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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: wiseass13 on January 05, 2012, 08:02:45 AM

Title: loading tips
Post by: wiseass13 on January 05, 2012, 08:02:45 AM

Anyone on here that can give me any loading tips. Got home at 1 am and stove was out. 8 degrees. Wood was all charred and didnt fall down into coals. Whats the key to keep would from bridging. Im using mix of rounds and splits

Title: Re: loading tips
Post by: Ridgekid on January 05, 2012, 09:30:56 AM

Do a pyramid stack.

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Post by: Crossfire800 on January 05, 2012, 10:44:26 AM

I do a pyramid stack as well

Title: Re: loading tips
Post by: rhugg on January 05, 2012, 11:24:50 AM

I have a relatively wide opening and if I feel I need to load it very full I try to keep smaller diameter, easier burning stuff in the middle and the big rounds on the sides.  I get bridging if I put big diameters in the middle of the second tier.

Title: Re: loading tips
Post by: wiseass13 on January 05, 2012, 11:35:29 AM

Thanks guys. Rhugg have been noticing that with my rounds as well

Title: Re: loading tips
Post by: Scott7m on January 05, 2012, 02:18:33 PM

Don't "throw" it in, it should be placed in the stove basically the same way it's stacked in a cord.