Firewood size

After 2 years of having someone else having the fun of cooking down the sap I am finally getting a Leader 2x8 Revolution evaporator. What is the best size firewood to feed it (length x width)?

as long as your firebox and wrist dia.

spencer

You should keep it at least 2 or 3" shorter than your fire box. You don't want it against your door and so the air can flow around it.
Brian

Problem is that I don't have the firebox yet. I have a couple of nice oak trees that came down in last years storms that need to be cut up.

I cut mine shorter. I have a 3x8, the firebox is 32" deep. I cut mine 21" and split it to wrist size. I like to leave 5-6" in front and the reast open in back. I've tried cutting longer but find when I do I get a large pile of hot, glowing coals that builds up and starts forcing the wood I add closer to the front. Besides that, my wife likes 21" wood better than 24 or longer. She fuels the evaporator while I go pick up another load. If I made the wood too heavy I'd lose the help.

i would just go 16" then, it should be short enough

I have a lot of wood cut to 24" since that is what my woodburner takes. Sounds like I should be ok then. I'll check with Leader this week to get the firebox size.

Thanks for the info.

It seems the diameter is more important than the length. Mine ranged from 1-1/2 to 3" in diameter. Smaller burns faster than larger and you want a hot, fast fire. My fire box was only about 12" deep by 16" wide, so my lengths varied from 9" to 14". I laid the shorter ones front to back and the longer ones side to side and was able to construct a 'log cabin' fire, which allows air to get everywhere. I was firing about every 5-6 minutes. It's kind of a PITA to use wood that small but it was all stuff that was too small for the wood stove anyway.