QF 2100, 3100, or Lopi Endeavor?

[northwinds]

Nice looking set-up. When was your wood split?

 

[jeff_t]

Yep, it is a very controllable stove. I got to play with ours last weekend. I tried to lose control, but was able to easily reign it in. I'll try again when we get back there around the end of the year, when it's much colder outside, but I honestly think it won't be a problem. You're really gonna like it.

Any trouble you may have will probably be directly related to wood. Get next winter's now.

I was in your neighborhood that weekend. Made a day trip to Marquette to visit a friend.

 

[wildlingabovethebridge]

Nice looking set-up. When was your wood split?

back in august,most of it dead felled maple and oak from at least last year. the birch that I felled green, split and stacked earlier this year is burning well

 

[wildlingabovethebridge]

Yep, it is a very controllable stove. I got to play with ours last weekend. I tried to lose control, but was able to easily reign it in. I'll try again when we get back there around the end of the year, when it's much colder outside, but I honestly think it won't be a problem. You're really gonna like it.

Any trouble you may have will probably be directly related to wood. Get next winter's now.

I was in your neighborhood that weekend. Made a day trip to Marquette to visit a friend.

Yeah it seems to really like getting cranked up hot and then choked all the way down, you really see that reburning/gasification process. Had my first overnight burn last night, 4 medium birch logs provided bright red coals in the morning.

Too bad our weather sucked for ya, and you missed the fall colors. Must be pretty close to down down in your area eh?

 

[jeff_t]

It wasn't this past weekend, it was last Saturday, the 11th. It was a nice day, and I'd say bar the end of the peak. Went to some festival and had an awesome sandwich at the Portside Inn.

It's about over here. Been pretty windy the last few days.

 

[northwinds]

back in august,most of it dead felled maple and oak from at least last year. the birch that I felled green, split and stacked earlier this year is burning well

Dead oak especially often has lots of retained moisture in it until split and stacked. If it doesn't seem to want to burn, that will likely be the reason. If it burns well, then no problem. As Jeff suggested, you want to start on next year's wood now and try avoid the oak. It's like fine wine and burns best after multiple years of seasoning.

 

[wildlingabovethebridge]

the plan is to start working on wood again in the spring. We should be in full winter mode within a month or so, as such i
I have lots of other stuff that has to get done, nor do I have the storage space for more right now. If things get really desparate there's plenty of dead standing spruce and pine around, plus the deer camp wood supply could be tapped if needed.