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I finally found an outdoor wood boiler loader. IT is simple and easy to use and will load anything that will fit in the door. You have to see this if you own an outdoor wood boiler CHECK IT OUT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF IT. HORSEMAN
www.woodboilerstoker.com :exclaim:
 
I should know better, but I had to look. I wont even comment. :-/
 
Alll due respect.
Just trying to help out.after 11 years of filling one year round, found myself cutting wood shorter and shorter, or do you know a better way to put big wood in a boiler. I would like to see it. John
 
If you want to advertise then I am sure the site owners will accommodate you.

To answer your question, you could split it, that would help with seasoning as well. Or use a boiler that is not so inefficient.
 
horseman said:
I finally found an outdoor wood boiler loader. IT is simple and easy to use and will load anything that will fit in the door. You have to see this if you own an outdoor wood boiler CHECK IT OUT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF IT. HORSEMAN
www.woodboilerstoker.com :exclaim:
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Primitive!!
 
LMAO whata POS.. Now that stove loader type looks sweet for loading wood onto my truck before hauling in over to the splitter.
 
Como said:
If you want to advertise then I am sure the site owners will accommodate you.

To answer your question, you could split it, that would help with seasoning as well. Or use a boiler that is not so inefficient.
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not sure if the advertise comment was meant for me. I dont make or sell that thing, just thought I would add to the discussion with a different log loader.
 
Horseman its a neat idea....but most here are trying to not be a slave to their outdoor wood boiler. Hence why so much research and work is being done towards high efficient wood boilers.
 
Basically not trying to re-invent the wood boiler. I just want to help out those people who already own the old style boilers that take
long wood, and make it possible for people of different ages and genders to put wood in their boilers
fire honor society I am trying to set that up(ad), But I like my 5648 because I own it, and because it lets me clean up my woodlot of the dead and dying softwood and hardwood. I burn dead softwood 8 months a year and I really like the looks of my woodlot.dead fir has very little water in it and burns hot and clean plus when you burn softwood you can add wood anytime without building up a huge bed of coals. What I don't want to do is to have to split 4' wood, when I bought this furnace I got back at least two weeks of my life from when I used to split and haul and put in it the cellar and pile wood in the cellar tier after tier.
Barkeater, I endorse the concept totally, no splitting, less handling, longer burn times, no smashed fingers, but I feel its complicated involved and expensive. but once you own one I'm sure you will love it.
You have every right to think of my wood stoker as a pos but everyone that has tried it has thought of it as a terrific aid both simple and inexpensive The only complaint that I have received was from a boiler dealer and he said " why didn't you think pf this 15 years ago.
 
horseman said:
Basically not trying to re-invent the wood boiler. I just want to help out those people who already own the old style boilers that take
long wood, and make it possible for people of different ages and genders to put wood in their boilers
fire honor society I am trying to set that up(ad), But I like my 5648 because I own it, and because it lets me clean up my woodlot of the dead and dying softwood and hardwood. I burn dead softwood 8 months a year and I really like the looks of my woodlot.dead fir has very little water in it and burns hot and clean plus when you burn softwood you can add wood anytime without building up a huge bed of coals. What I don't want to do is to have to split 4' wood, when I bought this furnace I got back at least two weeks of my life from when I used to split and haul and put in it the cellar and pile wood in the cellar tier after tier.
Barkeater, I endorse the concept totally, no splitting, less handling, longer burn times, no smashed fingers, but I feel its complicated involved and expensive. but once you own one I'm sure you will love it.
You have every right to think of my wood stoker as a pos but everyone that has tried it has thought of it as a terrific aid both simple and inexpensive The only complaint that I have received was from a boiler dealer and he said " why didn't you think pf this 15 years ago.
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Horsman fire honour society is not the name its a title you get after making a certain amount of posts.
You gotta watch out for the Mercedies and BMW owners ,they dont like Chevy's.
But welcome to the forum.

Huff
 
hUFF , Thank you for the post.I should mention that Craig said that I should test the water with a post to see what kind of response my little rig might generate. My son said that I should have them powder coated but I thought the 2000 degree paint would do just fine, guess I was wrong. horseman
 
OK really stew Pid question . . .

What happens when the log gets stuck during loading? You now have a piece of fuel that is too heavy for the operator to mange, and it's not allowing the door to close. So the unit over fires, boiling off all the water, and melting the boiler down to the point where you can see the beer cans it was made from.

I suspect the guy who invented and sold these things is going to get sued when it burns down some poor sap's house.
 
