How to Heat Your House for Free (with Firewood!)
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- I make a special trip to the city to collect free firewood that I can use to heat the off grid cabin. Even if you don't have a cabin, you can use this advice to score free firewood to heat anything from yourself in a backyard campfire, or your whole house!
I will talk about how firewood is essentially waste, something that most city people don't care for or want and how arborist will basically just give it away for free.
I'll share my experiences with how to best dry and store firewood, or season it for use. I'll show you how to use crates to store wood, or to use a wood shed to dry wood for the year and the right amount of time to season fresh cut firewood.
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Thank you for this statement. Since I just happened upon you I have not yet learned what you're all about. This cleared that up for me.
You are a very good educator!
Deeply appreciating your "self-reliant" channel here.
I would never confuse you cause you don't have a golden retriever... 😂
bhhaha.
@@johnmcdonald9130 LOL Good One!!
I have just found your channel and am binge watching and loving it. I'm an older disabled lady from the north of England so none of this has any rebalance to me now, but a girl can only dream. Thank you, you have made an old very happy. 🌹
Thanks for watching Jennifer!
Also from North of UK and also on disability. But found and loving this channel. Binge watching. We can definitely dream 🧡
Wood heats you several times. Cutting,carrying, splitting,carrying, stacking,carrying,burning and then carrying out the ash. Also must not forget putting the ladder up and cleaning the stove pipe. Gotta love it.
It's so true.... It's great stuff.
My mom lives in the country and she has 11 acres. Her driveway is gravel and a mile long. It's lined by trees the whole way down and invariably every year they have a 2 or three massive trees fall on it. We all go out and cut it up for her stove to heat her house in the winter. :) We make a day of it with the kids and grandkids and with about 12 of us it takes no time at all. Plus she has a pneumatic log splitter so that's handy lol.
Nice.. low hanging fruit when it's that close to home.
Wow that's beautiful maple. As a woodworker I cringe when I see hardwood like that turning to ashes, however as a homeowner who also heats with wood I recognize the value and versatility of the material. Once again, really appreciate your resourcefulness and desire to make use of opportunities when they present themselves.
Bobby the amount of full size logs I have ready for the mill is amazing... The yard usually dictates how large the pieces come out of it!
Can’t keep everything! I been burning black walnut this year because there is so much we can’t mill it all
I love you two brothers. I am basically you two in one, I am a contractor and if I am not working am fishing.
That's an interesting way of looking at things. :-)
Take the stuff they chip up and pile it up and let it rot. The result is amazing compost for your garden. Pile it in the woods and it will pick up additional leaf liter and draw insects to break it all down. Once it breaks down sift it and put it in your garden. You can also mulch you garden with it. You can rebuild soil with it. Just spread it across the future garden area about 2 ft thick and let it break down for a couple years. After about 5 years you have perfect growing soil.
Great work Kevin. I heat my house with wood pellets and then boost up with firewood when temperatures drop a lot, free of course. Very low cost heating for sure.
Pellets are a great alternative to oil or propane!
I recommend burning wood for everyone. I have burning firewood since my dad decided to convert from oil to wood when I was 14 years old, 1978-ish. He got me to saw it, split it, stack it, 8 cords a year, and you never get that out of your system. Now I manage to heat our home for free using wood I cut on our land. I built a logging winch to get the trees "too far to carry" and I bought a pto-powered hydraulic-feed woodchipper to process the branches and tops of the trees into chips, which we bag into cut-down-sewn-back-up feed bags for later. Chips and twigs and dried leaves are excellent on those days where you need a fire, but not a big fire. We have two wood stoves inside and a massive 1/4 million btu biomass converter (some folks call it a wood boiler) outside that drives our radiant floors and domestic water. Great exercise all summer long, and something to do when it is cold out -- go see what the fire is up to. We put up 10 cords for this winter, my Mrs. stacked it all, and we burn 1 cord (4'x4'x8') every 14 days. Plus a cord of cedar to kindle the fire. My rule for cutting a tree is simple -- Did I plant it? No? Cut it down.
