It got cool in the house the other night, so I wanted to take the chill off. I get a lot of this odd stuff from re-cutting wood from scrounges . This chunky monkey wood , I think works well for shoulder season . This is my first year with this EPA stove so each fire is fun and a learning experience . There is some Oak and some ash here, I was surprised at the amount of heat that this little bit of wood put out , chunk in the middle actually burned quite a long time . What do you use your chunky monkey wood for ??
Heheh, got a chuckle from "chunky monkey", never heard 'em called that. Lots of other names for those oddballs though. Some of them can be good burners if they happen to have curly knots in 'em. Had a bunch last year that WAY outlasted the clear wood splits. Mine go into the stove, too.
I never had either, that's just what I came up with, after I had a few beers in me Now we have a new name for the little buggers
I burn mine when I'm going to be home to babysit the stove, can't get enough in my little stove to last through a work/play day.
Most of mine end up in the fire pit outside. I put them in bins and move a bin over close to the firepit. Great stuff for campfires, I have burned a good bit of them in the stove too but try to use them up outside first. save the good splits for the stove.
always a certain amount of that type of product. waste not, want not. any difficult wood, the chainsaw is happy to cross cut until it is manageable. i will burn chunkers and branches down to less than 2". most difficult thing is laying out storage.
We burn whatever we have on hand for chunks. One year we had lots of lumber cut-offs. Next year we'll be burning more oak chunks like we did this past winter. Always some uglies that need burning but those mostly tend to just get one thrown on top of the fire rather than a whole bunch together.
Got ahold of one of those steel cages that usually have a plastic tank in them. As I am processing this load of oak it is about half full right now. Will probably have it close to full when done. Should be some good shoulder wood in 16/17.
Exactly what I do with them. If I'm home all day for some reason, snow day.... I load the hearth up with them and feed it all day as required. They give off a LOT of heat, and the big thick chunks burn surprisingly long.... I love the chunks!! I made a storage bin for them to.... http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/threads/chunk-bin.7124/#post-170691 Made a canvas cover for it:
Love chunky monkeys. Even use them for overnight as large ones burn a long long time. Can't wait to try them in the new Woodstock IS next winter.
Since I've been cutting in the local wood cutting area & measure/mark the rounds to length in the woods, I don't get any "shorties or chunky monkeys " but do end up with 1/2 - 3/4 cord of "uglies & misfits". That's my fire pit/cookout wood.
+1 on the trying in new Woodstock stove (Fireview). Not sure if I love them or not ... time will tell. Today I am building a new 1 cord corral to hold my "shorties, chunky monkeys, uglies and misfits". When filled, I will have a total of 3 cords to learn to love ! Some of my freshly made monkeys Here is the kind of home I am building for them
If I didn't keep them I would have to work 4X harder to get the amount of wood that I have. I just don't have that kind of spare time available to spare.
