Thanks Billy, my wife and I just bought our home last year. We heat entirely with wood now. I had never used a chainsaw before I bought my home. Now I harvest and burn wood I do ALL my self. I have learned so much from your video's about sharpening and felling. Now I see that I am burning correctly as well@!.. I buck my wood exactly as you described, 1 inch short of my stove width, so stacking for night burn is easy breezy. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge. Much appreciated from a noob.
I’m forever mesmerized by the wood stove and can’t get enough of it! I feel it’s alive and so interesting to watch! Wood stove is huge part of our lives !
I am up and down all day ‘messing’ about with it, freaking love it. Partner puts central heating on, my game is to make it so hot it turns the freaking thing off.
100% it has been a warmer fall/winter and I have only been burning for just over a month. Last year I burned for 6 months and it was glorious. It’s especially nostalgic, because my dad burn firewood my whole childhood, and he and I are the ones that build a custom mountain stone fireplace with my grandfathers Alaskan wood stove in my house. Its the centerpiece to my whole house.
Hey Buckin, we have a Harold's no.24 stove built in 1904 in Taunton, Mass. It is now in the Midcoast of Maine (has lived most of its life in parts of Maine). Beautiful old stove, worth looking at. Has a huge fire box, a stove pipe damper and three vent flues on the front. About as simple as it gets. Can burn just about anything in it. The beauty is in the filigree exterior casting with the moon and two angels as a center piece. Chrome foot rests and accents. It sits on a traditional piece of black slate. Really neat to think of all the generations of Mainers that have used this stove to heat their home wial making a life for themselves. The woodstove really does seem to be the heart of the home.
I take great pride in my long-burn building capabilities. We get 8 hours easy, when needed...but me and the dogs are up at 3 to check on it most mornings anyway. That way, the wife and kids are toasty warm when we all get up at 5-6 am. I love the 6-8 round chunks for that all-night burn! (especially oak and cherry)
That’s a great teaching moment thank you so much. Buckin you have a wonderful bunch of wood stove knowledge to help us burn our stoves efficiently. More please
In the winter my wood stove is like a 4th child. 😆 My wife’s always up before me and it’s all about making sure she has good coals to make it easy for her to get the stove roaring again.
You’re not alone. I e got three different stoves, and I treat them all a little differently. Two of them are large stoves, but one is just like yours. On small stoves like that, though impractical, it would almost be nicer, I think, to have the rounds even shorter, like 8”, so you could put them in width-wise, so they don’t roll out when you open the door. 12” is nice regardless of the stove. Splits easier and easier to handle.
Here in the UK stove logs are usualy cut to 10 inch. we have relatively small stoves that are made to efficiency ratings so the usual stove has a relatively small firebox. Have a nice christmas Buckin'
Thanks for telling us guy's, "longer isn't better." And that's no joke. It is the simple things that brings us joy, Like humor, wood stoves, powersaws and Buckin' of course. Keep cranking them out. I love it. Brings a smile every time I watch.
My dad built a wood stove 40 something years ago and it would roast you. He made it where you could bank it up at night and there’d still be enough coals to get it back going the next morning, quickly. Venting is everything. Much love from chilly North Carolina, USA 🤙🤙
@@bubbaray575 Carolina born and bred and when I die I’ll be Carolina dead🤙🤙😂🤣 Dad was a machinist among other things and did a lot of research before he built it. We’d bank it up at night and adjust the vents to the point it sounded like a steam engine huffing and puffing. It outlived him and is in the same spot that he set it so many years ago. I’m going to build a copy of it when I build my house in the next year or so.
Billy- this has been my first year with a fire place/woodstove and my own 40 acres here in NW Illinois. Still figuring it but but your sure helping. Thank you!
Stoking a wood stove is an art perfected over many years of learning. You and I have built enough fires to know when someone knows how to do it and when they don’t. You just passed with a grade A. 👍👍
You are totally on the money Billy ray!!! My box is 28"x 21"( I cut to 16"-18") and I fill it up and get it RIPPIN burnin then once its all caught I close it down. Now the biggest game changer was getting the seals replaced around the doors and glass!! Then and only then could I get proper control on my burn and last through the night. otherwise it blazing hot and burnt out to quick.
Yessir buddy…the woodstove is a ritual here no doubt. I try to do our last fill between 8:00-8:30pm. This year it’s become a game to see much I can tightly stuff in it. Our stove is not super efficient but once you clean the ash out at 4:30am you are left with enough coals to just drop pieces on and let her cook. That works well for us here. God bless brother !!
I'm right there with ya. A man's ritual with his wood stove. It is amazing that we can many times remember when we burn, we remember when and where we cut and split it. It's a dance, a chess match, and most of all, satisfaction. Log on Brother!
Thank you for the great video Buckin'. I cut my personal wood at 14"-15" to fit the Chappy wood/coal stove my father bought in 1977. To me, this video parallels your video with you and your Dad a couple of weeks ago. My father lost his battle with Vietnam in 2001 with alcohol abuse. I didn't have an easy time as a kid, but I did have many good times, learned much about hunting and the outdoors and ultimately learned forgiveness - albeit at the end of his life. Now in my 50's, I think of him when I load that old stove, which burns great and heats our home.
Miss you Buckin! I cut wood short like you too, and you’re right about the science of fire and oxygen starvation to keep our narrow fireboxes -and living spaces- warm. My Buckin’ Special keeps my family warm! Thank you for all you’ve done for this home. Happy holidays to you and your’s! Cheers from Northern California!
I'm glad I'm not the only one playing the "long burn" game in the winter. Wife thinks I'm a bit nuts.....but she likes to wake up to a warm house, doesn't she!!!
You're not the only one. You're not a freak either. I love getting the fire as I want it to be, and finding the logs in the pile to save for last thing, or the weekend. I even have a pile set aside for special occasions... My wife and I each have our ways of running the stove and cooker at home, sometimes we fiddle with the others fire but we've come to respect the differences and boy can she get the stove choochin'. Slightly shorter logs have another benefit: especially if you burn harder woods, the short length helps dry the log through the end grain. Much better to burn slightly shorter logs that are more dry than longer ones still damp in the middle.
