I've got some large red oak splits that were sized for the old smoke dragon. CSS 21 months ago. 16-19% on a fresh face. I put two splits on a coal bed at 6:30 yesterday morning. One was a 8x4 rect. The other a 6-7" triangle. Stove was full, enough room for two, maybe three 1x4s at top. 275 STT. 36 outside, 71 inside. Temp fell all day. 14 hours later. 33 outside, 73 inside. 320 STT.
http://5newsonline.com/weather/maps-and-radar/nwa-7-day/ Not too bad yet. May see our first snow of the year.
Wow never saw a picture of a loaded keystone, that's an impressive burn time on basically four splits. Does the stove heat your whole house? That picture made me realize how much wood I go through to heat my house.
That is an amazing burn time. Can't believe the amount still left over for a restart. Guess those Woodstock stoves are as good as advertised.
Where we are there's no way oak would get down to 16-19% in 21 months. Especially true for splits that huge. Must be nice...
I had two HOT DRY summers. Where I work 40 miles to the south (Ft. Smith), we set a new record in 2012 for consecutive days over 100F f- 39 consecutive days. Many days over 110F. Also had an "exceptional" drought. This year it wasn't as bad, but very hot and dry also.
I'm working today and didn't bother to reload before I left. I'll try to get the 'ol lady to send me a pic before she reloads it. On days that we both work, I load at 4:30am and she gets home and reloads at ~6:30pm. That gives us a 14 hr day burn plus a 10 hr night burn. If the over night lows get into the lower single digits with highs in the mid teens, we do a partial load in the evening before stuffing it for the night.
Warmth of wood heat can't be beat. Great pictures & good looking load of good wood (jealous of the oak )
Its ironic that the further north you go, the softer the trees seem to get. I guess if AK was easy it would have the population of CA (which is more populous than Canada-crazy).
Yet we cannot forget that many times those softer woods have lots of strength. I've told that to many folks especially when they talk about pine. Especially here in MI where white pine used to be the main tree until greed took over and the loggers tried to get it all. But the ability of white pine and others to bend under heavy snow loads and in the wind is also one of its greatest strengths.
