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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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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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English


Episodes
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Keep Your Feet On The Ground and Keep Reaching For Those Cords

9/3/2025
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?!?!?

Duration:00:38:24

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The Best Log Splitter In The World Has A Data Plan

8/27/2025
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.

Duration:00:33:52

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A Whopper Jr. Of A Tale

8/13/2025
Dan and Joe spend the episode talking about food and firewood. Two of their favorite things!

Duration:00:36:52

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No Cats Were Harmed While Recording This Episode

8/6/2025
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!

Duration:00:32:16

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Free Advice Is So Good You Should Have To Pay For It

7/30/2025
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

Duration:00:30:28

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A Different Type of Unorthodox

7/23/2025
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.

Duration:00:36:07

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Why do we need robots on Mars when we need them in July?

7/16/2025
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?

Duration:00:27:25

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Orange is the New Blue --Interview with Andrew Easton from Eastonmade Wood Splitters

7/9/2025
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.

Duration:00:34:35

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The Fair Weathered, Loyal Type

7/2/2025
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!

Duration:00:26:55

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I Hope This Kayak Knows Where It's Going

6/25/2025
Leave it to the Wood Hounds to compare the Capitalist, free market system to floating in a kayak. What the...?

Duration:00:26:33

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A Major Firewood Industry Frenzy

6/18/2025
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?

Duration:00:25:42

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I Wish This Flashback Would Hurry Up and End

6/4/2025
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!

Duration:00:30:26

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The Unwritten Rules of Firewood

5/28/2025
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.

Duration:00:26:28

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That Was One Hail of a Flood

5/21/2025
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!

Duration:00:35:41

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A Taxing Discussion About Tariffs

5/14/2025
Dan and Joe decide to take the dip into the new realities of import tariffs. Spoiler alert, neither have a clue.

Duration:00:29:40

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A Rainy Weekend In Ohio

5/7/2025
Dan and Joe wax nostalgic for the recent, rainy weekend in Ohio at the International Firewood Expo 2025. It rained.

Duration:00:30:47

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The Countdown Begins!! The International Firewood Expo 2025

4/23/2025
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!!

Duration:00:34:31

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Hop On The Cycle Easy Rider!

4/9/2025
Dan and Joe talk log splitters and wonder what are the important features of our most favorite machine. Log lift? Adjustable knife? Cycle time? Hmm...

Duration:00:32:35

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Who Let The Wood Hounds Out??

4/2/2025
Dan and Joe discuss the exciting year ahead for the Wood Hound firewood community. There are a number of locally driven get togethers, charitable events, and a certain International firewood Expo! The truth about the role firewood plays is very evident this year. Firewood brings people together!

Duration:00:26:29

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Possession Is 9/10ths Of The Cord

3/26/2025
Dan and Joe discuss a cruel reality of the firewood industry. WAYYY too many people, customers and producers, seem to have a lackadaisical attitude about accuracy of quantities. Is there any other product in the world that is routinely purchased where the actual quantity is usually wrong?!

Duration:00:32:13