Ontario Firewood Resource

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We're fast paced in the big cities in Canada, no time for making breakfast at home and people don't cook here on a large level. Its becoming a take out society with restaurant deliveries extending far beyond the pizza man.

wood splits better in the winter (when its freezing of course), because it gets brittle, just like how plastic will crack in the cold easier, due to shrinkage

That's a lot of rain you get there woodworks! Rain is proven to be psychologically depressing. It's more of a factor in one's life if you have to work outside trying to dodge it

A tutorial on how to dry wood efficiently and effectively. Starts off slow, but has many key tips

Burn good dry hardwood, self cleaning

Save 80% on bar oil! Listen for the tip on how to prevent gelling up in cold temps.

Ok so there is plastic in them....in a miniscule amount. Unfotunately the environmental movement is penny wise and pound foolish, like when they tell us we shoouldnt have air conditioners while they fly around in jets and get driven around in V8 limos

No plastic in the cups, just wax

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Here's the Canadian firelighter, we go through a lot of these... look at the fire roar!

I've filled hundred of IBC tote cages with birch mixed in with hardwood and once a crate of birch only. It does rot easy but all it needs is the wind which acts like a fan or the hand dryer in the public washroom. wood needs wind and low moisture content in the air to dry, not just sun and heat. I'll post a video of my IBC totes breakdown next week.

I mix wood in crates for customers, 15 to 35 bush cords per year for years, I have never seen staining. Ive noticed that some of the oak dries and some isnt ready after a year but it clearly seems like that because some logs are thicker than the rest and oak naturally takes long to dry. It also depends on if the tree was dead and if so, how high up the dead tree (less water further up) and if it was cut in winter when there is less moisture in the tree. So many factors with firewood

Bar oil replacement to save you money. Also included is a tip on how to keep it from gelling up in subzero temps.

I admit I didnt make a perfect demonstration, I rushed a video onto youtube in excitement in creating content for my youtube channel, but one should get the idea that its up to the user to make the perfect cut. I started of with slight angle cuts on the logs before the demonstration, I could have made straight cuts on the ends for the perfectionists. The tool does not botch the job, its a ruler, not a cutter. If you look at my video on IBC totes, you will see the thousands of logs that I have cut essentially perfectly to fit in the crates, which makes them stack nicer and are pleasing to the customer. I put in the description that I installed on the wrong side of the bar. it is only $10 CDN, so it is very cheap for a Stihl tool. It is not made to be bolted to every Stihl chainsaw.

Well you cant beat free so go with the softwood. I would imagine that it doesnt get cold like it does here in Toronto. I'm in the south of Canada but winter is still harsher much of the lower UK in the least.

Bugs have killed many of our white and green ashes and american elm. We've got a few oaks, mostly white and red, apple, cherry, willow, horse chestnut, blue beech (which I call elephant foot), hop hornbeam or ironwood, 6 maples including NA sycamore. We have the odd hawthorn

Prized black walnut for live edge tables

white poplar/ Aspen, white, silver and gray birch, linden/ basswood, all related

Also black locust and honey locust

Fair enough, I've never used one extensively, but I deal with retail volume so have to use quicker methods. 

More bang for your buck. Hardwood is dense and gives off more heat so you are lifting amd loading less. 

I'm a firewood retailer in Ontario, Canada. I've learned all the hardwood species locally, just wondering what species are available in the UK

Try to get hardwood, it will save you time and effort

Hookaroon/ pickaroon will save your back. Best applied to cut rounds, time consuming for firewood logs

Regions above a certain latitude and/ or altitude only have softwood trees. Whe you see mountain pictures, notice that all the trees are softwood? Mmmhmmm! Importing hardwoods is too costly considering the relatively low value of the wood compared to its shippable weight. Softwood must be dried properly

This tool is call a pulp measure from Stihl. I hope it helps you all.

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