It's true wood burning is in the blood.. I have an OWB that I used to heat my primary residence.
Modern Self Reliance, I like this name .... perfect for your style, like concrete door... ha ha , love it .. good show..
Thanks for watching!
@@cmosphoto1 In the crazy time those who gather nature's bounty will be so much more ahead than a dependant on "social power " services.. get off the grid, prep for future... bs is coming ... won't be pretty. Cover all bases. get all you need...survival...is ...hmm....life.. be anti-everything that is not self autonomy / natural /sustaining. etc. Carry on ... and listen to me , I am AUTHORITY .... ha ha ha.
I miss splitting logs for winter. My body won't let me so stuff like that away more. I do however enjoy watching other people do it... keep entertaining us Kevin, we're loving it!
John! My elbows hate me if I split too much by hand these days... But I still love firewood! Hydraulic splitters is where it's at.
You are right about asking for the wood and likely to get it for free. Especially the chips. I got a load from the city when they came by to trim trees. I just asked and later in the day I received for free an entire truck load of chips. They are just sitting outside composting. Free mulch. Can't beat that.
Thanks for this Kevin. Great example of using what nature has given us. It’s on the ground so good going. A bit of effort but well rewarded. Love seeing this approach.
It's amazing to me what people discard.
Kevin the Wood Chucker I agree and especially in the increasingly resource scarce world we live in. Use of wind fallen wood for energy seems like a no brainer to me.
So pleased to see your channel is getting more interesting and more people are tuning in. I can learn a lot from your videos and fortunately you are an excellent teacher. Your humor is also a big plus for the channel. I am watching every video of you and hopefully learning a lot! If not still fun to watch. Thank god you started your own channel!
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you find it entertaining as well as educational.
Wow ! Those were some really tall trees in those people's yards ! It was fun watching everyone work on clearing up the trees, and you explained a lot about collecting and drying fire wood, thanks for sharing! 😊👍💕💕💕
Thanks for watching Vivian!
@@cmosphoto1 you are welcome!
Great video again. I have done this several times. My note to self and advice to others: always check what kind of the tree is before you go round to pick it up. Google it's burning and splitting properties of the tree if you don't know.
That's true some wood isn't worth the effort!
If you want to season fast cut short rounds 10-12" long instead of 14-16" will season much faster. Small splits. Vented tarps help to sweat the wood. I use old greenhouse poly with air holes
Good advice! We could get into the bark up or bark down!
i think a nice clip of you doing the fire inside your house showing the heating house aspect of firewood but the cooking the marshmellow on the wet wood was a very nice touch thanks for the great video
It was 95 degrees that day! I agree an inside fire would have been a fitting end...
Good plan i have also done this before. Nice wood. You can also ask for logs to be cut in certain lengths. If they cut down a big Pine or whatever. Need to create a working relationship and go when called. Thanks for the video
Building relationships with tree service guys is important.. also take the good wood with the not so desirable...
Permaculture starter, firewood, garden wood chips, furniture, flooring and sooooo many spoons!
So so so many spoons!
This has been a treat to see you out and aboot Kevin. Would love to see some more of these types of videos mixed in :))
For sure.
Congratulations on hitting 10000 subscribers. Hopefully in a few months you can hit 100,000 subscribers.
Thanks!
Hey, also good to see you’ve got Ads going now. I’d encourage people to let these run as every little helps👍😉
It sure does... Thanks for helping.
Now, why would you want to get rid of ads. I've gotten a lot of laughs from them. I'm a fan of emu limu.
Ahh. You changed the thumbnail. Praps the crazed chainsaw wielding guy was not quite right. 😂
@@WoodlandWalks this was the original thumbnail... And it needed a little extra... ;-)
I've got scout leader buddy that works for an arborist. His senor scout helps him cut, split and stack the wood and I happily pay to have them deliver it. It helps fund his scouting career. Love giving back to scouts. I only use wood for fire pits. One at the cabin and one at home in the city.
Awesome!
