how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[jeepsnchainsaws]

If you blow up the picture and look close, you can see he has the next size larger shoe in there.
JM .02...........

Not any more.

 

[jeepsnchainsaws]

While I was at doing strange things to waste valuable time... I did this. I really tried to find a cover, but they are all broke like this.
And I know you were wondering. Yes, it makes the saw way faster!

 

[Homelite410]

That's cold..... mine said 78 yet. We're cold blooded


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If I get it too hot then I can't snuggle up to Mama!

 

[Jetmd]

That chimney could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.

I had a girlfriend like that once.

 

[Locust Cutter]

The t-stat normally reads 72-78° in the middle of the bottom floor, courtesy of the stove... But, the temps can drop greatly the further South you venture from the spot of measurement... I need to do a lot more re-insulating and tightening in general...

 

[Hedgerow]

The t-stat normally reads 72-78° in the middle of the bottom floor, courtesy of the stove... But, the temps can drop greatly the further South you venture from the spot of measurement... I need to do a lot more re-insulating and tightening in general...

I just throw more wood at it.
If I lived farther north, I'd have to do some insulating for sure.

 

[Locust Cutter]

The issue with the new ones though is that burn at a certain pace, and are limited by airflow (by design for efficiency) and arrive at their heat output differently. roughly 1/3 is from the coal bed, another 1/3 from the active fire and the last 1/3 from the secondary combustion whether Cat or non... Once the primary fuel is mostly expended you lose roughly 2/3 of your heat output. Now, my unit does a damn good job and puts out a darn good volume, but sometimes it just isn't enough to keep the propane from firing, like now.

I'd love to install a second unit but the Boss isn't too hip on the idea, hence the tightening I need to do.

Now for the heat/duration I get, I burn less than 1/4 of what Dad did in his old insert with a blower so I can't complain about that.

 

[Ethan Hamby]

My ms660 kit shipped from Hong Kong today on a plane. Explains the $98 shipping.

 

[SteveSS]

Evening gents. 12 degrees forecast for the overnight low tonight. I'm not a fan.

 

[Hedgerow]

The issue with the new ones though is that burn at a certain pace, and are limited by airflow (by design for efficiency) and arrive at their heat output differently. roughly 1/3 is from the coal bed, another 1/3 from the active fire and the last 1/3 from the secondary combustion whether Cat or non... Once the primary fuel is mostly expended you lose roughly 2/3 of your heat output. Now, my unit does a damn good job and puts out a darn good volume, but sometimes it just isn't enough to keep the propane from firing, like now.

I'd love to install a second unit but the Boss isn't too hip on the idea, hence the tightening I need to do.

Now for the heat/duration I get, I burn less than 1/4 of what Dad did in his old insert with a blower so I can't complain about that.

Which is my biggest complaint about the modern stoves.
White spider was right in his assessment of them.
They fit a nitch, but cannot replace a primary heat source, cause they can't put out 100% of their btu' for any serious amount of time..

If you need 65,000 btu output, you'd have to get a stove with 125,000 capacity and a huge firebox.
Even my old school stove can't give 100% for more than about 2 hours.

 

[concretegrazer]

The issue with the new ones though is that burn at a certain pace, and are limited by airflow (by design for efficiency) and arrive at their heat output differently. roughly 1/3 is from the coal bed, another 1/3 from the active fire and the last 1/3 from the secondary combustion whether Cat or non... Once the primary fuel is mostly expended you lose roughly 2/3 of your heat output. Now, my unit does a damn good job and puts out a darn good volume, but sometimes it just isn't enough to keep the propane from firing, like now.

I'd love to install a second unit but the Boss isn't too hip on the idea, hence the tightening I need to do.

Now for the heat/duration I get, I burn less than 1/4 of what Dad did in his old insert with a blower so I can't complain about that.

Well said. You could go bigger. But then you run into those needing an 8" flue.

 

[Hedgerow]

Well said. You could go bigger. But then you run into those needing an 8" flue.

I think this is why the blaze king stoves are used in cold climates.
They got some big, ugly, but massive wood capacity units.
Utilitarian you might say.
Real ash pan and everything.
Like a furnace.

 

[Homelite410]

My ms660 kit shipped from Hong Kong today on a plane. Explains the $98 shipping.

What all did you get in this kit?

 

[concretegrazer]

I can keep the living room from 72-80 on 3 loads a day with sub zero lows. And this thing wastes a lot of heat up the flue. The old one would chew threw double that to do the same. Once your demand goes over what the big ones will put out you wouldn't want to be sitting in the same room. Or your wood is sucks.

 

[concretegrazer]

I think this is why the blaze king stoves are used in cold climates.
They got some big, ugly, but massive wood capacity units.
Utilitarian you might say.
Real ash pan and everything.
Like a furnace.

& they can burn slooow. I want one. Thankfully there's no dealers handy to tempt me. Not a fan of there ashpan though. But I've learned how to shovel.

 

[huskihl]

Which is my biggest complaint about the modern stoves.
White spider was right in his assessment of them.
They fit a nitch, but cannot replace a primary heat source, cause they can't put out 100% of their btu' for any serious amount of time..

If you need 65,000 btu output, you'd have to get a stove with 125,000 capacity and a huge firebox.
Even my old school stove can't give 100% for more than about 2 hours.

Buddy of mine bought a cabin by Raber that had a new Quadra fire in it. Had the off-gas tubes in the top, could touch it anywhere but the front. Like you're saying, didn't work so well heating the place from 0 up to 70, but it would hold a fire for a long time. We needed a barrel stove up there. Instantly hot

 

[Hedgerow]

Raber..

Been a long time since I heard that name..

 

[huskihl]

Raber..

Been a long time since I heard that name..

It ain't changed much in 30 years. Still got a bar.....

 

[Ethan Hamby]

What all did you get in this kit?

everything to build an ms660 with full farmertech aftermarket parts. 0 Stihl parts

 

[Homelite410]

everything to build an ms660 with full farmertech aftermarket parts. 0 Stihl parts

May I ask why?