My wood heater. Anyone out there using wood ??

Like that chimney pipe, no back draft troubles there.

It draws fine, helps when it gets hot. Better if insulated, a pile of paper sends a quick burst of heat to help it draw when initially starting.
Stove is 1950 Atlanta Stove Works. Holds 26 inch logs. Been there for 20 years. Paid $50 for it. 12F yesterday with high of 26F. 14F this morn.

Hats off to you northern folks. Cold weather dominates about everything that can be done outside.

lots of places in the country still heat with wood though, my sister lives in central IL and heats with wood (in a small town!) and my parents heated with wood, it was common then and still is, to have a furnace set up to burn wood and if the temp went down too far (usually in the middle of the night) the furnace would kick in with gas heat a time or two before the sun came up. They are still sold, just can't be used as many places as they
used to be. Yep, that is good efficient building. 24 below here. Last year we had ice on the ceiling and walls first night this cold, windows were the original leaky double hung from 1948, we had new windows installed recently. What a difference!

Use to burn wood,when I lived in Montana-two story house with completely wood heat...
Kept me busy,but enjoyed cutting and splitting wood..

That's a serious wood burner ! Logistics of doing wood outside is good thinking.
Whole crates, yes. Big chunks of wood,yes. Heating a large tank of water in the basement sounds like a good way.

The barn out front has a large wood burner in it with water lines running through it.
Pipes in the floor. It is nice. That outside boiler is cleaner and keeps the mess outside.
Nice to be in a well heated cabin w/wood heater though. Where is your cabin Chuck, seems like it is close to the shore of L. Michigan ?

Funny thing, the large lakes in central Florida are on the edge of citrus zone.
Most of the citrus is grown on the south side of the lake to warm the north winds preventing frost and freeze.
A 50 foot change in elevation over the distance of a 1/4 mile leaving one of those lakes can change two climate zones.
Vegetation around lake is another whole world as opposed to 50 feet in elevation just next to the lake.

Great Lakes pick up moisture. I see snow maps and the way the south side of those lakes get the precip.

Cabin is on Drummond Island. My family had a good chunk of land way back and now it has been split up so about a dozen of us all have 10-20 acre parcels with places on them. Big family get togethers at all the summer holidays.
The island is 88,000 acres and has about 60 inland lakes. I think about 60 percent of land is still state land. 80 miles of crazy terrain ORV trails. The only event ORV event in Michigan that is sponsored by JEEP is held on the island every year.

six hour drive with good road conditions and no traffic


this shows the whole island real good including the large quarry


A little closer to show all the state land around us and how close to the quarry. We can head out into the woods behind the cabin on the 4-wheelers and go right into the quarry without ever getting on any roads


And this is my place as close as google earth will get. my dads place is to the right and he was even home. I see his jeep in the driveway,lol


Chuck

Thanks James. It is a little slice of paradise. I have already willed my three kids each 3 acres so they will be fourth generation.

I had a big red honda 350 three wheeler years ago they were fun but now we are mostly 4 wheels or 2. mostly toys for fun but had to get one work horse to get the others unstuck,lol


My dad rode 4-wheelers up there for many years but he upgraded last year to a new toy. This is riding in style in those trails. I just took this photo a couple weekes ago when I had his jeep to install the fancy red lighting.


Chuck