[TheForge] cutting wood

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Frosty,

I used to have a power wagon with a boom and wench on it.  I would cut trees 
into 20'-30' lengths and drag them back to the house to cut up later. It cut 
down on the number of times I had to handle the wood. I wish I still had 
that old truck, but it was getting hard to keep it running.

I have a friend with a pellet stove,  he likes it but it costs him about 
$7/day to run. That's way more than I want to pay for heat, plus you need 
electricity to operate the feeder.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:40:40 -0900
From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>

Paul: Sounds like you've been lucky enough to not need PT OT or ST (Physical
Therapy) (Occupational Therapy) (Speech/Language Therapy) so you probably
don't know. Either the PT or OT therapists can drop you to your knees with a
finger tip so it's only wise to try and keep on their good sides. The Speech
Therapist has a different set of get back options, in my case She can easily
stop me from ever operating a motor vehicle on a public road. An accident
resulting in a prolonged loss of consciousness REQUIRES recertification to
legally drive again. Sucks to be a professional driver right now. <sigh>

Pellatized stove? We live on 15 acres of wooded land and I should BUY wood?
Uh . . . <snivvle> Actually seeing as my retirement job was as a delivery
driver for a local rental outfit I figured I'd just rent a Cat 315 excavator
w?thumb and simply push over, rip up and drag next winter's firewood back to
the ahop yard for bucking and splitting. Two points, #1 excavators are more
fun to operate than should be legal, especially clearing forest. #2
excavator cabs are heavily armored, tree proof hardly describes how tough
they are.

Good to be back Bro.

Frosty the Lucky