Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
It's 38 now with a low of 31 expected. Another mix of red and a big crotch piece of post oak going for overnight.
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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MoDoug
Minister of Fire
Great memories of fishing Bennett with my dad in my teens. I have a 5.25 lb. rainbow on my wall from there. Beautiful area.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Wow that's a dandy. It's great fishing on the river below Bennett as well. Lots of rainbows, browns and small mouth.
With the temps dropping to just above 20 or a few degrees below, we've been burning cherry during the day and a bag of pellets at night.
Low around 10 tonight, still rocking pine.
It was 17.2 earlier this morning with another load of cherry going in the wood stove and the pellet stove being shut off for the day.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
It is 24 now with post oak in the 74. Going up to 54 today with lots of sunshine. House should be toasty this evening.
Last night was 2 ash, 1 cherry and 4 sugar maple. Very nice coals this morning.
As happy with the heat output as I was last year with the new stove (50SNC30), this year with better seasoned wood has been even better. Always liked ash, but the coals on a full ash load were nothing compared to what sugar maple leaves. The combo fires with some easier lighting chunks (ash & cherry) along with longer coaling chunks (sugar maple) has been keeping the temperature up all night long with the mid 20's we've been seeing overnight. Come colder overnights it'll be sugar maple and beech, maybe a little ash or cherry to get it firing.
Also, I've been using a suggestion from another thread about daytime fire maintenance and keeping the coals, stove & flue hotter. That's been a huge difference in getting the next load going. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions over the last year!
As happy with the heat output as I was last year with the new stove (50SNC30), this year with better seasoned wood has been even better. Always liked ash, but the coals on a full ash load were nothing compared to what sugar maple leaves. The combo fires with some easier lighting chunks (ash & cherry) along with longer coaling chunks (sugar maple) has been keeping the temperature up all night long with the mid 20's we've been seeing overnight. Come colder overnights it'll be sugar maple and beech, maybe a little ash or cherry to get it firing.
Also, I've been using a suggestion from another thread about daytime fire maintenance and keeping the coals, stove & flue hotter. That's been a huge difference in getting the next load going. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions over the last year!
Woody5506
Minister of Fire
Been burning Siberian elm with a split or two of honey locust. Not a fan of the elm but it does coal up pretty nicely.
Winter temps seem to be here to stay for most of the nights atleast. 23 last night. Had a load of oak. 3rd year burning and I'm seeing the difference in how much better my wood is. Especially from my first year.
It's 31.8 tonight with a load of cherry going in the Liberty.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Stove is cold since last night. It was 75 in the house this morning and It got into the low 70's today. I think it was actually a new record high temp for the day. It's still 62 out and we will stay in the low 50s tonight. Stove will stay empty tonight with the heat pump will do the light work for the warm snap.
Low around 8 tonight, throwing some more pine in; winter weather advisory starting tomorrow night...we’ll see
It's 29.1 tonight with more cherry seeing some action.
It's 33.2 tonight with a load of cherry going in the wood stove. I think our high temp today back in the pines was 45 today but in Potsdam NY it was 49.
Was about 45 as a high today raked coals this morning and got those burned down, then cleared the ash out. Relit the stove and this evening it’s a load of cherry loaded east west.
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
we went from 30's to 50's and rain back to the 30's. Still feeding the stoves ash and walnut a little maple here and there as well.
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
Tonight (and this winter), it’s 2 year old pin oak and shagbark hickory in the Buck 74.
Just went over a coworker’s house and cut up some black locust with the new saw. Those chips were particularly yellow. Can’t wait to burn that in a few winters.
Just went over a coworker’s house and cut up some black locust with the new saw. Those chips were particularly yellow. Can’t wait to burn that in a few winters.
It's 27.3 tonight with a forecast low of 20, just another load of cherry going in the stove.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Its 32 with a low of 25 tonight. I have a load of post and white oak in the stove for tonight.
The morning reload is the typical white oak and hickory splits combo meal deal, 3 oak.....2 hickory. With a current temp of 20°, I'll slide out the primary air control a little more than usual to get the desired BTU output. I'll be reloading a little sooner this evening as a result.