I like bucking mine to 12”. My stove is wide side to side, but shallow from to back, so I can stack the wood in the firebox whichever way I want. Plus my young boys have an easier time splitting that length too.
So interesting to see how you guys run wood fires, and how they are designed for that matter, up North. In Aus/NZ the firebox draws air from above the door, down the face of the door across the firebox, then up the back wall, over that baffle and out. Theory is it keeps the glass clean which is highly debatable. Difference is, we load our logs long ways so as to not disturb the air flow. Loading sideways doesn’t ever burn as efficiently. We still load em up overnight like that, just differently. Wishing you and your family love and kindness for Xmas!
You mean your logs are front to back, opposite to buckin’s? His are side to side. Regarding the air, it depends which type of stove you have, i have air in the bottom and top and 1 at the back, i close the bottom one off full time. I find the top vents control the efficiency better. I am in UK, google image search little thurlow multi fuel stove and mine will come up.
I was the same way when I burned wood. I could put 18" pieces in but I cut all mine at 16" I was always messing around with how I loaded my wood stove. I really did enjoy burning wood. I did switch to burning anthracite coal tho and I love being able to go up to 2 days without touching the stove. Much better control and heat output from coal.
When I need to get the house warmed up I lay my firewood across. When I'm banking up for the night I lay it lengthways so it burns slower. End grain resists burning fast better than cross grain if your air control is in the door.
Ive been cutting for a wash stove for years. 16-24 inches. Now I and running a good stove in the homestead . Im having a hard time retraining myself to cut 12 inch wood. It is an art to run a wood stove the right way. Mine will go all night with hardwood .
Been planting and cutting trees for thirty plus years,splitting and seasoning and then burning in the wood burning stove, learn something each and every time I light the thing. The deepest Zen I know. As long as you plant much more than you use You leave some for the next generation
G'day Buckin, firewood here is cut into foot blocks twelve inches then split that's the national standard length it also makes for easier stacking on pallets in bags, longer lengths for open fires can be sixteen to eighteen inches but not common. I've heard you tubers over your way refer to those pieces of wood as logs cut rounds as logs and logs as logs ? I'm also a bit obsessed with wood placement in the firebox I advise people to burn two types of wood Blonde during the day which throws out more heat and burns to ash and red coloured overnight which tends to form coals rinse and repeat 👍.
I've been in my same house for 32 years now and this is my first winter burning wood. Put a stove smack dab in the middle of the house and I love it. Always had a stove in the garage so I'm not a newbie but I've learned so much from your channel. Thank you thank you thank. Don't change a thing.
I love my wood stove, I’m constantly learning the most efficient way to burn 🔥 the wood 🪵 Everyone needs to customize their cuts to meet the needs of a great burn.
Hi Buckin, thank you for the pointers in this video! I shared it with my youngest son who has a multi-fuel furnace. Oil & coal are so costly, but God blessed us with trees on our land. I've been able to keep him in firewood for the last 2 winters, thanks to the Buckin Library!👍🪵🪓
I’m with you Buckin I have a smaller wood stove as well I get it roaring then shut it down the damper and the air intake both shut down and it will go all night 👍🏻
You're so right Buckin its an art form building a fire in a woodstove! You can try and explain it to someone but until they've experienced it they dont relate.... Thanks for your explanations of simple things. These are some of your best content. Simple joy from simple things in life. We forget how good we have it.
The wood stove is my favorite part of winter! Nothing burns better than a load of well seasoned oak, low and slow all night and leaves nice hot coils in the morning.
Ran a Waterford 103 dual door for 18 years using 16-18” sideways pieces in. This year bought a heartstone 60 running 12” straight pieces in. It’s a learning curve .
Those night rounds are the thing:) I like the branch wood too..grows under strain and tight grain. My favorite rounds for the single digit nights are black locust limbs👌😗
I have an outdoor boiler an it takes a five foot log. I try to keep all my wood at around 2 feet. I've noticed that if I build a pile three wide and cross the next three the other way we can put nine pieces in and burn all night. If we toss it in all length wise the temp is down and hardly any coals. This year I'm burning corn until it freezes up a bit. Have grain stoves inc furnace and love it.
I love the the art of setting up the first and last burn of the day. Using bits of fat wood to start the fire in the morning and the perfect round with knots in it for the all-nighter. I try to save certain pieces for the coldest weather.
Anyone with a wood stove plays the game! We just got a new replacement stove and I can get almost 12 hours out of it, and that’s keeping the whole house at 68 degrees! I LOVE MY NEW WOOD STOVE!
My neighbor asked me the same question about 15 yrs ago lol😂 I took him in the house and showed him the exact same thing.When you’ve done it forever you definitely find more efficient ways to run a wood burner.
I have always found that running the wood inline front to back as opposed to sideways allows better air flow and the stove burns better for me. This is likely because it is a different stove though.
I have a small Englander reburn stove. I load it like you do for best performance. Although I cut 10 to 12 inch wood. I have to make a lot more cuts than if I cut it 20 in. Oh well!!
I always asked why your firewood was so short. And your are not a freak. I wasn't paying attention to the capacity of space inside your stove. Great video. Have a great Christmas!
I cut 12's, and burn North-South so I never vave to reach on, and nothing ever rolls out. Only down size is 4 rows to the cord instead of 3, so 33% more pieces. Love the philosophy Billy.
Yeah Buckin, it's a little art a little science. Love my old school Mamma Bear. She'll take a max 22inch log. When it's really cold I load her up full. The woodstove's the heart of the home. 👍
I burn in a small 35 year old cast iron dovre wood stove. No after burners so I know all about fiddling around with trying to lengthen burn time. You’re right, stack tight. Also that round is an interesting thing I’m going to have to try, not this year as my wood is already split.
