Now that I'm well into my third year of burning, I think I have a handle on what the Wood Gun likes to eat!
Never burning a stick of wood to heat my house before, I kinda jumped right in with a gasifier.
Following what I read here, I began splitting wood to the size of a playing card.
But I struggled with huffing and probably burnt way more wood than I should have.
Those little splits are like kindling for the WG.
But still naive into my second year I split a tad bit bigger and things seemed to get a tad bit better.
Now into my third year and after speaking with fellow Wood Gunners, I've come to the conclusion that bigger really is better.
In the first picture the split on the left is what I'm trying to shoot for these days and the splits on the left is what I split the first year out. I still have 4 cord of that oak. You can see it in the background.
The second picture is what I started splitting the second year out.
I have 15 cord of that oak.
And the third picture is just another comparison with a piece of dog wood that is unseasoned!
So from now on in I will be shooting for a minimum of 4x4 and a max of 8x8
![The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/123/123898-ef60157dbf1a63b79adddd9f75ddc0d0.jpg)
Never burning a stick of wood to heat my house before, I kinda jumped right in with a gasifier.
Following what I read here, I began splitting wood to the size of a playing card.
But I struggled with huffing and probably burnt way more wood than I should have.
Those little splits are like kindling for the WG.
But still naive into my second year I split a tad bit bigger and things seemed to get a tad bit better.
Now into my third year and after speaking with fellow Wood Gunners, I've come to the conclusion that bigger really is better.
In the first picture the split on the left is what I'm trying to shoot for these days and the splits on the left is what I split the first year out. I still have 4 cord of that oak. You can see it in the background.
The second picture is what I started splitting the second year out.
I have 15 cord of that oak.
And the third picture is just another comparison with a piece of dog wood that is unseasoned!
So from now on in I will be shooting for a minimum of 4x4 and a max of 8x8
![The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/123/123896-96d29e76f985dddde09712027068cab5.jpg)
![The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/123/123897-acc18b003c31bf8c2690fc954d4be83c.jpg)
![The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will The WOOD GUN may like this but I doubt the wife will](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/123/123898-ef60157dbf1a63b79adddd9f75ddc0d0.jpg)