Post by: Jillsy on June 18, 2022, 06:26:07 PM
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Post by: Hairs on June 18, 2022, 07:30:11 PM
Not cold enough here atm for our inside fire, ground is still far to damp for the outside fire pit.
Enjoy your night Swaggers.
Post by: Bird on June 18, 2022, 07:52:06 PM
Hmmm,always cold enough ;)
Not cold enough here atm for our inside fire, ground is still far to damp for the outside fire pit.
Enjoy your night Swaggers.
Post by: bmwfreak on June 18, 2022, 08:15:10 PM
Post by: Jillsy on June 18, 2022, 08:44:28 PM
Post by: bmwfreak on June 18, 2022, 10:41:40 PM
15 degrees outside here - Gracemere, Central QLDStill summer then🙂
Post by: Foo on June 19, 2022, 06:12:48 AM
Inside fire tonight, currently 6.5, heading for negative something :D
The temp and how it changes from one side of town to the other is crazy with that place. ;)
Foo
Post by: Hairs on June 19, 2022, 07:15:26 AM
always cold enough ;)True, Just being lazy
Post by: xcvator on June 19, 2022, 09:41:10 AM
Post by: Steffo1 on June 19, 2022, 09:58:13 AM
Post by: Hairs on June 19, 2022, 04:04:08 PM
Cold breeze, so I sparked up the inside fire.
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Post by: Jillsy on June 19, 2022, 04:26:58 PM
Still summer then🙂
Ha ha! I'm such a cold frog - anything under 25 degrees I am looking for a jumper ;D
Inside fire every night for the last 5 weeks :cheers: Only good thing about winter :'( :'( :'(
I love an inside fire - such fond memories of the wood heater we had in the house as a child. I was bought up on a cattle station (Nappa Merrie) on Coopers Creek where it runs out of Queensland into South Australia.
This warms me twice. :D
Reminds me of the wood collecting party on Bronco11's place when we were at the 2011 National Meet at Wilmington - there was some pretty hard timber amongst it. I've got photos somewhere of BigJules trying to split it with an axe...it was like on the cartoons...the axe hit the wood...the wood didn't budge...but Jules seemed to vibrate on the spot ha ha!
Post by: SRFred on June 19, 2022, 07:45:53 PM
Post by: gronk on June 19, 2022, 07:53:49 PM
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Reminds me of the wood collecting party on Bronco11's place when we were at the 2011 National Meet at Wilmington - there was some pretty hard timber amongst it. I've got photos somewhere of BigJules trying to split it with an axe...it was like on the cartoons...the axe hit the wood...the wood didn't budge...but Jules seemed to vibrate on the spot ha ha!
Remember that….and as you know Jules wasn’t a small bloke either.
Post by: Jillsy on June 19, 2022, 08:09:47 PM
Remember that….and as you know Jules wasn’t a small bloke either.
Because I know that :worthles:...I found it!!! I must correct a mistake - he did split the wood but when the axe contacted with the chopping block...well...that was a different story!
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Post by: DandyD on June 20, 2022, 10:31:38 PM
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It’s midsummer here. >:(
Post by: jwb on June 21, 2022, 09:53:52 AM
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Post by: Bird on June 21, 2022, 11:05:14 AM
Quote from: jwb
My supply topped up in readiness:)
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What do you do on day 2? :angel:
Post by: NZMarkb on June 21, 2022, 11:51:31 AM
What do you do on day 2? :angel:
Never mind that
What days are you out 😉🤔🤔
Post by: jwb on June 21, 2022, 11:52:15 AM
He has a hydraulic splitter that connects to the PTO on one of his tractors
That was 60 mins work tops
Including loading into trailer :)
I would post a video of it if I knew how too ;(
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Post by: Bird on June 21, 2022, 12:16:15 PM
Quote from: jwb
That was a overnighter to a mates place near Lismore.that sounds like the go!!!
He has a hydraulic splitter that connects to the PTO on one of his tractors
or
https://youtu.be/bOtaXC_Imag?t=87 (https://youtu.be/bOtaXC_Imag?t=87)
Post by: Steffo1 on June 22, 2022, 07:42:23 PM
Post by: gronk on June 22, 2022, 08:23:22 PM
Because I know that :worthles:...I found it!!! I must correct a mistake - he did split the wood but when the axe contacted with the chopping block...well...that was a different story!
(http://www.myswag.org/MGalleryItem.php?id=2480)
I might have a really bad memory…chemical induced….but did Jules use an axe, or was that actually a Fiskars ??
