EKO 40 Wood Bridging

No experience with the Eko but lots with the Econoburn. Are the pieces hanging up from front to back or side to side? Front to back means the pieces are a bit too long. I suggest cutting the wood 1-2" shorter than the firebox. One piece too long certainly can make things hang up and not to mention cause you to loose that all so important coal bed. Side to side bridging normally happens when the rounds roll towards each other. New users normally are the only people who have this happen. After a few times most of us figure out the loading technique. Some take longer than others... I find that firewood about as big as what a good size guy can grab and hold onto by the end with one hand is just about the right size for most gassers. Not to mention it dries much better split a bit smaller. One other note, have you split a piece of your seasoned firewood and then checked the inner portion for moisture content. The end grain is not the best place to check as it dries much faster than the inner.

For me the best answer to bridging has always been smaller splits. I've heard it said on this board that if your splits are bigger than a playing card (on the wide side) they are too big. Splitting wood with this in mind has made my bridging issue completely disappear. I do typically have some splits larger than a playing card, but not many...

Along with smaller splits you may want to cut your peices closer to 16" than 18".

If your burning dry soft wood try to turn your fan speed down some so you are not blowing the coals thru the nozzles. Also I only clean out the center of my firebox. this leaves ash built up on the sides to creat a V seems to help. My splits are not very small and I only get a bridge once in a while.


Rob

Mine bridges from front to back when I have ash build up in the front and back. I get side to side bridging when my splits are too big so I put the small splits on bottom and bigger splits on top. I also push the coals to the center of the firebox. I don't get much bridging. A short piece on the bottom might help too.