If your suspicious you should purchase a moisture meter and confirm your fuel quality. Guessing you may be surprised how wet some of your fuel is. I bought a cheap model off ebay years ago. It works fine. These days no wood goes in the BK without having been CSS at least 2 full years. Most has been 3 years.The pine was definitely dry, however I did burn some other stuff that looked suspicious. We have had a mild winter with a few days above 40. I haven’t been running the stove as hot, guessing that may be part of it. Loaded up some oak and am gonna let er rip.
Probably correct. That pile method takes longer to season than standard single or 2 wide stacks. They do look cool however!Near Mahnomen, MN. I have a moisture meter and my main burning source is dry. I had a small holz Hausen stack that was in the way it had a bunch of junk wood in the center. I’m guessing some of it was not seasoned.
Is that a King or a Princess? (Can't see sigblocks on my cellphone).
But, regardless: wow!
Look at that, learn something new all the time. I guess I should update mine.Try turning your phone sideways. Signatures appear in landscape view on my phone.
Sears Craftsman home, built 1895, 2850 Sq ft. Great amount of time/$$/effort to tightening up house past 3 years. Two story, 71F-76F most of the time.Can you give us some home size specs, stove top temps, room layout, room temps, etc. Trying to make a comparison. Nice looking stove.
That's our buddy in Fairbanks. I've met both of them and I think I know why he keeps the house warm!!We have one poster here that attributes his wife house attire to the heat output of his bk.
I have been told THOUSANDS of times we make the most boring stoves....and we are to blame for honey-do-lists!Just wanted to share how nicely my BK is keeping the living room temperature. I started the fire around 8am and after the fire had established I did not touch the thermostat once. House furnace was off. Admittedly, I did poke the splits after the fire had burned down a bit at 4 and 8 pm, that's why the temperature went up again a bit. The wood I'm currently burning produces a hell lot of fine ash, and the lower splits sink into it, so I use the poker to bring them back into contact with oxygen.
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Slight tweaks and PE32 is current and newest. As for having a wood cutting buddy...2020 was hard. I cut 5 cords 1.5 hours from my house. Dropped several 70-80' tall tamarack trees (larch). I cut, split and stacked in my F350 with side boards. I did this over 7 days.He asked me my princess model #. Mine is a pe32. Is that the newest model? I wanted to tell him that I didn’t think they have changed much in quite a while but I really have no idea. Maybe slight tweaks?
That’s crazy! He’s a younger guy , brand new to everything to do with wood. Fun to see his enthusiasm. I’m still learning myself with this new stove compared to my very old stove at my old house. I’m noticing my wood is lasting even longer as it’s been drying at a pretty quick rate stacked inside next to the stove. Throwing my reload schedule way out of wack. I should have left it till morning tonight. Wow, that was hot and not much room. He’s going to end up with a princess, suspect the king would just be too much. Bummer. So glad I listened, even on a low setting it’s 71 now and 41 outside.Slight tweaks and PE32 is current and newest. As for having a wood cutting buddy...2020 was hard. I cut 5 cords 1.5 hours from my house. Dropped several 70-80' tall tamarack trees (larch). I cut, split and stacked in my F350 with side boards. I did this over 7 days.
On my next to last trip...heading for cord #6, my old cutting buddy asked if we could take both our trucks...F350's. We filled my truck first, started filling his. Then it happened. I was cutting a massive tree. Cut out the wedge, started back cut, tree started to fall perfect. Just before the hinge broke, the entire stump came out (no roots), saw went across upper thigh. Not good!!
Buddy and I carry walkie-talkies and I radioed that I needed first aide. I put on dressing, threw belt around leg. He took me to the ER.
Learned a bunch that day:
1) wear chaps (30 years of cutting and falling with no problems created superman attitude)
2) a 90' tall, 24" diameter tree doesn't need roots to stay upright
3) a good buddy is worth EVERYTHING!!
I'm glad it wasn't serious.saw went across upper thigh.
Oh I was pulling bar out to get my 30' desired distance...but it was such a massive, heavy tree it "sat" on the bar. Not a buckskin either..bark dark to the tip.Never a bad idea to get away from the tree as it’s falling either if possible. Probably figured that one out I bet. On super steep cliff type ground we would rope down because of the uprooting scenario in old growth
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