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  1. bobdog2o02

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    alright, here's one, not great, but btus are being released....

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    Jealous of all you N-S loaders.:D
     
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    Whataya got in there, A?
    Looks like a piece of some kinda hickory, some sweet gum? Maple? Can't really tell from Wytheville.
     
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    image.jpg I'll get in on this though. Morning fire about the best I can do, without a tape measure and three hands!
     
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    Lookin gooder Sask!:binoculars:
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    mostly elm, hate splitting it but burns great, the one on the top middle is BL.
     
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    Elm for me too, at least until I reload for the long overnight burn. Most of my super straight high btu stuff is down by the shed. I'll have to bring a bit up this weekend with our mega cold snap we are going to get next week.

    Here's my half ok load of elm for tonight. Gnarly elm is tough to Tetris+fy
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    I gotta say I don't think "normal" people take pictures of their loaded stoves and post them on the internet. :rofl: :lol:

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    I love the way elm burns... just a pain until it's ashes.
     
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    Just imagine if I had some high btu wood in there!
     
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    I don't think any of us have issues with not being normal.

    Then again for us, it IS normal.:loco: :crazy::wacky::yes:
     
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    It seems to leave a fair amount of ashes too. Not as bad as walnut, but much more than cherry. It's all btu's though.
     
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    It's a small insert and the wood is cut 12-13" to load N-S. And we don't have top tier hardwoods here. Paper birch, big leaf maple, and Doug fir are the highest BTU woods I normally have access to. We're finally getting freezing weather so I've been burning birch that's had two full summers to dry. One night recently I packed it full at midnight and went to bed with the stove top thermo at 600. At 6am there was barely any coals left but the insert was still warm enough that the blower hadn't shut off yet. That's about the best I can do.
     
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    I'll load her up before bed. But when I get home I burn these small 3 split loads. I run them hot and fast.. Because the doghouse air runs right down the middle of the 3 splits it creates great secondaries and lots of heat.

    Before I shut the door this 4 yr old ash was choochin!!
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    Within 5 minutes I shut it down (well, not as far as a full load. I said I burn them hot!) and the secondaries are firing on all cylinders !
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    This is load #2 since I got home at 4:30. No need for a match after burning last night. I'll get a pic tonight when I load it up.
     
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    When you load for the night, where do your set your air? I have had some real cold nights, and loaded the thing up with douglas fir on coals swept to the front of the stove, and the air fully closed (after light), and it seemed to work well. Of course, I wasn't up to watch it, but the glass was clean enough in the morning, and there were coals, and the house was warm.
     
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    I close the air off as much as the lever will allow on my Quadrafire for the overnight burns. Send to work well for me too. Warm house= low gas bills and a happy family.
     
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    About even with the end of the ash lip. I load her up at 10pm and have coals (a lot) when I get home around 4:30pm-6pm. As for the glass? I've never had an issue with it. The dryer the wood? The less problems you'll have .

    Loaded up!!

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    After a couple minutes!
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    Settled in.. I'll take a pic of coals tomorrow when I get home from work :) It still amazes me :thumbs:

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    DexterDay ... Exactly Dry wood is so overlooked... Each year I get better and better burns, now that I've been on this schedule, it just makes life soo much gooder.... And yes I lock my air rod with the springy thing even with the front of ash lip. Less than that I smolder out and greater than that she's hot to trot...
     
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    Still loosing :whistle:
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