I've owned a Central boiler 5648 for 20 years this year and it's still going strong. I'm 58 and when it fails in the next couple years (that's what i expect) I'll be replacing it. That will put me near 80 years old when my second one wears out. I also did as you and started a firewood business years back when i was younger. I don't sell it any longer. I have 75 acres of oak and can't keep up with the cull trees. I could harvest a cord of wood per acre forever and not get the forest cleaned up. I find it very satisfying as you do. Great video.

Firewood is a passion, and an addiction. I refer to it as my therapy. Weather it's chainsaw, splitter, or tractor time. It's my way of getting out of my desk job and doing something that requires a completely different mindset to get done. The fact that I get to heat my house and possibly make a little extra cash from selling some wood is just bonus. I'm not in it for the job to make income. Yes it started years ago as trying to save some money by heating my house with wood, but it has evolved into my passion for being out in the woods.

I love mine. I find it funny when people point out how much work it is. I enjoy the work and seek it out in the winter when you can't do much else. Great excercise and great for seasonal depression!

I'm a 6048 owner myself for @ 15 years now, it's a lot easier than my old Woodchuck inside wood furnace. I'm glad people think it's too hard to burn wood, who wants to be like them anyway.

Jay, as a fellow CB wood-boiler guy since 2008, love your videos and keep doing what your doing. You provide great info, wood is a great heat source when wood is free. Plus, you get great exercise when you're outside cutting and stockpiling wood.

Great video Jay. It’s a lifestyle burning wood for heat. I live that lifestyle and love it. I’m outside constantly cutting my own wood on my own property keeping fit and breathing healthy air. Some just don’t have the time or the desire to learn how to to sharpen their own saws, learn how to fell a tree etc etc. Keep up the great videos!

JAY, great video. I love my central boiler classic. I set mind at 74 degrees and I'm NOT burning LP gas it heats my hot water to. I love cutting wood plus I have a friend bring me wood when he clears a lot for a home or pole barn, and it's all free. all I have to do cut, split, stack it. It's money that I'm not buying LP GAS in the winter. HAVE great day!!!

I have heated with a woodstove in the basement for 38 years. I hope to install an outdoor boiler before next winter.

Love the video. I have an E Classic 1450 and she is a labor of love and wouldn’t change a thing.

Two and a half years ago I didn’t know what a wood boiler was, until I bought my current home “and” discovered your channel. Because of your videos I now know what to do with my Central Boiler Classic. It is a lot of manly work but I love doing this. And yes, I have also learned to use a chainsaw. lol

I heat a 7000 sq ft home,includes a 3 car garage. Bought oil for 1 st time in 4 yrs this yr,oil is used more in summer months for hot water. Im on yr 18, classic 6048.I have saved 10s of thousands of $$$$$. Great video everything you said is 100% rt on. Plus its a free gym membership

My CB is 20 years old this year. Its a hobby. I get free wood off marketplace and a tree service from time to time. How I met the tree service guy was a cleanup for him. He just completed a very large yree job and the home owner refused to pay him till the wood was removed. I have kubota loader and a 16 ft dump trailer. Two hours later the yard was clean. He got payed and I got 5 cords of wood

It’s a lot of work for a lazy man. Guys like us enjoy staying off the couch. Good for you brother

I have a 6048 as well. It was a hassle to get it installed and going. This is my second year burning wood. It's also a hassle to get set up with chainsaws, trucks, trailers, etc... Once you do, though, it doesn't take that long to cut a year's worth of wood. Plus you probably live out in the country anyway, and you've probably got trees to deal with. May as well toss those in the wood boiler and save yourself 5k a year. Having cheap heat is amazing though. We keep our house at 75 degrees, even when its 20 below outside. The garage stays at 60 degrees so I never have to get into a cold vehicle. It makes living in the north woods so much more comfortable. My friend and I also started a tree business. He's doing it full time now, and I just help him from time to time on big jobs. It's so much fun, great exercise, and makes a guy feel like a badass. 😎

Thank you Jay for another wonderful video and i agree with this 1000%!!! One day when i get the chance to own a boiler ill be happy as a clam. I have a couple buddies asking me all the time if they can bring me their companies logs and i sadly have to turn them down for now. Hopefully soon i can get in touch with this one property owner and work something out with them!!!

We've had our OWB for over 12 years. We eliminated the mess of our indoor wood burner, no dust, no bugs, no indoor smoke and no fear of a chimney fire in the house. We love how well the OWB heats our house. I consider gathering and processing wood as sweat equity. We just wouldn't want to heat any other way.

