How Big is Your Stock Pile

Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: bustedwing On: Tue May 05, 2009 11:42 pm

Enough for at least 2 more winters,burned about 6 tons,weighed a few buckets,counted the buskets. RichB
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: mwcougar On: Wed May 06, 2009 11:22 pm

85.7 tons...... lenigs,uae,hudson, secret source, stcp.. south tamaqa coal pockets enough for 10 years i hope....
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: coal berner On: Wed May 06, 2009 11:27 pm

mwcougar wrote:85.7 tons...... lenigs,uae,hudson, secret source, stcp.. south tamaqa coal pockets enough for 10 years i hope....

Did you burn up all the Summit :lol: 85.7 Tons Your getting low time for another Run
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: mwcougar On: Wed May 06, 2009 11:52 pm

:D burned up 1 load of hudson and have been burning jamie's 10 ton of lenigs :lol: havent
burned any secret stash yet..... or tried the " railroad" :roll: we need to get mike and you to
and try some " creek coal"..... toothy ..... got a call today to see if i wanted another triaxle load. :shock:
do need to come down and get load in the dump trailer so we can visit. :)
i may have to move the 35 ton coal bin and 20 ton pile for the gas pipeline. who knows. :|
its starting to go crazy around here.
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: coal berner On: Thu May 07, 2009 12:20 am

mwcougar wrote::D burned up 1 load of hudson and have been burning jamie's 10 ton of lenigs :lol: havent
burned any secret stash yet..... or tried the " railroad" :roll: we need to get mike and you to
and try some " creek coal"..... toothy ..... got a call today to see if i wanted another triaxle load. :shock:
do need to come down and get load in the dump trailer so we can visit. :)
i may have to move the 35 ton coal bin and 20 ton pile for the gas pipeline. who knows. :|
its starting to go crazy around here.

You know what to do when your ready for a load give me a ring Yea me and Mike need to come up and check out the
RR coal ;)
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: e.alleg On: Thu May 07, 2009 9:31 pm

1200 pounds left.
Burning coal is definitely worth the extra work involved.
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: Cap On: Fri May 08, 2009 4:47 pm

I shutdown back in April. Lit up two nights ago to take the dampness off of the house due to 7 days of rain. I have enough coal for maybe a 4 hr burn one more time in a shorten firebox That's it! I plan it this way every season. No need to stock pile here.
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: tvb On: Fri May 08, 2009 8:25 pm

I have a stash of about 3 ounces which should be good until the next harvest.

Oh wait ...

Never mind. :oops:
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: whistlenut On: Fri May 08, 2009 8:49 pm

Ten tons won't fit into the ole coal bin, volume recalc required. Won't matter a whole lot how cold it gets next winter. Better stock up on the staples....BIG munchie problems, and I'll bet the draft required to keep the 'conditioned space' habitable will be over .04" of mercury!
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: MrP57 On: Tue May 12, 2009 7:48 am

I have 2 ton of buckwheat left. I thought I read once that it was not a good idea to put a new load of coal on top of your old coal pile. Is that true, and why if so? I burn 5 ton for the last 3 years average. I tried a search, but had no luck.
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: coaledsweat On: Tue May 12, 2009 1:36 pm

MrP57 wrote:I thought I read once that it was not a good idea to put a new load of coal on top of your old coal pile. Is that true, and why if so?


The fines from each load will accumulate at the bottom and you will have a problem if there is too much of it.
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: Duengeon master On: Tue May 12, 2009 7:33 pm

I have about 500 lbs. of summit nut left over, and 700 lbs that I just aquired from the Thompson Bros. mine. Egg size @ $109 ton. :D got smoke!
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: Fran654 On: Wed May 13, 2009 3:24 am

hello all, we have about 9 ton here, ill rest easier when i have 20 ton , doesnt go bad!!!!!
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: stovepipemike On: Fri May 15, 2009 7:38 am

Nothing left,finished the last couple of weeks out on wood.Bin is empty and swept clean.In June I will head back up to Superior and begin replenishment.Mike
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Re: How Big is Your Stock Pile

PostBy: coalkirk On: Fri May 15, 2009 4:00 pm

24 tons of Summit rice and about 50 lbs of Superior nut.
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