Free Wood

montrose5

Anybody know any good deals on a petrol chainsaw????

janeawej

we use old pallets sawn up on our fire, the local coal merchants give them to us

Ted_Hutchinson

montrose5 wrote:

Anybody know any good deals on a petrol chainsaw????

Ebay not a personal recommendation just the cheapest I've found.
I also use an electric chainsaw. Perfectly OK for logging near the garage. You only need a petrol one for when your away from a power source. Aldi's have had a cheapo chain saw in the past so if your not in a hurry it may be worth waiting.

Bevster_2

Thanks to everyone for there help. The website site John provided looks really useful too!

asharon

montrose5 wrote:

Anybody know any good deals on a petrol chainsaw????

if you haven't used a chainsaw before it is a very good idea to do a quick course on using one.

Thefunkygibbons

I am always on the lookout for free wood, but t doesn't grow on trees you know

sparklybug

the funkygibbons

pml.....ho ho

Dave2012_2

See my post #16 here in the other thread:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=168384

this is how we get our free wood

Dave

mpet

We've found that having wood too dry makes it urn very quickly. If it is damp it lasts longer.It might smoke a bit, but it all goes up the chimney so no problem.

mpet

Mikeyorks

It doesn't really matter if it's a bit damp .... so long as it's been seasoned by leaving it out over at least one winter to knock the sap out of it.

If you burn wood unseasoned - it will throw tar into the chimney and then any resultant chimney fire will be virtually impossible to put out.

Spent 18 years loving wood burning stoves - but they do need space, Always had 5-10 tons 'seasoning' outside - and a similar amount already seasoned and dried and under cover, ready to burn.

And you need a metal 'ash bin' - to put the hot ashes in. Which you then (the garden doesn't take 18 years worth !) decant into the bins the Council will empty. Hmmmm - perhaps I didn't really love them that much? On reflection - a lot of hard work. And a dust storm at the front door, when emptying the ash pan, on windy nights.

But the dog loved the hearthrug in front of it - she never warmed as much to the new house with gas ch.