Thats why I love my Vermont casting top load, I can stack it to the top maple on the bottom a knotty red oak on top I can get 7 sometimes 8 hours thaks for the tips Buckin!!!
These cold times are where our hard work cutting and splitting through the warmer months pays off bigtime. I load mine up the same way: stack it full, let it burn full throttle for a few minutes, then crank her down and let it slow burn through the night. I find having a bit of ash bed in the bottom helps hold heat through the morning, too. love, andrewski✊
I have an outdoor boiler. And a forced air inside my shop. Both are very different in the way they consume the fuel. The boiler starts and stops automatically depending on demand. So i normally cram it full lengthwise to achieve a longer burntime. But the forced air needs a little space to draw air and burn evenly. So i see where you're coming from. Always love your videos
Thanks for the laughs when the rip roaring started (puff the magic dragon) I laughed... Everyone a merry Christmas to all and yes help others helps ourselves...👍
You are definitely not alone Buckin I have spent hours tinkering with my wood stove different ways of laying the wood in different combinations of wood types different draft settings on my stove I’m fascinated by it too my friend
What a great video - so helpful. And yes, I'm exactly the same way. I've been burning wood for heat since I was about 12 I think. I just turned 65 and still at it. I thought I was a pretty good sawyer/bucker/feller, etc til UA-cam came along. I have learned so much from you (and a few others). Things I didn't know and things I didn't know that I didn't know - if that makes sense lol. Tending the stove is certainly an art. So many dynamic factors to consider with each fill. I love the challenge and am by no means an expert. Always learning and willing to learn. Thanks for all your help!! Keep em coming! - Tim
I have a small Lopi insert downstairs which is about the same size of yours, and a medium regency 2400i upstairs which I cut the wood at 18''. with my wood shed, its the most efficient to stack. We are now 13 years 100% (basically free) wood heat here in the GVRD. It's the only thing I look forward to in the winters.
There's nothing better than a nice coal bed for easy AM starting. We have a 2 stage as well (non catalytic)... Last year I upgraded the 4" fresh air intake to 6", and added an electronic HVAC damper with a remote switch. Massive gain in burn time due to increased flow/control - I now get 8+ hr all nighters as well. The manufacturer makes a 4" cable controlled intake, but that was useless due to the 18' run through the basement - took that off, was a waste of $$.
Yeah brother this is Jeff from Vantucky Washington. Yes I know exactly what ur talkin bout gettin ur stove dialed in. I cut the same length 13ish”s there is a small learning curve. Every time I change kinds of wood this year I am lucky enough to burn oak. I’ve seasoned myself over a year and a half or two and it’s great because you get excellent heat and once you cook the wood down to be able to shut it down with no smoke with constant, good heat all night long.
Buckin nice little video. 1 thing I've learned over the years is that it's rare to have the same size wood stove. I have 1 that I can take up to 20 inches My Dad has one that will take 20 inches also but his main wood stove 18 inches, and our shop I can go 30 inches. So I've learned to vary on how long to cut them. I do sell once in awhile to 5 different people and they can take up to 16 inches. Also the 1 kind of wood I like to put in at night is Mahogany, which KILLS a chain. I cut 1 that was 4 foot long 20 inches wide and 14 inches deep made 3 cuts and 4 chains later. I had sparks off and on while cutting kinda cool to see.
You cut the length that works best for you. I cut mine at 24 inches. Because I use a wood splitter a good bit. And the splitter will do 26 inches. The reason that I cut mine so long is that I have one of those outdoor woodstoves. Thanks for sharing Buckin.
I know you have a,small fire box but when you have your wood close to the glass that's why it smokes up the glass if you take wet ash and paper towel it will clean the glass .ps keep up the great videos sending love and kindness from newbrunswick
Someone gets me! This whole video is my night time routine…. No one gets it around me! My wife… my kids… my band mates (heat my garage with an old Montgomery ward wood stove) they all think I’m silly but still reap the benefits of meticulous loading. Loading matters friends, it really does
Love playing the stove. Every stove plays a different game. Here north of you in Vanderhoof bc mine burns Longer loaded front to back by twice if loaded side to side. Love it brother.
Great video I’ve got the blaze king which has a huge fire box but I still cut my wood smaller also just easier to pack the stove and nicer to handle from the wood pile to the house , I work out in camp so when I come home and open that door I see the wood stove which is so satisfying it’s the best heat ever . Awesome video thanks buckin.
I burn Oak and Hickory,Hickory is the denseist and the heaviest dry wood in my area.When loaded up for night burn it will always have glowing coals come morning .Not always the case with red Oak.The most BTUs per cord is from Hickory,much like Madrone.Good informative vid Buckin!!
Hi ya In Australia with hard woods Sugargum,Box,Redgum and so on cut to 11to 12” long and put them in the other way to you. The air flows better and when shut down can get 7,8,9 hrs from it Cheers 🍻
Before I moved, I cut with my firepit in mind. About 12" works really well for it. I could fit 16" in the center, but then I can't space the wood out very well. Now I have a fireplace where I could probably fit 2' logs (which I wouldn't do because I burn top-down with crossing layers).
We have a Vermont Castings Vigilant, it is a front and a top load unit. we top load most of the time, we stack fairly small splits in as tightly as possible. The stove olds more tan two huge armloads of wood. it is amazing.
Well you could always get a bigger stove! 😉 Great way to keep the glass clean is to dip a damp cloth in the ashes in the morning and wipe the glass clean! 🙂 Merry Christmas
Billy, I wonder how you get hot water for baths, cleaning, and so on. Do you have an electric boiler for that? Also, I can recommend a sneaky hack: When you start your fire in the morning, wet a piece of kitchen towel paper and wipe the inside of the stove door window. This will keep it pretty much from greying out over time. I do it every morning when my oven is in use, typically from end September to mid May, and the window is still very clean, even after three years' usage.
