HDRock
Minister of Fire
I guesstimate 15 to 20 Gallons, No more than 20, I just dump it in the woods or in the fire pit, Very small coals ever go in the bucket, And I leave at least an inch in the stove
Once a day, sometimes twice a day. The stove has about a 1/2" lip at the front, so they can't pile up very high or they come out of the stove.
Can't wait to get a new stove.......
I would say I have successfully reduce 4 cords of wood to about 30 gallons of ash.
It is. I have so much more room.Amazing isn't it when you look at it that way.
Very strange for me to hear this. I have a 30 yr old pre epa buck stove. I load it with 50 pounds of wood on really cold nights and probably only have to empty ashes every 15 days. Somebody else needs to chime in here. I think your cleaning too much. Some ash in the stove is a good thing. Makes it work easier.
It's also the wood that we split about 2 -3 years ago and was they year we decided to "go big or go home" on the split size. We figured it'll be seasoned for at least 2 years so all the big splits will season by then. In hindsight it was a bit of a dumbass move, now I've got lots of big splits and not a lot of little ones to fill in all the nooks and crannies when loading.
How big were those huge splits that were too big?