Loading my King

[ohlongarm]

A few pics this last week of the King being loaded,both north and south ,and east west configurations. The north,south was a monstrous load of 1,cherry,one white oak,one hickory side by side,and then top dressed with osage orange.Next to the stove is my stash that we keep next to the hearth.That load burnt 16 hours and produced excellent useful heat.

 

[rdust]

Looks like a Solar load! :lol: Those be some big splits!

 

[Jags]

The two splits in the first pic are bigger than half the stoves on the market. :lol:

 

[pen]

wouldn't happen to know the height and width of that door opening right off would ya?

pen

 

[bogydave]

I'm guessing the E/W load is the stuff that's to long to fit N/S.
I know for me, when I have some long splits, I just load them E/W (up to 24" I think)
Great pictures. NIce looking dry firewood too.
I think I could get more in there on your N/S load, LOL

 

[corey21]

Wow :lol:

 

[bogydave]

wouldn't happen to know the height and width of that door opening right off would ya?

pen

9.77" X 17.69"

 

[Jags]

wouldn't happen to know the height and width of that door opening right off would ya?

pen

9.77" X 17.69"

You got a dial indicator that big??

 

[albertj03]

On a reload I usually "top dress" the load with Black Locust too. Gives the secondaries a nice challenge as they attempt to incinerate the wood on top when the stove really gets going. The "BL Top Dress" will now be the latest loading technique/trend at Hearth.com!

 

[bogydave]

wouldn't happen to know the height and width of that door opening right off would ya?

pen

9.77" X 17.69"

You got a dial indicator that big??

 

[Jags]

OOOh. THEY got a dial indicator that big!

 

[SmokeyCity]

On a reload I usually "top dress" the load with Black Locust too. Gives the secondaries a nice challenge as they attempt to incinerate the wood on top when the stove really gets going. The "BL Top Dress" will now be the latest loading technique/trend at Hearth.com!

been doing it in my 30 ever since I got my 1st load of bone dry BL.

"Secondaries Gone Wild"

 

[greythorn3]

now the king is worthy of the blaze king name, not sure about these princess s tho.

 

[SolarAndWood]

That load burnt 16 hours and produced excellent useful heat.

That's what I'm talking about. I like how 3 wide burns in the stove. Not sure about this top dressing nonsense though.

 

[BKInsert]

That load burnt 16 hours and produced excellent useful heat.

At what output level do you run the stove to get the 16 hours? Half way of 2/3 setting?

 

[ohlongarm]

On my stove it would be setting the dial to #2 or in the middle of normal as it's marked,my stove goes from 1 to 3.5 in half increment graduations.

 

[BKInsert]

On my stove it would be setting the dial to #2 or in the middle of normal as it's marked,my stove goes from 1 to 3.5 in half increment graduations.

Thanks, that is running it at high output, that is great!