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

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  1. BuckeyeFootball

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    Been out working in the cold all day and will be tomm too. Got cherry splits and some small oak rounds in the quad.
     
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    Right now, 29/75. Brought in some of the hardwood stash for the night, a lot to be said for waking up to a warm house.

    Poor attempt at Tetris after I got home this morning, but these are 28”

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    Currently 21 here. I'm burning some wood from a neighbor's tree (former neighbor as we moved and of course I moved my wood piles too) That I cut down May 2020. A different neighbor told me it was a Russian Tea Leaf tree. All I know is it is dry and burns well. Travis Industries fireplace insert. Furnace has not run since shortly after starting fire. IMG_0197.jpeg
     
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    Got up to about 30 degrees with 10 MPH breeze. Got the inside rack filled plus a wheelbarrow load in the garage. Just mixed, silver maple, ash, others in the IS. House is at 70 degrees with furnace set at 67.
     
  5. MNWood

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    IMG_8060.jpeg IMG_8095.jpeg if anyone wants to id the tree
     

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    They are both great! They are different though.

    The Jotul F500 is massive. I can put a 24” long split or round in it. Sometimes I’ll throw a 24” long - 10” diameter round in it before bed and that sucker will burn all night long. My only complaint is that the stove takes a lot of wood and time to really get hot. It’s so big though, that it will heat my entire house, once I get it cranking.
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    The Lopi has a dual (front and rear) damper. So you can turn the air flow up or down as much as you’d like. I keep the airflow pretty high, so it warms up quick and burns really hot. The Lopi is in my home gym. The home gym is a separate building on my property. It gets really cold in there, so I like to open up both dampers on the Lopi and get that thing really cooking to warm the place up. It does a great job at heating the whole building quickly. It’s just not as big as the Jotul, so I have to feed it more.
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    Don't worry I only use it in the insert. It doesn't seem to spark much in it though. I think you are correct as I cut another "tree" down for son #1's friend that she said was Mulberry and they do seem either the same or similar. It does make nice heat.
     
  9. BuckeyeFootball

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    How long do you let 10" rounds season for?
     
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    How many thermometers do you have on there ?
     
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    Just got home from work. It’s 29 and the house is 68 just thru some ash and locust for the night
     

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    One year. I pretty much let everything season for a year.
     
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    I think this is the coldest Night we have had here this year 19 degrees at midnight, stove is Choochin loaded up for the night -wood-stove.jpg
     
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    Nice to see you! Same here on coldest night so far, VERY mild til now. Hope your well HD
     
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    Yeah I'm doing fine hope you are as well:salute:
     
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    17/75 cherry and small white oak rounds. By far the coldest night weve had so far. I had to go outside and grab all the energy drinks out of my truck for fear theyd explode.
     
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    I've seen a lot of predictions about warmer than normal temperatures in Michigan this winter and less than average snowfall but this doesn't seem like warmer than normal
     
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    18/74 elm and hard maple
     
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    21. The Wood Gun is still hot from last night’s load of Beech, Cherry, and Yellow Birch.
     
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    Currently 10°F nice bed if coals this morning for an easy restart.

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