Ready for the cold weather now./pix

Here is the pictures of wood my SON Cut & hauled & split & stacked. Had to power a couple of loads up in piles with the 706. (the one Dave 2 Calls UGLY) lol.Its all under the deck,on the farm wagon,and in front of the garage ,Poplar on the wagon and in front of the garage is used in the furnance in the garage. Rest is Oak under the deck for the main furnance that heats the house. Now after a brief rest and servicing the trucks and equiptment for the winter shut down, then comes the teardown of the 722 BoBcat. We sure could have used it this year. My Daughter cut her 10 cord,Split and stacked it at her house. My son helped with her wood also. Hers is tarped and stacked and ready for Cold weather . She got her a new Saw( husqvarna 455E)and it worked just dandy for her. She is truly remarkable gal,Helped son stack wood too. I didn"t get any thing done to help, but went to the Vets yesterday for physical. Explained the depression thing,daughters death, sleeply spells, (I had a conformation that it was due to being 75 years old and not in the best of health. BUT the first thing I noticed about yesterday was the fact I DIDN"T have to lay down in the SUV for a nap on the way back. Had a delightfull trip there and back. Feel much better today then I have in such a long time. Now maybe I can get off my duff and help with the Bobcat problem.Bench work. YEA.Some pictures of the Sons endeavors over the last week. Bless his Heart. Thanks to all who posted. Warmest reguards LOU.

Wow! That"s a lot of wood. What is the body of water in the pics? Lake? River?

Glad you"re doing better.

Thanks Nancy. We live on a hill which overlooks the lake with a row of houses that are built on the lakeshore. There is a access road between us and the lake. I'm doing much better today and yesterday.Gonna make it O.K.Thanks .Reguards LOU

As my dad used to say when we finished filling the woodshed, "Well, that oughtta get us through to the weekend."

We used to burn mostly ash- great firewood. We had a grove of large ash trees, 18" plus- He had been saving them for a "rainy day", to sell for saw logs. When the rainy day came, he called the mill, and they would hardly give enough to be worth cutting and hauling them- so that winter, we made some REALLY NICE firewood.

Hi Lou
Thanks for your kind words about the pics. that I post from here in Central NY. Looks like you live in a pretty spectacular place also. When you get a chance post some pics. of your neck-of-the-woods. I wish my wood supply was done, but I got a ways to go. I'm glad to get to know a little more about you and appreciate your cyber friendship. My e-mail is open, give me a shout there so I can get your address into my mailbox. Tell Dave 2 that those European styled car-tractors are affecting his perception of tractor styling.HaHa.

Hello Lou: I am eighty one and agree a son is great to have around. I get ichy fingures by not being able to help out. I try to do research for him and run down parts on the internet. Make suggestions on breeding the Guernsey's. He is taking me to a Pumpkin Day out western Oklahoma this weekend. I have had my share of spliting wood we are all electric.
gitrib

Wish I could say that I was ready, I am still baling hay, I love winter but am never ready. Love the lake pics we live in an area with lakes all around and can never get enough. What part of the state are you in? I am in the indians nose over in the northwest part of the state.

Lou, just got home from visiting my mom, turned on the computer, and am happy to see your great post. Iam glad you are feeling better. Now that most of your chores are done you and your son can take a trip to come visit us ., I will show you around., and I promise Iwont make you work

Man.....Put some kind of cover on that red thing..hurts my eyes.

Bout time you put some polish on them trucks.

Glad you're feeling better Brother. Now get busy.

Dave

Thanks for reminding me. I'm out of town but will be home this weekend. Got a few truck loads of seasoned from last year to take to my brother's.

The wolly worms have been on the march for weeks, so its coming. I didn't know it, but down in North Carolina they have a Wolly Worm Fest right about now, so I see.

Mark
They are celebrated in some places

looks real ready , glad I don't live there , it's to much winter for me.

Not picken on you LOU. But why are you going to the vet for a checkup. Most people I know go to a doctor.

Glad your feeling better. Looks like you have plenty of wood.

Where are you located/ Would love to see 65o all year round . but Still appreciate winter with it's quiet times. Thanks for the post reguards LOU.

Mark, Are you located in Indiana? Looks like you guys are going to keep warm with your wood. Thanks for the post Reguards LOU.

Dave ,Sure enough, gonna cover it up for the winter. Hope to have a bldg for it in the spring, Thanks for the reply reguards LOU.

Larry, thanks for the invitation, but have to decline for now, (Next life) lol. LOve your pictures and look forward to em. Reguards LOU.

We just may be neighbors. Where are you located? Sure gets cold here. Thanks for the post. Reguards LOU.

gitrib,Thanks for the reply. Yep we still have a mind to work with so we aren't usless by no stretch of the imagination.Our sons are great PALS HUH? Keep warm this winter. Reguards LOU

Adirondack case guy.Opened my E.Mail address in case you want it. Thanks for the post as well. Now ole Dave2 doesn't understand the lines of quality on tractors .lol.reguards LOU

Your dad's sayings goes to the heart of my(use to be) comments. Mostly out of wood before winters end. Just keep warm this winter. Reguards LOU.

When one finds a good VET, Best to stick with em. lol. Have a great doctor here as well.My son made sure we won't be short of wood this winter. Over 14 cord he worked up. Bless his heart. Reguards LOU.

Lou, I'm envious. I should of had mine all split, stacked, and half-dried by now, along with my furnace room filled with three full cords (in the house).

My four oldest kids are grown and gone raising their own kids our west. MY youngest is 7 - a little too young yet for good slave labor.

I've been splitting every night until dark, but tend to get started late, Using my IH B-275 with the three-point-hitch splitter.