I'm right there with you on placement of the wood, got a nice wood heater in the hunting cabin and if you don't set the wood right before you crawl in the bed lol you know I the middle of the night being woken up by the cold.
I understand completely everything you are saying. No we are not crazy or mad. Just men that love cutting and burning wood. Its supposed to get down to 15 degrees Fahrenheit tonight in Western North Carolina. Time to load my stove down!!
Gday. Mr Bucken Down here in Tasmania, we need heat. And a lot of it. It doesn't matter to me. but here in the southern hemisphere. I stack my wood in the heater the other way. Front to back. But we burn hardwood. Dunno if that matters. You tell me. Cheers from tasmania. Keep up the fantastic work. Love your channel.
Hi Buckin, we have a similar issue over here in Ireland. I cut my wood 10-12 inches for personal use at home, but my brothers stove only accepts 8-10 inch wood. I also have noticed that the rounds burn longer than the splits 😊. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Buckin,you're not the only freak when talking woodstoves. You should see the glased looks I get when I explain the science and artistry of getting the ideal starting set up in the fire box, the right way to stack the wood in the fire when going, and the benefit of a well sized round log to overnight burn. My fire will do this because it's got good damper control and can do 8hrs on a full charge of old man pine. Thank goodness for you Billy,I thought I was certifiably OCD about this. Now I know Im in good company. Cheers from HB NZ
Don't worry, buck and Billy weary Smith is I burn a lot of firewood and my stove kicked the draft down every night. It's awesome, I put rounds and split in and I could take anything up to 24 inch. But I like your woodstove too. That thing is nice, but you heat it up pretty fast. In that place, I love cotton firewoods and certainly woodcutter. Anthony thank you buck and billy ray
We cut ours short so that we can pack the fire in the back of the firebox. This helps keep the glass clean and leave more air space around the wood which aid combustion.
Yep, there is an art to stoking the stove for the kinda heat you want and every stove runs a bit differently. I have a partial gassafiying stove sorta like you have. Has the tubes in the to with little air holes in it. I burn 12” and 16” lengths. Stacking wood in face wise is fast burning high heat makes a good bed of coals in a few hours then I stack width wise like you burn for night time. My flue is a tad on the short side so I have to run a hard fire for the first hour to get the flu tile up to temp so the stove can run like the heat engine it’s supposed to. These newer EPA approved stoves that we have in the states don’t start and run as easy as the older stoves but they are efficient if you can get them up to operating temp.
Yep same here! Just a bit longer in my stove, because the box is bigger is all, but yes smaller makes a better burn fir sure!! Love my Ole Fisher double door❤❤
We've been cutting a bunch of wood for our fireplace the last few years. It's not about fitting, I've found the way my fireplace drafts, longer pieces will cause it to smoke. I cut them just the right length now to avoid that.
Nice informative video as always buckin. I have a mixture of wood sizes that i keep aswell as shapes and moisture levels. I keep some really thin short bits fat short bits for during day and slightly longer and gnarly bits for night time i have a 20" opening stove but only cut wood to beteeen 14-16 happy Christmas brother 🏴👍 ps your not the only one who plays with stove allot.
Excellent demonstration. Hot fluid (flue gas in this case) is less dense than cold fluid (ambient air). Flue gas rises, creating the vacuum - or "draw" - of more cold air from any and all gaps in the door seals. The drawn cold air brings about 20.9% oxygen to the party. Oxygen brings C + O2 = CO2 and H2 + O = H2O to the party. It's getting hot in here ...
oxygen concentration is roughly constant at different elevations - air is about 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, 0.4% CO2, Neo, Hydrogen, etc everywhere. barometric pressure drops as elevation / altitude increases.
Will a wood stove vent better at higher altitudes? Just a thought. In some of Buckin' old videos he shows adjust the carb on a homlite he got from Tin Man and his explanation for it was altitude. What's your theory? @@jeremybuchanan4759
You can increase the efficiency of your Heathstone Woodstove, by leaving about 1 to 2 inches of space between the wood and the secondary air pipes on the top. This way you can get proper secondary combustion.
HI BUCKIN 😊😊 all wood stoves aren't the same most of the fire boxes are long ways U have 2 check w a tape and U have allow room 4 the door 2 close round wood does last longer it doesn't hold the coals like spilt wood does and all stoves don't have a air vent on them where U can open 4 more air and a ash door at the bottom U have 2 leave some wood 4 night 🌃 logs they are better and they hold the coals in the stove 😊😊 OMG 12 18 2O23
Thanks Billy, my wife and I just bought our home last year. We heat entirely with wood now. I had never used a chainsaw before I bought my home. Now I harvest and burn wood I do ALL my self. I have learned so much from your video's about sharpening and felling. Now I see that I am burning correctly as well@!.. I buck my wood exactly as you described, 1 inch short of my stove width, so stacking for night burn is easy breezy. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge. Much appreciated from a noob.
I’m forever mesmerized by the wood stove and can’t get enough of it! I feel it’s alive and so interesting to watch! Wood stove is huge part of our lives !
Couldn't of said it better myself! We heat 100% with a Fisher woodstove for the last 7 yrs. Never gets old.
I am up and down all day ‘messing’ about with it, freaking love it. Partner puts central heating on, my game is to make it so hot it turns the freaking thing off.
100% it has been a warmer fall/winter and I have only been burning for just over a month. Last year I burned for 6 months and it was glorious. It’s especially nostalgic, because my dad burn firewood my whole childhood, and he and I are the ones that build a custom mountain stone fireplace with my grandfathers Alaskan wood stove in my house. Its the centerpiece to my whole house.
Its like sunshine, it makes you feel better. Its vitamin d helps you sleep and gives you energy too.
