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piper

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slabs
« on: January 13, 2010, 07:21:49 PM »
has any one used slabs from a saw mill in there stoves how did it work ,  supose you would go through a lot. my brother uses them in his tobacco barn talk about smoke but that is what he wants. he also covers them with saw dust.
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Re: slabs
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2010, 08:29:21 PM »
my father has an ncb175. a friend of his has a saw mill and was giving these away. we took about 5 truckload of them off of him to see how they burn.  they burn nice, but quickly.  their large surface area allows them to burn very quickly and there is a kindling effect that produces alot of quick heat.... in order to burn them exclusively... you would be loading often...plus when the line up wrong or flat they can snuff out a bottom forced draft.   we use them now as some extra to toss in to fill some gaps when we want to really stuff the firebox.
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Re: slabs
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2010, 11:54:57 AM »
My brother burned them last year and said he wouldn't do it again unless they were free.  He paid 50.00 for a whole bunch but they burned so quickly he didn't like them.
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Re: slabs
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2010, 07:32:50 AM »
I have found that they are easy to load and handle, but they burn fairly fast.  They also make a ton of smoke at first.  Being what they are, they have  a lot of bark on them and the bark causes the smoke.  They are nice for early and late in the season though. 
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Re: slabs
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2010, 03:20:34 PM »
one of the main reasons i built my furnace was to burn up all my slab waste from my sawmill . i generate 2-3 cords of slab . per year. i  generally burn slabs on weekends when im around the yard. if you can get it for free , OK  but i would'nt buy it. burns like everyone said
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