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I'm a little off schedule tonight, and we're about to head below zero again, so I'm running a few oak and ash splits to build up a good coal base before packing the stove for bedtime.
At home, ash and a mix of different maples (mostly silver), small amounts of elm, oak and cherry are occasionally in the mix as well.
At camp it's a mix of balsam, poplar maple and birch (both white and some yellow), basically we're on anything that got cleared down when we built the cabin.
Nothing out of the ordinary and not very cold outside tonight (about 10 degrees F). Ash and white birch splits and small round from standing dead elm thrown in for good measure.
Ran my supply out that was right next to the boiler, and didn't have time to grab some from the next driest stack so I loaded up a wheelbarrow with wood from the next nearest stack.
That was... a mistake.
Boiler ran flat out for 14h solid, never making it above 450F on the outlet (normally 1000-1500F) at any point, and ultimately going cold enough to generate a low water temp warning just as I work up in the morning.
I can't wait until spring so I can finally get ahead on stacking and drying.
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