Ready for winter (I think anyway)

Looks like work to me……

By glycol you mean the antifreeze for the lines?

Wood boilers are awesome. I built my own homemade one years ago. We plumbed it into the water heater, and thru the garage.

Unfortunately, I didnt have a tractor for handling all the firewood. I got all the wood by hand, loading/unloading my trailer for 8 years by myself. After hurting my back so many times and just overall fatigue, I sold it.

We live in an old farmhouse downwind of Lake Michigan. So when the wind blows cold, it's cold! I used up to 20 cords of wood some years. You can offset that by using bigger chunks, greener wood, etc. But it's a balance to make right. Now that we have a tractor and a grapple, I wish we still had the unit! Now it's back to a conventional wood stove and 3-4 cords of seasons wood. Good luck with the new unit.

Made rain caps for them and tuck them under my pine trees. Always hate mowing next to pines. Now I mow next to the totes. Helps with keeping the weather off the wood too.



100K BTU heater in the workshop.


Also have a 50K in the basement and one in the car garage. It's plumbed into the hot water tank and the existing furnace.

Thanks! I told her when we committed to this project. We're going to make it an operation that is easy and efficient, whatever it costs. I don't have any spare time as it is. It's going to cost some extra dough, but a driveway to get to the unit will be put in. Along with a building over top it with room for storing wood, the dump trailer and room for a skid steer. I ain't got time to be messing around.... Not that I mind doing work, I just got to do it efficiently.

I like that tote idea.

That's a nice program you got there and I like it!  We burn in the house with a 4000 series Quadrafire wood stove.  Burn 3 -4 cords a years and no other heat source.  I get log truck loads for $800 that make 8 cords. (24 face cords).  Have a large deck and a wood shed that holds 6 cords.  Keep this years burnables under the deck.  Like staying 2-3 years ahead,  Love cutting my wood the exact length I want, splitting and stacking.  take pride in good stacking and being self sufficient in heating the home.  So many rely on electric, gas or oil and their bills are extremely variable and consequential.  We heat the house for $400+/- a year in the northeast.  Not bad.  The work of cutting, spitting, stacking and moving wood help keep me in shape while also keeping us off the energy grid when the costs get high based on national issues.

We are in some tough times and knowing we can keep warm at stable costs is comforting.  And, if the power goes out, we are warm.  Add the generator and a full pantry?  Short term catastrophe averted.

Yes, ready for winter and looking forward to it in the lake effect snow belt.  Almost wishing for the opportunity to test our readiness but hope we don't have to cause that means many will suffer.

Very true. We're behind on the generator aspect and I do need to get ahead on the wood stockpile. Prior to this unit we burned inside with a wood burner. This outdoor furnace is definitely going to be a different animal. It is a gasification model. Supposed to be super efficient for wood consumption. However, it requires dry and seasoned wood. I will admit, I am nervous for the first burning season that our wood will be dry enough and that we'll have enough.

I honestly don’t know what maintenance they do but I’ll update as I ask.