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The Wood Hounds
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Welcome to our Podcast about firewood, trees, timber, chainsaws, axes, woodworking and everything wood related! We are Dan and Joe...the Wood Hounds! Check in each week for more discussions about EVERYTHING firewood. New episodes air Wednesdays at 5 am est.
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Dan and Joe talk about how a simple branded T Shirt can have an impact on a small business's bottom line. Hey, we are just two weeks away from the Paul Bunyan Show in Cambridge Ohio...Fun time for all!
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.
Is there brand loyalty in and around the firewood industry? Do people gravitate to one brand when choosing machines like processors, splitters, chainsaws and the like? Maybe, maybe not? Dan and Joe discuss their brand loyalties in today's episode of the Wood Hounds Podcast!
Leave it to the Wood Hounds to compare the Capitalist, free market system to floating in a kayak. What the...?
Dan and Joe talk about a seismic change in the firewood industry and an upcoming trade show...Hmm... Both events have one thing in common. What could it be?
Dan and Joe talk about what "time" means to them. Is time something to be wasted? Is time money? Is time something to be spent on what is most important? One thing for certain, they both wasted a LOT of time talking about it in today's episode!
Are there expected behaviors in the woodyard? Are there actions taboo to the culture and character of firewood production? Does it even matter in the heat of summer? Dan and Joe do their best to figure it out in today's episode. Please help the Wood Hounds Podcast by giving us a 5 star review.
Both Dan and Joe endured serious weather events that damaged areas of their woodyards...A hail storm in Wisconsin and a flash flood in Ohio.
The duo go more into depth of what occurred and discuss what they have learned. Hilarity ensues!
Dan and Joe decide to take the dip into the new realities of import tariffs. Spoiler alert, neither have a clue.
Dan and Joe wax nostalgic for the recent, rainy weekend in Ohio at the International Firewood Expo 2025. It rained.
Dan and Joe catch up on their lives after missing the previous week's podcast episode. The big thing, just two weeks away, is the International Firewood Expo 2025, May 2-3 in Cortland, Ohio. Fun for all!!