How to Heat Your House for Free (with Firewood!)

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  • @ModernSelfReliance
    @ModernSelfReliance  4 роки тому +29

    *This channel is not to be confused with "my self"...*
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    • @PaullaWells
      @PaullaWells 4 роки тому +3

      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.

    • @PudelsRule
      @PudelsRule 4 роки тому +5

      You are a very good educator!
      Deeply appreciating your "self-reliant" channel here.

    • @johnmcdonald9130
      @johnmcdonald9130 4 роки тому +3

      I would never confuse you cause you don't have a golden retriever... 😂

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  4 роки тому +3

      bhhaha.

    • @TiaraPoodles
      @TiaraPoodles 4 роки тому +1

      @@johnmcdonald9130 LOL Good One!!

  • @jenniferholden9397
    @jenniferholden9397 4 роки тому +6

    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. 🌹

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching Jennifer!

    • @addfrost6601
      @addfrost6601 2 роки тому +1

      Also from North of UK and also on disability. But found and loving this channel. Binge watching. We can definitely dream 🧡

  • @flanny701
    @flanny701 4 роки тому +1

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      It was 95 degrees that day! I agree an inside fire would have been a fitting end...

  • @offgridoldfart8110
    @offgridoldfart8110 4 роки тому +13

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +2

      It's so true.... It's great stuff.

  • @DeterminedDIYer
    @DeterminedDIYer 4 роки тому +3

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Nice.. low hanging fruit when it's that close to home.

  • @johnmcdonald9130
    @johnmcdonald9130 4 роки тому +1

    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!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      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.

  • @vivianwilliams2216
    @vivianwilliams2216 4 роки тому +1

    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! 😊👍💕💕💕

  • @bobbyk6585
    @bobbyk6585 4 роки тому +5

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +2

      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!

    • @AATreeService
      @AATreeService 3 роки тому

      Can’t keep everything! I been burning black walnut this year because there is so much we can’t mill it all

  • @FeelLuckyToday
    @FeelLuckyToday 4 роки тому +1

    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!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Thanks for watching! I'm glad you find it entertaining as well as educational.

  • @WoodlandWalks
    @WoodlandWalks 4 роки тому +4

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      It's amazing to me what people discard.

    • @WoodlandWalks
      @WoodlandWalks 4 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @MachinaOpus
    @MachinaOpus 4 роки тому +3

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      That's true some wood isn't worth the effort!

  • @bencowles2105
    @bencowles2105 4 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @PaullaWells
    @PaullaWells 4 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @scottfunkhouser7491
    @scottfunkhouser7491 4 роки тому +1

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      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!!!

  • @henrikstenlund5385
    @henrikstenlund5385 4 роки тому +2

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Pellets are a great alternative to oil or propane!

  • @glengillis7542
    @glengillis7542 4 роки тому +1

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Building relationships with tree service guys is important.. also take the good wood with the not so desirable...

  • @gordonmelrose4828
    @gordonmelrose4828 4 роки тому +2

    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 :))

  • @starvestal5539
    @starvestal5539 4 роки тому +1

    Nice video. And that was so nice of them giving you the wood. I know it will help you all out this winter.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching Star!

  • @shanestandeven4801
    @shanestandeven4801 4 роки тому +2

    I love you two brothers. I am basically you two in one, I am a contractor and if I am not working am fishing.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      That's an interesting way of looking at things. :-)

  • @sinfonianbarelytone9191
    @sinfonianbarelytone9191 4 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @Wingnut_Stickman
    @Wingnut_Stickman 3 роки тому

    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.

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  3 роки тому

      It's true wood burning is in the blood.. I have an OWB that I used to heat my primary residence.

  • @marcgenest
    @marcgenest 4 роки тому +8

    Modern Self Reliance, I like this name .... perfect for your style, like concrete door... ha ha , love it .. good show..

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @marcgenest
      @marcgenest 4 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @wambambola
    @wambambola 4 роки тому +2

    I like how you are so excited over firewood.
    Let nothing gonto waste!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      I'm not a good actor... That's the real deal!

  • @Well_I_am_just_saying
    @Well_I_am_just_saying 4 роки тому +2

    Congratulations on hitting 10000 subscribers. Hopefully in a few months you can hit 100,000 subscribers.

