How to burn wood pellets in 2006 Auburn corn burner

[SidecarFlip]

Turn it down to 2. sounds like 2 may be the correct fuel ratio for the amount of air that is being allowed thru the stove. You should not have pellets building up like that

I suspect as it cooks out, air flow will improve. Just needs to run hot for a while, a long while...

 

[SidecarFlip]

Glad you mentioned it, I need to blacken the deck myself....

 

[Ssyko]

another thing we need to look at. your old motor got pretty dirty in a very short time. may have to clean the squirrel cage on the big one if it burning more and longer. run it at 2 wide open damper and lets see if it slows down the draft changes

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Ok. 2 it is. Hey, I have heat. Not the kind I can leave on at night yet, but it's waaaay better than what I had before! I'll just have to do it like this until more of the crud burns out.
Hard to believe its still not enough air to burn through the pellets when I can open the door and smoke doesnt roll out of the burn chamber.
I have to run into Menards and get more pellets now anyway. Would you recomend more creosote buster while I'm there?

 

[Rxwoman1961]

another thing we need to look at. your old motor got pretty dirty in a very short time. may have to clean the squirrel cage on the big one if it burning more and longer. run it at 2 wide open damper and lets see if it slows down the draft changes

Yeah, that thought occured to me as well.
So when I have to shut it down to put the convection fan in once it gets here, should I pull all that out again?
Or can I get by a bit longer before doing all that?
Not exactly looking forward to it. I only just now managed to scrub the worst of the creo-tar smears out of my rug.

 

[Ssyko]

Yeah, that thought occured to me as well.
So when I have to shut it down to put the convection fan in once it gets here, should I pull all that out again?
Or can I get by a bit longer before doing all that?
Not exactly looking forward to it. I only just now managed to scrub the worst of the creo-tar smears out of my rug.

unfortunately I think it would be a good idea. Its only 6 screws. I would leave the panels off till we get this done.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

unfortunately I think it would be a good idea. Its only 6 screws. I would leave the panels off till we get this done.

Leave the panel off? NOW you tell me?!

All right. Fan is on its way.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Oh goody. We're under a blizzard warning.

 

[Ssyko]

we're under a thaw . lol 45 tomorrow. good day to change the starter on the plow truck

 

[Washed-Up]

Alberta clipper, it’s a powerful one too

Oh goody. We're under a blizzard warning.

 

[SidecarFlip]

I need to put the Lucknow on the back of the cab tractor tomorrow. Been putting it off but I have a feeling my luck is wearing thin. I'm a snow beast with a 10 foot power angle plow on the front and an 84" double auger Lucknow blower on the back end and the front tires chained up. Unstoppable. I need to be, I'm a mile off the pavement. I do have heat and the am fm though. Put on some hillbilly tunes and go snow busting. Did 8 foot drifts before but it takes every bit of the 100 horses the tractor makes.

We only ever get one, maybe 2 good storms every year but this is flat, open farm country and when it snows, it drifts up real bad and I have to keep my rental drives open.

 

[gfreek]

Snow blower and cab has been mounted on tractor for over a month. Not used once. Yet...45 here tomorrow, some weekend snow that Rxwoman1961 is getting,

 

[Washed-Up]

We already had our big dump 81cm/32in

 

[SidecarFlip]

I have a couple front wheel assist turbo diesel farm tractors, one with a cab and all the comforts and one without, same model, same power same transmission, only difference is a cab and no cab so the no cab unit stays in the barn all winter while the cab tractor does plow duty. I do the road all the time. Only way I can get in and out. For a long time I farmed with only one tractor but the older I get the harder it is to switch implements so 2 tractors make it easier for me. besides, nothing beats plowing in a tee shirt when it's below freezing out.

 

[SidecarFlip]

We already had our big dump 81cm/32in

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Plenty of insulation on that roof I'd say... On the car roofs too.....

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Alberta clipper, it’s a powerful one too

Alberta clipper?
Doin' meteorology in your spare time?

 

[rickwai]

Flip, we dont get snow like that here in central OH. But when we do get a sizable snow I am prepared! I have a 300’ driveway, way to much for a push blower anymore

 

[Washed-Up]

Sort of.... I am a storm chaser during the summer and I do my own forecasting year round. @Washed_Up on Twitter

Alberta clipper?
Doin' meteorology in your spare time?

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Flip, we dont get snow like that here in central OH. But when we do get a sizable snow I am prepared! I have a 300’ driveway, way to much for a push blower anymoreView attachment 272010View attachment 272011

You have a garage?? I'm so jealous.
A garage, a snowblower and a house with a mudroom are the only ways to make living in states with REAL weather tolerable.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Sort of.... I am a storm chaser during the summer and I do my own forecasting year round. @Washed_Up on Twitter

Oh wow. Seen any crazy tornados?
I once mentioned the idea of chasing a tornado (close one) to get some pictures. My daughter freaked. Her opinion was that tornado chasing in a Toyota Corolla was a bad idea. Lol.

 

[Washed-Up]

Oh wow. Seen any crazy tornados?
I once mentioned the idea of chasing a tornado (close one) to get some pictures. My daughter freaked. Her opinion was that tornado chasing in a Toyota Corolla was a bad idea. Lol.

Yea I’ve see quite a few, here’s one from last May

 

[Ssyko]

Thats to cool!!

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Yea I’ve see quite a few, here’s one from last May

WOW. Where was that one?
We had an unusually innactive season last summer.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Well, she' just a burning away. It still gets awfully full at level 2, but I use the clinker poker and just kind of stir things up.
If it gets too full I shut off the stove at the control panel. That leaves the room fan running on low, for a little while, and the exhaust fan of course wont stop until I unplug it.
I havent had to do that yet today. I filled the hopper for the first time and added another room fan to blow some hot air.
The convection fan was only just shipped. Expected to arrive next week, like Thurs or Fri.
Our blizzard is mostly wind, thank goodness. I wont be snowed in.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Flip, we dont get snow like that here in central OH. But when we do get a sizable snow I am prepared! I have a 300’ driveway, way to much for a push blower anymoreView attachment 272010View attachment 272011

My tractors are about 10 times the size of your Grasshopper. If I had one (always wanted one), it would only have a lawnmower on it. I use a 60" Cub Cadet Tank to mow with (7 acres) and the wife has one too. We play 'dueling lawnmowers' in the summer. personally, I really dislike moving snow but it's a necessary evil. I'd much rather toast in front of the stove anyday along with the cats...

Nothing here, just some rain and I'm all good with that. In fact it's so warm I have the stove puttering along on HR2. I have about 600 feet to keep clear before the road starts and then 1.5 miles to the pavement. Little much for your grasshopper I'd say.