Tunnel of Love

[nola mike]

I tried to explain the tunnel of love technique to my wife last night.....she said told me she is worried I am going to leave her for the wood stove.

I get more action from the stove.

 

[nola mike]

Don't rake them so far forward?

Small firebox. If I rake them much at all they end up on the floor.

 

[Bocefus78]

Beisdes the importance of good seasoned wood, thats the next best thing I have learned from this forum.

 

[gmule]

I get more action from the stove.

I get more action because of the stove. When it's too hot in the house it makes the argument for taking ones clothes off.

 

[Jags]

Similar though Tunnel of Love is awaiting trademark for the differences.

Hehehehe - I just KNEW that one wasn't gonna die easily.

 

[Woody Stover]

I dunno. I seem to remember trying that little romantic boat ride many times at the fair as a teenager (with great expectations), but it never did seem to work out for me the way I'd hoped.

So that was one time that your wood was too dry?

T o L works even in an E/W burn stove. Lay 2 short N/S sleepers about 6" apart with hot coals between them, then put the E/W splits on top.

My stove isn't big enough to waste that space on the sleepers, but I've laid an E/W load directly on the coals after making a trough in them. But I usually just try for the long burn from front to back, so I want to keep the flame up front at the beginning.

 

[dafattkidd]

Small firebox. If I rake them much at all they end up on the floor.

I used to have a 1.7 cf firebox. I used to rake coals forward enough that I could get a large split or round to sit EW on ashes in the back of the stove. Then load another medium sized split on the coals in front of that, and load NS on top of those. Of course making the valley in the coals and ash (aka tunnel or love). Then jam as much wood as I could get in there.

 

[corey21]

Similar though Tunnel of Love is awaiting trademark for the differences. T o L works even in an E/W burn stove. Lay 2 short N/S sleepers about 6" apart with hot coals between them, then put the E/W splits on top.

This is what i do.

 

[Trilifter7]

I'm a little confused on how to make this work still. After moving all the coals to the front of the stove do I make a v or tunnel in the piled up ash? And is this tunnel n/s in the middle of the pile? I normally scoop all the ash away from the sides and the front and back walls then make a n/s tunnel in the middle of my coals. I'm thinking this is the same thing except piling all the ash to the front before i make the tunnel in the middle?

 

[etiger2007]

Could this burn the wood faster, more air flowing under the loaded splits? May even add to why our EPA stoves overfire. Just wondering.

 

[BrowningBAR]

Could this burn the wood faster, more air flowing under the loaded splits? May even add to why our EPA stoves overfire. Just wondering.

Not sure. I've never experienced a stove running too hot that didn't have to do with an error on my part (air controls open to far/long, door cracked too long) or a strong draft (which I suspect is the issue with the Defiant's temp climb as it moves through the burn cycle).

I will be sure to post when/if I experience an "oh s**t" moment with the 30.

 

[corey21]

Could this burn the wood faster, more air flowing under the loaded splits? May even add to why our EPA stoves overfire. Just wondering.

Never had that happen to me the biggest thing is to turn the air down when the stove reaches like 400.

 

[Ashful]

Similar though Tunnel of Love is awaiting trademark for the differences. T o L works even in an E/W burn stove. Lay 2 short N/S sleepers about 6" apart with hot coals between them, then put the E/W splits on top.

I guess I'm missing the point. In one thread, folks are suggesting every possible way to slow down the burn. "Don't put your splits right on the hot coals, rake them forward and throw the big splits low in the back. Pack the firebox tight, and do a top-down burn." Here you guys are outline a method which is sure to make the load burn much faster. Do I need to go back to school?

 

[corey21]

I guess I'm missing the point. In one thread, folks are suggesting every possible way to slow down the burn. "Don't put your splits right on the hot coals, rake them forward and throw the big splits low in the back. Pack the firebox tight, and do a top-down burn." Here you guys are outline a method which is sure to make the load burn much faster. Do I need to go back to school?

I just do this when i want more fast heat.

 

[BrowningBAR]

I just do this when i want more fast heat.

I do it as I do not have a problem with stoves running away from me. It speeds up the reload time, which means less time I am tending to a stove.

If I burn E/W with a full load, the stove will give me 9-10 hours of heat whether I use the tunnel or not. If I want less heat, I just use less wood for this stove.

 

[corey21]

I do it as I do not have a problem with stoves running away from me. It speeds up the reload time, which means less time I am tending to a stove.

If I burn E/W with a full load, the stove will give me 9-10 hours of heat whether I use the tunnel or not. If I want less heat, I just use less wood for this stove.

I have found out this year that the mag loves burning E/W it makes for some very nice dancing blue flames.

 

[etiger2007]

I have found out this year that the mag loves burning E/W it makes for some very nice dancing blue flames.

Corey you should post a pic of your stove, with the secondaries kickin.

 

[corey21]

Corey you should post a pic of your stove, with the secondaries kickin.

I thought about uploading a video when the weather cools back off did not even have a fire today.

 

[etiger2007]

I thought about uploading a video when the weather cools back off did not even have a fire today.

Me neither, supposed to be 60 tomorrow