I was trying to figure it out this morning. I burned 2 wheelbarrow loads yesterday. I would guess that's somewhere close to 150-200 pounds or maybe up to 1/20th of a cord. Sounds about right. It was pretty cold. Large stoves hold up to 90 pounds on a full load I think.
Obviously it depends on outside temp,any wind,what type of wood etc.But here lately I've been burning 2 big 50lb plastic birdseed or cat litter bags worth every 16-18 hrs roughly.If the pieces are fairly straight,stuffed full each bag can have 50-60 lbs of wood.Those few nights we had below zero (-14 Christmas Eve morning for example),the total will be close to 3 bags.That was coldest night here in 4 years,looks like this upcoming Sun-Monday nights might be close or a bit colder. Used to bring it in the garage/shop next door by wheelbarrow,then load the built in woodbox in the wall next to fireplace room.Its actually easier carrying the bags or a couple cardboard boxes worth into the room itself.Plus any bark pieces,dirt crumbs,bugs etc stay in the box or bag & are dumped outside in the 30 gallon steel trash can/ash bucket.Saves on getting the vacuum out too. This is just supplemental heat,works very well with the NG furnace however.Except for a few days in early November,the rest of the month,most all of December & so far this week has been below normal temps here,anywhere from 10 to 30 degrees.Already burned almost half what I did all last season from mid November to early April. That's OK,I had plenty left & am still almost 5 years ahead due to constant cutting 2-3 days per month & occasional CL scrounge that am always looking out for.What I'm burning now is a mix of old dead mostly White/Red Oak,with a little Hickory,Mulberry,Honey Locust,Green Ash,Apple & White Pine. The Oak,Hickory,Mulberry is 2 to 3 yrs old,everything else 12 to 18 months .
I have a firewood ring near the stove, on average it holds 50 splits, which is about 2 heaping wheelbarrow loads. Not sure of the weight, never looked into that.
For some reason that sounds high to me, not that the stove can't handle the weight but more like 90 lbs of wood for a single fill. I'm sure everyones split sizes vary. I can usually get 4 large splits and a few fillers but I don't know if it's 90 lbs for a 2.0+ cf firebox.
No...I was thinking more like a 4 cubic foot stove would hold 75-90 pounds on a full load. I read that in a manufacturers spec sheet once....maybe that was Blaze King.
Yeah...I've been burning a little less today..It's 31 out there now. The next 2 days will be bitterly cold. It'll be -13 by Monday morning. I was out gathering wood today.
I d say 80 pounds? Can't burn much more than that unless I burn in bypass mode!! And this is seasoned oak/ hickory. Total guess on weight though.
Blaze King King. Split size varies. Last night I counted and got 13, but 3 of them were in the 8" range which is pretty large for me.
Wow. With a stove that nice, I figured you'd have that in your signature line. Something to be proud of.
I weighed a couple splits a few days ago. They looked about the same size to me, but one was a little over 5lbs., and the other was closer to 4. Both Oak. Overnight load is about 9-10 with splits that size. I guessed about 45-50 lbs at one point, so I was pretty close. Ok, that's the overnighter, which is between 8-9 hours, so triple that for a 24 hour total. 150lbs. or so. All I know is, the warmup we've got coming can't get here too soon. I'm already almost through what I had planned to burn in January. ETA: That amount will change soon, but I won't know how much until it gets here.
Never weighed it but usually load twice a day. Have a tote that gets about 10 splits in it and that usually fills the stove. These splits are usually on the bigger side as I used to always split bigger. Amazing how much bigger splits look when they are going in the stove vs when they are on the splitter.
