Tested fresh birch, willow and maple, oh how much easier to chop fresh wood against dry.
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Thanks for the video Jan .
Looks like you have it going your way 
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I’m already grumpy enough, I no longer use Facebook. But my wife and @Jan are obviously buddies on a gengas group on Facebook 
Wife sneaked up on me today and put this video up on her Facebook.
Yeah I know, the belt is shot and I didn’t smear it with tar. It’s been holding up for a couple years though. I will soon have to bite the bullet and invest $5 in a new one.
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Yes, you complained that there were not that many women in the gengas industry, but I found one 
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JO, Im sure we can open a charity account for members to donate some money for this huge investment of yours
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I wouldn’t be too sure. I remember you hang used toilet paper up to dry in your neck of the woods
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Seems that words of helpfull tips travel fast
Joke to the side, the picture of your bag of chunks with the price tag is sobering… we are so blessed to be some of the few people alive that can drive no matter what happens
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I would just use some tar on the belt for traction until it finally breaks, you deserve to get your monies worth out of a $5.00 belt. I would buy the new belt now, prices are going up on everything, even your bag of wood.
Bob
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That’s the plan
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Does tar work good on the belt for you? I always use syrup or molasses, both on v-belts and flat belts, only because the oldtimer’s always telled me to not use tar, because it should give a hard, slippery “polished” surface? Have never tried so just curious.
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Yes, sugar syrup and sawdust was what we always used on flat belts cutting firewood when I was a kid. I tried syrup on the V-belt but I wasn’t satified.
Tar has worked good for me. Very slippry at first, but once belt and pullies warms up it works very well. I never thought about the risk of polishing the surfaces 
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I have a bar of Gulf Wax that I use on my belts until I see it take some away from the bar.
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As i think about it now, i guess it was just for flat belts they warned me about using tar, probably the belt itself gets a polished, hard surface?
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Neighbour has a big chunk of asphalt tar for this. I use fresh spruce resin on my sawmill belts
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Think of how long you plan to live and divide that by how long you expect a belt to last and buy that many or you may have to go back to leather belts.
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LUCKY for YOU! It is spring and dandelion time. You can extract rubber from dandelion’s. If your lawn is like mine, you should have enough for a lifetime supply of belts. 
SECOND, You are one lucky man, to have a wife like that. I really can’t believe how luck you are! She is so awesome what I great find! I mean any woman I ever dated, the ones that MAY have taken a video for facebook, but they would not have stopped at shooting a picture of the car, they would have gotten in and drove off for a few hours. 
Then come with hands full of shopping bags, 'i would have asked you to come, but you looked busy! Oh and can you bring in my shopping bags? there are a bunch in the trunk."
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Sean have you found the right girl yet? I hope so, all women like to shop. The trick is teaching them to shop for the right things, that’s all.
Bob
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I haven’t found one that likes to buying welders yet. 
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Good information. I’ll start producing belts then 
What Bob said. Maybe try look for girls at junk yards, rather than shopping malls
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You could! If you don’t want to dig, you could plant sunflowers too. But it basically looks like the process is grind up the roots, and wash it with water, then it floats to the top. then they roll it out in a press, and let it dry for a couple of days, then roll it again, then put it in a smoker.
NO! I tried that once, and found out I do NOT run faster then the german shepards.
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