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Jonas vs. Buford
« on: January 24, 2016, 04:52:28 PM »
Me and my wife named our Boiler Buford the Dragon. Old Buford been doing a good job battling winter storm Jonas. We had 1/4 inch ice and 12 inches of snow and got down to 8 above last night. Now here in Ky. That's a bad storm. Buford Not had a bit of trouble keeping up on heat. My wood pile was covered with plastic and  a little hard to pull plastic back to get wood out but all is well. Way to go Buford.
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Re: Jonas vs. Buford
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2016, 03:48:24 AM »
Glad to hear that your OWB kept you warm through the storm.  Enjoy the heat.  Roger
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Re: Jonas vs. Buford
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2016, 05:45:11 PM »
Nice feeling having a warm house during a bad storm. Glad to hear hear you got through the storm well. Saw on the news a lot of people spent the night stuck in their cars on I-75 in Ky.
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Re: Jonas vs. Buford
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2016, 05:45:31 PM »
Had my OWB for a little over a year and looking back through my life I fought a lot of Jonas like storms in a lot of other ways. Only regret I have concerning my owb is I wished I had put one in 36 years ago. Would have saved myself enough money to have bought a farm. Amazing what we look back and wish. This being my second winter I have learnt a lot and am using a lot less wood this year. I overfilled a lot last year and ended up with the checker size charcoal peices. This year I just put what I think it needs for 12 hours. Mush better results. Last year I kept cramming her full.
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Re: Jonas vs. Buford
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2016, 06:07:21 PM »
I am on my second winter as well, and like yourself, I learned not to stuff every inch full of wood. Seems like it will burn as much as you can cram in there.
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