Half the wood I cut this year is red oak that is a bear to get dry. Luckily the rest is maple, ash, pignut hickory, and beech. It kind of bakes and almost kiln-dries once I get it in the house, stacked around my wood furnace.

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Good grief Jde. Sure looks impressive work load. Swell looking heat source. How much(or Many) cord do you burn in any given year? We go through 10-14 loggers cord each year.Great looking equiptment you have to get the job done.We have fuel oil as a Back up heat during the night when the wood furnance slows down.Only order minimal amt of #1.To da--expensive now a days to fill both oil tanks,so we only get 100 gal,which by the way we were told it was going to drop the price down,so just wait a while longer. YEA RIGHTTTTTTTTTTT!Heard that story about 3 years ago . Must be a recording lol. Well Jde. the wood will keep ya and the family warm when the snow flys. Enjoy the pictures Warmest reguards LOU & VICTOR.

Like the UK built B275, the loader looks like a B901 also built in the UK. MJ

Lou where do live is that the mississippi in the back ground?

central , Va. and it's not a long winter around here, but we do get a lot of summer.

Dont see why dave2 thinks that tractor is ugly. I think its a sharp looking rig, but I think that about any IH with good red paint. I've got the same cab I'm gonna put on a Farmall H with a front mounted snowblower.
Ryan in northern Michigan

Interesting. I've never really known what make the loader is. It has an IH sticker on it that reads #1501 and "IH Redmond, St. Georges, Beauce, P.Q." It has the Canadian dealer stickers all over it because the tractor and loader were sold new in Québec at one time. Front bucket is a "trip" setup with manure-forks. I took it off to get around a little easier while working with firewood.

I've got several B-275s. Some of the earlier ones with in-line CAV pumps and air-governors, and the one in the photo that is more "modern" with a rotary CAV and centrifugal governor. The rotary-pumped B-275s are MUCH better starting engines. Not sure why.

Lou, I've never been able to keep track of how much we burn. I never stack my wood neatly and therefore can't measure. Our main wood burner is a huge Myers Woodchuck furnace. I built an insulated room around it and have it attached to our house. I can stack approx. three full cords of wood around it. If wet and green, it starts to "kiln-dry" in there before we have to use it. My best guess is we burn around 10-12 full cords of wood (4X4X8) - which comes to about 30-36 "face cords."

The big Myers Woodchuck furnace (forced hot air) is hooked to an 80 gallon water storage tank and has heat-coils. Water travels by thermo-siphon like an old farm tractor. So it makes all our hot water once it's fired up. It is also hooked to a Canadian chimney instead of the USA version, because the best Canadian chimneys are more burnout-proof. Hot air ducks go underground to get to the rest of the house. I used flexible insulated duct run through plastic culvert pipe.

We also have a smaller woodstove that heats by convection. We use it during modertate temps when it's not really cold enough for the big furnace.

Also have a wood cook stove and Rumford "heating" fireplace that my wife likes to use, now and then.

Also have oil backup and I have four tanks (1100 gallons) on hand.

Also have a 500 gallon propane tank and propane heat as yet another backup. House and shop have the non-electric, non-hard-vented heaters made by Procom. 28K BTU each. They are amazing units.
We bought our own new tank, and the idea was - the propane guy would always gives us the lowest bulk rate if he could fill whenever he was in the area. Now, I'm not so sure he's really giving us a good rate. He comes and fills once or twice a year. We use propane for our hot water when the wood fire isn't going.

Here's our 1820 farm house when I first stuck a big addition on it, but had did not add the wood furnace room yet. You can see where snow is a problem when it builds up.

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80 gallon hot-water storage tank, hooked in series with a propane tank-heater. Water runs by good-old thermosiphon.

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djm Were up in northern corner of Wisc.100 Miles south of superior. LOU

Thanks for the reply. Dave 2 is truly joking about OLE UGLY.He does have PEOPLE SKILLS and a whole lot of great humor. Would love to re-do his tractor for him and I would do it in a heart beat ,if we were in the same country and closer then we are.Your tractor with a front mounted snow blower is just the ticket,along with a HEATED CAB. That unit should do the trick come winter time. Reguards LOU.

(quoted from post at 05:32:48 10/21/10) Dont see why dave2 thinks that tractor is ugly. I think its a sharp looking rig, but I think that about any IH with good red paint. I've got the same cab I'm gonna put on a Farmall H with a front mounted snowblower.
Ryan in northern Michigan

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You oughta see that ugly a$$ yellow thing they have.................. :shock:
Maybe Lou will post a pic or two, but don't open the thread til you had coffee.........

Dave

Dave Cover your eyes .Here goes!!!!! DON't say you wasn't warned lol

Thanks Lou! Are the tracks still black?

J de. Oh Boy What swell pictures. Shows you know your skills. I remember the snow problem you had last winter. Hope ya don't have a repeat performance this year. Sure like the bldgs and the roofs. I could never (in my best days) walk a roof with that much pitch. I'm affraid of heights and cant block out the fact I've got into trouble with roofs and ladders. Ya know, I love the old cook stoves. The wife use to bake bread in the oven, on cold winter days. Lots of fond memories of winter when we first came to Wis. Still do, except now I worry about falling on the ice. My son keeps the walkways clean as a hounds tooth for ma and me,Chino(our dog pal) and Himself. Sure enjoy your posts as I truly enjoy each KIND POSTER .EVEN DAVE 2 lol. He has people skills!! Just ask him and he will tell ya he has lol Warmest reguards LOU& VICTOR

Dave, Sorry to say the paint has worn off the pads. Still got color on the chain links. WE worked it on the building site(pictures of wood ) so maybe next year there will be some kind of structure to house the equiptment. Reguards LOU

Sure the wood wasn't on your mind also? feeling a little euphoric now it is completed..