Coal Chubby's May Be Back ?

how much does the top metal cover part cost?

brckwlt wrote:how much does the top metal cover part cost?

why did you get the one on ebay

no not yet, I just want to know what it costs ... there is still three days left I think

How much does the top cover part cost

Hey guys, I spoke with Larry yesterday and he DOES have a large rear vent Chubby now. He is looking into putting a "view" door on it for me and he will call me when it is ready. I can't wait! For those of you who may find the Chubby "pricey", all I can say is that I can buy his Chubby, new SS liner and piping, and still be under (by half) if I have my local "stove thief" install it. (Harmon, Hitzer, etc) If all goes as planned, and the stove performs as well as I know it will, I will probably pick up another Chubby and put it in the basement.
By the way, if anyone is interested, I found a Chubby in East Haven Ct. on Craigs List for 375.00 from a guy named Mark. No blower, and he doesn't know if it is a large or Jr. but based on the description (the size of a 30 gal. garbage can!) my guess is a large. He claims surface pitting is the only thing wrong with it, and he had it in the basement of his other house.
Best of luck everyone, and I will be glad to post the pictures if/when I get the stove, and then figure out how to get the pics on the site.

Hello again everyone. Just a quick couple of questions.....What size coal does everyone find works best for their Chubbies, pea, stove, nut, etc? Is it a matter of preference, availability, BTU's or price? I would like to use whatever is going to be the easiest for the wife to use. I know she is going to be happy to get rid of the wood burner, too much soot and ash, limited burn times and too much tending for her taste. I guess I can use the wood burner as an end table.

Remember guys...Spend it where you earned it... Buy American

I've only used mine for about a week and I used mostly nut. I did try some stove and pea, but the pea did fall through the grate so for the wife I would say nut would be best for her to load.

Thank you, much appreciated! I have been checking out some of the other forums and I have seen that some people are burning a mix of smaller and larger in the same fire. I am thinking of sticking with the larger as you suggest. My thanks again.

I use Reading nut anthracite. My supplier sells it in bulk but I think that it is mixed with some stove sized coal. I've had great success with using the mix of nut stove sized coal. The fire can really get very hot that way. Nut is my preferred choice, but depending upon the amount of heat that you need, a mix of nut and pea for warmer weather and nut and stove for colder weather is what I've been doing with great results just because I had it. But I will be purchasing and mainly be using nut anthracite, it does burn the best.

Thank you Doug, I will be doing the same thing I think. I have quite a bit of rice coal on the sills of the house from when the origianal coal burning boiler was the primary source of heat(steam). It had been converted to oil some yrs back before we bought it. (1795-1830 primary build yrs) It seems interesting to me that we find ourselves going back to what worked "back in the day" over the supposed new and improved methods. I have seen coal for sale for about 275.00/ton. Do you think that is a good price? Thanks again to you and everyone else for sharing your knowledge and experience. We rookies can use all the help we can get.

That price sounds like it is for bagged anthracite and it about average. A few months ago, I bought bulk anthracite for $235.00 a ton.

Yes it does appear that we are going back to yesterdays technology. I find myself searching and researching old heating and sanitation engineering books from the late 1880's to the mid 1950's. I'm truly amazed about how much these old timers knew. The best part about it all of this is that it makes sense to the average guy and they did it all without the aid of a computer! I'm marveled at some of the calculations and how accurate they are. The sad part is that this information seems to be disappearing from the Libraries and is becoming harder to find.

The good part is that when armed with the knowledge from the past and blended with today's newer technological advancements, a totally awesome fuel efficient coal burning unit can be designed to rival or surpass the most efficient conventional heating plants available today, while operating at a lower fuel cost.

My hat is off to Larry Trainer for a well thought out and simple coal stove that just works! It looks like the Chubby secret is getting out.

Well, just looked at a well used Chubby. Looks like the shaker is missing, and the fire pot is cracked. I e-mailed Larry previously and he said a new pot is $200 and a shaker is $90.

The seller is asking $125, but I think I might be able to play "let's make a deal" and do better on the price.

Any thoughts on what's the "break even" point with something like this?

I have a couple pictures if that helps....

Even at $125.00 with a broken fire pot and missing grate it is a deal. For $300.00 more, you will be back up and running with new parts. See if you can get it for less, but don't let it slip away! You'll be happy with a Chubby!

How is the rest of the stove...
You have $300 in parts plus the stove...
$425 plus your labor...
I say point out the broken and missing parts and offer $50...
You will probably settle out at $75...
If the stove is not very rusty and the rest looks good...
$350-$375 for a stove is not too bad...