Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => HeatMaster => Topic started by: Farmer Rob on January 21, 2018, 10:06:43 PM
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Hello group and does anyone have one of the Multi fuel boilers,if yes what do you burn other than wood in them?
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I've burned coal and sawdust mixed with the firewood in an MF unit. That's been 5+ years ago. Worked great .
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Got a Heatmaster C series on house and one on our multipurpose building. burn wood and coal and the rest I don't tell.
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Thank you guys for that Info and I will not ask what that stuff might be which you do not want to mention.lol Is the door big enough to fit a square bale of hay/straw through it?Also what kinda burn times do you get with wood when is (Cold) dead of winter?
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Thank you guys for that Info and I will not ask what that stuff might be which you do not want to mention.lol Is the door big enough to fit a square bale of hay/straw through it?Also what kinda burn times do you get with wood when is (Cold) dead of winter?
I have a C375 as well, (very similar to the MF7000E) and have tried a little bit of everything. I load for 12-14 hour burn times, but if I stacked it full of oak I could get probably 36 hours at -20F heating 5200 sq ft. Stacked it full back in November to see if I could leave for the weekend deer hunting and it lasted 4 full days, but it was also 20-30 degrees.
I tried coal and it's fine, but was not impressed with longevity or the smell
1 sack of compressed wood pellets for pellet stoves and it seemed to burn very well, just the holes in the grates were a little big and let some of the pellets fall through into the ash pan
1 sack of 20% MC corn which also did well but also fell through the grates and stinks like hell
1 sack of corn still on the cob did well but a lot of ash and again the smell was bad
3 small squares of straw, yes they fit through the door, but there wasn't much heat in it. A lot of ash. Seemed to burn a lot like cardboard and was tough to control as it was warm when I tried, would probably do better in the cold but doesn't last very long. I think corn stalk bales would do well but nobody square bales them around here
I prefer the wood myself, but it'll burn anything you throw in it. I won't burn pallets or anything with nails or plastic for fear of plugging up the shaker grates. I toyed with the idea of a small sheet of fine mesh over the shakers for corn or pellets but they're both too expensive here to bother making a habit of it
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We had a customer tell us they incinerated a 500 lb. steer in their MF20,000e. Said it smelled like roast beef for a few days.