OK I am down almost 2 cords of wood, the good news is...

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burntime

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C'mon hunting season!
I still have about 3.5 cords waiting and already have almost 2 cords cut and stack of red and white oak for next year! Maybe another cord cut and split of elm, and a cord worth of 16 inch long ash that will do nicely when split in the next few weeks. Last maybe 2.5 cords of mixed maple and elm to process and then I need to start scrounging again. There are 3 downed ash in the woods by my home that are 24-28 inch diameter so maybe a cord and a half each if my guess is right. This beats sitting on the couch after knee surgery like last year!!! :coolsmirk:

Whats everyone elses usage at for a wood stove or insert?
 
I hear you about sitting around on the couch with a bum knee. About 5 weeks ago I tore my ACL, MCL, and meniscus. Throw a blod clot in the mix and I was hating life for a few weeks without being able to get the firewood in the house. Thank God for those kiddies we made, and all the practice to make em. I am glad I had 18 cord stating the season off. I'm down to 15 now and hope to start building the pile up after surgery soon.
 
Aha, another victom of the unhappy trio. That is the same thing I did but I totally tore my acl. Yep no fun, I was too dumb to get it drained so I suffered for over 2 weeks until I could get to the surgeon. I was trying to split with a maul on 1 leg...I don't suggest you try :lol: I went thru 3 weeks of really bad pain because I did not keep my knee up high like they told me. Word to the wise, a recliner is NOT high enough! Good luck, I hope all goes well! Nice job by the way with the reserves!
 
With my tiny stove, even burning 24/7 in Vermont I've only used less than a cord so far. I've got about 2 cords left, so should be OK heading into the coldest part of the winter. I've been saving my best stuff, well-seasoned rock maple and black birch, for the really bad cold. Using a little tonight since it's down around zero outside, but since it was a toasty mid-teens during the day (cough!) and brightly sunny, the house hasn't lost so much heat during the day and I could get away with less terrific wood until well into nighttime.
 
Man, I don't envy you guy living in the really cold states. Typical lows in the central valley here are about 30-35. But, and this is a big one, most of the time the fog doesn't lift all day. And that wet cold is, well, cold. Still, it ain't zero (or less).

Burned about 3/4 of a cord this year and probably will burn another 3/4 before it is over.
 
SethB2 said:
Man, I don't envy you guy living in the really cold states. Typical lows in the central valley here are about 30-35. But, and this is a big one, most of the time the fog doesn't lift all day. And that wet cold is, well, cold. Still, it ain't zero (or less).

Burned about 3/4 of a cord this year and probably will burn another 3/4 before it is over.
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I used to live in the Boston suburbs, and the difference in how the cold and heat both feel between that nearly constant humidity and the dry air inland in Vermont is to me just huge. Doesn't help much when your living room is chilly, for sure, but the deeper cold when you're outside is just much, much easier to deal with when it's so dry. I only wish winter were about a month shorter. I do get pretty testy along about March. But man, the first time in spring it gets up to around 40 degrees is pure bliss because it feels like a heat wave.
 
SethB2 said:
Man, I don't envy you guy living in the really cold states. Typical lows in the central valley here are about 30-35. But, and this is a big one, most of the time the fog doesn't lift all day. And that wet cold is, well, cold. Still, it ain't zero (or less).

Burned about 3/4 of a cord this year and probably will burn another 3/4 before it is over.
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Zero is cold? :) Shirtsleeve and outdoor barbeque weather. Wait 'til Wolfkiller checks in....hasn't been above minus 45 there in 10 days. And we're heating with spruce and birch. You know, hardwoods are for weenies....mainly 'cause God couldn't make the damn things grow here.
 
gyrfalcon said:
SethB2 said:
Man, I don't envy you guy living in the really cold states. Typical lows in the central valley here are about 30-35. But, and this is a big one, most of the time the fog doesn't lift all day. And that wet cold is, well, cold. Still, it ain't zero (or less).

Burned about 3/4 of a cord this year and probably will burn another 3/4 before it is over.
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I used to live in the Boston suburbs, and the difference in how the cold and heat both feel between that nearly constant humidity and the dry air inland in Vermont is to me just huge. Doesn't help much when your living room is chilly, for sure, but the deeper cold when you're outside is just much, much easier to deal with when it's so dry. I only wish winter were about a month shorter. I do get pretty testy along about March. But man, the first time in spring it gets up to around 40 degrees is pure bliss because it feels like a heat wave.
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The central valley in California is opposite of many other places. Really humid in the winter, really dry in the summer. Pretty much the entire central section of the US is opposite. Humidity plus cold temperatures really suck. Cause fog is what you get. There have been times when the fog hasn't lifted for weeks on end.

Still after reading Frostbit's post, I ain't complaining.
 
You get used to what your climate is. 0 feels pretty cold to us. -20 is a cold snap, but we still will get 30 degree days from time to time. If it was a low of the 30's the stove is very easy to maintain. Especially if you want to take out the humidity, just leave the air control open!!!
 
We're down to around 22-23 cords here. lol


burntime, you might consider giving that oak two years for good seasoning. You'll get more heat from it and your stove will work better. Oak is tough to season because it is so dense.
 
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