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[Log hog]

We're not having the bitter cold here. Last night was 22 and rising. It is 32 out now.  The cold will return though. I filed the unit at about 10 pm. Mix of big hardwood and small split pine. I did not pack it tight like I always had to with the 5036 and at 8 am there was enough wood to last the day and make a great hardwood coal bed for the night tonight.  Very happy. It took 4 hours to bring the water up from 55 to 185.

Now that the switch is done I can spend the day in the woods running tubing to tap Maple trees

[aries9245]

Sweet enjoy it.. Luv mine

[Log hog]

Well I have had the new boiler up and running for about two weeks now.  I had a 5036 and now 6048.  The two major differences I see are burn time and size of log.  The weather had been rather mild for our area highs around 30 and lows in the 20. And I was able to get over 24 hours burn time.  Heating 2800 ranch, full walk out basement and DHW.  In fact I went out of town for a night and loaded it in the morning I left and it was still very full the second evening. I am also able to through in very large diameter logs.  I hate splitting big logs, so I had some old birch and oak that was 24 plus stuff and knotty.  I cut it in to short pieces 8 inch long or so. And load the chips in.  In the old burner I could do this but could not get enough packed in to burn this stuff well.  Also the coal bed is enormous compared to the smaller, I know this is management thing. But I like having a bed that never goes cold, helps to dry and burn the bigger stuff. Glad I bought a 6048 before the EPA bans the sale of them.