PURPLEBOWYER
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How's it goin?I have a shaver 165.
I burn 8-10 cords/ year. I like to burn DRY wood Split or not. So I keep 20-30 cords stacked and dried.
If I see much smoke after th initial fire-up -- my wood is too wet!
Dry wood is more efficient and less harmful to everyone/environment.
I like having a mix of split and whole rounds as stated by yourself and others, it's easier to fill the fire box with different sized wood.
There have been times where all I had were large rounds. It was a pain to try to jam another round in there, that was just a little too big to fit beside the others.
The longer it took me to try to squeeze that round in there, the bigger the fire got as it got more air. Flames would be shooting out the fire box door the longer I struggled with the round. I ended up feeling like I was giving a dragon a dental cleaning.
Better to have different sizes on hand.
I have to jump in here gentleman...I've owned a central owb for five years. I always burned what was available. Two kids hardly... had time to split and season the wood. I started seasoning and splitting the wood the past two years and let me tell you it is quite a difference when burning seasoned wood. It burns easier and with less smoke. I don't know if it's in my head but I seems as if it burns hotter and last longer..who knows! My two pesos..Burn what you have but dry is better!
Hey one more thing,ive got about a dozen treated poles bout 10"round and 5' long would it hurt to burn these?Got no use for them their too short.
its good to see all the knowledge on here and how everyone burns but thats the key and hope everyone understands this so the dont ban these in all states!!
Burning green wood is like driving your truck with the brakes on. As far as splitting- I like to mix it up. When I load it I rake the coals, throw a couple of splits directly on the coals, then put enough full rounds on the splits to make it untill I want to load it again. It has been my experence if I put it in, it will eat it. Being stingy with the wood and only putting in enough to make it to the next fill seems to use less.
I go through 10 cords/ year with my circ pump running 24/7.
I did the same thing up until a year ago. I def saved money on my hot water bill. I took a break from it this year. That is about how much wood I burned too. That's a hell of a lot of wood.
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