Hey Buckin, we have a Harold's no.24 stove built in 1904 in Taunton, Mass. It is now in the Midcoast of Maine (has lived most of its life in parts of Maine). Beautiful old stove, worth looking at. Has a huge fire box, a stove pipe damper and three vent flues on the front. About as simple as it gets. Can burn just about anything in it. The beauty is in the filigree exterior casting with the moon and two angels as a center piece. Chrome foot rests and accents. It sits on a traditional piece of black slate. Really neat to think of all the generations of Mainers that have used this stove to heat their home wial making a life for themselves. The woodstove really does seem to be the heart of the home.
love these stories friend
Sounds amazing
I take great pride in my long-burn building capabilities. We get 8 hours easy, when needed...but me and the dogs are up at 3 to check on it most mornings anyway. That way, the wife and kids are toasty warm when we all get up at 5-6 am. I love the 6-8 round chunks for that all-night burn! (especially oak and cherry)
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I hear ya billy! Gotta get an end door stove! Wish I could send a pic of my burner, central MN!
That’s a great teaching moment thank you so much. Buckin you have a wonderful bunch of wood stove knowledge to help us burn our stoves efficiently. More please
In the winter my wood stove is like a 4th child. 😆 My wife’s always up before me and it’s all about making sure she has good coals to make it easy for her to get the stove roaring again.
You’re not alone. I e got three different stoves, and I treat them all a little differently. Two of them are large stoves, but one is just like yours. On small stoves like that, though impractical, it would almost be nicer, I think, to have the rounds even shorter, like 8”, so you could put them in width-wise, so they don’t roll out when you open the door. 12” is nice regardless of the stove. Splits easier and easier to handle.
Here in the UK stove logs are usualy cut to 10 inch. we have relatively small stoves that are made to efficiency ratings so the usual stove has a relatively small firebox.
Have a nice christmas Buckin'
Thanks for telling us guy's, "longer isn't better." And that's no joke. It is the simple things that brings us joy, Like humor, wood stoves, powersaws and Buckin' of course. Keep cranking them out. I love it. Brings a smile every time I watch.
My dad built a wood stove 40 something years ago and it would roast you. He made it where you could bank it up at night and there’d still be enough coals to get it back going the next morning, quickly. Venting is everything. Much love from chilly North Carolina, USA 🤙🤙
I agree about the venting, it's nice to hear from a fellow Tar Heel.
@@bubbaray575 Carolina born and bred and when I die I’ll be Carolina dead🤙🤙😂🤣
Dad was a machinist among other things and did a lot of research before he built it. We’d bank it up at night and adjust the vents to the point it sounded like a steam engine huffing and puffing. It outlived him and is in the same spot that he set it so many years ago. I’m going to build a copy of it when I build my house in the next year or so.
Billy- this has been my first year with a fire place/woodstove and my own 40 acres here in NW Illinois. Still figuring it but but your sure helping. Thank you!
Great to see how you love your Fire and understand it 👌. Showed that movie my Mrs and she loved and learned a lot from it.Lovely greetings 💪💚🪓
Stoking a wood stove is an art perfected over many years of learning. You and I have built enough fires to know when someone knows how to do it and when they don’t. You just passed with a grade A. 👍👍
You are totally on the money Billy ray!!! My box is 28"x 21"( I cut to 16"-18") and I fill it up and get it RIPPIN burnin then once its all caught I close it down. Now the biggest game changer was getting the seals replaced around the doors and glass!! Then and only then could I get proper control on my burn and last through the night. otherwise it blazing hot and burnt out to quick.
exactly brother merry Christmas
Yessir buddy…the woodstove is a ritual here no doubt. I try to do our last fill between 8:00-8:30pm. This year it’s become a game to see much I can tightly stuff in it. Our stove is not super efficient but once you clean the ash out at 4:30am you are left with enough coals to just drop pieces on and let her cook. That works well for us here. God bless brother !!
I'm right there with ya. A man's ritual with his wood stove. It is amazing that we can many times remember when we burn, we remember when and where we cut and split it. It's a dance, a chess match, and most of all, satisfaction. Log on Brother!
Thank you for the great video Buckin'. I cut my personal wood at 14"-15" to fit the Chappy wood/coal stove my father bought in 1977. To me, this video parallels your video with you and your Dad a couple of weeks ago. My father lost his battle with Vietnam in 2001 with alcohol abuse. I didn't have an easy time as a kid, but I did have many good times, learned much about hunting and the outdoors and ultimately learned forgiveness - albeit at the end of his life. Now in my 50's, I think of him when I load that old stove, which burns great and heats our home.
thats a great memory
Miss you Buckin!
I cut wood short like you too, and you’re right about the science of fire and oxygen starvation to keep our narrow fireboxes -and living spaces- warm. My Buckin’ Special keeps my family warm! Thank you for all you’ve done for this home.
Happy holidays to you and your’s! Cheers from Northern California!
great ta see ya brother
Hi B
I never realised the round would burn longer. Thanks. I feel so lucky cause A couple of years back I put a lopi in the bedroom!
You’re not the only one Buckin! Happy holidays.
I'm glad I'm not the only one playing the "long burn" game in the winter. Wife thinks I'm a bit nuts.....but she likes to wake up to a warm house, doesn't she!!!
You're not the only one. You're not a freak either. I love getting the fire as I want it to be, and finding the logs in the pile to save for last thing, or the weekend. I even have a pile set aside for special occasions...
My wife and I each have our ways of running the stove and cooker at home, sometimes we fiddle with the others fire but we've come to respect the differences and boy can she get the stove choochin'.
Slightly shorter logs have another benefit: especially if you burn harder woods, the short length helps dry the log through the end grain. Much better to burn slightly shorter logs that are more dry than longer ones still damp in the middle.
I like bucking mine to 12”. My stove is wide side to side, but shallow from to back, so I can stack the wood in the firebox whichever way I want. Plus my young boys have an easier time splitting that length too.
So interesting to see how you guys run wood fires, and how they are designed for that matter, up North. In Aus/NZ the firebox draws air from above the door, down the face of the door across the firebox, then up the back wall, over that baffle and out. Theory is it keeps the glass clean which is highly debatable. Difference is, we load our logs long ways so as to not disturb the air flow. Loading sideways doesn’t ever burn as efficiently. We still load em up overnight like that, just differently. Wishing you and your family love and kindness for Xmas!
