Vermont Castings Aspen C3 2022

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Remove excess strap from ratchet.


Fold over the strap the rest of the way and fold clip tabs down.


Attach braces. I still have to trim them down before I screw it to the roof to get it away from the ridge.

What do the brain-trusts think before I finalize it.

 

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Are the brace's legs adjustable? If so, shorten them a bit.

 

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They are. The have to trim them so I can get them off the ridge vent before I fasten it.

 

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I added some blocks under the roofing to help hold the screws down and liberally applied some roof/flashing sealant.
I cut about 14” off the braces.

 

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Got up there and polished the chimney this morning.

 

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Added 12” of Class A today. Make it look a lot taller than 12”.

 

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Chunk of Oak at 9:45.
Thermostat says 66*
Let’s see wats left in the A.M.

 

[begreen]

9:45 or 10:45pm?

I wish I had a stash of oak like that.

 

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Just took me a while to get from the “wood shed” to my old VC Aspen thread.


9:45EST, but since we are on this. I started posting my own time stamp as above since the forum will post the time at first, but then just switch to the day.
It’s in the screenshot above, it has the time. Come back tomorrow or next year, and it will just give the date. I noticed this last year when I went to look back at my starlogs and the realized half my data had been replaced with a date rather than than a time. I lost half my records of burn times. So, now I just post my own timestamp in my the posts.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

looks good.. nice coals

 

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Went from 9:45 pm to 4:45 am. So, 7 hrs on that log.
Flue was 200
The house was 66, but that’s also where the LP kicks in. I imagine it had ran some. 🤷‍♂️

Raked it around and tossed in another oak.

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I wish I had a stash of oak like that.

This oak is probably 2-3 years covered. A lot of the oak got split just enough to get it off the side of the road, turns out it’s kinda handy to get this little stove to run longer.

I have my eye on another big oak just in the edge of a gated dirt access road that goes off into the woods. I knocked on the door and asked the owner if I could cut it up when the bugs go away. He said I could come get it anytime. He would open the gate if he needed to.
We exchanged numbers. He’s texted me since saying he had two trees near the house that he had someone come out felled back into the woods edge. One is already cut into logs. Said I could grab both of them too. Not sure what those two are.
Sounds like I’m gonna have plenty of chunks to restock with.

 

[begreen]

Just took me a while to get from the “wood shed” to my old VC Aspen thread.


9:45EST, but since we are on this. I started posting my own time stamp as above since the forum will post the time at first, but then just switch to the day.
It’s in the screenshot above, it has the time. Come back tomorrow or next year, and it will just give the date. I noticed this last year when I went to look back at my starlogs and the realized half my data had been replaced with a date rather than than a time. I lost half my records of burn times. So, now I just post my own timestamp in my the posts.

Yes, something is odd with the time stamp. I saw your post at 7:45pm PST here which should have been a 3 hr time difference to EST or 10:45pm. That's what confused me. But if the shot was taken an hour earlier than the posting that would make sense.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

White oak will definitely extend your burn times. Its really dense, Im stove has done very well on pin oak as well. The best oak if you can get your hands on it is willow oak, thats the super premium of oak. They get super big also, so when you find one its usually a big score. The more dense the wood the more BTUs you get per load and the longer it burns in the stove

 

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Trying not to double post too much from the “What’s in Your Stove” thread, but I want to keep this thread updated. I get enough PMs based off this thread to make it feel worth while.
To counter the occasional post that the stove runs away on me, although I know it’s usually just too much air under the logs and they need to be knocked down, I should post the wins too.

It’s pretty cold the last couple days, and will be for the next week or so. Supposed to be 20*F tonight.

Anyway, I’ve been feeding it a little more full with no complaints. Three splits give me an off-gassing of just under 600 in the flue, the cruises down.

I run a big chunk for longer burns, and more smaller pieces for hotter burns.

I have to run a little pine to burn the coals down during the day.

 

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Been pretty cold out this last week. This load of hickory, maple and oak got us up to 73 inside.