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[WADFL]

I've got CAD. Was always a STIHL fan until I lucked upon a NIB Echo CS-352 for $199 at a pawn store a few years ago. I have been extremely impressed with that little guy such that it's become my favorite saw, especially with a 14" BC. Second visit to the pawn store and a I found a NIB CS-590 for $329, so that went home with me as well. Another impressive saw that I worked the hell out of on day1 clearing some trees.

I then bought a CS-7301p to use with my Alaskan mill, been quite pleased with that saw as well, cutting various oaks around the small property. Haven't tried it on the mill yet.

Finally, was at HD the other day and wife pointed out a NIB CS-352 on clearance for $149. Couldn't pass it up so took it home. Filled her up with gas and it popped on the second pull, and was running on the 3rd.

 

[Gordon Gould]

So you went from burning 6 cords a year in two wood stoves to 16 cords a year in your OWB? Were you also using some other source of heat when you had the wood stoves, or is the OWB just that much less efficient?

I wondered the same thing but I don't see how the OWB can be that bad ??????????

gg

 

[hunt4570]

Wow, I started getting notifications again today!

 

[saint18z]

I wondered the same thing but I don't see how the OWB can be that bad ??????????

gg

Sorry, should have been more detailed. The two wood stoves are in a different house. Bought the house next-door which is twice the square footage and has a mother-in-law apartment with separate heating system. The OWB is powering 3-heat exchangers in the house (domestic hot water plate heat exchanger, water to air 20x24 heat exchanger for forced hot air in main house, and another plate heat exchanger that does domestic hot water and radiant baseboard in the mother-in-law apartment). Going to add the garage/shop to an additional loop this season with another water to air heat exchanger for forced hot air. Also toying with the idea of a tube/sidearm heat exchanger for the pool to extend the swimming season a few weeks.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Just to get started I've been salvaging blow-down and dying spruce & fir. They're spread all over. One here and one there. Here is one I got this afternoon. Woods are thick and it didn't quite make it to the ground. Even though it was pretty branchy where it was caught I gave the chain an extra wrap so that it would at least try to roll as it came out from behind the stump to help it fall.

It didn't roll much at all but it came down.

Got it limbed out. Not all that impressive by most standards but pretty good for a balsam fir - 16" at the butt and 7" at 50 feet. It gave me four 12' logs which is way better than my average of 2 logs per tree.

gg

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
That's a nice fir!

 

[Gordon Gould]

Sorry, should have been more detailed. The two wood stoves are in a different house. Bought the house next-door which is twice the square footage and has a mother-in-law apartment with separate heating system. The OWB is powering 3-heat exchangers in the house (domestic hot water plate heat exchanger, water to air 20x24 heat exchanger for forced hot air in main house, and another plate heat exchanger that does domestic hot water and radiant baseboard in the mother-in-law apartment). Going to add the garage/shop to an additional loop this season with another water to air heat exchanger for forced hot air. Also toying with the idea of a tube/sidearm heat exchanger for the pool to extend the swimming season a few weeks.

Ahh - that explains it. Quite a heat load on it. You must keep it humping away.

gg

 

[Skeans1]

Just to get started I've been salvaging blow-down and dying spruce & fir. They're spread all over. One here and one there. Here is one I got this afternoon. Woods are thick and it didn't quite make it to the ground. Even though it was pretty branchy where it was caught I gave the chain an extra wrap so that it would at least try to roll as it came out from behind the stump to help it fall.

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It didn't roll much at all but it came down.

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Got it limbed out. Not all that impressive by most standards but pretty good for a balsam fir - 16" at the butt and 7" at 50 feet. It gave me four 12' logs which is way better than my average of 2 logs per tree.

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gg

One thing you can try to keep from getting hung up is putting a full face dutchman in with a narrow face it’ll get the stem off the stump that much quicker with more force.

 

[saint18z]

Ahh - that explains it. Quite a heat load on it. You must keep it humping away.

gg

Yeah, I am really impressed with it. There is a bit of a learning curve (just like any wood burning device) to get max efficiency. There is a sticker on the front of it that says "burning wood is an art not a science" and I couldn't agree more. In the dead of winter (upstate NY so as low as -10*F) I have to load it full twice a day. during the fringe seasons I burn Pine and other softwood, and get 24hrs+ out of a full load.

 

[goeduck]

One thing you can try to keep from getting hung up is putting a full face dutchman in with a narrow face it’ll get the stem off the stump that much quicker with more force.

I wish I knew what you know about falling trees. Nothing like a pro doing their job