True North update

[Longpond paperboy]

Hi everyone. The True North stove is working great. I have been getting great heat out of this baby. I have been testing the burn times. I load the stove around 7:00 pm with a lot of air About 7/8 open to get the load burning good. It lets me drop right back to 1/8 open. Secondary are fired off. I wake up at 3:30 to get ready for work and I have a ton of red coals and the stove is still hot. In the morning I load some small logs open air to 7/8. By the time I get back from brushing my teeth the wood is burning great and stove is almost at 300 degrees. I load it up and put air to 1/4 and. Am out the door at 4:00. My wife wakes up at 7:30 and she pokes it and will add a log or 2 and it is good till I get home at 230. I just got a blower. Any tips on the baby.

 

[BrowningBAR]

Can't offer any tip, but good to hear it is working out for you. Looks like you are getting 8+ hours of usable heat. That's pretty good.

 

[Waulie]

I think that stove is pretty sweet. Thanks for the update! I'm kind of surprised there aren't more TN owners around here. It seems like a stove that could really fill a niche and wonder how it's selling for them.

 

[Sprinter]

Good. As I recall your thread, your situation was a perfect match for the TN. Glad it's working out. Sounds like you already have it dialed in nicely.

I don't know how well they sell for PE, but they were aiming for a quality unit at an important price point and from what I saw when I looked at them, it's a score.

 

[begreen]

Thanks for the update. It's good to hear the TN is working well for you. Stay ahead of the wood supply and you should have a good time with that stove.

 

[jetmech]

Good to hear the TN is doing well, also good to hear someone else keeps same hours as myself... I posted photos of this stove last year when i found one at my local stove store.. It caught my i as soon as i saw it. its a cool looking stove and there was al least one other user as of last year posting on its performance.

 

[raybonz]

Hi everyone. The True North stove is working great. I have been getting great heat out of this baby. I have been testing the burn times. I load the stove around 7:00 pm with a lot of air About 7/8 open to get the load burning good. It lets me drop right back to 1/8 open. Secondary are fired off. I wake up at 3:30 to get ready for work and I have a ton of red coals and the stove is still hot. In the morning I load some small logs open air to 7/8. By the time I get back from brushing my teeth the wood is burning great and stove is almost at 300 degrees. I load it up and put air to 1/4 and. Am out the door at 4:00. My wife wakes up at 7:30 and she pokes it and will add a log or 2 and it is good till I get home at 230. I just got a blower. Any tips on the baby.

Having good dry wood makes all the difference! By the end of next week you'll be able to let it run as I saw high temps in the teens! Can this stove run with the air all the way down and maintain a clean burn or do you need to run it 1/8th open? Once you have run this a while you can post a review in the stove review section at the top of this page to help others seeking stove info.. I'll have to stop by your house sometime to check out your stove..

Ray

 

[blwncrewchief]

Great to hear Longpond. Sounds like it is going to be a good stove. As a N/S loader fan it fits a nice gap that is hard to fill with a smaller N/S loader. If it can do 8+ hours on a 2 cu. ft. box that is a great smaller stove option that can still do overnight burns. Keep us updated as you go so we can keep it on the list.

 

[Longpond paperboy]

This is the stove after about 30 minutes adjust down all the way. Good wood is a lot better. Top of stove is 400. Pipe is 358