What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[MRD1985]

12 outside, warming up to 16 by tomorrow early am.
71 upstairs.
A reload of mostly white oak, maybe 1 red oak, and one (the last) locust split.

Sad no more locust. I’ve never burned it, but from what I’ve seen on here it’s one of the best.

 

[Pinesmoke]

You guys are making me jealous. Nothing to burn here except gas logs.....seriously lacking. Friday night I'll be back in the warm South. It was brutal this morning here at 530. -6 and a 20 mph wind was just rude, even with remote start for the car.

I'm looking forward to being back on the hill. I think T told me tonight is supposed to be near 60 next Wednesday.

 

[stoveliker]

I have some emergency wood which has 10-15 splits of locust but I can handle all that the weather had in mind so far with oak.
For my stove I don't see much difference in how long it burns as compared to white oak. It does burn a bit differently, glows more solidly, and has a bit more blue flames.
But with the controlled air supply it's not better or worse than other good wood. (I want to get some hickory...)

Two years from now I have 0.75 cord of locust, and the rest red oak.

 

[MRD1985]

Well if ever need heat FAST this is exactly the ticket. Peaked at 730ish STT and crusing around 700-710 with air all the way closed and blower on high

 

[all night moe]

Glad your power came back! I take it no back up generator?

Nope....If I buy a genset, I want one with 3-phase power. For my shop I haven't built yet. I have 2 pieces of equipment, tucked away in my garage, that run off it.

Yeah buddy !

And we’re off.

Vid please. 😲

 

[MRD1985]

Nope....If I buy a genset, I want one with 3-phase power. For my shop I haven't built yet. I have 2 pieces of equipment, tucked away in my garage, that run off it.

Vid please. 😲

I haven’t had a way to post videos or I would! Says file is too large. It’s only a 15 second video

Edit. 5 seconds worked!

 

[all night moe]

I haven’t had a way to post videos or I would! Says file is too large. It’s only a 15 second video

Edit. 5 seconds worked!

Hmm, won't play for me. Comes across ''untitled.''
Stoveliker's vids work for me. I don't know what's up. I'm device stupid to start with LOL

 

[MRD1985]

Hmm, won't play for me. Comes across ''untitled.''
Stoveliker's vids work for me. I don't know what's up. I'm device stupid to start with LOL

Hmm, maybe someone else has some luck? It plays for me if I click on it 🤔

 

[bigealta]

Wants me to save it on my computer?

 

[MRD1985]

Wants me to save it on my computer?

Sure give it a go!

 

[stoveliker]

Works for me.

 

[bigealta]

Sure give it a go!

I mean it only goes straight to save it. It never plays. I bet it's a file that my computer won't run.

Edit; Plays fine when i use my I phone.

 

[MRD1985]

I mean it only goes straight to save it. It never plays. I bet it's a file that my computer won't run.

Weird. It plays for me just fine through the site. I don’t get it

 

[Dieselhead]

This mornings load of oak and locust knotty pieces wasn't providing enough heat anymore. So I raked the coals to the door and put a long knotty piece on it like I normally do with pine. But this is white oak...
We'll see how it goes. Burns like hell though, currently.

How’s locust? I know it’s one of the best for btu, does it emit a shower of sparks when you stir its coals up? I recall seeing something about that in the past.

 

[stoveliker]

How’s locust? I know it’s one of the best for btu, does it emit a shower of sparks when you stir its coals up? I recall seeing something about that in the past.

Not for me. That is not more than other wood I have burned.
It did leave some more solid chunks of coal. Oak I can break down with my toothless rake. These less so. So that's a negative in my opinion. But overall it's nice but I can do the same with oak.

As with many of these things I think bigger differences are because of how tight the loading is, how strong your draft is, and how much surface area you have in your load, and how the air flow in the box is designed and develops with a decreasing fuel volume.

 

[stoveliker]

I do think our stoves run differently than tube stoves. Having a lower gas production rate affects how wood burns. So the coal-like locust stories don't seem to play out for me in my stove.

Nothing bad about it though. Burns long. Just as white oak...

 

[all night moe]

How’s locust? I know it’s one of the best for btu, does it emit a shower of sparks when you stir its coals up? I recall seeing something about that in the past.

No. If at all, nothing like SB hickory. Burns like coal. Hot and slow. Straight slow growth grain. Very dense and heavy, thus high BTU. Does not burn well without assistance from other species or lots of coals beneath. That's the black locust. Honey locust is a close second. Grain not as straight but everything else compares.

I think SB hickory is one of the best. I'll take it over locust any day. Iron wood is right up there too, with all just mentioned.

 

[NickW]

All right guys... Between the BK bragging and honey locust talk...

I WANT A BK AND THE HONEY LOCUST I SPLIT IN FALL READY RIGHT NOW!

OK, I'm better now...

 

[all night moe]

I do think our stoves run differently than tube stoves. Having a lower gas production rate affects how wood burns. So the coal-like locust stories don't seem to play out for me in my stove

When I burn it in the dragon or when I did in Moe, I found hot and slow. Holds coal form in split shape seemingly forever.

 

[weee123]

All right guys... Between the BK bragging and honey locust talk...

I WANT A BK AND THE HONEY LOCUST I SPLIT IN FALL READY RIGHT NOW!

OK, I'm better now...

Sounds like things aren’t so happy over there

 

[weee123]

Overnight load cruising along. Red oak and a big piece of quaking aspen. Burning nicely and very satisfied with how the stove is burning now even with the cold temps out.

 

[NickW]

Currently burning coals down again... Tired of coals... Tired of cold AND wind... Frustrated with manometer research... Yes, kinda grumpy from sitting here observing my experiments. They are honestly going well with the secondary air 1/3 blocked.

Ripping through 2 shoulder season loads in 5 hours finally got the house temperatures moved up some. Still too much coals hence the bark. On the bright side these low quality wood coals should burn down quickly and I am more confident in the overnight load going in later.

 

[Dieselhead]

We have BL around I just don’t come across it often, I did have a butt load of SB hickory last year and wasn’t its biggest fan even though it’s BTU heaven. That stuff had me cleaning out my stove what seemed like weekly, showered sparks on reloads and the dust from the bugs that like to eat it got old too.
Anyhow tonight is single digits. Going into the evening with the house at 71. New load of maple, oak and hickory shorties in, still working through a part of the stack that was a pre-cut tree company scrounge so the lengths are off. Stat will be at 3:00 and fans on 25%.

 

[Dieselhead]

Currently burning coals down again... Tired of coals... Tired of cold AND wind... Frustrated with manometer research... Yes, kinda grumpy from sitting here observing my experiments. They are honestly going well with the secondary air 1/3 blocked.

Ripping through 2 shoulder season loads in 5 hours finally got the house temperatures moved up some. Still too much coals hence the bark. On the bright side these low quality wood coals should burn down quickly and I am more confident in the overnight load going in later.

Dwyer Mark 2. Don’t overthink it. I’ve been running one for years without issue.

 

[thewoodlands]

The outside temp tonight is 9.2, the basement temp started out at 73 with the temps up here 66 & 67. The overnight load is all beech, seven splits with one round of limb wood.

I'm behind on my burning today so I'm running the furnace for about 8 minutes until the basement heats up.