IseeDeadBtu's, I understand that could happen, I put a big stick in big end first but the unit is locked in the door frame you can pull out what you put in, the roller works both ways, lots of situations can happen, especially when you try to add wood to a boiler that has a good bunch of wood in it and already dried by the furnace. but forget about the 18 inch diameter wood, see how much fun you have putting 4 or5 or even 2 or 3 12' diameter x 3.5 or 4' or even 10" diameter wood.
One of my customers drives a big rig and his wife and or his younger son puts wood on there 6048, they like it for even the smaller wood.
horseman
 
Wives will walkaway from a door that won't close. Outta sight, outta' mind. True story.

And if yer gonna burn wood 48" long, shouldn't it load vertically so that the log burns from the end?? Way more efficient and lasts even longer. Just sayin'
 
I can not view your video? You do have a video, right? I would like to see your product in action with a female loading( bikini optional) LOL.
 
Professor Hill from the University of Maine designed and built such a boiler back in the 70's when oil took its first big jump. A company was formed and boilers were built and sold. I know two men who bought them, one I think is still operating. I haven't seen the man lately so I don't know if he is still using it. The other fellow didn't like the repeated fill ups that were needed every few days to heat the two 1000 gallon tanks up to temperature. I personally liked the idea but I wanted to make it an on demand system, never did try it, but after all these years I went to a loggers congress and there were two or three on demand gasification boilers. The one I took too was made in Pennsylvania, could be set up to burn coal or wood or liquid fuels and had a stoker for the coal it was called Alternative Heating, and they made big ones and small ones. and they had a good size firebox but the wood went in horizontal. The reason I thought they might be good is that they have been building them since the 70's and that gives them a long time to improve. I just don't want to fill my cellar with wood. and the classic is very well insulated , and has the ability to meet my needs for a couple of days when filled with big wood even in o degree weather.
 
horseman said:
Professor Hill from the University of Maine designed and built such a boiler back in the 70's when oil took its first big jump. A company was formed and boilers were built and sold. I know two men who bought them, one I think is still operating. I haven't seen the man lately so I don't know if he is still using it. The other fellow didn't like the repeated fill ups that were needed every few days to heat the two 1000 gallon tanks up to temperature. I personally liked the idea but I wanted to make it an on demand system, never did try it, but after all these years I went to a loggers congress and there were two or three on demand gasification boilers. The one I took too was made in Pennsylvania, could be set up to burn coal or wood or liquid fuels and had a stoker for the coal it was called Alternative Heating, and they made big ones and small ones. and they had a good size firebox but the wood went in horizontal. The reason I thought they might be good is that they have been building them since the 70's and that gives them a long time to improve. I just don't want to fill my cellar with wood. and the classic is very well insulated , and has the ability to meet my needs for a couple of days when filled with big wood even in o degree weather.
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The "on demand" boiler you're referring to is the Wood Gun. I had one in the early 80s and I can tell you that the one they are selling now is basically the same unit with a couple of electrical upgrades such as a timer and absolutely no engineering upgrades to the physical boiler. FYI I junked mine!
 
All I can think of is a quote that I believe I read on here. " Instead of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic lets steer her away from the ice berg!"

The Ob's are going to be a thing of the past.

My boiler has a round firebox entry. Square peg in round hole scenario?

If I needed something like this I'm sure I could make it.

I do enjoy ingenuity though. Don't ever stop thinking!
 
Fred61 said:
The "on demand" boiler you're referring to is the Wood Gun. I had one in the early 80s and I can tell you that the one they are selling now is basically the same unit with a couple of electrical upgrades such as a timer and absolutely no engineering upgrades to the physical boiler. FYI I junked mine!
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You sayin you had yer WG almost 30 years??!?
 
Hi earill, yes the stoker does work well,usually when I demonstrate it for someone I only have to let them try it one time and there sold. I did want to put a video on the site and I hope to soon.
 
Garnification, I'm sure you could make one, It is quite sumple, and the initial response I usually get(mostly from younger men) is "why do I need one of these, I 've been filling this thing for years" I talked to Aquqtherm about one, they have an oval opening, they want me to make them one, they said there opening was 19 vertical by 25. but I haven't had time.
 
Garnification, I'm sure you could make one, It is quite simple, the initial response I usually get(mostly from younger men) is "why do I need one of these, I 've been filling this thing for years" I talked to Aquqtherm about one, they have an oval opening, they want me to make them one, they said there opening was 19 vertical by 25. but I haven't had time.
 
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