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Title: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: Mtnwalker on November 05, 2020, 10:36:32 AM: 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 :dunno:
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: Whitpirate on November 05, 2020, 10:39:07 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: 7mmfan on November 05, 2020, 10:49:20 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: 2MANY on November 05, 2020, 11:19:14 AM: I would pack a small battery chain saw before I packed pressed wood.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: Mtnwalker on November 05, 2020, 11:25:48 AM: Quote from: 2MANY on November 05, 2020, 11:19:14 AM
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 :chuckle:

Quote from: Whitpirate on November 05, 2020, 10:39:07 AM
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
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: 7mmfan on November 05, 2020, 11:40:50 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: highside74 on November 05, 2020, 11:50:28 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: 2MANY on November 05, 2020, 12:37:40 PM: If you are looking for comfort, perhaps some simple cuddling would raise the body temperature even if you're short on wood?
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: CoryTDF on November 05, 2020, 12:37:53 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: ctwiggs1 on November 05, 2020, 12:54:58 PM: Quote from: 2MANY on November 05, 2020, 12:37:40 PM

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
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: Henrydog on November 05, 2020, 12:57:11 PM: Quote from: 2MANY on November 05, 2020, 12:37:40 PM

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
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: 7mmfan on November 05, 2020, 01:26:37 PM: Quote from: 2MANY on November 05, 2020, 12:37:40 PM

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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: Mtnwalker on November 05, 2020, 01:32:50 PM: Quote from: ctwiggs1 on November 05, 2020, 12:54:58 PM
Quote from: 2MANY on November 05, 2020, 12:37:40 PM

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? :chuckle:
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
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: Special T on November 05, 2020, 02:39:45 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: SuperX on November 07, 2020, 09:16:31 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Pressed logs and pack stoves
Post by: 2MANY on November 07, 2020, 11:02:45 AM: Cuddle first.
Then press log.