Post by: Jillsy on June 23, 2022, 01:54:27 AM
I might have a really bad memory…chemical induced….but did Jules use an axe, or was that actually a Fiskars ??
I can't recall either gronk - I will have to find a photo with a different angle...
Post by: Fizzie on June 23, 2022, 07:28:48 AM
Realised (remembered!) while we were away just how enjoyable they are, & thought that there's no reason we can't still do them at home!
Post by: GGV8Cruza on June 23, 2022, 08:22:59 AM
I might have a really bad memory…chemical induced….but did Jules use an axe, or was that actually a Fiskars ??
If i was a betting man, that is a fiskars
GG
Post by: gronk on June 23, 2022, 06:12:35 PM
If i was a betting man, that is a fiskars
GG
Again, with a foggy memory, I think that was the 1st time I had seen a Fiskars…..in the flesh and in action.
I eventually bought one, but I wasn’t convinced they were any good….mainly because Jules swung at 110 MPH, and I was a 50 MPH swinger…..lol
Post by: Jillsy on June 23, 2022, 08:19:52 PM
Yep, we had a backyard fire last night ;D (No photos, sorry :-[)
Realised (remembered!) while we were away just how enjoyable they are, & thought that there's no reason we can't still do them at home!
We often have them at home - especially through Winter. It feels like you've had a little "getaway" if you get to stare into a fire for a while ;D
Post by: gronk on June 23, 2022, 08:35:33 PM
We often have them at home - especially through Winter. It feels like you've had a little "getaway" if you get to stare into a fire for a while ;D
Not long bought a spa…..the wife lies in it and stares at the stars….reminds her of camping around a fire and staring at the stars !!
Post by: DandyD on June 24, 2022, 04:11:44 AM
Post by: austastar on June 24, 2022, 10:20:38 AM
Unfortunately our wood burning stove had a fatal haemorrhage from the heat exchange. We have had to change to gas cooking and electric heating and hot water.
With the wood fired hot water radiators in every room most doors were left open and the whole house was cosy.
Not any more!
I don't miss the splitting and carrying wood though.
Cheers
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Post by: Jillsy on June 24, 2022, 06:12:23 PM
Hi,
Unfortunately our wood burning stove had a fatal haemorrhage from the heat exchange. We have had to change to gas cooking and electric heating and hot water.
With the wood fired hot water radiators in every room most doors were left open and the whole house was cosy.
Not any more!
I don't miss the splitting and carrying wood though.
Cheers
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I have a friend who I got to know when he worked for my Dad. He and his Mum live about 40km away on a small cattle property that's been in their family for 3 generations. He's 43 but acts like he's about 93. He informed me the other day that his Mum's wood stove (which they use for cooking not just heating) had died but that he was super stoked as he was able to buy a new one for her. I asked if he'd elected to go gas or electric. He looked at me like I was crazy and said "Oh stuff that..bloody new fan-dangled technology! I sourced her another wood stove but it's about 15 years younger than her other one was and has hardly been used." He was happy as a pig in mud. Bless his cotton socks.
I would love a house with a wood heater...would need to move somewhere where I could use it more than 2 nights a year though ;D
Post by: DandyD on June 25, 2022, 03:36:57 AM
I would love a house with a wood heater...would need to move somewhere where I could use it more than 2 nights a year though ;D
Here, for example.
;D
Post by: Fizzie on June 25, 2022, 07:56:47 AM
I would love a house with a wood heater...would need to move somewhere where I could use it more than 2 nights a year though ;D
Yep! :'(
We had one in our previous place, but it only got used ~10 times a year :'(
Neighbours also put one in a couple of years ago & same, same - but there's a gentle stream of smoke drifting across from the chimney as we speak! :cup:
Post by: gronk on June 25, 2022, 11:49:40 AM
The new age push to ban fossil fuels……but with electricity going up, what’s the bet a wood fire would be out of the question as well !
Post by: Foo on June 25, 2022, 02:39:57 PM
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Foo
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Post by: Steffo1 on June 25, 2022, 03:57:29 PM
I tried then the wind changed direction and fumigated me, >:( so I stuck the fan there and blew the smoke away. ;DAre you also getting the smoke from the Beerwah burn off?
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Post by: Foo on June 25, 2022, 04:03:35 PM
Are you also getting the smoke from the Beerwah burn off?
There is a distinct smoke smell in the air today, so that may explain it. ;)
Foo