What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[MRD1985]

the overnight. Oak and maple. Kept the stove going earlier with some maple and oak and maple shorties. Almost just slept through my overnight reload. Down to about 14 tonight

 

[all night moe]

Almost just slept through my overnight reload

I Just did...LOL.

Woke at 20 to 2am. Luckily there was still a good coal bed from the 8pm evening dragon snack. Partly due to the massive lingering coal bed from the previous load. I've been able to choke down the air a lot lately.

Overnight is two 2-3'' ash sticks and a twisty split of well seasoned black cherry dead wood. I then added a 4'' round of black ash. Following the flame kickers are a bunch of honey locust, a beech, and some red oaks. Did the fan limit switch trick with the power interrupt. After it hit it's mark, I flipped the switch and left the air on the open side.

I'll be up for awhile while the house is heating back up. I'll visit the dragon once more before I shut down. Settle the pile of fuel into the coals and add more premiums. With that I'll choke down the air again and see you fellas in the am.

 

[Pinesmoke]

Can't like that unless your area has been dry, I'd rather have snow.

I love the snow but up here even a little snow makes things pretty dicey. There is no road work done by the county and there are really no guard rails on roads hanging off the side of the mountain.

Mud season sucks cause it keeps me out of the woods to work. Getting the buggy in and out is pretty messy. I can walk in to cut but that's about it.

 

[mpaul]

Overnight load of oak did very well. Woke up this morning with the cat still at 594 and one of the oak splits still holding its shape with low flames coming off it. House stayed at 68 overnight.
Loaded up today with a balance of oak and ash while we head out to go to work.

 

[Todd]

Burning Oak and Propane this morning!

 

[Wildflush]

Woke up at 6am to teens. Wife had mini split on to take the chill off while I got the stove loaded. 5 splits of oak and maple. Top down start with a piece of fatwood and lumber scrap kindling with a pinecone from my property for ignition. STT 700. Downstairs 70 now.

 

[NickW]

10 outside (44.6 degrees warmer than @Todd in the northern part of the state!). Massive coals, shoulder season load is in for a heat boost and to burn them down.

 

[MRD1985]

More oak and maple this morning. Was still 69-70 when I woke up. Loaded the stove around 745.

 

[Wildflush]

10 outside (44.6 degrees warmer than @Todd in the northern part of the state!). Massive coals, shoulder season load is in for a heat boost and to burn them down.

Nick is your shoulder season wood a mix of hardwood and softwood?

 

[NickW]

Nick is your shoulder season wood a mix of hardwood and softwood?

Yes. Low quality hardwoods such as aspen, box elder, silver maple, basswood, etc. and then pines. The box elder and silver maple do coal a little bit, but nothing like quality hardwoods. I'll also put punky splits of hardwood in the shoulder season stacks.

 

[Wildflush]

Yes. Low quality hardwoods such as aspen, box elder, silver maple, basswood, etc. and then pines. The box elder and silver maple do coal a little bit, but nothing like quality hardwoods. I'll also put punky splits of hardwood in the shoulder season stacks.

Wish I had some shoulder season wood left. Mine was all smaller chunks and uglies of various hardwood species. I can buy a cord of split pine delivered for $200 so I contemplating whether I should buy it this spring.

 

[Turbo89]

Wish I had some shoulder season wood left. Mine was all smaller chunks and uglies of various hardwood species. I can buy a cord of split pine delivered for $200 so I contemplating whether I should buy it this spring.

Seems pricey in MA, I see “free pine” all over marketplace if you’re so inclined. I’m seeing “green hardwood” for like $225/cord still.

 

[Dieselhead]

Today will be 31 and cloudy so I’m running a full load of spruce. I’m getting her charred up then will dial back to a medium burn rate. It really takes off fast, you have to work quick so the fire does not race up the flue through the bypass and cause potential issues!

 

[MRD1985]

Wish I had some shoulder season wood left. Mine was all smaller chunks and uglies of various hardwood species. I can buy a cord of split pine delivered for $200 so I contemplating whether I should buy it this

You can do better IMO. If you buy in rounds or log length that’s the best deal. I got almost 3 cords of ash and cherry rounds with some apple rounds for 200 bucks a couple weeks back

 

[Wildflush]

You can do better IMO. If you buy in rounds or log length that’s the best deal. I got almost 3 cords of ash and cherry rounds with some apple rounds for 200 bucks a couple weeks back

The thing is I’m not set up to process my own wood. My saw is too small and I don’t have a splitter. Used the old school maul years back. As I’m getting older it is worth my time to have it delivered and I enjoy stacking it and re-splitting some as needed. I also want time to fish which I do a lot of in the spring and summer so I need a balance with my time. We only have so much in life. I also don’t go through a lot of wood to keep the house warm. As mentioned in past threads my home is well insulated and south facing. Gets lots of sun and the house retains heat from my stove well. Stove is just a compliment to my mini splits and NG furnace.

 

[Wildflush]

Seems pricey in MA, I see “free pine” all over marketplace if you’re so inclined. I’m seeing “green hardwood” for like $225/cord still.

Not sure what part of Mass you are in but in southeastern MA cheapest cord delivered is $325 for semi seasoned hardwood. I also don’t trust marketplace sellers at all. Many don’t even know what what a proper cord is. Not a deal when they show up in a pickup truck and you get shorted. Free pine I’m sure is not split.

 

[Pinesmoke]

Seems pricey in MA, I see “free pine” all over marketplace if you’re so inclined. I’m seeing “green hardwood” for like $225/cord still.

If you're stove is a cat stove get the free pine. I burn a LOT of pine and the cleaning I did last fall proved to me pine is a none issue in a cat stove.

 

[Turbo89]

If you're stove is a cat stove get the free pine. I burn a LOT of pine and the cleaning I did last fall proved to me pine is a none issue in a cat stove.

Thanks for the feedback, I am running 1 CAT stove. I’m certainly not opposed to pine, and won’t turn it down… but I’ve had good luck getting hardwoods for free.

Not sure what part of Mass you are in but in southeastern MA cheapest cord delivered is $325 for semi seasoned hardwood. I also don’t trust marketplace sellers at all. Many don’t even know what what a proper cord is. Not a deal when they show up in a pickup truck and you get shorted. Free pine I’m sure is not split.

PM sent. Agree that some folks are crooks, lol.

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm not sure what the outside temp was this morning, the boss said 17. The basement started off at 72 with the temps up here 66 & 67. The first load of the day had some splits of ash and some smaller splits of beech.

 

[Pinesmoke]

It's 38 and heavy rain right now, pretty miserable.

Been dropping single big splits of yellow pine in to keep the cats at middle active. Seems to be working well to keep the stack warm enough to fight the cold heavy air and not melt my face.

 

[MRD1985]

Just reloaded again after about a bit over 7 hours. Been in the upper 20s all day with feels like in the low 20s upper teens. More oak and maple

 

[mpaul]

Timing all off tonight. Had to do a reload around 6:30 tonight; didn’t get as much solar gain today as I had hoped. Will have to try and put a few logs in later tonight before heading to bed.

 

[NickW]

Coals burned down and ash out again, full shoulder season load in about 6:00.

 

[stoveliker]

I had added a pine ugly and two spruce splitz around 3 pm. And now I came down.
That doesn't coal very well...
Two tiny pieces of glowing matter left.

Loaded with oak, two splits of pine , and the rest spruce - and a hand full of noodles.
29 and snowing outside. 71 upstairs.

 

[Todd]

-15/70 just loaded the evening load of Oak.