You mean your logs are front to back, opposite to buckin’s? His are side to side. Regarding the air, it depends which type of stove you have, i have air in the bottom and top and 1 at the back, i close the bottom one off full time. I find the top vents control the efficiency better. I am in UK, google image search little thurlow multi fuel stove and mine will come up.
I was the same way when I burned wood. I could put 18" pieces in but I cut all mine at 16" I was always messing around with how I loaded my wood stove. I really did enjoy burning wood. I did switch to burning anthracite coal tho and I love being able to go up to 2 days without touching the stove. Much better control and heat output from coal.
When I need to get the house warmed up I lay my firewood across. When I'm banking up for the night I lay it lengthways so it burns slower. End grain resists burning fast better than cross grain if your air control is in the door.
Ive been cutting for a wash stove for years. 16-24 inches. Now I and running a good stove in the homestead . Im having a hard time retraining myself to cut 12 inch wood. It is an art to run a wood stove the right way. Mine will go all night with hardwood .
Been planting and cutting trees for thirty plus years,splitting and seasoning and then burning in the wood burning stove, learn something each and every time I light the thing. The deepest Zen I know. As long as you plant much more than you use You leave some for the next generation
G'day Buckin, firewood here is cut into foot blocks twelve inches then split that's the national standard length it also makes for easier stacking on pallets in bags, longer lengths for open fires can be sixteen to eighteen inches but not common. I've heard you tubers over your way refer to those pieces of wood as logs cut rounds as logs and logs as logs ? I'm also a bit obsessed with wood placement in the firebox I advise people to burn two types of wood Blonde during the day which throws out more heat and burns to ash and red coloured overnight which tends to form coals rinse and repeat 👍.
Almost at 500k buckin . I’m a long time subscriber I love the content keep up the great work. Love wins stay kind
right on brother thx
I've been in my same house for 32 years now and this is my first winter burning wood. Put a stove smack dab in the middle of the house and I love it. Always had a stove in the garage so I'm not a newbie but I've learned so much from your channel. Thank you thank you thank. Don't change a thing.
I love my wood stove, I’m constantly learning the most efficient way to burn 🔥 the wood 🪵 Everyone needs to customize their cuts to meet the needs of a great burn.
Hi Buckin, thank you for the pointers in this video! I shared it with my youngest son who has a multi-fuel furnace. Oil & coal are so costly, but God blessed us with trees on our land. I've been able to keep him in firewood for the last 2 winters, thanks to the Buckin Library!👍🪵🪓
I’m with you Buckin I have a smaller wood stove as well I get it roaring then shut it down the damper and the air intake both shut down and it will go all night 👍🏻
You're so right Buckin its an art form building a fire in a woodstove!
You can try and explain it to someone but until they've experienced it they dont relate....
Thanks for your explanations of simple things. These are some of your best content. Simple joy from simple things in life. We forget how good we have it.
The wood stove is my favorite part of winter! Nothing burns better than a load of well seasoned oak, low and slow all night and leaves nice hot coils in the morning.
Ran a Waterford 103 dual door for 18 years using 16-18” sideways pieces in. This year bought a heartstone 60 running 12” straight pieces in. It’s a learning curve .
66 years old and still playing with fire here too! Love going for the longest burn I can too.
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Those night rounds are the thing:) I like the branch wood too..grows under strain and tight grain. My favorite rounds for the single digit nights are black locust limbs👌😗
I have an outdoor boiler an it takes a five foot log. I try to keep all my wood at around 2 feet. I've noticed that if I build a pile three wide and cross the next three the other way we can put nine pieces in and burn all night. If we toss it in all length wise the temp is down and hardly any coals. This year I'm burning corn until it freezes up a bit. Have grain stoves inc furnace and love it.
does one way heat quicker too?
Your 100% right Buckin. Another plus of cutting the rounds shorter, is the wood is easier to split.
I love the the art of setting up the first and last burn of the day. Using bits of fat wood to start the fire in the morning and the perfect round with knots in it for the all-nighter. I try to save certain pieces for the coldest weather.
you got it
Anyone with a wood stove plays the game! We just got a new replacement stove and I can get almost 12 hours out of it, and that’s keeping the whole house at 68 degrees! I LOVE MY NEW WOOD STOVE!
My neighbor asked me the same question about 15 yrs ago lol😂 I took him in the house and showed him the exact same thing.When you’ve done it forever you definitely find more efficient ways to run a wood burner.
I have always found that running the wood inline front to back as opposed to sideways allows better air flow and the stove burns better for me. This is likely because it is a different stove though.
I have a small Englander reburn stove. I load it like you do for best performance. Although I cut 10 to 12 inch wood. I have to make a lot more cuts than if I cut it 20 in. Oh well!!
it depends where the air comes in , sounds like yer air come in the front as mine does , and yes it wood burn quicker that way ,, better air flow .
I always asked why your firewood was so short. And your are not a freak. I wasn't paying attention to the capacity of space inside your stove. Great video. Have a great Christmas!
hey Vincent,, merry christmas
I cut 12's, and burn North-South so I never vave to reach on, and nothing ever rolls out. Only down size is 4 rows to the cord instead of 3, so 33% more pieces. Love the philosophy Billy.
Thanks, been trying to put longer wood in to save saw cuts. Now I realize it’s costing me in the burn.
Yeah Buckin, it's a little art a little science. Love my old school Mamma Bear. She'll take a max 22inch log. When it's really cold I load her up full. The woodstove's the heart of the home. 👍
I burn in a small 35 year old cast iron dovre wood stove. No after burners so I know all about fiddling around with trying to lengthen burn time. You’re right, stack tight. Also that round is an interesting thing I’m going to have to try, not this year as my wood is already split.
