Standing wood upright

[James02]

Had anybody ever tried standing their wood upright in the stove to optimize burn time... While this might not be possible work a good bed if coals, maybe a large split on the side or in the back???
Thoughts?!?!
I did do a quick search...

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

Had anybody ever tried standing their wood upright in the stove to optimize burn time...

I don't know. It seems like vertical splits would burn faster.

While this might not be possible work a good bed if coals, maybe a large split on the side or in the back???
Thoughts?!?!
I did do a quick search...

What?

 

[Gotrek]

Wouldn't it be the same amounts of btu regardless how you put it in.

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[James02]

I have a long commute, you can see how the mind wanders...
@WoodyIsGoody , I was just thinking it might fall down if there were a lot of coals....
@Gotrek , yes same btu amount but maybe longer burn time???

 

[Poindexter]

Let us know how it works.

 

[maple1]

The Jetstream boiler burned this way.

 

[Gotrek]

Wood probably work if you lot just the top but as soon as coals find there way down it would probably offer no further reduction in burn time.

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[kennyp2339]

My buddy loads his top loader like that, he says he can fit more in a tighter spot there for increasing the burn time. IDK, I don't think he gets out much.

 

[Woody5506]

how about upside down?

 

[Gotrek]

Ha!

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[WoodyIsGoody]

how about upside down?

I've found that upside down is problematic unless you also load it inside out.

 

[James02]

Bark side out Dan!!.... Ace Ventura!!

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

I find that I get the best burn time, if I load the peices at 23.678° off horizontal.

 

[Dobish]

i have put a few pieces in vertically in my top loader trying to fill the gaps. i wouldn't put them all in there that way, because that way when they fall over, they will land on the glass....

 

[Jeffm1]

Had anybody ever tried standing their wood upright in the stove to optimize burn time... While this might not be possible work a good bed if coals, maybe a large split on the side or in the back???
Thoughts?!?!
I did do a quick search...

Standing up, laying flat, diagonally or upside down. I don't think it will make one bit of difference. The chemical reaction of fire is not affected by those factors inside the firebox of a wood stove. It's all the same wood occupying the same space. Kind of like turning a sphere upside down or on its side....if you get my drift.

 

[kennyp2339]

Ok so after reading these replies, there are youtube videos available to us to cope with the lack of using our woodstoves

 

[PA. Woodsman]

i wouldn't put them all in there that way, because that way when they fall over, they will land on the glass....

This was my first thought too....