The Wood Hounds

Joe discusses his recent, week-long tour of firewood yards in Germany and Austria and shares what he witnessed across the pond.  This trip was organized by TP Siva, the Finland-based company responsible for the Japa, Hakki Pilke, and Palax firewood processors. 

Dan and Joe come close to violating one of their core standards for a world-class firewood podcast.   No Cussing!! 

Dan discusses a conversation he had with a fellow firewood hobbiest he met recently. Dan tried to help him realize there is a fine line between ambition and fantasy. Or maybe not?!?!?

The irony about smartphones is we can hardly put them down to do our own job.  How did we ever get through life without one?  Dan and Joe discuss their lives with smartphones and how they can play a productive role in the firewood industry. 

Dan and Joe spend the episode talking about food and firewood.  Two of their favorite things! 

A simple trip to the animal shelter didn't turn out to be so simple after all.  Fill out this form...fill out that form.  Let's form a club to outlaw forms!

Dan and Joe discuss a YouTube video showing a man questioning the possibility of starting his own firewood business.  What a great opportunity to insert their opinion into his life!!!  
 
Here is a link to the video discussed in this episode
https://youtube.com/shorts/I13bOtadftQ?si=Z2xfRbQtBARph_X7

The Wood Hounds discuss the most difficult step in starting a project...the first one!  They also find the opportunity to  challenge people to dare to be different despite the pressures on us to conform.

The wood Hounds decided not to start a petition banning the month of July from the firewood calendar. However, they wondered what could be done to help a firewooder get through such a brutal, hot month. Robots anyone?

Dan and Joe sit down with none other than Andrew Easton of the Eastonmade Wood Splitter Company.  Eastonmade has one of the biggest names in the world for firewood production machines and the Woodhounds get to sit down with Andrew to learn what's going on with the Orange and Blue.