First couple weeks of burning

[svk]

By Sunday afternoon my racks on/in the house will be empty. I’ll have 17 days of burning primarily Norway pine with a little bit of maple and birch mixed in. Will have used roughly 1.5 cords so far. Temps have been unseasonably cold for November, going from -10 low to 40 high. Most of the days saw highs in the 20’s and lows in the teens to single digits. We only had about 3 days where the high went above freezing.

 

[U&A]

I think I’ve used about 1.25 cords now. Not a LOT more than normal but definitely more.

Just broke into the highly valuable black walnut tonight. Burns great after 2 years of drying. I can see the exponentially valuable smoke coming out the chimney. Smells good[emoji1787]




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[Ryan'smilling]

We're ahead of schedule here too. Been darned cold until this last week. We started the heating season without any supplemental heat, so we have used more than we would in a normal year. Last week we got the backup electric heater from our old furnace plenum moved over to the plenum on the vapor fire 100 we installed last year.

Since then I've noticed we're using a little less wood. Of course it has been a little warmer, but with the backup heat making up for the small dip in the overnight temp in the house, there's less call for a bigger load of wood in the morning. I'm hoping to stay under 5 cords for the year, but if this winter is like last (as people are predicting) I might not do as well as I'd like to. The other part of the equation is that we should have our fairly substantial solar array installed by the end of the year. After that, I may decide to run the electric heat more than we currently do.

 

[svk]

From here on out, the majority of what I have to burn is hardwood which should decrease consumption rate even though it’s going to be colder.

If the snow recedes a bit I may grab a load or two of aspen just to supplement the burning.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Been heating about 2 months now, I've used about 3/4 of a cord. Blaze King and a well insulated house.

 

[DSW]

By Sunday afternoon my racks on/in the house will be empty. I’ll have 17 days of burning primarily Norway pine with a little bit of maple and birch mixed in. Will have used roughly 1.5 cords so far. Temps have been unseasonably cold for November, going from -10 low to 40 high. Most of the days saw highs in the 20’s and lows in the teens to single digits. We only had about 3 days where the high went above freezing.

You keep racks on the house? Roof style?

I've been burning at least a month or more, not sure how much. I know i have enough ahead so i don't worry about it too much.

It's been colder than normal here as well, which is interesting since summer lasted forever and 90 degrees was common. We truly had no fall. That gets frustrating.

 

[svk]

I have a rack under the awning on the deck as well as an area in the wood room that holds wood. And overflow is stacked off the side of the outside rack. We hauled two heaping pickup loads three weeks ago and they’ll be gone tomorrow.

 

[stihlaficionado]

Colder than average overall here too in ECI, heck it snowed on Halloween(not much, but the lows were in the 20s).

1/2 cord is what I'd estimate, all hardwood, mostly oak in the Lennox Brentwood(BIS Ultima clone)

 

[svk]

Colder than average overall here too in ECI, heck it snowed on Halloween(not much, but the lows were in the 20s).

1/2 cord is what I'd estimate, all hardwood, mostly oak in the Lennox Brentwood(BIS Ultima clone)

What is ECI/BECI?

 

[ktmtigger]

East Central Illinois / beats east Central Illinois

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[svk]

Here’s the last of the wood, will be hauling in the morning.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Been much hotter than usual here. 40s and even 50s in November is very odd.

Normally have well below zero temps by now. Coldest has only been around 20*

 

[stihlaficionado]

Been much hotter than usual here. 40s and even 50s in November is very odd.

Normally have well below zero temps by now. Coldest has only been around 20*

You can lay the blame on this>>, a large patch of warm water off the West coast.
It's causing a ridge in the upper level jet stream that is pushing the cold air into the midwest & east.

 

[stihlaficionado]

What is ECI/BECI?

My avatar is BECI any day

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

You can lay the blame on this>>View attachment 775439, a large patch of warm water off the West coast.
It's causing a ridge in the upper level jet stream that is pushing the cold air into the midwest & east.

Calling for below zero this week, but bv ack in the 40s by the weekend.

 

[svk]

Got my first electric bill since the electric boiler had been turned off. Saved about 300 bucks going with wood for the month. Similar temps to last year.

 

[SuperDuty04]

I’m just waiting for deer season to end so I can get back into the woods to retrieve what’s already cut and to cut some more. It’s killing me waiting to hear that saw buzzin again!

 

[husqvarna257]

Got my first electric bill since the electric boiler had been turned off Saved about 300 bucks going with wood for the month. Similar temps to last year.

I had the pump to my OWB running all summer I wondered why my usage was up until I cleaned the OWB . We have burned almost nothing so far, 3/4 of a cord in 6 weeks or more. Cleaned out ashes 2 weeks ago and it was almost nothing. Good dry hardwood mix under 16% moisture. I still have 1.5 cord left from last year I'll burn more into winter.

 

[Ryan'smilling]

I’m just waiting for deer season to end so I can get back into the woods to retrieve what’s already cut and to cut some more. It’s killing me waiting to hear that saw buzzin again!

I hear you there. I finally fired up a saw on Saturday afternoon for the first time in probably six weeks. Maybe longer. Been busy with some other more time sensitive projects. Got to buck up some white oak in the 6-12" range and some Ash between 10-22". Used my ported 261 and my stock 2166. It sure was nice to cut again. Had good sharp chains on both saws, and it made bucking a cord a real pleasure. We're traveling for Thanksgiving, but when I get back the first thing I'm gonna do is pick up some fresh ethanol free gas and mix up some 40:1 with Schaeffer 7000 and go to town!

 

[U&A]

I’m just waiting for deer season to end so I can get back into the woods to retrieve what’s already cut and to cut some more. It’s killing me waiting to hear that saw buzzin again!

Deer season is my favorite time to cut. Keeps people out of my woods. Sap and water is lower in the trees.


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