Picking up dead fall or cutting dead trees down in the woods is an excellent way to get dry wood when your not prepared I utilize all the dead stuff nearby before I will cut a living tree down for firewood wd on the urban scavenging I do that to but I use kindling the small branches to begin the fire my kindling pile is as large as my woodpile to start the fire or to rebuild when youve let it die back to far
I wholeheartedly agree with your comment! I generally get tree service wood because it's low hanging fruit... I have the space to season wood...but if I were in a pickle and needed wood to burn immediately I'd be taking those dead standing all day long!!!
I like how you are so excited over firewood.
Let nothing gonto waste!
I'm not a good actor... That's the real deal!
Nice video. And that was so nice of them giving you the wood. I know it will help you all out this winter.
Thanks for watching Star!
Firewood is a never ending chore!
You've gotta love doing it.. or out of necessity.
We do not have a furnace. We are wood heat only. Love the feel of wood heat. SUCH hard work though! Thank God for the splitter invention.
I love wood heat. I too only have wood heat. But I use an outdoor wood boiler
In front of the root cellar - it’s a lovely natural focal point with the banks of earth sloping in from the sides. Would make a great socialising area if you put in a long bench on each bank, and a fire pit where you have the camp fire. A great place to have dinner in the summers 👍
Once the dust settles and the grass grows I'll look into making a more hospitable place to hang out. It's still in the build process the surroundings anyways.
First time viewing your channel. I am going to go back to your first video and watch your library as your channel looks very interesting!
Welcome aboard Lynn! Thanks for watching!
Kevin loves his firewood. When I saw the fire I thought he would be cooking an egg sandwich
I'm working up to that!
@@cmosphoto1 You have to work up to the egg sandwich?
@@TheVodec for the video.... lol
I LOVE FIREWOOD !
good dry seasoned firewood.
I have a kitchen queen wood cook stove and heat exclusively with FIREWOOD.
Love a good storm, free wood. Awesome.
It's true right... Every time the wind blows free heat falls from the sky somewhere.
I love your energy & your humor.
hi kevin, great video, again, i bet lots of ppl didnt know they could do this, but now they do, hope it dont shorten your wood supply,lol thank you bill
I've got about 3 years stacked right now... People will realize it takes work...
You switched the thumbnail image. Where did the red vehicle go? Was the switch intended to motivate me (and others) to conclude a new video on firewood had been posted?
Just testing the waters... Figured it might not have been clicked on enough too crazy chainsaw man...
Kids love downed trees. Haha. I actually have a few hundred thousand yards of wood chips from arborists and my kids love to go play there.
That would be massive cost savings for cities. Pile of wood chips and tree wreckage playgrounds.
Sounds like my childhood actually.my brother and I use to roam the forest pushing over dead standing trees for fun..
I’m in Montgomery Alabama only guy on my street with a fireplace in my house. I have a shop out back with a wood burning heater and a chimaera by the pool. That’s 3 fireplaces in a part of the country that doesn’t get that cold. After I moved in I saw a guy on FB market place selling chords delivered for $160. When he got to my house it was crumbly old wood in the bed of a pickup that had a tool box in it. Lesson learned. After that I found folks that were giving it away I just had to cut it up and haul it away.
Firewood is usually free.. just got to opportunistic enough to grab it! Good Score!
lmao I can hear Wood Beard giggling like a little girl while editing this. All that talk of loving wood and not one beaver reference. If you touch your wood more than once you're playing with it ;)
I noticed your username are you in nfld? When I made the trip there I was amazed at the tidy piles of wood everywhere. Full logs stacked like cribbing on the coast..
@@cmosphoto1 yeah, a lot of people here heat with wood, hard to tell from the road but what folks do when they crib up their wood like that is they'll peel one side of the stick to help it dry, they also say the salt spray helps it dry too. Keep the vids coming man!
love firewood, heat everything - shop too. Great video kevin. Ever burned Pin cherry. be careful pretty hot!
I don't think so... Black cherry... Yes
Another great one Kevin! For a second I thought you were going to cook an egg on a stick... but it was a marshmallow. Loving the content. Keep it up!!
Hard-boiled egg on a stick... Bahaha. Hmmmm..
