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Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

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  1. Warner

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    We don’t have fish spearing here but that looks like a blast. On the bucket list.
     
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    38 OST 72 IST. Let the fire go out this morning. Got close to 50 here today. Started it back up about 2 hours ago. More Ash and a piece of Black Locust in the stove. Top 2 inches of the yard got soft today. Tomorrow they say a high of 36 big difference from last year.
     
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  3. amateur cutter

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    39F here, just topped up the boiler with some Elm & a bit of Poplar I found. Going after a 3+' Sugar Maple stem tomorrow. Supposed to be upper 30's & sun, so it should be decent for bucking that pig.
     
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    Only warmed up to -36.2 it’s -38 now will be interesting to see what the morning brings. Will be a cold work day for sure. Went out to split wood I brought home last week. Mom came out to help, took her over an hour to get a few photos. The cold drains the battery and the screen turns blue. 73EBAE7F-B33B-474D-8CFE-24D56FC1FE48.png C8437A7F-3A49-48B5-9C2E-F2673DAC3C95.jpeg A1AB7C04-A544-4A97-B7CE-558BFE4EE789.jpeg A1FDD377-5A0A-40EA-88B3-F20862B878C5.jpeg 1161E215-E46A-40BD-A3B4-F3C5EE0B3998.jpeg
     
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  5. Marvin

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    You know it's cold when you get icicles on your eyelashes o_O
     
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  7. BigPapi

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    What sort of fluid and starting procedure do you use on your splitter at your temperatures? Tarp and propane blower for a while before starting it? Lowest temperature I've run my splitter down here was around 0, and starting it was a bear. I let it warm for a good ten minutes before operating the valve, too, for fear of the state of my hydraulic fluid.

    +32 here, humid and calm. Had some rain today, which is making things slick. Thankfully the ground stayed frozen. 6am load of sugar maple and ash just coals now, will reload with red and sugar for overnight when I go back in from the garage.
     
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  8. billb3

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    38ºF outside here. Rain finally moved east.
    Filled with red oak a bit early.
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  9. amateur cutter

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    It's really not a problem Marvin you just don't breath, then there's no moisture to freeze.:rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol: oh man! That is so much easier to solve than I thought it would be! Thanks! Now I never have to worry about too serious of a cold snap :rofl: :lol:
     
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  11. Heat550

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    21f burning oak slabs .. You know a quick eye lashes bear figure pinch will fix that eye lashes freezing together issue and might have to do it every 10 mins at -36 that's crazy .

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    Currently 30°F -just got back from a 90 mile snow machine trip- beautiful conditions. We'll touch the freezing mark today and then drop to 0°

    Burning aspen & maple
     
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    I have full synthetic fluid, I have been keeping it in the heated garage. So not sure how cold it will start at. It’s on my list to find out.
     
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    Some spruce keeping Jack Frost at bay. AE9420E3-5663-40AF-9A24-2DDAC773678C.png 90F17B5E-E782-4EFF-9681-2AAFAF6CF7AD.jpeg
     
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    Betcha that .7 is makin it super tough to endure...:whistle:
     
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    I have automatic tranny fluid in my splitter . And 8 hp Kohler 30 years old 5w-30 in motor my records -22f it popped off and run has electric start. Took about 15 min to warmup . Has 2 stage hyd pump 30 inch cyclinder . And yes it was outside. Just to give ya my findings with cold .. 19f burning slabs living room is 81f lol
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    22 now-trying to inch its way up to maybe 30...........maybe.

    4"-8" tomorrow.....
     
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    39*...windy n clear....some ash n hickory burnin. Have a friend that has access to hickory,oak,ash,etc if it ever freezes up. Like to load up the 16 footer with that....
     
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    33 here, loaded stove with cherry and a few splits of ash on bottom. It hit 50 yesterday and I saw a few bugs moving around.


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    42 this morning, nice bed of coals from an overnight burn. Couple splits of cherry to keep her chugging.....wind suppose to kick up the afternoon.

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