We've used a Hawkin 2100 for 20 years. Yes, it's a lot of work. If you have to pay for wood there's no way it makes any sense. I live on 10 acres of forest (in the middle of suburbia) and have firewood in every direction I look, plus the neighbors who drop off their undesired wood (pine) and "Y"s and knots they can't split. I WISH so badly I had a house where I could have radiant floor heat but I'm on a slab. I bought a much larger one than I needed because I thought we had money and I was going to put up a metal building with heated floors. That didn't happen. I'm mechanically inept and intimidated and have been able to keep it running, only once having to paying to have an electrician to re-wire it for me after 17 years. I feed mine twice a day, 12 hours apart unless it's super windy cold. I don't have a tractor or 4 wheeler and I cut and pull it all by sled on leaves. The best thing for me is using the canopy portion of the tree, cutting limbs into 4 foot chunks that for me are kindling around "Yule Log" sized chunks. I split wood for a smaller indoor stove that we sometimes use in the shoulder seasons or emergencies. Using the smaller stove occasionally is a great reminder. I know I use a ton of wood in the out door boiler. I'd say I use 20 large pieces of wood a day. But then feeding the little one, it ads up if you are feeding it six times a day. Plus I only clean ash once a month and it's fine powder dust compared to less efficient indoor wood stove. The first year I thought gee this is great but it's unsustainable. I imagined I'd use up all the dead wood. Ha-ha-ha. Funny how mother nature provides!

I've been heating with a wood stove for the past 30 years and have never used any other heat source. Love cutting firewood and all that comes with it. Starting my retirement this month and starting a little Air BNB bundle service.

I always enjoy your videos. I have not watched for a while and I sure am glad to see you got that boiler turned around facing the woodpiles. It must make it a lot easier. One thing I noticed you said is that it does not take electricity to create the heat which is true but it does take it to run the circulators so I think if you invest in one of these it is a good idea to have a backup source of power. I have had a 6048 since 2006 and I still have not built any sheds. I either stack it in big piles and tarp it which is a little bit of a pain or put it in racks I can pick up with a tractor that I cover with tarps. As far as the people saying they are a waste of time I would not worry about it too much. They probably don't realize they do things that we consider a waste of time. As far as having to go outside and fill it I easily get 12 hours with every fill and quite often 24+hours and I have to go to work and come home 5 days a week so it is very easy to fill it when I get home and then before I go to work if it is needed which if it does is a matter of throwing in 6-8 pieces to get it through the day. I find it therapeutic as well which might mean we are both crazy. It is a lot of work but if done is safe and great exercise and does not hurt you a bit. I also have access to a lot of free wood and usually do not even have to go get it or if I do it is really close by. I am looking forward to your pros and cons video.

People are just afraid of work, good video guy 👍

I like your attitude u say it like it is and no bs and don’t hold back. U are 100% about every u said in this video

It's perfect for high energy individuals.ive owned a heatmor for 23 years.i completely agree 100%.

Love my stove. You have to like to cut wood and keep a fire. Some people ask how to start there own and I know there heart isn’t it, I always discourage it. Keeps you young. Great video.

Paid for my classic after the fourth year and run around in my underwear at 74 degrees all winter long, lol.

OWBs have their place, but to me it's like driving a lifted, smoking, diesel truck: Dirty and inefficient. IMO it's a mistake to purchase a new OWB vs a catalytic wood stove centrally located in a house. For a guy with multiple outbuildings to heat, they are the perfect solution, but I gotta say: Living next to a smoldering boiler is disgusting and it gives wood burners a bad name. Not unlike driving behind a coal-rolling mall crawler. 100% agree with you on enjoying the process of heating with wood. I much prefer hours of splitting wood to 10 minutes on a riding mower or watching tv. Hopefully my hot-take isn't too hostile- thanks for the upload!

Nice to tell people how it is, we are on our second Central Boiler and this one is a down draft, it's a little more work to maintain but once you get used to the routine it's nice. And if you work for a living it will be enjoyment.

It is a lot of work but in my opinion it's absolutely worth it..I get all my wood from tree companies needing a place to dump wood...free to me and helps them out as well..great video!

Ur wood stacks look great!

