Light Off 9-21-2015

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Mon. Oct. 19, 2015 4:57 pm

Woke up this morning to what I thought was the sound of my neighbor "snow-blowing"! "NO! Not another Oct. storm I thought" Once I looked, it turned out to be him running his little V6 truck with ratty exhaust. (Bad memories)

brunom15 · Post by **brunom15** » Sun. Oct. 25, 2015 7:28 pm

Just lit my coal stove for the first time this season Friday. Cruising along in the 280's, house all toasty...

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Sun. Oct. 25, 2015 7:38 pm

joeq wrote:Woke up this morning to what I thought was the sound of my neighbor "snow-blowing"! "NO! Not another Oct. storm I thought" Once I looked, it turned out to be him running his little V6 truck with ratty exhaust. (Bad memories)

Does it happen to be a GMC truck? hahah

brunom15 wrote:Just lit my coal stove for the first time this season Friday. Cruising along in the 280's, house all toasty...

Glad to see you are up and running! how are those gas rings and spark guard treating you?

brunom15 · Post by **brunom15** » Sun. Oct. 25, 2015 8:06 pm

Going strong, thx! Love this stove...

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Oct. 25, 2015 11:00 pm

Smokeyja wrote:
joeq wrote:Woke up this morning to what I thought was the sound of my neighbor "snow-blowing"! "NO! Not another Oct. storm I thought" Once I looked, it turned out to be him running his little V6 truck with ratty exhaust. (Bad memories)
Does it happen to be a GMC truck? hahah

Nooo, a Dakota. (I'm not understanding)

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Oct. 25, 2015 11:02 pm

brunom15 wrote:Just lit my coal stove for the first time this season Friday. Cruising along in the 280's, house all toasty...

Another teaser. Congratulations.

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 9:43 am

joeq wrote: Nooo, a Dakota. (I'm not understanding)

Because Chevy V6 engines sounded like crap . But so did the Dakota v6 . Haha Pontiac had the worst sounding V6 but again that's a GM product . Anyways it was supposed to be funny. It didn't work. Carry on

KingCoal · Post by **KingCoal** » Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 10:27 am

brunom15 wrote:Just lit my coal stove for the first time this season Friday. Cruising along in the 280's, house all toasty...

i am SOOOO far behind the glide slope this yr. i'm about to "stall, spin, crash and burn".

i'm going to have to light up FRANK to soak the house and bring the new stove in to sit next to him so I don't have to fire it up from a stone cold dead start. drop the fire, remove a still warm stove and hook up a second before the house drops too far.

hope the villagers are busy at one of their harvest festivals while i'm moving the "monsters" across the yard.

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 10:47 am

KingCoal wrote:
brunom15 wrote:Just lit my coal stove for the first time this season Friday. Cruising along in the 280's, house all toasty...
i am SOOOO far behind the glide slope this yr. i'm about to "stall, spin, crash and burn".

i'm going to have to light up FRANK to soak the house and bring the new stove in to sit next to him so I don't have to fire it up from a stone cold dead start. drop the fire, remove a still warm stove and hook up a second before the house drops too far.

hope the villagers are busy at one of their harvest festivals while i'm moving the "monsters" across the yard.

It is Halloween season, they will think the "monsters" are just decorations.

Randy

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 10:55 am

KingCoal wrote:
brunom15 wrote:Just lit my coal stove for the first time this season Friday. Cruising along in the 280's, house all toasty...
i am SOOOO far behind the glide slope this yr. i'm about to "stall, spin, crash and burn".

i'm going to have to light up FRANK to soak the house and bring the new stove in to sit next to him so I don't have to fire it up from a stone cold dead start. drop the fire, remove a still warm stove and hook up a second before the house drops too far.

hope the villagers are busy at one of their harvest festivals while i'm moving the "monsters" across the yard.

Don't feel too bad . I technically haven't lit off for the season. I have only burned two nights with wood and let the fires die out in the day time . We are still in the 70's this week .

titleist1 · Post by **titleist1** » Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 10:58 am

I haven't lit off yet either, we only had two mild frosts so far and the days have still been warming into the 60's so the furnace has been taking the chill off in the mornings.

KingCoal wrote:hope the villagers are busy at one of their harvest festivals while i'm moving the "monsters" across the yard.

Beware....the villagers are always watching......

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joeq · Post by **joeq** » Mon. Oct. 26, 2015 4:14 pm

I couldn't lite off, even if I wanted to.

Speaking of that, William, isn't it your turn to lite up? In your G6 video, you said Halloweenie time. Time for the top hat and tails.

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Tue. Oct. 27, 2015 1:45 am

Had a good wood fire going earlier to burn down some unburned coal and ash from playing how low can I go and failed the coal stove limbo. Stove no doubt can do it but a matter of experience. I have come to the conclusion anyone can burn hot and fast s only a shake dump ash and add more coal problem but slow requires getting out the chicken bones to read the future. Well maybe if supersticious and not but a chess game about what will it be like in 3 hours when it gets warmer and draft goes down and how much heat actually have a fire still going. I have come to the conclusion at my skill level I need to wake it up after 6 to 8 hours and get some serious heat into the stove do a shake and then back down for a while. If 140 stove top for more than 8 hours it is not going to end well. I need to empty ashes from pan another wood fire to burn the rest down and clean while there is a good draft and not get ash all over the place. Then get going on coal way to early if wood does not get it done. I have to say have plenty to use up and sure felt good for 6 hours with one 350 burn. Time to empty ashes another wood fire to burn down the last 1/3 firebox of mixed crap into ash then add coal for the night. All be well!

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Tue. Nov. 10, 2015 8:39 pm

Ok 30's and 40's with 50's during the day the gloves are off and 40 lbs. well banked on the back wall. Running a slow 350 and around 40 outside and sure feels good inside.

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Tue. Nov. 10, 2015 9:36 pm

Thanks for the chuckle DD...get out the chicken bones......I love it..... I'm so sorry that sometimes that IS what it feels like.
How low can you go?

I can go all the way to OUT....hows about you?

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