@@cmosphoto1 It's a real thing. Whittle a stick in a triangle shape about 4" down. Gently chip away the shell on the top and bottom being careful to not cut the membrane, about a quarter inch diameter{sorry for the american measurements}. Shove the stick through and roast like a hot dog until cooked egg whites are oozing out the ends. It's a fun camping trick.
That horse shoe you found on the other video could be really old. It's cool it's a complete. Definitely do some metal detecting.
I agree!
@@cmosphoto1 Take care my Friend.
@@cmosphoto1 If you want, check out Nugget Noggin. He's a youtuber that does metal detecting. He's a lot of fun to watch.
@@ckrose4163 that's one of the few channels I think I've seen as well as man + river
@@cmosphoto1 I will have to check it out. I also got into magnet Fishing, you should try if you have rivers or lakes and such around you. It's a great hobby.
Another great video, you make me laugh. Oh, and for the marshmallow, I think a sap steamed marshmallow upon a graham crostini topped with a dark chocolate drizzle would go over great on one of those cooking shows.👍😁
Stacey... Yum. That description is mouth watering.
Nice job Kevin, gr8 tips on fire wood harvest. Fullstop bro
Thanks Richard!
Finishing the vids with cooking in front of the hobbit cellar - a tradition? Wonderful Kevin
Carmen... I figured I should demonstrate how terrible green wood is at burning. You can hear the steam coming off of it.
Firewood must be your favorite word 😂 love your channel keep up the good work man ❤️ spread the love
I love your enthusiasm and I also love free wood. 🤠
Free wood all day long!
Wait a minute !! you start of with a scratch on your face... then the scratch is gone... then it's back again... then it's gone again... are you a MAGICIAN ALSO ????????
Yeah if you burn wood for your home avoid pine to much creosote can build up start a chimney fire a good rule is use nutwood oak hickory etc also burning an occasional aluminum can in your fire can help clean the chimney. To start a fire I keep the papers toeels or old newspaper I use to clean my cast iron skillets with also save the dirty oil in a coffee can ez pz also when
I've heard about the aluminum can trick, what exactly does it do? Soften creosote? Or does it dry it up and make it flaky? Good advice.. some people only burn pine. The key is that whatever wood you burn it needs to be dry!
Got to love free heat! Full stop!
It's definitely guilt free when you walk around in your underwear in the middle of winter!
Omg i love your channel ... very awesome. Lots of love from New Zealand
Great video kevin
Thanks Andrew!
Another cool video .. we claim the fallen wood for the local scout campsite .. x
It's good to establish connections for places that have trees fall on the regular!
Not where I live in metro Boston where a cord of quality hardwood costs $400 to $600 and stacked $500 to$700. Fallen trees are taken by the Arborists and sold or used to reduce the customer cost.
That's insane! I guess it depends where you live.
600 a kiln dried cord delivered in central Maine. L.L.Bean buys alot of it.
@@offgridoldfart8110 all of a sudden I have a pile of money sitting in my yard... ;-)
I'm new to your channel and I enjoy watching your videos
Thanks for watching!
Great stuff as always!
Thanks for watching!
Use firewood in your trap to catch a wild Kevin😂🤣🤣
Awesome content bro...keep it up👍👍
Those skids sitting on the side of the road are Kevin traps.. it's hard to drive by those.
Uh oh, giving up the secrets of the trade lol. Great video! Like 2 kids going to a candy store haha.
Yes... It's true!
Do your Trees have crouch rot?
Call Kevin and get a free complimentary coping saw lmao
Nice!
Great content!
It's always fun to split wood by hand but when u get alot it's best to invest in gas powered splitter Great Video. God bless be safe. Jim
James I completely agree. I'm saving my beastly splitter for its own video!
Thank you the lesson on wood, it was very interesting ...God bless 🙏
Thanks for watching.
This opportunity is great but where is your safety gear one slip or a bit of kick back from the saw and you might not have a arm or leg or possibly a life if it cuts you
I wasn't cutting anything. Just collecting firewood.
We heat our home the same way...with clean up wood , we're in Nova Scotia.
Scrounges wood is the best wood!
Awesome tip!
