Anyone sell to folks who use these? Delivered a 1/4 cord of cherry yesterday and the guy had one. The cherry was for his indoor fireplace. I know Fanatical1 had custom cut some for this market. This was a bundle he had purchased online. 10" long splits. I have a bunch of Eastern red cedar hanging around that would be ideal for them.
There is all that cedar at my house, not all of it looks like it is mill able , some of the smaller stuff might be better cut to 10-inch length and split into quarters , it would probably be the perfect size. Give it a shot , what do you have to loose. The solo stoves are gaining popularity.
Ive been thinking of marketing some wood for these things...I'm sure they are just like modern stoves, need dry wood...I'd think if people feed them typical fire pit wood that they'd still smoke a lot...and less smoke is part of the point, right?
It is simply amazing how gullible some forks are. solo stove =fancy tin bucket that use designer wood.
Ive been thinking of buying some of those mesh firewood bags to sell it in. Just helped a contractor friend build an addition and have a few wheelbarrow fulls of scrap framing lumber. Thinking a bag full may be the ticket for them. Use the reclaimed, saved from the trash, marketing spiel.
I have one- I got on board when they were being funded through Kickstarter. Prior to making backyard models the company catered to backpackers and campers. Design of the stove (I'm looking it up now) is coaxial downdraft gasification- the concept isn't all that dissimilar to the reburn stoves we're familiar with. The obvious difference is there's no chimney to worry about plugging up with creosote. So, within reason, these do ok with less than dry wood, but you still wouldn't want to put in fresh cut wood. I'm pretty sure I got mine in 2016/2017. It really is pretty good. It's a pretty mainstay feature in the backyard year-round. I'll see if I can find a picture of it in action.
Cool! I know they come in different sizes. What length split would be ideal? I also have a few wheelbarrows full of framing lumber scrap from a recent job and am wondering if bags of it would be good for them?
I was actually going to suggest but then held my tongue- but was going to suggest offering firewood for customers by size of stove. The three larger models that people will have in their yards are the: Ranger: 12 inch splits Bonfire: 16 inch splits Yukon: 22 inch splits Might be worth it to offer up something like that if the customer base is big enough. I'd burn framing lumber in mine. The smaller "mesa" models handle pellets and much smaller cutoffs. My mom has one and I've dropped off for her cut off pieces between the size of a matchbox car and a pack of cigarettes for reference.... but... that's for my mom. For someone else I don't think I'd have put in the effort.
As of today’s deliveries (195 face cords/ricks), would estimate that a third of that is to fire pit and Solo stove customers. I cut to 16” and split smaller to accommodate. Solo stoves burn through a lot of wood because of the higher temperatures from the design. I have a number of customers that burn 3-4 face cords a year with their stoves.