Greetings from Norway. I resly love this channel 👍👍❤️
It's all about a great burn indoor outdoor, ect read the flame feed the Need ! Love the content Buckin 👌 Keep up the great work Good Speed 🙌
Thats why I love my Vermont casting top load, I can stack it to the top maple on the bottom a knotty red oak on top I can get 7 sometimes 8 hours thaks for the tips Buckin!!!
all a guy needs really,, perfect
Love it!! I like cutting shorter pieces too. Makes splitting them much easier. Great video!
These cold times are where our hard work cutting and splitting through the warmer months pays off bigtime. I load mine up the same way: stack it full, let it burn full throttle for a few minutes, then crank her down and let it slow burn through the night. I find having a bit of ash bed in the bottom helps hold heat through the morning, too.
love, andrewski✊
I have an outdoor boiler. And a forced air inside my shop. Both are very different in the way they consume the fuel. The boiler starts and stops automatically depending on demand. So i normally cram it full lengthwise to achieve a longer burntime. But the forced air needs a little space to draw air and burn evenly. So i see where you're coming from. Always love your videos
Thanks for the laughs when the rip roaring started (puff the magic dragon) I laughed...
Everyone a merry Christmas to all and yes help others helps ourselves...👍
You are definitely not alone Buckin I have spent hours tinkering with my wood stove different ways of laying the wood in different combinations of wood types different draft settings on my stove I’m fascinated by it too my friend
You're an awesome freak, that's why we love ya!
What a great video - so helpful. And yes, I'm exactly the same way. I've been burning wood for heat since I was about 12 I think. I just turned 65 and still at it. I thought I was a pretty good sawyer/bucker/feller, etc til UA-cam came along. I have learned so much from you (and a few others). Things I didn't know and things I didn't know that I didn't know - if that makes sense lol.
Tending the stove is certainly an art. So many dynamic factors to consider with each fill. I love the challenge and am by no means an expert. Always learning and willing to learn.
Thanks for all your help!! Keep em coming!
- Tim
I have a small Lopi insert downstairs which is about the same size of yours, and a medium regency 2400i upstairs which I cut the wood at 18''. with my wood shed, its the most efficient to stack. We are now 13 years 100% (basically free) wood heat here in the GVRD. It's the only thing I look forward to in the winters.
There's nothing better than a nice coal bed for easy AM starting. We have a 2 stage as well (non catalytic)... Last year I upgraded the 4" fresh air intake to 6", and added an electronic HVAC damper with a remote switch. Massive gain in burn time due to increased flow/control - I now get 8+ hr all nighters as well. The manufacturer makes a 4" cable controlled intake, but that was useless due to the 18' run through the basement - took that off, was a waste of $$.
Great way to explain it the way people can understand it. You are awesome brother.
Buckin' believe me when I tell you that you are not the only woodstove nut around. I actually find this stuff very interesting.
This is the video I have waited for my whole life! Thank you and God bless Billy Ray for addressing the elephant in the room.
Why go through all the trouble splitting wood and not get all you can from the wood burner? Study it and learn it. Thanks for the tips, Buckin.
Yeah brother this is Jeff from Vantucky Washington. Yes I know exactly what ur talkin bout gettin ur stove dialed in. I cut the same length 13ish”s there is a small learning curve. Every time I change kinds of wood this year I am lucky enough to burn oak. I’ve seasoned myself over a year and a half or two and it’s great because you get excellent heat and once you cook the wood down to be able to shut it down with no smoke with constant, good heat all night long.
Absolutely love this topic, lots of variables, so love my pacific energy summit, made way over your way!!!
Buckin nice little video. 1 thing I've learned over the years is that it's rare to have the same size wood stove. I have 1 that I can take up to 20 inches My Dad has one that will take 20 inches also but his main wood stove 18 inches, and our shop I can go 30 inches. So I've learned to vary on how long to cut them. I do sell once in awhile to 5 different people and they can take up to 16 inches. Also the 1 kind of wood I like to put in at night is Mahogany, which KILLS a chain. I cut 1 that was 4 foot long 20 inches wide and 14 inches deep made 3 cuts and 4 chains later. I had sparks off and on while cutting kinda cool to see.
You cut the length that works best for you. I cut mine at 24 inches. Because I use a wood splitter a good bit. And the splitter will do 26 inches. The reason that I cut mine so long is that I have one of those outdoor woodstoves.
Thanks for sharing Buckin.
You're not the only stove freak, brother. Lots of us!
I think you are the smartest man on earth! Great Job Buckin!
I know you have a,small fire box but when you have your wood close to the glass that's why it smokes up the glass if you take wet ash and paper towel it will clean the glass .ps keep up the great videos sending love and kindness from newbrunswick
Someone gets me! This whole video is my night time routine…. No one gets it around me! My wife… my kids… my band mates (heat my garage with an old Montgomery ward wood stove) they all think I’m silly but still reap the benefits of meticulous loading. Loading matters friends, it really does
A man who knows how to get the most out of his short wood!
Good stuff bro!!!
Never thought about using rounds for the long burn
Love playing the stove. Every stove plays a different game. Here north of you in Vanderhoof bc mine burns Longer loaded front to back by twice if loaded side to side. Love it brother.
Great video I’ve got the blaze king which has a huge fire box but I still cut my wood smaller also just easier to pack the stove and nicer to handle from the wood pile to the house , I work out in camp so when I come home and open that door I see the wood stove which is so satisfying it’s the best heat ever . Awesome video thanks buckin.
right on brother
I burn Oak and Hickory,Hickory is the denseist and the heaviest dry wood in my area.When loaded up for night burn it will always have glowing coals come morning .Not always the case with red Oak.The most BTUs per cord is from Hickory,much like Madrone.Good informative vid Buckin!!
Hi ya
In Australia with hard woods Sugargum,Box,Redgum and so on cut to 11to 12” long and put them in the other way to you.
