I Just Removed Another Firewood Handling

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@sjoshuan 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic mate. When I was a kid we had a 1 stove to heat, cook and it had a water jacket in the back. We call them a slow combustion in Australia and models such as Rayburn and Aga. Was fantastic way to get all three of these things and super efficient. I have my parents to thank for showing these simple things that I grew up with and learnt as a child and am working slowly toward getting off the grid so we are not reliant on it. I think you guys get a little cooler over there but where I grew up we still got snow every winter and 1 year we got over 1m which is a heap of snow for Australia!

@albowrx 6 ай бұрын

If the woodstove has a glass, it also fits the lighting aspect.

@bluediamondbill 6 ай бұрын

Love this guy. One of the early videos I watched was Your interview with this neighbor. Do you need more interviews with him he is a very interesting guy.

@Austinmich 6 ай бұрын

So true. Hello there and happy Christmas 🎄

@reidcrosby6241 6 ай бұрын

I have been wood heating since i was 14 (my moms garage), thats 42 years. The equipment (and its capacity) matters greatly. For those with smaller equipment, mini "trailers", self roofed, can be pulled with smaller machines (quads?). I have a 7000# forklift and have repurposed large steel pallets. They have their own roof of tin and can carry 1.5 cords each of hardwood. Even on the coldest year our SUPER insulated house burns only 2 cords, and my shop butn rate is "project dependent", so not too much. The other thing worth mentioning is that AIR to AIR exchange is most efficient and "simple". Folks buy these outside boilers for "wood heat" ..but MAN there is a TON of complexity there, AND need for electric. To your comment on "the right cookstove" , the modern large wood firebox makes a HUGE difference. I have a robust collection of old style ones, including two Kalamazoo Pilgram multi fuel (wood/coal-NG/propane), but the newer Hico, Bakers Choice, Pioneer Princess, Esse (and others) are SUPER nice but EXPENSIVE. The new ones can heat your entire house AND cook/bake. Just gotta have $$ . Enjoy

@cmthatch 6 ай бұрын

Next step: Replace your half-cord cubes with a taller box with a roof that holds 6 of the smaller hand-cart boxes. When you cut the wood, load it directly into the hand-cart boxes on the pallet. Then you have one machine step to carry the tall box to the cabin, and you can just cart the hand-cart boxes directly from the tall box.

@Alex-cd7fo 5 ай бұрын

So happy to see you on Banned. Video. They have been missing the practical what should be done with all the crap going on in the world and you are the one sharing the how to be self sufficient! Awesomeness buddy thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences

@johnrosier1686 6 ай бұрын

Streamlining your firewood processing saves a lot of time and effort. Stacking and restacking can eat up a lot of time. Curtis mentioned Ben Falk on another video and I have been learning a few things now from him too.

@reidcrosby6241 6 ай бұрын

My wood processing is drop, skid (tractor) to a slab of concrete over a large drop off to concrete stacked retaining walled pit. The wood is bucked and hookarooned onto a heavy steel table 5x10 then my helpers roll it onto a splitter and it drops into the pit. The bottom of pit is an old truck frame with chain link fence on it (to allow air circulation) then once the 12x24 pit is full (about 11 cords) it can be unloaded from the downslope side onto my steel pallets. Every 3-4 years I run out the supply, clean out the pit by removing the frame and getting rid of bark/dirt/debris. I am at that point this year. ...Given our current situation I wish it were FULL!!❤

@davidwear1461 6 ай бұрын

I made sure to design my house with a woodstove right next to a double door leading to my patio. That way We don’t have the mess in the house.

@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 5 ай бұрын

Having medical issues, I found the large plastic wagon on Amazon that can hail a lot, it was quite an expense for me, but I can haul two days of wood in it and it is not too hard to pull up to my door. Then I use a large tarp like bag I got on ebay cheap, I can load like 9 pieces in that and if needed I kinda drag it across the snow, then load it on my inside rack. I can't afford to cover my wood so I line it up in front of the fire to dry it out more. I also keep a large pot of water on the fireplace. Humidity makes you feel warmer. God bless you all. Pray for each other.