Thanks Brenda!
Even shared it on Facebook!!
Binge worthy. Motivates me to finish the things around the house I know I can do.
I even solved a problem on my car. You mentioned creosote,.....with all the stoves you've installed, maybe you could cover how you address it,........you do deal with it right?
Burn dry wood.. You'll rarely have a problem.
Great video, was really looking forward to it!
Thanks for watching!
I personally would have stayed away from sounding like Shawn's channel name cause it's not a good look as it will always be perceived a certain way but I like your content so I subscribed
Thanks for watching!
I love firewood! 🌲🔥🌲
FIREWOOOOOD!
Good video it was funny I like fire wood to
Thanks for watching! I like firewood!
Great video ! Who are the meatsticks putting thumbs down ?? Some people need to get a life !!
Big oil maybe.. ;-)
I forgot this is the brother that uses modern tools to start a fire, not even a lighter, he carries a blow torch where ever he goes to start fires.
Once you use a blow torch it's hard to go back to conventional methods.
You're getting better at this, Quick!
Thanks!
How do you get 2 cord to run all winter? In missouri I burned AT LEAST 12 cord a season. Not even northern Missouri, I lived in Kingdom City at the time, right in the middle lol
Interesting good things
I enjoy you and your Brother very much. Without HIM I never would have found you! I COMMAND YOU to STOP drubbing on him like you do. What is it with you?
I don't understand?
Hometown Londy!
I was curious if your land was close by
My friend has so much firewood, his garage and side of the garage is full. He said he has enough for two seasons. And people are still telling him about it.
My kind of guy! Can never have enough wood...
List of heavy machinery tools to have.
I probably should have mentioned the machinery they were using but the jist of the video was firewood collection. So a truck and trailer! And an axe. Probably the most basic setup.
i made a very good business out of collecting free firewood and selling it. so easy and no one does it and along the way it keeps you fit and active and you can make very good money.
It's true it's a good side gig.
Look at the lens!! Love your content and you should now have enough know how to have some idea of what you are framing behind you?
No better price than free!!
It's true!
Enough firewood in this video to make it lit!
For sure! I love firewood!
I love free wood also!
Right! Love it!
Where is the hot water project? You told in your last video: "Next video I got an idea how I supplie hot water." I'd like to see. Thanks
The next video, I think tomorrow night will give you a glimpse to why the hotwater video has been delayed... Who needs hot water until the fall anyways.
@@cmosphoto1 Okay. Thanks. I also thinking on this kind of project on my off grid house. That's why I'd like to see.
I love fire wood and obbsess just as you buddy
You say you heat your home with fire? How many fire places does it take to do that? Or is it part fire and part natural gas? 🤔
I'm planning a video showing how I heat my home with fire and water.
Those wood chips would fix your muddy sections on your block.
Awesome
"I Love Wood! Uh! FIRE WOOD"
Firewood firewoood!
MIKE MORGAN SAID 12 % MOISTURE IN FIRE WOOD IS IDEAL !!
I don't disagree.
Oh sure!! Roast a marshmallow right in my face! Tell me when we’re you going to offer me one? I was drooooling aha
P.S. are you doing anything special for when you hit 10000 subscribers?
10k subs.. how about another Friday Video! If I get to 100k I'll do something special...
KEEP YOUR WOOD DRY. NO WET WOOD. #STAYSAFE
It's good to have dry wood!
Firewood Firewood Firewood Firewood Firewood Firewood
FIREWOOD!!!!!
We can power everything with wood
Great thumbnail!
I was a little reluctant to go with that one.... Glad you like it
Kevin the Wood Chucker I have a Stihl homemaker saw and have used the big ass stihl clearing saws for forest clearing saw in my youth. I love stihl so your thumb nail rocks!
Kevin the Wood Chucker loved it.
I love stihl powered equipment also
@@WoodlandWalks great saws.
What’s in the works for the next video?
There are a number in the works... It depends which one gets buttoned up first as to which one is released. There will be a short update on a project tomorrow night I believe. Then a full vid drops Saturday.
Full stop. I love roasted mollows