The air flows better and when shut down can get 7,8,9 hrs from it
Cheers 🍻
Before I moved, I cut with my firepit in mind. About 12" works really well for it. I could fit 16" in the center, but then I can't space the wood out very well. Now I have a fireplace where I could probably fit 2' logs (which I wouldn't do because I burn top-down with crossing layers).
We have a Vermont Castings Vigilant, it is a front and a top load unit. we top load most of the time, we stack fairly small splits in as tightly as possible. The stove olds more tan two huge armloads of wood. it is amazing.
Well you could always get a bigger stove! 😉
Great way to keep the glass clean is to dip a damp cloth in the ashes in the morning and wipe the glass clean! 🙂
Merry Christmas
Billy, I wonder how you get hot water for baths, cleaning, and so on. Do you have an electric boiler for that?
Also, I can recommend a sneaky hack: When you start your fire in the morning, wet a piece of kitchen towel paper and wipe the inside of the stove door window. This will keep it pretty much from greying out over time. I do it every morning when my oven is in use, typically from end September to mid May, and the window is still very clean, even after three years' usage.
I'm right there with you on placement of the wood, got a nice wood heater in the hunting cabin and if you don't set the wood right before you crawl in the bed lol you know I the middle of the night being woken up by the cold.
ha ha ha
The science of the round. 100%.. I thought it was just me, lol. 😀❤👍
I understand completely everything you are saying. No we are not crazy or mad. Just men that love cutting and burning wood. Its supposed to get down to 15 degrees Fahrenheit tonight in Western North Carolina. Time to load my stove down!!
you bet
Gday. Mr Bucken Down here in Tasmania, we need heat. And a lot of it.
It doesn't matter to me. but here in the southern hemisphere. I stack my wood in the heater the other way. Front to back. But we burn hardwood. Dunno if that matters. You tell me.
Cheers from tasmania.
Keep up the fantastic work. Love your channel.
I use the shorts too. I agree that you get good heat out of round limb wood. love to watch the wood stove. pays to know your stove and cut to stove
Hi Buckin, we have a similar issue over here in Ireland. I cut my wood 10-12 inches for personal use at home, but my brothers stove only accepts 8-10 inch wood. I also have noticed that the rounds burn longer than the splits 😊. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Buckin,you're not the only freak when talking woodstoves. You should see the glased looks I get when I explain the science and artistry of getting the ideal starting set up in the fire box, the right way to stack the wood in the fire when going, and the benefit of a well sized round log to overnight burn. My fire will do this because it's got good damper control and can do 8hrs on a full charge of old man pine. Thank goodness for you Billy,I thought I was certifiably OCD about this. Now I know Im in good company. Cheers from HB NZ
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Don't worry, buck and Billy weary Smith is I burn a lot of firewood and my stove kicked the draft down every night. It's awesome, I put rounds and split in and I could take anything up to 24 inch. But I like your woodstove too. That thing is nice, but you heat it up pretty fast. In that place, I love cotton firewoods and certainly woodcutter. Anthony thank you buck and billy ray
We cut ours short so that we can pack the fire in the back of the firebox. This helps keep the glass clean and leave more air space around the wood which aid combustion.
Yep, there is an art to stoking the stove for the kinda heat you want and every stove runs a bit differently. I have a partial gassafiying stove sorta like you have. Has the tubes in the to with little air holes in it. I burn 12” and 16” lengths. Stacking wood in face wise is fast burning high heat makes a good bed of coals in a few hours then I stack width wise like you burn for night time. My flue is a tad on the short side so I have to run a hard fire for the first hour to get the flu tile up to temp so the stove can run like the heat engine it’s supposed to. These newer EPA approved stoves that we have in the states don’t start and run as easy as the older stoves but they are efficient if you can get them up to operating temp.
Yep same here! Just a bit longer in my stove, because the box is bigger is all, but yes smaller makes a better burn fir sure!! Love my Ole Fisher double door❤❤
We've been cutting a bunch of wood for our fireplace the last few years. It's not about fitting, I've found the way my fireplace drafts, longer pieces will cause it to smoke. I cut them just the right length now to avoid that.
Nice informative video as always buckin. I have a mixture of wood sizes that i keep aswell as shapes and moisture levels. I keep some really thin short bits fat short bits for during day and slightly longer and gnarly bits for night time i have a 20" opening stove but only cut wood to beteeen 14-16 happy Christmas brother 🏴👍 ps your not the only one who plays with stove allot.
Excellent demonstration. Hot fluid (flue gas in this case) is less dense than cold fluid (ambient air). Flue gas rises, creating the vacuum - or "draw" - of more cold air from any and all gaps in the door seals. The drawn cold air brings about 20.9% oxygen to the party. Oxygen brings C + O2 = CO2 and H2 + O = H2O to the party. It's getting hot in here ...
Do you have the percent oxygen at sea level, like Buckin' is, at verses 1000 ft elevation. How will this affect the burn temp/time?
oxygen concentration is roughly constant at different elevations - air is about 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, 0.4% CO2, Neo, Hydrogen, etc everywhere.
barometric pressure drops as elevation / altitude increases.
Will a wood stove vent better at higher altitudes? Just a thought. In some of Buckin' old videos he shows adjust the carb on a homlite he got from Tin Man and his explanation for it was altitude. What's your theory? @@jeremybuchanan4759
Awesome segment love fire more than most!!!
You can increase the efficiency of your Heathstone Woodstove, by leaving about 1 to 2 inches of space between the wood and the secondary air pipes on the top. This way you can get proper secondary combustion.
HI BUCKIN 😊😊 all wood stoves aren't the same most of the fire boxes are long ways U have 2 check w a tape and U have allow room 4 the door 2 close round wood does last longer it doesn't hold the coals like spilt wood does and all stoves don't have a air vent on them where U can open 4 more air and a ash door at the bottom U have 2 leave some wood 4 night 🌃 logs they are better and they hold the coals in the stove 😊😊 OMG 12 18 2O23
I love these videos! Looks like someone needs to clean his glass door!🤪