@christopherjreihing 6 ай бұрын

Great idea, I’m definitely going to do it. I can get used pallets for free, and I like my wood stacked and covered too.

@RuralRevolution 6 ай бұрын

I cut my logs in the woods at 13'4", gives me 10 pieces of 16". After I get it down any limbed I cut a 1/4 or so through my log. I then take a bunch of logs over to my wood landing and dump them in the skidway. The skidway is 20' long and narrow enough I can drive the tractor over it. Single file, each log is ready to roll over to cut the remaining way through. I continue, rolling one log at a time to the front of the skidway and once cut they are all in the same place to be split. They go directly into an IBC tote in which has a notch in to reach to stack, and they're ready till I need them.

@bushcraftingmuslim 6 ай бұрын

Love that efficiency 👍

@Grant.Highland 6 ай бұрын

Awesome explanation and effective utility. 👍

@sukeyfrugalfrau 5 ай бұрын

That is a great tip. Thanks

@sukeyfrugalfrau 5 ай бұрын

We are trying to develop a good way to cut smaller wood should of course it come to the point of no gas, no diesel, which of course will be for most of us subscribed to this channel because we won’t have the compliance brownie points n3cessary.

@sukeyfrugalfrau 5 ай бұрын

Plan for the worst, hope for the best. That is why we too strive to do it all without any of the conveniences of the modern life. We too have 30 acres, ours is much steeper than yours and of course loaded with rock, ledges, and inaccessible to the tractor. We can get it to some places and bring the split wood back in a 4’ square carryall… made from pallets etc. But we bring it to the gate surrounding the 2+ acres we have fenced with 6’ fences topped with electric wire ( yeah I know ), we still haul it into the wood shed which is well built. Cooking wood is stuff I mainly gather and cut and I want to build a goat cart to help me get it out of the woods. We are planning on getting a wether and train him on the cart. Good luck with the house build. We added insulation to our not so old house. We are closing the stairwell off to the upstairs as we renovate….. if I had it to do over again, I would get the wood cook stove with the water jacket. Too late now. I keep a 15qt pot on there so I have a small amount of hot water on hand at all times. I use it for washing dishes. Some day I may need it for bathing.

@scottfree8726 6 ай бұрын

I have been fortunate enough to get IBC totes without the tank for $60. Each. I use a plastic sleigh to store the wood by the cabin door to the fireplace.

@catherinemcmartin8275 6 ай бұрын

Great job on your homestead. Thanks.

@bumpstockbilly4263 6 ай бұрын

wood... is good. great efficiency solution....will deploy in the future

@pgerry9400 6 ай бұрын

Idea for moving wood. Get an old set of skis , snow or water, then strap wheels on and then you don"t meed to plow a path. Might require very basic framework to keep them parallel.

@timlandegent3536 6 ай бұрын

Love ya brother!!!

@chrisa6682 6 ай бұрын

Good idea to have a selection of Silky saws for cutting trees by hand. I have 4 of these saws and they're unbelievably sharp and easy to use. I can cut down a 4" diameter tree easily without too much strain because they cut on the pull rather than the push. I don't actually use them to cut my firewood, but they sure could if there's no gas for your chainsaw. I did buy them for quiet forest management in the future.😊

@anabelaramos8399 6 ай бұрын

I use those to carry my bees boxes. They are really nice.

@joannewolfe5688 6 ай бұрын

nice idea!

@woodworks2123 6 ай бұрын

Love these little updates Curtis with little nuggets of key information. I like how you share when something's not as good as it could be and say how your going to change it or that someone else has a better system than yours so your going to make alterations. Too many others just portray the everything is awesome nonsense. Great seeing your homestead going through the different seasons. I'm taking lots of notes while searching for my land in Scotland. Scottish islands are looking likely. Higher consistent winds, good for turbines. Some challenges but all have solutions. Exciting times ahead.

