Pressed logs and pack stoves

[Mtnwalker]

Has anybody burnt manufactured logs in your backpacking stove? The wife and I will hopefully be doing some light backpacking in Idaho next week and I was thinking of cutting up a couple North Idaho logs and taking them in with us. We’ll only be in a couple miles so I don’t think the weight will kill me, but she’s 4 months pregnant so I want to make sure she’s as comfortable as possible. There’s definitely wood around but the thought is maybe these would burn longer than dry pine. Anyways just wondering should I do more smaller discs, a few larger disks, one large chunk per fire or just scrap it all together 

[Whitpirate]

They throw a fair bit of BTU's but I would hazard if your stove is properly piped and protected they would be fine.  They are heavy buggers though.

Would be good to use in the evening/night to hold over until morning.

[7mmfan]

I've wondered this myself. Haven't had the guts to try it out. Maybe I should just set the stove up in the backyard and let er rip.

[2MANY]

I would pack a small battery chain saw before I packed pressed wood.

[Mtnwalker]

I would pack a small battery chain saw before I packed pressed wood.

Well I have the logs, I don’t have a battery chainsaw 

They throw a fair bit of BTU's but I would hazard if your stove is properly piped and protected they would be fine.  They are heavy buggers though.

Would be good to use in the evening/night to hold over until morning.

That’s kind of my thinking. Burn pine til we go to bed and maybe supplement with a couple chunks of Idaho log. Dunno just kicking around ideas

[7mmfan]

The battery chainsaw was high on my list this year of things to bring on my Idaho hunt. It didn't make the final cut, but I'm strongly considering it for next year. In my Seek Outside large stove, I can fit 4" diameter chunks next to each other and infill with smaller stuff. That load will produce significant heat for about 3 hours, maybe a little more if it's not windy. Those bigger pieces are a bear with a handsaw.

[highside74]

Idaho Energy logs are 8# each. Not worth the weight if you are not truck camping. In our wall tent stove that is actually a modified wood stove insert we put 2 in the stove and stuff the rest full of firewood and have hot coals in the morning.

[2MANY]

If you are looking for comfort, perhaps some simple cuddling would raise the body temperature even if you're short on wood?

[CoryTDF]

I have tried to use the Grizzly Blocks in my stove in the past. Not super impressed with them. I have found that none of those logs ever burn for the advertised times and if they were to do it it would be minimal heat.

[ctwiggs1]

If you are looking for comfort, perhaps some simple cuddling would raise the body temperature even if you're short on wood?

I see whatcha did there

[Henrydog]

If you are looking for comfort, perhaps some simple cuddling would raise the body temperature even if you're short on wood?

I don't think wood is his problem, the OP said 4 months Prego

[7mmfan]

If you are looking for comfort, perhaps some simple cuddling would raise the body temperature even if you're short on wood?

Wouldn't be short on wood for long.

[Mtnwalker]

If you are looking for comfort, perhaps some simple cuddling would raise the body temperature even if you're short on wood?

I see whatcha did there

Jeeez I leave you guys alone for 2 hours and this is what I come back to? 
I will say one of those 4 lb Milwaukee chainsaws would be sweet but for this trip I guess I’ll just chunk up a couple logs with the chop saw before we leave and see how things go

[Special T]

My brother has a Dikenson boat stove, and cannot put the presto chunks in it, they burn too hot. He did find the BBQ charcoal did work well at night so he wouldnt constantly have to feed the thing.

[SuperX]

I've done it in my Kifaru medium stove - works fine, though they do expand like snakes (Halloween snakes) so make sure y our stove is assembled correctly or they will push it apart.

[2MANY]

Cuddle first.
Then press log.