i cut all my wood too small this year :(

[Stevebass4]

burning now and i just realized that i cut all my wood about 6 inches too small this year...

mistakes of a rookie i guess

and it still burns

but now i know for next year

any other tips i should know about

 

[stoveguy2esw]

huh?????

 

[BrotherBart]

If your are able to put splits in the back side to side and then splits in front of them front to back it makes for a great long burn.

 

[kinsmanstoves]

With wood only....
Better to short than to long.
Eric

 

[GVA]

burning now and i just realized that i cut all my wood about 6 inches too small this year...

and it still burns

Does it stop burning at 7" too short????? :-/

 

[Vermontster]

I like the mismatched pieces, better stacking for air spaces in the stove, and wood pile (can make it a bit shakey but...), or the small pieces can fill in the spaces for the night time fill. yup, and better than too long

 

[Stevebass4]

If your are able to put splits in the back side to side and then splits in front of them front to back it makes for a great long burn.

Great Tip!! thanks BB i'll try that

 

[Stevebass4]

Does it stop burning at 7" too short????? :-/

Pretty sure i read that here somewhere here wood doesn't burn at 7 inches (something about code :lol: )

j/k (and you too elk )

but good point

 

[Stevebass4]

:roll: 6"=half a foot which is what you might have lost from one slip with chainsaw during the excess cuts?

I try to be careful with my saw but i guess ANY cut first or last (guess it's always the last ) i could lose something but i wear all the PPE and i do my best to be safe when i'm working with my saw.. she's a new husky 272xp new to me BUT never used when i found her :D

 

[Stevebass4]

maybe you should quit drinking.. or continue to hate. The choice is yours

me, I love wood - it keeps me warm and gives me something nice to look at and something to do on the weekends when i buck/split/ move and stack

and it's just not that - look at everything that's made of wood - my roof, my shelter, my comfort, my clean air.. just think about it for a minute & you just might start to like wood!! again the Choice is yours ..

 

[titan]

You hate wood?.....so posting on this forum is part of your 12 step program?Keep your mouth closed when you pass out in the sawdust piles,or,pass out in a woodpile instead.

 

[Stevebass4]

na i'd like to think he came here to learn about wood and understand how benificial it is to use and every other living thing and it's our resposnibilty to teach him (if he wants to learn) how to love wood

I'll do my best to help him

 

[n6crv]

Cut it a foot longer next year. That will make up for the 6" you were short this year.

 

[Stevebass4]

great idea

 

[Corey]

I try to be careful with my saw but i guess ANY cut first or last (guess it's always the last ) i could lose something but i wear all the PPE and i do my best to be safe when i'm working with my saw.. she's a new husky 272xp new to me BUT never used when i found her :D

Ha - there has to be a good statistic lurking here somewhere. Something like "99% of people injured with a chainsaw received their injury during the last cut of the day" So, really, you just have to watch out for the last cut and you'll be fine!

Corey

 

[Bill]

I like having different size pieces of wood, when I start a fire I use the smaller stuff, and then start to shovel on the bigger stuff. On shoulder days a few smaller pieces is all you need.

 

[velvetfoot]

Our old insert, a Quad 2100i, you could load it up longitudinally.
The pieces couldn't roll out and you could get more in there.
This might be a good time to try it on yours.

 

[hfjeff]

Better too short than long. Last couple years I did the cutting/splitting for an open firplace. This year I put the insert in and much of it is too long. I hate trying to shoehorn them in there, especially when it's hot. Give me a bundle of small stuff so I can toss them in there any ole way!! Besides you get a brighter flame with the smaller pieces.

 

[Henz]

yup, my Olympic actually burns better loading N/S rather than E/W...Now I do the "lincoln log" style and it works well for me.. everyone has their own ways, its funny

 

[lizzybobio]

Better too short than long. Last couple years I did the cutting/splitting for an open firplace. This year I put the insert in and much of it is too long. I hate trying to shoehorn them in there, especially when it's hot. Give me a bundle of small stuff so I can toss them in there any ole way!! Besides you get a brighter flame with the smaller pieces.

Yeah, also nothing worse than realizing that the coal build-up reduces what I can put in. Log doesn't fit, it's already on fire, and I have to do a quick physics lesson in my head to figure it out fast! Plus, I risk hitting the ceramic baffle up top on my Tribute.

 

[Stevebass4]

Our old insert, a Quad 2100i, you could load it up longitudinally.
The pieces couldn't roll out and you could get more in there.
This might be a good time to try it on yours.

This is working great (i'm also using a quad 2100i)

Thanks for the tip!

 

[velvetfoot]

Wow, now that is a coincidence!
You know, they discontinued that model, so treat it nice.

 

[pistonslap]

This is kind of off thread but I work with a guy who is 73 and grew up dirt poor. They had an open fireplace in their house as the only source of heat. On the too long or too short part, he said that he would go out to the railroad tracks with his dad and they would bring home old ties to burn in the fireplace. He said they would stick out a couple of feet while thwy were burning and they would stick a pot under the end to catch the creosote that dripped off. Everybody in his family of 13 lived into their late eighties and mid-nineties. He also said that they never cleaned their chimney and they used it year round.