@chrismullin8304 6 ай бұрын

I saw a guy build a log cutting deck that he would stack 6-10 trunks on it. It was about waist high and had slots for the bar to pass through every 16”. He then would grab each log, spin around, and set it on the splitter at the same height. -no more bending and picking up

@zenjamin6262 6 ай бұрын

Heat from firewood is the best im putting in a boiler I can load with the skidsteer handling wood to much is the only downside to wood for shure

@danielnicholls6868 5 ай бұрын

sawing with sandy on YT has a nice log deck and splitting set up with totes👍👍

@hexfarmer2599 6 ай бұрын

Cool Mesa, Arizona class

@Austinmich 6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas 🎄

@CATSG2007 6 ай бұрын

Great content Curtis!!

@TheVisualante11 6 ай бұрын

I Love the KISS why of doing things. Keep It Simple Stupid. Is always the Best.

@johnkillen588 6 ай бұрын

i found some metal boxes at junk yard. metal skid on bottom with four sides that interlock into the bottom and the sides together. I use two of the four sides as verticals and the other two as a roof. one of the roof is screwed with self tapping screws number 12 and 1.5ionch and its fixed and another that acts as a hinge with same scxrews so for loading purposes and a piece of wire the movable half of the roof will hinge and be mostly ouf of the way then close down for drying or unloading. they were 25 usd each.......well worth the money imo.

@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 5 ай бұрын

Awesome!!

@TheNewMediaoftheDawn 6 ай бұрын

Wood cook stoves are awesome, two or three or four in one. Heat, cooking, you can generate power with certain attachments, and heat water, although that requires skilled plumbing from my understanding, the first two are good anyhow. If I ever complete my cabin build I’d love to track down an old black iron one second hand, those are awesome…. Unless possibly the new ones are more fuel efficient.

@rossmackintosh7683 6 ай бұрын

Since the beginning of our off grid project we have been considering redundancies. We have Wood for cooking, heating and hot water. We have propane for cooking and charging batteries. Sun provides charging obviously. Our harvested water has a hand pump directly in the cistern and runs with a electric pump also. And of course.. a pond, we love our ponds :-)

@offgridcurtisstone 6 ай бұрын

What hand pump did you get?

@rossmackintosh7683 5 ай бұрын

@@offgridcurtisstone I thought I sent a reply to this now I can't see it. It was a regular had pitcher pump is all. Nothing fancy. I sent a link and perhaps that killed the reply. They are supposed to drain and not freeze when you leave the handle up but mine does not drain and then freezes. They say to drill a bypass hole under the main seal so I'll look into that.

@melguilb4508 6 ай бұрын

A wooden sled wouldn't depend on a skid steer. I used a sled for my little cabin

@InlogixEnterprises 5 ай бұрын

Ideally use a masonry Stove that has thermal mass where you can.

@offgridcurtisstone 5 ай бұрын

No. Too much expense and space required. Also, don't like how they go out. Less useful for things like hydronics, cooking and domestic hot water.

@korzym 6 ай бұрын

Would you like to create multiple storage sites for all that wood to reduce risks?

@my_channel_44 6 ай бұрын

If you burn down the forest, that's the least steps.

@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346 6 ай бұрын

Now Get A Few Pairs Of Old Snow Skis Cheap, Cut Them Down & Make A Skid Plate To Then Slide Them Instead Of Rolling On The Snow? Then Get A Couple Husky Or Big Dogs To Help Tow Them Also... 🤔😜🤣😁😎

@josephgiangrande9892 6 ай бұрын

After all the money charged jus turn up the thermostat easier than micro greens!

@brittenmatthew 6 ай бұрын

I am exploring pneumatics, using a sping at 150' elevation to drive a compressor, then a line to a 300lb used propane tank for storage. Use the compressed air to run fans and recirculating pumps for our hydronic infloor heating. Also a wood cook stove. A Carrington Solar Flare is due. No electricity is more likely, let's say 2030 or 2050!

