Today was the big day.. not only did we get about an inch of snow last night, but also it decided to sleet most of the night as well.. thank goodness by 11am things had gotten better on the road end of my journey. Well outta work early and off to grab the gooseneck and the zoom boom. Now mind you the 35' trailer weighs about 6k+ and the zb pushes 22k... so I'm really still a little hesitant to make the 20 mile trek to pick up another 1600lbs of wood burner to add to this rolling mass.. but.. no choice.. it's dropping to 19 as a high next week..
Make it there no sweat.. minus forgetting to remove my cold fronts in my grill before the trip... the old cummins was pushing red in the heat about 3 miles up road thats mostlg stop signs and rolling hills. So stopped poppped them out and jumped on rt30 . She cooled right back down.. unload... pick it up like it was a paperweight with the zb and head home..
Get everything unloaded and get out my saw and cut 2-2x10s 5' each to help disperse the load on the top soil out back. (Will be pouring the concrete pad next spring). Get the boards level and spaced then add 4" concrete blocks under each leg..
Once the boiler is set I get the hose running.. it needs 108 gallons to fill this puppy (another reason for the wood under the legs, total weight now ~ 2500lbs) hose running I get a hole popped for my 14-2 direct bury wire and get juice hooked up.. added an outdoor switch to kill power to the pump only in case I ever need to replace the pump.
About 25 minutes later she's full and the fire is lit.. took about 2.5 hrs to get the water temp up to 170 degs from 68. Building is now 66 deg in thegarage and a cool 70 in the house half..
Whew.. thumbs are hurting... (typing on my phone this whole time laying in bed.. ps.. my dogs are snoring. .)
whew!! 
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this means that the pile of coals alone was keeping the water hot enough.. 