  • @asustainablejunglewayoflife
    @asustainablejunglewayoflife 4 роки тому +1

    love firewood, heat everything - shop too. Great video kevin. Ever burned Pin cherry. be careful pretty hot!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      I don't think so... Black cherry... Yes

  • @NotSureJoeBauers
    @NotSureJoeBauers 4 роки тому +2

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Good advice! We could get into the bark up or bark down!

  • @lgmakes9412
    @lgmakes9412 4 роки тому +1

    Permaculture starter, firewood, garden wood chips, furniture, flooring and sooooo many spoons!

  • @lynnmoore2664
    @lynnmoore2664 4 роки тому +2

    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!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Welcome aboard Lynn! Thanks for watching!

  • @thecarlislehomestead
    @thecarlislehomestead 3 роки тому

    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.

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  3 роки тому +1

      I love wood heat. I too only have wood heat. But I use an outdoor wood boiler

  • @txlabmansteamtoysmore4980
    @txlabmansteamtoysmore4980 4 роки тому +1

    I love your enthusiasm and I also love free wood. 🤠

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Free wood all day long!

  • @andrewsimpson3073
    @andrewsimpson3073 3 роки тому

    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 👍

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  3 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @PuckettCigarBoxGuitar
    @PuckettCigarBoxGuitar 3 роки тому +1

    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 ????????

  • @MiscMitz
    @MiscMitz 4 роки тому +1

    Firewood is a never ending chore!

  • @ChiChi_Shaw
    @ChiChi_Shaw 3 роки тому

    I love your energy & your humor.

  • @hillbillywisdom777
    @hillbillywisdom777 3 роки тому

    I LOVE FIREWOOD !
    good dry seasoned firewood.
    I have a kitchen queen wood cook stove and heat exclusively with FIREWOOD.

  • @joewamsley8004
    @joewamsley8004 4 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Sounds like my childhood actually.my brother and I use to roam the forest pushing over dead standing trees for fun..

  • @WoodlandWalks
    @WoodlandWalks 4 роки тому +16

    Hey, also good to see you’ve got Ads going now. I’d encourage people to let these run as every little helps👍😉

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +2

      It sure does... Thanks for helping.

    • @mirahemmingway9826
      @mirahemmingway9826 4 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @WoodlandWalks
      @WoodlandWalks 4 роки тому

      Ahh. You changed the thumbnail. Praps the crazed chainsaw wielding guy was not quite right. 😂

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      @@WoodlandWalks this was the original thumbnail... And it needed a little extra... ;-)

  • @bobbyk6585
    @bobbyk6585 4 роки тому +2

    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?

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Just testing the waters... Figured it might not have been clicked on enough too crazy chainsaw man...

  • @richardsolomon8076
    @richardsolomon8076 4 роки тому +1

    Nice job Kevin, gr8 tips on fire wood harvest. Fullstop bro

  • @jasonlackner8320
    @jasonlackner8320 4 роки тому +2

    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!!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Hard-boiled egg on a stick... Bahaha. Hmmmm..

    • @jasonlackner8320
      @jasonlackner8320 4 роки тому +2

      @@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.

  • @jacobscott6112
    @jacobscott6112 3 роки тому

    Firewood must be your favorite word 😂 love your channel keep up the good work man ❤️ spread the love

  • @MOOSEDOWNUNDER
    @MOOSEDOWNUNDER 4 роки тому +1

    Love a good storm, free wood. Awesome.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      It's true right... Every time the wind blows free heat falls from the sky somewhere.

  • @surfersurfer8824
    @surfersurfer8824 4 роки тому +5

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      I've got about 3 years stacked right now... People will realize it takes work...

  • @roxyknight4909
    @roxyknight4909 3 роки тому

    Omg i love your channel ... very awesome. Lots of love from New Zealand

  • @virginiagonzalez1138
    @virginiagonzalez1138 4 роки тому +1

    Great content!

  • @stephencroft761
    @stephencroft761 4 роки тому

    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.

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  4 роки тому

      Firewood is usually free.. just got to opportunistic enough to grab it! Good Score!

  • @staceymarkum3873
    @staceymarkum3873 4 роки тому +1

    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.👍😁

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Stacey... Yum. That description is mouth watering.

  • @nellytalford7119
    @nellytalford7119 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you the lesson on wood, it was very interesting ...God bless 🙏

  • @dylantrinder1571
    @dylantrinder1571 4 роки тому

    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?

