I probably got my moneys worth in wood savings from monitoring the flue temp but thought it strange to drop dead and read way low out of the blue....
I'm the opposite of Firewood Bandit, I cheap out out on bar oil! I blend with filtered/strained cooking oil and it works fine. It costs around...
Temps hanging at -14 C feels -18 C or 6 F feels 0 F, and should warm up 3-4 degrees later. Cool weather has got the short stack monster purring...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Up to feed the reactor, and it's still winter. Only 150 days to go give or take.:D
Curious what kind of luck you guys have had with life span of your flue probes. Mine just bit the biscuit randomly here and I don't know if that's...
I'm thinking just a combination of short stack and warm weather, and being new to wood burning. I know my stove runs way better these days, and...
You better get out for those deer while the weather is still decent for hunting!:)
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Winter did show up and here to stay I believe. Poplar in the reactor same as always.
Looks like we're walking into winter wonderland today. Although the temps haven't dropped yet, there's some kind of system rolling in. Sitting at...
I tend to get more of that flaky fluffy stuff earlier in the season with 2 cold starts a day, or with shed crud barky wood, or surprisingly, when...
Sitting at +1 C or 33 F and some wind (same temp all night I think) and should see +4 C or 39 F later for a high. And rain and rain until it...
That's a heck of a long season!
It's actually not very time consuming at all. I spread out the cups while the wax is melting, dump about 5 inches of tobacco can worth of sawdust...
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I use little paper ketchup cup type things with sawdust and paraffin/canning wax for my trailer park firestarters.
Dreary looking morning out there, sitting at -3 C or 27 F with a bit of wind on top. Should see a couple degrees above freezing later today. While...
I feel better about our weather once the fellas from Alaska start showing their temps.:D Sitting at -4 C feels -10 C or 25 F feels 13 F with the...
Sitting at -1 C or 31 F with a bit of wind, and might get some snow or rain mix.
Nice enough day hanging around +5 c or 40 F. Finally got all my outside the shed wood stacked and tucked in after some previous splitter action so...
Currently sitting at 1 C or 33 F, and kind of dreary. It's nice our weather took a short break from all the wonkiness before we get into the chill...
