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MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD => PHOTO PAGE - MEMBER PHOTOS & BEE-MOVIES HERE! => Topic started by: Irwin on April 04, 2010, 05:42:33 pm
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I went and got some firewood the other day.
http://picasaweb.google.com/irwin453/BitBox#5456384891714952898 (http://picasaweb.google.com/irwin453/BitBox#5456384891714952898)
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that looks like some nice stuff. have to admit that i miss the smell of a good wood fire! i don't miss the work!
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second growth doug fir and yes it smells great. Got a hydraulic wood splitter the only part I don't like is the stacking have to stack it three times before you burn it #1 in the truck #2 in the wood shed #3 in the wood box
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Doesn't douglas fir foul up your flue too much?
Scott
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Good show Irwin! I've been running my wood stove a lot lately!
Doug Fir never fouled up the chimney here... it does burn fast and creates quite a bit of ash (compared to hard woods). Not as bad as the willow I burned this winter though ~> tree almost crushed my hives! (http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,21812.msg166745.htm)
I like the smell of burning wood too but now burn these almost exclusively:
(http://www.bmfp.com/storage/bearbricks.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1222930449330)
with an oil (veggie) drip, like this:
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I'm already running my two diesels on WVO, & have a lot of extra oil for heat. Works great!
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Just what are those bear bars? Never seen them down here. We all heat with wood here. I have a central wood furnace down in the basement that heats the whole house. We go though a lot of wood!
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dane, i was thinking those might be good for camping? what do you think?
i switched from wood to pellet a few years ago. it's great and far more efficient. less work :)
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Dane how much do they cost a ton. Wood heat is the only way I can get warm. And yes hard wood is allot better for the heat and ash I like madrone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Madrone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Madrone)
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Here in Colorado we (I) use the pine beetle kill trees. They are cheep and plentiful.
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Just what are those bear bars? Never seen them down here. We all heat with wood here. I have a central wood furnace down in the basement that heats the whole house. We go though a lot of wood!
Those fire bricks are made of compressed sawdust ("blend of douglas fir, cedar and hardwood sawdust, as well as forestry residuals harvested from sustainably-managed public and private forest lands located near our factory in Cascade Locks, OR. ...100% wood with no binders, adhesives or waxes."). I've used Idaho Energy Logs (http://www.northidahoenergylogs.com/productfacts.htm) as well as these Bear Bricks (http://www.bmfp.com/bear-bricks/). If you can get a local source for similar products defintiely check them out. The extremely low ash production is a definite feature when heating will all wood all the time. They comparably cost less then hard (e.g. oak) cord-wood here. Awfully clean & convenient to store as well (compact!).
dane, i was thinking those might be good for camping? what do you think?
i switched from wood to pellet a few years ago. it's great and far more efficient. less work :)
They might be too efficient for camping, if that makes sense. They are a very dense heat source. When I think campfire I think big bonfire & it would take a lot of them to make a large fire. They are very convenient to transport though and would work, especially for small cooking & heat fires.
Do pellet stoves work without electricity? I've heard they heat great but not having heat in a power outage would be a concern to me.
Dane how much do they cost a ton. Wood heat is the only way I can get warm. And yes hard wood is allot better for the heat and ash I like madrone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Madrone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Madrone)
I paid $199/pallet (1944lbs) @ Coastal (http://www.coastalfarm.com/). 12 Bear Bricks per tray, 81 trays per pallet, 972 total Bricks per pallet. Each Bear Brick can produce 16,000 BTUs of heat
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i have battery backup and two generators. i have to be able to run the well and the coffee pot. after that, the pellet stove :-D
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Do pellet stoves work without electricity? I've heard they heat great but not having heat in a power outage would be a concern to me.
No they don't, but they are basically running 2 small fans and a little auger motor (and an igniter on some), so a small generator would run one easily.
Wish I could get bear bricks out here.
Rick
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They now have pellet stove's that have battery back up don't know long the battery will last.
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quite a while i think. you just use a car battery. the stove doesn't draw much electricity, and it only runs on low with battery back up. i figure i'll just work my way through every vehicle out there and by then, the power should be back on ;)
Dane, i am not into bonfires when i camp. i still have a southern CA fear of fire. my camp fires are for cooking, keeping the coffee warm, and taking the chill of me in the morning.