  • @EastonmadeWoodSplitters
    @EastonmadeWoodSplitters 4 роки тому +1

    Great video kevin

  • @thatdude5104
    @thatdude5104 4 роки тому +1

    Great video, was really looking forward to it!

  • @ckrose4163
    @ckrose4163 4 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      I agree!

    • @ckrose4163
      @ckrose4163 4 роки тому

      @@cmosphoto1 Take care my Friend.

    • @ckrose4163
      @ckrose4163 4 роки тому +1

      @@cmosphoto1 If you want, check out Nugget Noggin. He's a youtuber that does metal detecting. He's a lot of fun to watch.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      @@ckrose4163 that's one of the few channels I think I've seen as well as man + river

    • @ckrose4163
      @ckrose4163 4 роки тому +1

      @@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.

  • @diyvideo2482
    @diyvideo2482 4 роки тому +1

    I'm new to your channel and I enjoy watching your videos

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @hejdingamleraev
    @hejdingamleraev 4 роки тому +1

    Great stuff as always!

  • @beatarcheologzt
    @beatarcheologzt 4 роки тому +1

    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

  • @twistedfrannie9311
    @twistedfrannie9311 4 роки тому +2

    We heat our home the same way...with clean up wood , we're in Nova Scotia.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Scrounges wood is the best wood!

  • @carmencunningham1660
    @carmencunningham1660 4 роки тому +1

    Finishing the vids with cooking in front of the hobbit cellar - a tradition? Wonderful Kevin

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Carmen... I figured I should demonstrate how terrible green wood is at burning. You can hear the steam coming off of it.

  • @bigdave6591
    @bigdave6591 4 роки тому +1

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      I wasn't cutting anything. Just collecting firewood.

  • @TonyGeneseo
    @TonyGeneseo 4 роки тому +1

    Great video ! Who are the meatsticks putting thumbs down ?? Some people need to get a life !!

  • @TheVodec
    @TheVodec 4 роки тому +6

    Kevin loves his firewood. When I saw the fire I thought he would be cooking an egg sandwich

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      I'm working up to that!

    • @TheVodec
      @TheVodec 4 роки тому

      @@cmosphoto1 You have to work up to the egg sandwich?

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      @@TheVodec for the video.... lol

  • @Mr.Chunggg
    @Mr.Chunggg 4 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Once you use a blow torch it's hard to go back to conventional methods.

  • @travisjohnston1923
    @travisjohnston1923 7 місяців тому

    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

  • @purplegeckocraftscrissietu9296
    @purplegeckocraftscrissietu9296 4 роки тому +1

    Another cool video .. we claim the fallen wood for the local scout campsite .. x

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      It's good to establish connections for places that have trees fall on the regular!

  • @metalmyke1
    @metalmyke1 4 роки тому +4

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      My kind of guy! Can never have enough wood...

  • @piercecollins7812
    @piercecollins7812 4 роки тому +1

    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?

  • @ruby055
    @ruby055 4 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      That's insane! I guess it depends where you live.

    • @offgridoldfart8110
      @offgridoldfart8110 4 роки тому +2

      600 a kiln dried cord delivered in central Maine. L.L.Bean buys alot of it.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      @@offgridoldfart8110 all of a sudden I have a pile of money sitting in my yard... ;-)

  • @bboyshotty
    @bboyshotty 4 роки тому

    Hometown Londy!
    I was curious if your land was close by

  • @jamesgoodman6243
    @jamesgoodman6243 4 роки тому +1

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      James I completely agree. I'm saving my beastly splitter for its own video!

  • @birdthetree
    @birdthetree 3 роки тому

    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?

  • @dogleg6669
    @dogleg6669 4 роки тому +1

    Got to love free heat! Full stop!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      It's definitely guilt free when you walk around in your underwear in the middle of winter!

  • @marB84
    @marB84 4 роки тому +1

    You're getting better at this, Quick!

  • @newfieingenuity
    @newfieingenuity 4 роки тому +1

    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 ;)

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      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..

    • @newfieingenuity
      @newfieingenuity 4 роки тому +1

      @@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!

  • @brendabinau1187
    @brendabinau1187 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome tip!

  • @jjyan2877
    @jjyan2877 4 роки тому +2

    Uh oh, giving up the secrets of the trade lol. Great video! Like 2 kids going to a candy store haha.

  • @blueclothes1
    @blueclothes1 4 роки тому +1

    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? 🤔

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      I'm planning a video showing how I heat my home with fire and water.