I personally love the work. keeps me active and that's important as I age. I also like running equipment, so it's very satisfying work. However, money savings is the reason I have one. With no access to natural gas and the cost of propane or electric to heat my place I'm saving somewhere around $3000 a year in the propane option and likely more in the electric option. 14 years in, and I'm about $30K to the good after taking out the cost of the equipment. So for me, it's worth it, and at 47 I'd buy another one if my current one failed.

ya great video people don’t understand basically the country way of life and we take pride and what we do. Being in the bush there’s nothing like it whether you’re cutting wood hunting fishing whatever. When all the mess can stay outside and not be in the house. Sounds like a great idea. my neighbour has a wood boiler and I don’t think he’s ever looked back. Great way to get rid of unwanted wood, picking up it off the ground recycle reuse take all the ashes and put them in the garden really helps. Anyway great video keep going perfect way of doing life.

hi there ,its a hands on heat . and kind of married to it in the heating season .i do have a glygal in mine , fuel oil hear is over 500 per gallon , takes 850 gallons to heat my house , when i made the boiler over 25 years ago ,i just heated my small green house , now i heat my 6000 house my shop my grudge, and more , i converted a 1,000,000 BTU coal boiler to wood ..i have streamed lined my wood presses with the aid equipment to a minimum.with my work effort over the last 50 years has afforded to buy more bigger better equipment . i will tell you whats funny you got it easy now , back when i made mine nobody knew what a boiler was , there was no computer with all the answers , pex was not even a thought . i could most likely tell you some boiler benefits you may never even thought of , looking forward to your next show . best to all , john

think you for the truth you said it right i have had boiler for over 20 years keep up the good work

Hi Gary from the UK great video very interesting and informative keep them coming, I totally agree with you the best thing is people moaning about the heating boilers and refilling them and then they pay good money to go to a jim and exercise da don't they realise sorting out the boiler is better exercise and it's free and NOT boring either

On year two with my boiler (although burned with a wood stove insert for previous 5 years) I was bummed with the super warm October, kept having to push back the boiler start date. Exciting day when I finally lit that march in November.

This is my 2nd winter with my boiler. Last season took a little learning. This season, it's been flawless, and I haven't purchased a gallon of propane in 2 years!

I think the people who would complain about the amount of work are probably too busy to deal with an outdoor boiler because they have to go workout. In that fitness sense, it's a wash. For me, it's a workout thing, a money-saving thing (I burn offcuts from my sawmill business), and it's a renewable heat source. I heat for the cost of electricity to run the pumps and inducer fan. Tough to beat that!

Just subscribed…how couldn’t I…way too funny!…I don’t even have one of these boilers…someday when I don’t have neighbors…these things are awesome, you can plumb them into many different buildings and what you didn’t rant about was…how much money you saved by not buying oil, propane, gas or electric to heat your home and shop or whatever you have…best not to talk too much about them to the lazy dummies…they potentially could get up and do something!….great video!

Have a cl4030 for 18 years has saved me 3 to 4 thousand in propane a year. Plus keeps me in shape cutting and hauling wood. It's a lifestyle for sure. But i enjoy cutting wood.

If the power goes out, how does the water exchange with the indoor exchanger?

I love watching the channel keep up the good work my friend don't let it get you down

I agree with you. Nothing better than going out to get a load of wood. Being in the forrest. I live for it. I appreciate your content. I love the smell Aldee burning. Keep up the good work.

Lotta work into burning woodstove too. Wouldn't have it any other way. Living room gets hot, kitchen is perfect, bedrooms are cool which I love. Gf sleeps under 2 ft of blankets but I use just one light one. Plus going out to cut is escape from the shit of daily life. Don't let the haters get to ya Jay. Only thing is the older ya get the harder it gets. Hard on shoulders and back but maybe that's from having dairy farm.

We'll never see this young buck in 30-40 years singing the same song.

Years ago i was told that if we managed our forests like they do in Germany every American home could be heated with wood and have great forests!

I'm not in your shoes, but agree completely. I also tire of those who say things like, "if everyone heated with wood, the world would run out of trees." Sigh. I enjoyed your rant. 😀

I have an outdoor wood boiler, and yes it’s a lot of work mostly gathering up the tons of firewood I burn annually and keeping the boiler clean. It’s not for everyone, especially someone that can’t physically do firewood like someone who is up in age and not as able to lift logs anymore. However, for someone who does have the strength and ability, the way I see it is doing firewood is good exercise, which is going to pay you back long term. Being too sedentary is bad for your health so get out there and stay active as long as you can.

Enduring Winter in the more Northern Climates and higher elevations is generally much more challenging than Winter is in southern climates.

