Show Me Some Pics Of Your Overnite Load

[Ironworker]

Haven't seen any of these in a while, so show us what you got for your overnites.
A load like this will give me 8 good hours at nite and 12 during the day especially if it's sunny.

 

[ash man]

owb with 3' x 5' firebox and 25" door. I fill it up as full as possible especially at night. Got an load of elm and hickory in there now

 

[certified106]

Here is one of my memorable overnight loads.

 

[zogger]

I just use big rounds or better, uglies that are hard to split. Mine has a top load option so I can drop a fairly substantial chunk in there for a longer all night burn.

If I filled the zogger smogger all the way up with dry splits..man, never did it, it would melt the dang stove and crack the brick chimney and start a fire most likely. The most I ever fill it is around one third unless it is one big solid piece.

Right this second just raking up and burning of coals from last night and this morning. The weather guessers were pretty good today, said the big wind and dropping temps would start at 10am, dang if they didn't nail it. Low teens tonight so burning it down some.

A lot of times I have to get up at like 4 am or something (not for work thankfully...), if I do, I chuck a couple splits in there, go back to bed.

So anyway, not loaded, but this is the one on deck for tonight, put a bar oil jug there for scale

 

[Steve NW WI]

Here's overnight, from another thread. Good for 8-10 hours in "normal" winter weather. I've got a "full military" load pic of how I fill when I go to work that I haven't got off the camera yet.

 

[NSMaple1]

owb with 3' x 5' firebox and 25" door. I fill it up as full as possible especially at night. Got an load of elm and hickory in there nowView attachment 329114

Holy crap - that's like 30 cu.ft. when full. 4 loads and you'd be out almost a whole cord of wood.

My firebox is only 3 cu.ft., it has to be pretty cold out for me to run two full loads thru in a day.

 

[Cheesecutter]

Although I don't have a pic handy, when mines loaded for overnight, it looks like ash man's. My firebox is 3'X4' so it's a bit smaller, but yup, OWBs like their wood. They can hold nearly 1/4 cord per feeding if you stuff it. Generally, I fill mine only a 1/3-1/2 full for a 12 hour burn, unless brutal cold and windy.

 

[certified106]

Wow that is insane. I heat 2800 sq ft with a Pacific Energy T6 and burn 4 to 5 cords of wood a year and it is my only source of heat. I generally keep the house Temps between 70-76 degrees.

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[doubletrouble]

I try to load mine up to the top of the fire brick per the instructions that came with the furnace. (Vogelzang 2500)
Is it safe to load it higher? Mine won't burn long enough the way I load it now. I get about 4-6 hours out of it with it set on low.

 

[Slackerjpt]

I'll ask the wife to take a pic.

 

[Cheesecutter]

Mine is a P&M heating 2 houses, 3,300 and 1200 sq ft to 72-75 degrees plus DHW. I usually burn 13-18 cords per year depending on temp and wood species.

 

[laynes69]

I try to load mine up to the top of the fire brick per the instructions that came with the furnace. (Vogelzang 2500)
Is it safe to load it higher? Mine won't burn long enough the way I load it now. I get about 4-6 hours out of it with it set on low.

I had a hotblast 1500 usstove wood furnace, it was pretty much the same model as what you have. On cold nights, and truthfully any night, I would fill our furnace to the baffle. It ran this way for a number of years. If I only half filled it, I would be guaranteed a cold furnace in the am. If you don't have a feel for the furnace, then don't fill it.

 

[Chris-PA]

I try to load mine up to the top of the fire brick per the instructions that came with the furnace. (Vogelzang 2500)
Is it safe to load it higher? Mine won't burn long enough the way I load it now. I get about 4-6 hours out of it with it set on low.

I have a different stove but it has the same recommendation about loading to the top of the fire brick - I always load it higher, sometimes I run a row of small splits up top close to the secondary jets.

I'll ask the wife to take a pic.

Someone had to go there!

 

[Chris-PA]

I load mine in rows, with each row oriented at 90deg to the one below. So three splits end on at the bottom, three sideways on top, and if there is a third row that is oriented like the bottom row. It allows more channels for gasses to flow up through the wood.

My main stove is slightly deeper than it is wide, but I do this on my small stove too. It also make is much faster to light.

Anyone else load it that way or am I the only nerd doing this?

 

[certified106]

I have a different stove but it has the same recommendation about loading to the top of the fire brick - I always load it higher, sometimes I run a row of small splits up top close to the secondary jets.


Someone had to go there!

I second that! I pack my T6 full when its cold out.

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[kevinlar]

Overnight load, 18" poker straight ash

 

[doubletrouble]

My wife has accually started loading our furnace as you described. Each row 90 from the one below. It seems to work well at least for her. I'm proud of her for experimenting with it and learning some about it. She only stacks two rows though. I think I will try it higher when I get home.

 

[CTYank]

I load mine in rows, with each row oriented at 90deg to the one below. So three splits end on at the bottom, three sideways on top, and if there is a third row that is oriented like the bottom row. It allows more channels for gasses to flow up through the wood.

My main stove is slightly deeper than it is wide, but I do this on my small stove too. It also make is much faster to light.

Anyone else load it that way or am I the only nerd doing this?

Not me, when looking for a long-term burn. For that, I try to minimize airflow within the load.

Works okay during the day, mainly when loading some "reluctant" splits. E.g. black cherry.

 

[Marshy]

Projected low is -16*F tonight, damn right I'm packin above the fire brick. Mainly ash and cherry cut to ~20", the bigger the better!

Shenandoah R-77
Before:


Middle:


After:

 

[Chris-PA]

The end-on logs are actually a third row, as there are some mostly burned splits at the bottom (too tired to wait for them so I added more on top):

Stopped down properly:

Some extra from the little stove: