Have Any of You Northern Participants Been Burning Yet?

 
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Post by NoSmoke » Wed. Sep. 27, 2017 4:38 pm

No fire in my house since last Spring. It has been TOOOOOOOO hot. We have broke so many records this week, 84 degrees today. I have been logging, wood for the paper mill and not firewood, but i think the skidder floated the wood out on the sweat that I was producing.

I called my truck driver today and said I had a load and he said, "well you are the only one cutting wood. Seeing as how you sweated the load out I'll go and get it for you."

Tomorrow though we are supposed to get highs of 60 degrees. From sweat to sweatshirt.


 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Sep. 27, 2017 7:37 pm

If you're needin a sweatshirt tommorow--you're not cutting fast enough. ;)

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 1:46 pm

It's been a flip-flop month.

Normally, the nights get cool enough that this big old uninsulated house doesn't warm up enough during the day so I have to start up the range about the middle, or last week of Sept to get the chill out. Then keep it going until early June.

This year, Sept 1st. I woke up to 38 F and it was cold the first two weeks so I kept the range going almost all of that two weeks. Since then, no need for the range and some record highs during the day.

But that early cold spell brought on the fall colors and leaves dropping about a month early. :roll:

Paul

 
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Post by joeq » Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 5:20 pm

"And "finally", summer is ending here, tomorrow. Now comes the "best" weather, with the colors to boot. (And unfortunately, leaf clean-up). :cry:

 
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Post by KingCoal » Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 6:11 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:It's been a flip-flop month.

Normally, the nights get cool enough that this big old uninsulated house doesn't warm up enough during the day so I have to start up the range about the middle, or last week of Sept to get the chill out. Then keep it going until early June.

This year, Sept 1st. I woke up to 38 F and it was cold the first two weeks so I kept the range going almost all of that two weeks. Since then, no need for the range and some record highs during the day.

But that early cold spell brought on the fall colors and leaves dropping about a month early. :roll:

Paul
interesting, how many others of us live in 1900's homes with knob and tube wiring and minimal to no insulation and no other functioning heat source ?

this has been a theme for me since the 80's. Big, cheap houses in surroundings i loved that needed serious BTU's to be comfortable but allowed me the economy of coal heat with out which i never would have been able to manage that amount of sq. footage or location on any other fuel.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 6:13 pm

You & me both on that one K!! :)

 
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Post by k-2 » Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 7:15 pm

I did a 3 day burn a few weeks ago when we had that cold snap. But looks like it will be mild for the next few weeks. Probably wont start er up again for a month.


 
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Post by freetown fred » Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 7:57 pm

Geeze K, if anybody knew where ya were from, that would be interesting. :)

 
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Post by joeq » Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 10:30 pm

freetown fred wrote:Geeze K, if anybody knew where ya were from, that would be interesting. :)
Gutta give Fred credit k-2, nothin gets by him. :lol:

 
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Post by NoSmoke » Fri. Sep. 29, 2017 5:45 am

It is chilly enough in here to start a smudge and drive the chill off this morning , but the wife, kids and sun will be up soon so there is not much sense to. Normally I try and keep the temperature in the 80's so that Katie does not have that silly excuse of having to wear clothes, but I am too lazy this morning. (teasing)

 
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Post by Canaan coal man » Fri. Sep. 29, 2017 9:29 am

Joe hello bud, how are you? how was your summer? how is your G11?...... :D
Im planing on hooking up the G6 this Saturday. I think were supposed to get some rain and a damp cool 58* for the high. Looks like the first wood fire for the season is right around the corner. :yes:

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Sep. 30, 2017 8:12 am

I am still holding off. This morning was the first time this season I needed heat, and the heat pump works well for that.

 
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Post by Homesteader » Sat. Sep. 30, 2017 9:04 am

I'm going to try and make it till around Veterans' day before going full bore with the coal. I've got plenty of firewood left over that I cut a few yrs. back so that's what I'll use during the shoulder season. Will see though as I am looking forward to watching the blue ladies dance. :D

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Post by gambler » Sun. Oct. 01, 2017 9:07 am

Had to light up the stove last night.
32 deg here this morning. But expected to get into the 60's today.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sun. Oct. 01, 2017 9:19 am

After taking inventory of how much coal I have leftover from last season, and how little fuel is left in my tank, I decided there was no point in holding off any longer. Fired up around lunch time yesterday.


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