging

« on: October 25, 2014, 05:38:58 PM »

Thanks all for the responses,

I had just loaded the firebox for an overnight burn and possibly some obstruction near the flue opening and a fairly fully loaded firebox.

I guess I am wondering about the lighter loads idea being a problem when the temps are down and I'm wanting to at least get a 10-12 hour burn.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Blower Fan Chugging

« on: October 23, 2014, 06:55:41 PM »

I was wondering about that, but when I cleaned out the horizontal portion of my flue it wasn't that clogged, and the diameter of the fan outlet is much smaller than the flue system.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: stove plugged up.

« on: October 23, 2014, 06:44:14 PM »

Ok, I'm a rookie at this,  Are you saying the 180 setting with the 15 degree diff plugged it up, or that's what you set it at to fix it.  If the later is the case, what settings plugged it up.  Thanks

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Blower Fan Chugging

« on: October 23, 2014, 06:34:18 PM »

I fired up my homebuilt OWB on Tuesday.  Today I noticed that when the forced air draft fan was on it was sounding like it was chugging and some smoke was coming back out of the fan unit itself.

I used a commercial door unit with the solenoid operated fan installed in the door.  I believe it's about a 65 cfm rating.  I have a 6" flue.

I don't recall much of this last year, my first year or actually half year.

I did extend the flue a bit lower in the fire box and also added about 4' to the flue pipe as I added a shed around the unit.

I'm wondering if I need a higher cfm blower or if there are any other ideas.

Thanks

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Home Made / Re: Insurance woes

« on: April 30, 2014, 05:01:58 PM »

Well we never asked, just installed. Nothing has ever bee said though.

Hows the saying go "It's easier to beg forgiveness than get permission"

My thoughts exactly.  I was asked about wood burning stove inside the house and just happened to have one that was there when I bought the house. It was UL listed and installed to code so no problems there.

As far as my home built OWB it is not connected to the house and is 50' away.   I don't expect insurance to pay for it if something goes wrong and I have not volunteered the information that I have one.

I would shop for a new insurance carrier.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Ok, I'm out...

« on: April 10, 2014, 07:11:58 PM »

Yep the attachments are what gets ya.  I only have forks and a 6' bucket.  Would love to have a grapple, and have been looking for a post hole auger.   I have seen those steel tracks that kind of go around the existing tires, do you know if they are any good.

That splitter sounds very cool, any pics?

Neighbor has the steel tracks for his for over ten years and still uses em so I guess he likes em.

Logsplitter: http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Marty_Lappin/slideshow/Facebook/Logsplitter

Working now on modifying the splitter so on easier stuff I have a four way splitter, get into the ugly stuff and raise the wedge so it's more like whats in the pictures now.

Thanks for the pics, Marty.

That is quite the splitter.  I recently ran across the commercial version of that and the videos were pretty impressive.  It showed it splitting and stacking into a huge pile all in one motion.

It doesn't look all that complicated to build either.   I have a lot to do this year but it might make a great winter project when I get the OWB lines run to the pole barn workshop.  I may wan't to contact you for advise when I think I may be ready to build one.

That Bobcat looks like a Tiger with those big wide tracks.  I had the Gehl 6635 out this evening fixing the driveway but still can't get it to the woods.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Why not to put your boiler in a woodshed

« on: April 09, 2014, 06:18:03 PM »

I'm still planning on building a structure around mine.

I will have plenty of clearance around the chimney stack and the rest of the structure.  The front will have a sliding door  that will be large enough to R&R the OWB in the future if needed.

This will be built as a post frame structure and for me I guess the benefits outweigh the risks.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Ok, I'm out...

« on: April 09, 2014, 05:59:37 PM »

I have a skid loader also mlappin, no tracks on mine though,  they are nice when you can get in there.   I actually plowed some snow to get to some trees but was surprised to find that under the snow the ground was still soft and had trouble getting to them anyway.

I'm hoping to get in there with a 4 wheeler and small trailer soon.    It's along a river floodplain though.

After using the tracked one from everything from clearing scrap metal, to clearing fencerows, cutting wood, pushing snow and feeding the beef cattle in knee deep mud I'd never have a wheeled one. Only ever had it hung up once, the hired man was driving along a fresh trench and got to close, one track slipped in and she was all done, ain't gonna move when that track ain't even touching dirt. Floats across snow as well, I thought this winter if I drove several times up to the trees I wanted to drop I could walk in the track fairly easy, nope was still a slog thru it with a chainsaw as the skid steer didn't pack the snow enough to walk on.


Buying the skid steer is the cheap part, the attachments get salty. Have a grapple and rock bucket which I bought, a splitter and forks that I built and can borrow a hydraulic post hole digger for it anytime I want it. Looking at getting a hydraulic Bush Hog for the front next for cutting brush back in the woods and along fencerows.

Kinda like Harley Davidson stuff, the bike is cheap, the genuine HD chaps, boots, jacket, sunglasses, clothes, chrome, etc is where you need the second mortgage.

Yep the attachments are what gets ya.  I only have forks and a 6' bucket.  Would love to have a grapple, and have been looking for a post hole auger.   I have seen those steel tracks that kind of go around the existing tires, do you know if they are any good.

That splitter sounds very cool, any pics?

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Home Made / Re: New build plan, looking for suggestions

« on: April 09, 2014, 05:46:57 PM »

Looking real good,  Thanks for the update.

Those legs look plenty solid.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Ok, I'm out...

« on: April 08, 2014, 06:37:33 PM »

I have a skid loader also mlappin, no tracks on mine though,  they are nice when you can get in there.   I actually plowed some snow to get to some trees but was surprised to find that under the snow the ground was still soft and had trouble getting to them anyway.

I'm hoping to get in there with a 4 wheeler and small trailer soon.    It's along a river floodplain though.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Ok, I'm out...

« on: April 08, 2014, 06:22:58 PM »

My first year with an OWB.  Actually only online since mid January.  I had a few cords but went through that and have been supplementing with pallets and scraps from work.

I have a bunch of dead ash on my property but could only get to a little bit of it this winter because of all the snow.  Now it's too wet.   Hopefully I can gather a bunch before the mosquitos get too bad.

Yep definitely down to the nitty gritty.    Tonight I cut up some box elder that the County left when doing some clearing in the area.

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Home Made / Re: My build with pictures and some questions

« on: April 06, 2014, 03:23:51 PM »

You may be right with the lower flue it will be harder for sparks to get there.   My outlet is quite a bit higher.

Everyones build is a bit different, based on what they have to work with and different ideas.  We all learn by doing and by seeing others projects.   

Keep us posted.