-4/68 Loaded 4 splits of Maple this morning. A little snow today then bitterly cold tonight and tomorrow. Doesn’t look like it will get above zero. Going to be feeding the stove a lot of fuel this week!
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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About 12 hrs after my reload, STT 160 and inside temp 54, with plenty of coals for instant relight with splitter slash.
Tossed two small pieces of pine on to get her hot with, 1 ash and 2 maple splits. STT 400, about to engage the CAT.
Tossed two small pieces of pine on to get her hot with, 1 ash and 2 maple splits. STT 400, about to engage the CAT.
Longer burn times......
You guys with the N/S loaders really can fit so much more fuel than us E/W guys. Well except for Turbo89's stove with the top load and andirons.
I probably can only get 2/3 to 1/2 as many splits in my f400 as you guys are showing in your stoves. I could get a bit more in but then those splits would have to be perfectly sized and dimensioned.
My buddy, for his jotul f400, splits his that way (Pretty perfect squares and rectangles), with his 4 way splitter off the PTO on his tractor and then palletizes them to season in his large open barn sheds.
He ends up with 4 white oak splits, 2 in front and 2 in the back, that almost completely fill his f400's box.
But as a hand splitter with varying branch, dead fallen, yard tree trunk wood that's not really an option. I try to split into squares/rectangles when i can, but it ends up being only about 10-15%, and those may still be to large or small to stack just right into the f400.
I've drawn grid patterns on large oak rounds, but i'm definitely not nearly as accurate as a splitter that you get right onto the lines.
Oh well guess it's time to up my maul accuracy game. (Another reason for using the light maul i prefer)
You guys with the N/S loaders really can fit so much more fuel than us E/W guys. Well except for Turbo89's stove with the top load and andirons.
I probably can only get 2/3 to 1/2 as many splits in my f400 as you guys are showing in your stoves. I could get a bit more in but then those splits would have to be perfectly sized and dimensioned.
My buddy, for his jotul f400, splits his that way (Pretty perfect squares and rectangles), with his 4 way splitter off the PTO on his tractor and then palletizes them to season in his large open barn sheds.
He ends up with 4 white oak splits, 2 in front and 2 in the back, that almost completely fill his f400's box.
But as a hand splitter with varying branch, dead fallen, yard tree trunk wood that's not really an option. I try to split into squares/rectangles when i can, but it ends up being only about 10-15%, and those may still be to large or small to stack just right into the f400.
I've drawn grid patterns on large oak rounds, but i'm definitely not nearly as accurate as a splitter that you get right onto the lines.
Oh well guess it's time to up my maul accuracy game. (Another reason for using the light maul i prefer)
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I work hard for those long burns! I’m not sure 10+ hrs would be sustainable if this encore was in my house. A 2.3 cu-ft firebox just isn’t big enough for extremely long burns.
Yes, I'm able to stuff the T6 with twice the wood in the F400. I didn't have enough shorties for N/S loading on a regular basis.
I used to have a e/w stove, n/s is a game changer for loading. I remember having to fight to get logs from rolling out when trying to load to capacity, and splits always ending up against the doors as the lower logs would burn out.
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