Jay, Jay, Jay! Buddy, this isn’t the happy Jay that I know!!! I can sense your frustration but try to ignore the lazy ones or the one who point out the obvious and keep doing what you love Buddy! Anyone who is heating a building is either working somewhere to make the money to pay the bill but I like your way better. Slainte, DC🍀

It only work when it is -25 below with a 35 MPH North wind during a big snow storm, other wise it is just a everyday job Great video

Total waste of time!! NOT!!!! It’s the best time. I always can’t wait to wake up and go check on my baby. lol correct statement. Definitely married to it. But well worth it.

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I love how people always equate time and money. For the statement "Waste of Time" to mean anything, you have to show what the value was of using that time for something else and then compare the 2. I would say that a Sunday afternoon on the couch watching football, is a waste of time. Others would say, that same thing is why they go to work. So to each his own.

Well said 👍

That's always my complaint. Is that the maintenance of keeping the water at a certain temperature? And it seems so inefficient Burns too much wood. But some people do have them hooked up to their heat pump. That will help resurculate the water. I'm considering a wood furnace that's not in my basement. That's in a separate shed and use it similar to like a boiler

Boy that looks like a lot of work 😂

No electricity? How does the hot water get pumped inside?

I have 2300 since 2008 still going strong

It doesn’t use electricity? Thought circulating pumps were needed?

Jay, i feel the same way you do my friends think i am crszy but once you are set up it us not thst bad. You got to spend a little money to save some money and the feeling when i walk in my house us well worth it. Take care my friend

If you enjoy what your doing it's not work. I enjoy cutting firewood and burning it. Keep up the great videos

My only beef with a outdoor wood boiler is it burns about twice as much wood as a indoor forced air wood furnace. I love my wood heat and cutting wood but why would I want to do twice as much wood?

Jay you're awesome.

The only people saying they’re a waste of time are lazy or overvalue their time.

It was worth it when they first came out and were only $4500 and no epa bullcrap

One way or the other you're going to have to work somewhere to pay to heat your house. You can choose to be a slave for someone else and use part of your pay to pay other people to heat your house or you can own that time yourself and heat your home on your terms. I like heating with wood because that is my time, it belongs to me and no one else. It's not for everyone thats for sure.

Like you say it's not for everybody this separates the men from the boys this is what life is about hard work and anymore how many people want to get up and go to work I love it and yes it does involve hard work and i would not trade it for anything

When I was a little boy my dad said that how much he showed them or read the book to people they still didn't get it the meaning is they don't care

i love cutin fire wood i think its the best gym there is

Slaving away at a job to buy propane is work too.

The tree guys around keep the trees they cut down and sell the wood

wood warms you many time cutting spliting and burning and geting a paddling warms your hiney cheeks

Some of us understand, I call it throttle therapy to get out and run my saw when I can

Wether it's alot of work or not look at the money your saving on heating and hot water no 300 + dollar a month heating bills no cringe if you like to keep it warm as you want or worring about taking long showers or filling the garden tub with scalding water as many times as you want. Heck iv seen guys run them all year to save on energy cost for hot water...

At this point you could probably run it year round with your work and work is what you make of it it’s really not work if you enjoy what you do

Nothing wrong at all with a wood broiler. I wish I could afford one I’d have it plus a wood cook stove because I like it

It’s just safer

Betcha you’ve saved 40 grand or more. Compared to burning fuel.

Ilike wood heat

I've ran a outside wood boiler for 30 years and I'll run it till I'm dead...Will I argue with you on your rant? Nope....

WOOD BOILERS ARE NOT "A MACHINE"

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I am not sure if it is a lot of work. I am sure a lot of people are lazy. You do not have to go to the gym. Do not have to spend money on sleep aids. As long as you enjoy what you are doing the work is meaningless. The same people give no thought when spending the day watching a football game. Lets break that activity down. They work all week. Go to the gym. And park themselves in front of a television set they have to pay a cable bill on. If the go to the field to watch the game live they have to spend money on the tickets and transportation. And gain nothing for their time. Not to mention the effort of getting themselves to and from the game. They still have to pay the heat bills on the home and the water heater. So it seems to me they waste about 5 hours minimum just to spend time and money just to watch someone else work to achieve a victory. That is a lot of work for nothing. I will take one of you over a hundred of them. Have a great day.

Never saw the comment , what was said , is it one person or a group , sick the people on them lol

They ARE a ton of work. Those people are right! If you want to burn wood and efficiently heat your home, a masonry heater is the way to go. One or two fires a day and your home is warm and comfortable. If you want to have a large, unsightly mess in your backyard, that you feed once or twice a day, then maybe a wood boiler works for you. The difference is a masonry heater keeps most of the warmth in your home and only uses about 25% of the wood a boiler uses.