  • @talpalatnyizold
    @talpalatnyizold 4 роки тому +1

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      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.

    • @talpalatnyizold
      @talpalatnyizold 4 роки тому

      @@cmosphoto1 Okay. Thanks. I also thinking on this kind of project on my off grid house. That's why I'd like to see.

  • @mattsmith6100
    @mattsmith6100 4 роки тому +2

    Good video it was funny I like fire wood to

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Thanks for watching! I like firewood!

  • @scottfunkhouser7491
    @scottfunkhouser7491 4 роки тому +1

    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

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      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!

  • @bladewire
    @bladewire 4 роки тому

    I love firewood! 🌲🔥🌲

  • @davidp.7723
    @davidp.7723 4 роки тому +1

    Use firewood in your trap to catch a wild Kevin😂🤣🤣
    Awesome content bro...keep it up👍👍

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Those skids sitting on the side of the road are Kevin traps.. it's hard to drive by those.

  • @mirahemmingway9826
    @mirahemmingway9826 4 роки тому +1

    List of heavy machinery tools to have.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      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.

  • @veronder
    @veronder 4 роки тому +5

    Do your Trees have crouch rot?
    Call Kevin and get a free complimentary coping saw lmao

  • @KaWouter_
    @KaWouter_ 4 роки тому +1

    Enough firewood in this video to make it lit!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      For sure! I love firewood!

  • @logantidwell7698
    @logantidwell7698 4 роки тому +2

    Not too long ago a tree in my yard was knocked over by the wind. Guess what I used it for

  • @preppingforlife264
    @preppingforlife264 4 роки тому +1

    Interesting good things

  • @kevinwerrett535
    @kevinwerrett535 2 роки тому

    Those wood chips would fix your muddy sections on your block.

  • @andrewgarcia8589
    @andrewgarcia8589 3 роки тому

    I love fire wood and obbsess just as you buddy

  • @realliving9253
    @realliving9253 4 роки тому +1

    I love free wood also!

  • @Ryansgointohell
    @Ryansgointohell 3 роки тому

    At the beginning it sounds like you're saying barnwood

  • @drjohnson920
    @drjohnson920 2 роки тому +1

    We can power everything with wood

  • @blueclothes1
    @blueclothes1 4 роки тому +1

    P.S. are you doing anything special for when you hit 10000 subscribers?

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      10k subs.. how about another Friday Video! If I get to 100k I'll do something special...

  • @lifewithus42
    @lifewithus42 4 роки тому

    Hey Kevin, I saw you milling a bunch of trees in some other videos, do you have a nice slab on the property that I can make a desk with at home...maybe something around the size of 2’x5’...can we connect via email? I don’t see an email on your About page.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      Where are you located? C *m*osp*h*o*to at g mail com

  • @bradmc1975
    @bradmc1975 4 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      It's true it's a good side gig.

  • @timbaugh6108
    @timbaugh6108 3 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @robvanza
    @robvanza 4 роки тому +1

    No better price than free!!

  • @dennisschickling5759
    @dennisschickling5759 4 роки тому +1

    KEEP YOUR WOOD DRY. NO WET WOOD. #STAYSAFE

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      It's good to have dry wood!

  • @chuckgreen7941
    @chuckgreen7941 4 роки тому +1

    What’s in the works for the next video?

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому

      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.

  • @davidhageage1942
    @davidhageage1942 4 роки тому +1

    Kevin practice looking at the camera not the playback screen. Watch your brother Wooded beardsman. I her than that, I Love the channel

    • @ModernSelfReliance
      @ModernSelfReliance  4 роки тому +1

      Been working on that.. the vid you commented was like my 4th or so..

    • @davidhageage1942
      @davidhageage1942 4 роки тому

      I know, and you have gotten better. It is hard to do, but just trust your camera holding hands. The hardest is to look away and try to shoot a side shot and looking natural.
      Anyways you rock, can not wait for years of your vids like your bro

  • @dyannejohnson6184
    @dyannejohnson6184 3 роки тому

    Oh sure!! Roast a marshmallow right in my face! Tell me when we’re you going to offer me one? I was drooooling aha

  • @mr.neuhaus1937
    @mr.neuhaus1937 4 роки тому

    GREEEEAT Vid as always, dude... Kevin !!!!!!

    • @cmosphoto1
      @cmosphoto1 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching!