Nice stove, it sure seems like some stoves dont work for some people no matter how good they are, sucks playing musical stoves though but sounds like you have found one that will work for ypu.
Swapped my rock for an NC30
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Mine always got dirty too, got used to keeping razor blades handy and never really worried about it. I've also considered a swap back to an Englander but will give it another season to decide for sure, there's no way I'm moving that sucker anytime soon. I can't imagine it was much fun moving your Mansfield out?
It was... an adventure.
I rented an appliance dolly and strapped the stove tightly to it. I only weigh 185, so the first thing I did was make sure I had enough mass to act as a couterweight to be sure I could return the dolly to an upright position without launching myself and breaking the stove. With that little bit of experimentation done, I was ready to give it a go. I used a pair of short ramps to get the beast off the hearth. So far so good. Then I rolled it across the floor to the two steps up out of my sunken living room. I was feeling cocky, so I tried to heave it up the steps... but seeing as how I can't dead lift 600 lbs, that was a no go. So I got my ramps, laid the dolly all the down on the ramps, and from there I was able to sit on the floor with my feet braced against a knee wall and haul the thing up the ramp. Then I wheeled it to the front door, and stopped. I had two big steps to traverse to get out to the driveway and I decided that just didn't seem like a wise thing to attempt alone. So I left it sitting there until the guys arrived with the 30. I tipped them $20 each to help me get the mansfield out into the garage.
After all that, the 30 felt like a tin can and moving it into place was pretty easy.
I rented an appliance dolly and strapped the stove tightly to it. I only weigh 185, so the first thing I did was make sure I had enough mass to act as a couterweight to be sure I could return the dolly to an upright position without launching myself and breaking the stove. With that little bit of experimentation done, I was ready to give it a go. I used a pair of short ramps to get the beast off the hearth. So far so good. Then I rolled it across the floor to the two steps up out of my sunken living room. I was feeling cocky, so I tried to heave it up the steps... but seeing as how I can't dead lift 600 lbs, that was a no go. So I got my ramps, laid the dolly all the down on the ramps, and from there I was able to sit on the floor with my feet braced against a knee wall and haul the thing up the ramp. Then I wheeled it to the front door, and stopped. I had two big steps to traverse to get out to the driveway and I decided that just didn't seem like a wise thing to attempt alone. So I left it sitting there until the guys arrived with the 30. I tipped them $20 each to help me get the mansfield out into the garage.
After all that, the 30 felt like a tin can and moving it into place was pretty easy.
trump said:
Update yea. that did the trick,I moved the Gauge from the flue base to right in front of the step down shot up 150Deg from 600 to 750
Different positions will get you different readings. SO now i know im doing 750 stovetop.
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Good post! That describes me to a tee this winter. Hopefully the music has stopped hehehehehe.oldspark said:
THe 30 seems to burn front to back , no matter how you stack the wood. i guess the majority of the air is in front except for the back secondary tubes.
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