Outdoor Wood Furnaces

idigtractors · 10-12-2007, 05:09 PM

I had one of these units in Maine. It worked just like an oil fired hot water furnace except it took 4' logs whole up to 10" round. It had a special table one would put the log on and then just push each log into the fire box. It did smoke like Haiti's when first lit and every time one loaded the fire box. I was very fortunate that I lived away from neighbors as it looked as if it was a dam foggy day when it puffed out the chimney. When one had to clean out the ash pit it was a job as you had to do it hot and it would fill a fifty-five gallon barrel. I ended up selling it for just about what I paid for it 9 years before. I had to give it up do to age and health. They are not for weekends or short time burning as they are built for non stop winter burn. I would go through 20 to 30 cords (Mid Oct thru 1st April) of wood both hard and soft mixture.

10-12-2007, 05:09 PM	#7
idigtractors Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 248 Thanks: 6 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	I had one of these units in Maine. It worked just like an oil fired hot water furnace except it took 4' logs whole up to 10" round. It had a special table one would put the log on and then just push each log into the fire box. It did smoke like Haiti's when first lit and every time one loaded the fire box. I was very fortunate that I lived away from neighbors as it looked as if it was a dam foggy day when it puffed out the chimney. When one had to clean out the ash pit it was a job as you had to do it hot and it would fill a fifty-five gallon barrel. I ended up selling it for just about what I paid for it 9 years before. I had to give it up do to age and health. They are not for weekends or short time burning as they are built for non stop winter burn. I would go through 20 to 30 cords (Mid Oct thru 1st April) of wood both hard and soft mixture.