stoker coal

Can I use stoker coal in my Hitzer 82 furnace?
I can get supply close to me.
Or would I be better off finding stove coal or lump better.
I live in south dakta dont know were supply might be.
Any suggestions?

I would assume that you would be burning lignite out there, and, in that case, a larger size such as lump would store, handel, and burn better. should you be burning other coals, well, they vary too much to make a good prediction w/ out knowing exactly what bituminous/subbituminous coal you would be burning, in general, the smaller sizes will progress through the volitle stage quicker while the larger sizes will keep gassing as the carbon burns thus giving you a much more even heat. however, you can have much more ash w/ the larger sizes- the shale and debris tends to get sorted out of the smaller sizes. if you are burning lignite (which i reccomend btw) burn a lump size. it will burn like a very high btu firewood w/ out the creosote - it's very easy to manage.

The stoker coal would be coming from Monta.
The Hudderights use it in there barns and i could get some from them.
Dont know if this helps you in defining my coal.
Would the lump still be better and thanks for the reply.

I have a Harman SF360 boiler, burning sub-bituminous coal. After some trial and two winters I now use and prefer stoker size coal. Much easier to handle, burns evenly, each load is about the same. Tried lump(large lumps), tried 3" size, stoker best. I buy from two different mines, the stoker size is slightly different. One is from 1"to3" with few fines, the other has much more fines. One is 8500BTU per pound the other 7000BTU per pound. I know one has more heat, but they burn about the same. I load one end full, wait at least 1 hour, if first is burning evenly (mostly) I then fill other half. No booms that way. As long as there is flame the volitiles are burn off. Sounds easy, but took me awhile to get it. You will have to do some trial and error on your stove. Good Luck

PS: If your getting the coal from Montana, it is most likely the same as I use. I am straight North.

Robby