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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Cool down
« on: December 31, 2015, 06:45:10 AM »
Rudyard is about 30 min. north of the mackinaw bridge, about half way between St. Ignace and Sault Ste Marie. We live in the Hiawatha National forest, so the trails are pretty much endless and we are allowed on the roads here as well. That sounds like one fun ride you went on, never got a chance to do anything like that, sounds like a lot of fun.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Cool down
« on: December 30, 2015, 08:17:39 AM »
When I moved up here 6 years ago , we bought 2 snowmobiles that I found in northern Indiana with very low miles. Guy we bought them from, said he made one trip a year to use them in northern Michigan, and figured he could get more use out of 4 wheelers. We had back to back winters of very little snow and did not use them very much, so we traded them in on a Can Am commander that we can both ride in together. Of course once we sold the sleds we got record snow the next 2 years... But I really enjoy the buggy more in my older years.
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General Discussion / Re: Stupid snow
« on: December 30, 2015, 06:50:09 AM »
Guess we can't call them fender benders anymore with all the plastic nowadays... slick roads it can happen to any of us, glad no one got hurt!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: spray foam
« on: December 30, 2015, 06:42:38 AM »
I read this forum a lot before I did my install 2 years ago. I did not want to pay the money for the logstor as well, but I believe it is a pay me now, or pay me later situation. I agree with Slim and Coolidge with all the labor involved in ripping up your yard again, put in Logstor. Every piping post on here seems to regret using "cheap" pipe options and I have not seen any negative Logstor posts.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Cool down
« on: December 29, 2015, 05:22:17 PM »
We got our first real snow last night, around 11 inches. It been a lot cooler as well, 16 degrees during the day and cooler at night. I threw in some "real" wood for the first time this season last night. On a plus note it cleaned all my creosote with the longer burn times. Looking at the weather it's going to get back to the very low 30's buy the weekend here.
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Plumbing / Re: Photo’s of G400 hookup
« on: December 14, 2015, 07:50:01 PM »
I believe you are right about the heaving. Our frost has been down over 6 feet here the last few winters and I noticed there are two slight banks by my driveway that look like drop offs in the early spring, I believe from me plowing the driveway and driving the frost down, the drive lifts. I have never seen anything like this before moving here. My pad lifted and slanted about 6 inches, returned to level in the spring.
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Plumbing / Re: Photo’s of G400 hookup
« on: December 14, 2015, 06:43:40 PM »
The hose I used is McMaster- Carr number 5591k15. High temp silicone coolant hose. Rated for 170 psi -65 to 350 degrees. I used barb style fittings and crimp style clamps, seems to be working great so far.
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Plumbing / Re: Photo’s of G400 hookup
« on: December 13, 2015, 05:39:14 PM »
Nothing like laying on your side in -18 degree weather to figure out a fix so you don't ever have to do that again. They have hose that will take some pretty high heat, as well as stainless braided assemblies that thread onto pipe thread.
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Plumbing / Re: Photo’s of G400 hookup
« on: December 13, 2015, 03:56:01 PM »
My install was new last year, including the pad. I hard plumbed in from my logstor to the boiler with unions and valves, both shut off and boiler valves. Did not think about my pad moving in the hard winter last year, I went out to fill boiler for the night and found it at 260 with no water in it. I keep my backhoe parked next to it, so I pulled the coals out and put them in the bucket to get the stove cooled down. The raising of the pad pulled the fitting off the logstor. I put a longer piece of pipe in each line to get through the winter, and installed heater hose this spring to give me the flex I need. I found a large selection at McMaster- Carr. They are usually pricey, but have everything in stock and you get it the next day.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: A sign?
« on: December 13, 2015, 03:40:42 PM »
The sad thing is your right Coolidge....lol. It rained all day here. Got ponds in my driveway and my stream in my front yard is starting a lake. To bad the trout moved out for the "winter".
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: inside temps
« on: December 13, 2015, 10:22:12 AM »
Thanks for the info mlappin. Glad I asked as I did not know these existed and was thinking about putting one of the foam wheel units in, but I like this much better. I have good water here, this area has a lot of artisan wells which is what we have. Thanks again!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: inside temps
« on: December 12, 2015, 06:23:58 PM »
I have been using a stand alone unit forever and have been thinking about putting a whole house unit in, instead of hauling buckets to fill the one I have. Curious as to what brand you put in mlappin? Sounds like it works well for you.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: A sign?
« on: December 12, 2015, 06:16:29 PM »
Drove over to Marquette today, no ice on any of the lakes or ponds. Saw a few boats out fishing. Got to believe the freighters are loving this winter compared to the last two we had. My lawn is still green!
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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: plugged stove
« on: December 11, 2015, 04:25:57 PM »
I do the same with mine, been using pine and branches as its been so mild. I have a lot more build up this year because of this, so I loaded in pine and cardboard, left the door cracked open,and got the nice flame out the chimney that cleaned it out good. Haven't even touched any of my good firewood yet.