The Wood Hounds

The Wood Hounds

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.

Episodes

November 19, 2025 25 mins

One of the cruel realities of our passion is we cannot make firewood unless we have logs. Where do we get them? Do we buy them? Do we pull them out of the ditch on the side of the road? Regardless of our methods it is a labor of love.

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Dan made the mistake of asking Joe about his vacation pictures that both revolved around the separate murders of two women named Sophie.  Be sure to listen to this light-hearted and entertaining episode! 

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Dan and Joe discuss a common request on social media platforms of disclosing personal information about income.  Why do people find this something important to know of another person?  

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October 29, 2025 30 mins

Dan and Joe meander through some topics in today's episode.  Joe found himself in the middle of a robbery.  Dan tries to explain where all the YouTube views have gone, and both agree on the excitement generated by the Firewood Machine industry.  

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October 22, 2025 29 mins

Two, very good looking, funny, charming podcasters can both trace their firewood roots to their purchase of an outdoor wood boiler.  If they didn't already have a lot in common!  

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A recent fire at a Montana based firewood production yard got Dan and Joe's attention when the story was posted on  YouTube.  If the fire wasn't bad enough,  comments left by some viewers seemed to have crossed the line into bad taste.  The Wood Hounds dive into these comments and show how they reflect persistent and unfortunate attitudes about the entire industry.     Here is a link to the video   https://youtu.be/-8AUPjPtqtg?si=r...
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Dan and Joe review the recent Paul Bunyan trade show in Cambridge, Ohio, October 3-5, 2025. There is so much to discuss. The awesome firewood machines, the people, the food, the oppressive heat! 

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September 24, 2025 29 mins

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!  

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September 17, 2025 32 mins

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. 

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September 10, 2025 26 mins

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

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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?!?!?

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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. 

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August 13, 2025 36 mins

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

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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!

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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
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July 23, 2025 36 mins

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.

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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?

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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.

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July 2, 2025 26 mins

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!

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

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