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[Scott7m]

Thought I would share some pics of the wood in my gasser, properly stacking it is very important to make sure the wood falls down over the nozzles.

This pic shows some bridging going on, hard to tell but the wood is being held up 3-4" above the nozzles, not good for a gasser.


This picture shows the secondary burn chamber while at idle.


Here is a couple pics of wood properly reloaded in the firebox.




This video shows the end result.....


http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t387/Scott7m/12692FF0-DEC6-4804-801B-BFC95E8769BE-196-000000083EC14630.mp4

[Roger2561]

Scott - Those are great pics of the proper way the gasser needs to be loaded to prevent bridging.  So far this year I haven't had any bridging with my wood.  Last year was my first season with the CB eclassic 1400 and it bridged a couple of times.  Now I know what NOT to do.   Thanks for sharing.  Roger

[martyinmi]

Clean them dang exchange tubes Scott!

I see how they redesigned that boiler now. Looks like it should work just fine.

I'm thinkin'  I need to post some pictures of a manly man's gasser in action, so I'll try to take some pictures of mine this weekend and get them posted!

[Scott7m]

Lol. Don't make me post a pro 400 in action lol

As far as cleaning those tubes, they'll stay like that forever it seems, they have a bit of powdery stuff in them.

Marty, did you ever get any pro former?  I finally have some headed my way, let me know if you still wanna try it

[woodman]

Nice pics Scott, thanks for posting. I use to think I really wanted a gasser, mostly for the wood savings and partialy because they are just so cool. I am really starting to rethink that with all the talk about bridging and tube cleaning. I have been burning absolute JUNK all season. Pine, willow, large unsplit chunks of pine that have 2"-3" stubs all over them that came from a tree service for free. Yes it is all dry but it is not very pretty. Throw it in and forget it. I really question if I could get away with that with a gasser?   

[Scott7m]

Nice pics Scott, thanks for posting. I use to think I really wanted a gasser, mostly for the wood savings and partialy because they are just so cool. I am really starting to rethink that with all the talk about bridging and tube cleaning. I have been burning absolute JUNK all season. Pine, willow, large unsplit chunks of pine that have 2"-3" stubs all over them that came from a tree service for free. Yes it is all dry but it is not very pretty. Throw it in and forget it. I really question if I could get away with that with a gasser?

With a pro 200 or pro 400 you'd be fine, the main thing with this one is the tiny firebox..  The tube cleaning isn't a big deal really.  You did read how few of times I've done it this winter.  When you go to a pro 200 or 400, the firebod dwarfs these and wood loading is much more forgiving.