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Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
Now that I have your attention...:hmm3grin2orange: I have been on here for awhile now, and have seen threads on "show us your" truck, wood pile, saw, splitter, and whatever. I think its time to see the reason that we all do this firewood thing...your wood fired heater. It seems like quite a few of us have installed new stoves, furnaces, boilers, etc. since last winter. I thought it might be interesting to see what people put in, (new or not) why you chose the unit that you did, maybe a little bit about your setup, installation challenges, or any interesting tidbit, and of course, pics rule! I'll go first. A little history. I started out with a USSC Wondercoal that my buddy gave me for helping him build his new hearth and install his fancy new "picture window" wood stove. Ever heard the saying that "there's no such thing as a free dog"? Well, I quickly found out that wisdom applies to "free" wood burners too! Priced double wall stainless chimney lately? SHEESH! Anyways, ran that setup for a few years until I stumbled across a good deal on a Yukon Big Jack on CL. I installed the BJ thinking I was going to tie it in to my duct work, hook up a thermostat and have myself a bonifide wood fired central heatin system. Turned out, with the way my basement is laid out, house is framed, and existing duct work is run, it was going to be danged near impossible to do what I planned. :msp_thumbdn: In the process of installing the BJ, I realized that it was a real fine quality product and the people at Yukon were very helpful. I was shocked the first time I called them, the very same person that answered the phone was able to help me, none of this press 1, please hold, transfer you to someone who most definitely speaks english as a second language crap! I ran the BJ through last winter using it in a home brew-kinda-modified gravity heat setup, actually worked pretty well. While trying to figure out the best way to hook up the BJ, I discovered that Yukon makes a multifuel furnace, UREKA! This unit solves all my problems! Tear out my old (1940) coal (converted to oil) furnace and put in a Yukon Husky! A wood furnace with oil backup, hooked directly in to my duct work, I can use my main chimney, get rid of the double wall SS stack on the back of the house, perfect! So me went about shoppin for a Husky, thought about a new one, but then found a used one on CL for CHEAP! The guy didn't know what he had, literally, was SCRAP price, cost as much for the fuel to go get it as the cost to buy it, oh, and it came with the optional $1300 gas burner and $350 shaker grates too! 
Spent the summer tearing out the old furnace, going over the Husky, you know, firebrick, gaskets, etc. and then installing 'er. Dropped a new double ply stainless flex liner in the chimney, traded labor with my neighbor, who is a tin knocker by trade, to get my custom plenums made and installed. Got 'er wired, plumbed up and fired for the first time a couple weeks ago, I think I'm gonna love this thing! 
I'm gonna try this pic posting thing, so hope it works! On a side note, maybe we should all stage a "occupy AS" protest to encourage them to simplify the pic posting process! Sorry if this was hard to read or understand, I know I won't win any writing awards anytime soon! Anyways, now it's your turn, show me yours...
View attachment 255533View attachment 255534View attachment 255535View attachment 255536 The first pic is the old furnace, then furnace removed, then installing the liner, last, finished product!
Spent the summer tearing out the old furnace, going over the Husky, you know, firebrick, gaskets, etc. and then installing 'er. Dropped a new double ply stainless flex liner in the chimney, traded labor with my neighbor, who is a tin knocker by trade, to get my custom plenums made and installed. Got 'er wired, plumbed up and fired for the first time a couple weeks ago, I think I'm gonna love this thing! I'm gonna try this pic posting thing, so hope it works! On a side note, maybe we should all stage a "occupy AS" protest to encourage them to simplify the pic posting process! Sorry if this was hard to read or understand, I know I won't win any writing awards anytime soon! Anyways, now it's your turn, show me yours...View attachment 255533View attachment 255534View attachment 255535View attachment 255536 The first pic is the old furnace, then furnace removed, then installing the liner, last, finished product!
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That is another reason I like the Yukon, if wood burns out, hello oil burner, = happy, well rested boy!
