Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

Burning oak. And going to be in the 30s overnight I believe

 

16F here still, slight breeze, but not bad. Oak loaded up.

 

We missed the snow this last weekend. Got 5 mins of wet snow mid day over the weekend

 

8 heading to 0. Should start a warmup tomorrow for a few days.

 

13 dropping to 7 overnight. Got a mix of Black Locust, Hedge and Ash in the stove for tonight. Looking at 0 or below for the lows tomorrow night.

 

0° out. 78° in the stove room.

Ash, elm, and I brought in some apple ugly branches and a couple decent splits to stuff to stuff at the top.

 

-3/72 Apple
Supposed to get up to 5 today with lots of wind

 

He Started in Maine !

 

3’/71’.

I really loaded the Fire Chief up last night before going to bed. Turned the air intake bezel (which is a dial on a screw) attached to the ash pan door to almost shut. This is only my second night burning this stove this season in the basement to augment the Buck 91 up stairs. I was surprised to see it was almost burned out at 4am. Just enough coals to get it going, albeit with a little work.

Makes me chuckle when I hear or read about 10-12 hour burn times for this wood furnace. On the other hand, our temps overnight are about the coldest we will see this time of year here in MO. Which is why I’m running both stoves right now. Im not running the house furnace at all. Only wood heat. Makes me confident I can keep the entire house comfortable as cold as it’s been here the past few days. Im a newbie and still learning.

White & red oak.

 

29 and it’s all downhill from there.

 

3 out and 68 in. I had a ton of red coals from the overnight. Added some Red Oak and Sugar Maple and away we go !

 

Not sure who is right. But as SAV would say, it’s just cold.
Beech and Maple keeping things toasty in the Wood Gun. Mmmmm Toast.

 

Around 10 degrees this morning burning a mix of ash red oak and honey locust this morning the boiler is definitely helping the wood stove out this morning. 69 degree's inside. I am trying to figure out how to wrap a tarp around the buck I shot yesterday. He's hanging in the garage and he's going to be frozen by the end of the day. A small electric heater set on low should help keep him from becoming a block of frozen deer.

 

-22/70. Yeah, I got out of bed and fired up the wood furnace a couple hours ago...

 

12 but " real feel is 0", 71 in house. At 4:30 this morning downstairs was a healthy 57*, had stove air shut down and blower off. Black locust, oak for the forseeable future.

 

Respectfully:

We both have worked outside for many years during our younger days. There is no way you can convince me that working in -30 temps in the same feel as working in -30 temps with a 25 mph wind. Period. It is a much colder feeling on a person to be out in those low temps with the wind as opposed to just the low temp. Furthermore, you won't be able to tolerate being in the cold temps with a wind as long as you could without a wind. But, you already know that.

Heck, I'll go outside to grab the mail (about a 10 minute walk) and the difference up at the mailbox with the trees blocking the wind is unbelievable! Same thing every month of the year....not just winter.

And if you think about it, "heat index" is the "real feel" (or summer's version of wind chill without the wind) for the summer months. 85 degrees here compared to 85 out west is hands down a totally different level of comfort.

It all has to do with the evaporation process of the body. This is evidenced by a person's home that is at proper humidity levels, less heat will be required to make occupants feel comfortable. But that's another topic.

 

When it's really cold I can dress for and handle it, but when there is a strong wind behind it, You just gotta get out of it, it rips right through you.