How Many Splits in 24 hours?

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tfdchief

tfdchief

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So how many splits (or rounds) do you go through in 24 hours? I know, it will depend on the temperature, wind, size of splits (or rounds), etc. etc. But lets just say average for all of those. I go through about 20, give or take, depending on all of the above.
 
Very cold no gas 30 cubic ft. Normally around 5-10.....Hard question just depends on the weather.
 
At least 20 in 24 hrs
 
tfdchief said:
smokinjay said:
Very cold no gas 30 cubic ft. Normally around 5-10.....Hard question just depends on the weather.
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Wow, 5 - 10 splits. That's pretty impressive.
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Sorry, lol 5-10 cubic ft That's when we are above 20 degrees. 20 cubic ft 24 hours if under 10 degrees (Cant count that high) 10-12 cords a year....
 
About 8 5 gallon buckets full in 24 hours in the cooler weather.
 
About 30 splits on normal days (say 20* high and upper single/low teen low), 40 splits on real cold days (like now!). A full load for me is almost always 10 splits. Cheers!
 
Too many, getting tired of this crap, cant wait for the sub zero temps to be gone for good.
 
I chuck two wheelbarrows full of oak and one of locust into my basement every three days. I get approximately 20 splits in the wheelbarrow, so... 20 splits a day.

Nancy
 
If all the splits were 'medium' (4 in X 4 in) I'd load about 4 each load in the evening and night, but only 2 in the morning when I am trying to burn down the coals. If I load the stove 8 times averaging 3 splits per load, that is 24 splits per day. A split an hour.
 
Too many.
 
chief, that may have been true one time but no longer. Well, I never did get ahead of Eric Johnson with his 40+ cords!
 
When I can burn all day about 20ish. Normally about a dozen burning evening to morning.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
chief, that may have been true one time but no longer. Well, I never did get ahead of Eric Johnson with his 40+ cords!
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Well, I'm just glad you have what you do. Good luck with your surgery. You'll probably be a wood cutting machine after you get that new hip and then we will see who has the most wood. ;-P
 
28. Sugar Maple/Locust/Beech when its cold, random lessers when its not so cold. Chunks and uglies when its mild.
 
I do about 14 splits per load twice a day. Having this stove is like running a dairy...6 and 6 every day.
 
I think you all are going about this wrong. The number of splits is no way to tell how much wood is being used. And no way to gauge the amount of heat you are using. Weight, weight (my friends) id the only way to measure. The BTU content of wood is determined by the pound. Get yourself a scale and weigh the wood that you go through .
 
mtarbert said:
I think you all are going about this wrong. The number of splits is no way to tell how much wood is being used. And no way to gauge the amount of heat you are using. Weight, weight (my friends) id the only way to measure. The BTU content of wood is determined by the pound. Get yourself a scale and weigh the wood that you go through .
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No. :lol:
 
I kept track for a couple days last winter. I used about 24/day, or 1/hr., so yeah.
This year, I have no frackin' idea. I guess I could do it again, but I don't remember how cold it was when I did it last year.
 
mtarbert said:
I think you all are going about this wrong. The number of splits is no way to tell how much wood is being used. And no way to gauge the amount of heat you are using. Weight, weight (my friends) id the only way to measure. The BTU content of wood is determined by the pound. Get yourself a scale and weigh the wood that you go through .
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OK, here you go, splits converted to lbs. Good stuff is 175 lbs. Lesser stuff is 125 lbs. Chunks and uglies probably about 80 lbs. 7.5 cu ft of stack in the firebox per day between Thanksgiving and the Ides of March. 3.75 outside of that. Density of wood in the firebox depends on the forecast.
 
About 1 an hour is a good rule of thumb
 
mtarbert said:
I think you all are going about this wrong. The number of splits is no way to tell how much wood is being used. And no way to gauge the amount of heat you are using. Weight, weight (my friends) id the only way to measure. The BTU content of wood is determined by the pound. Get yourself a scale and weigh the wood that you go through .
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Quite aware of that. However, I don't weigh my wood, don't keep track of how many cords I've burned, don't know how much I still have, and don't really care that much, because I have plenty of wood and intend on keeping that way. It's just that I do recognize how many splits I carry in every evening and just thought it would be interesting, from that prospective, to see how many others burned. ;-)
 
I'd guestimate on cold days using a combination of hard and soft woods that are healthy, average-sized splits, Mr. Revere eats somewhere in the 15-18 splits/day range keeping the house about 74-75 degrees during the day.
 
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