@cherylbfrey5936 6 ай бұрын

Love your musical suggestion…this guy is great!!!…Jazz-Joe Chambers…could you recommend others on your channel? It would be nice to add this little segment to each of your videos-maybe even background music? ..Love your channel and perspective..and what you’re doing on the home front…I’ve been watching for a while…love to hear your thoughts on things in the world…it always gives me something to think about hearing your view….

@offgridcurtisstone 6 ай бұрын

KZfaqs copyright rules are very strict. Can't play music on it without licensing it. I play music at the beginnings of my spaces on Twitter.

@joshuadunbar7655 6 ай бұрын

Manual Water pump? Wood gasification/ old generator.

@goatstead814 6 ай бұрын

Love the way you are doing the wood, but splitting by hand will become harder as you age. I’m going to be using a splitter until I can’t. Plus we have hard woods which are much more difficult to split by hand. Question, do you have a sawmill for your homestead?

@wildandliving1925 6 ай бұрын

IBC tote and tractor can move more wood easily. You just drive it to were you want

@timlandegent3536 6 ай бұрын

We have access to IBC totes in midewest for free to $10 depending on time. Love em

@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 5 ай бұрын

Awesome!! Where can you get these? 😊❤

@HotNoob 6 ай бұрын

you have EMF paint if i remember right, your protected from EMPs / SOLAR FLARES.

@brendahallmcdonald1292 6 ай бұрын

Would you post a link to the wood stove that you wish you would have gotten? Thank you!

@oneacrehomestead 6 ай бұрын

👊

@justinobyrne4143 6 ай бұрын

Hi Curtis how come you don't use LPG or LNG as it stores indefinitely rather than Diesel! As a cost effective way vs diesel which has a shelf life.

@offgridcurtisstone 6 ай бұрын

Probably because I don’t know what those things are. I go with what I know.

@craigdawson7632 6 ай бұрын

Solar flares can hit us with a EMP, it never would of been a problem years ago. Now on the otger hand 🤔 Even if it only happens once in 500 or 1000 years. How long ago was earth zapped. I'm not worried either but it would be an issue

@cameronalexander359 6 ай бұрын

@Curtis Would love some cook stove advice so we don't make the same mistake 🎉

@onelove8062 6 ай бұрын

Give me three face cords of your finest fire wood logs caballero

@AwakeningWARRlOR 6 ай бұрын

Wood Gasification is the solution to run a Homestead, I have many links.

@offgridcurtisstone 6 ай бұрын

I know. I just with there was something that was turnkey. Don't have time for more DIY rabbit holes.

@AwakeningWARRlOR 6 ай бұрын

@@offgridcurtisstone link in vid description 😉

@AwakeningWARRlOR 6 ай бұрын

@@offgridcurtisstone then keep burning expensive fuel fool

@offgridcurtisstone 6 ай бұрын

It's not expensive and I only burn 100 litres a year. I love wood gasification. Just wish there was something turnkey. IS that what you're using?

@overlordsshadow 6 ай бұрын

you make me feel like a pig for what my boiler uses:p

@joshsimpson10 6 ай бұрын

Justine Trudeau is seething at this 😂

@alstewart1186 6 ай бұрын

Why? Burning firewood in a woodstove to heat a home is as carbon neutral as you can get.

@billlandon2160 6 ай бұрын

Do you use the charcoal/ash for anything like filtration or just dispose it somewhere?

@offgridcurtisstone 6 ай бұрын

Goes in the compost

@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 5 ай бұрын

I am saving mine for soap making and to get the lye. I'll use a bunch in my garden, God willing they increase my pain medication after my surgery so I can actually grow this year, but I'm saving it with high hopes. I have bags full of it, so I might sell some this spring in a fertilizer tea starter mix. I reuse cat food bags to store the ash, it works prefect. God bless you and keep you. ❤ 🌿🌸👩🏻‍🌾🌸🌱🌾🌿🌻🥀🐝

@billlandon2160 5 ай бұрын

@@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 May God bless you as well. Great suggestion!