First Time Coal User
Well all I can say is I should have done this years ago! I bought an older Thor stove, I was alittle sceptical since I couldn't find any info on the stove. The guy I bought the stove from had sandblasted the stove and put a coat of paint on it. The way the stove looks it coudn't have been used very much. Last night was the first overnight burn, woke to an evenly heated house (75deg) and the stove was still around 400 deg. after 8hrs of burn with still a good bed of coals burning.I found an Amish Blackshak dealer about 30 min from our house and bought a skid of nut size to use. I was expecting to have to relight the stove this morning since this is my first time having any kind of stove in the house. Thanks to everyone on Nepa for posting the do's and don'ts!
- freetown fred
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- Location: Freetown,NY 13803
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut
Outstanding my friend--where you from??
- Adamiscold
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Congrats you're off to a great start!!!
- CoalHeat
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- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Welcome!
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- Location: Hustonville, Ky
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Legacy SF-270
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 503
- Coal Size/Type: Stoker/Bit, Pea or Nut Anthracite
Glad to see another Kentuckian on here, I am in Lexington and am in my 5th year of using coal.
Once you learn more about the stove you will easily get 12hrs and maybe 24hrs between loadings, Anthracite is so much better than our local bituminous for our needs.
Bk
Once you learn more about the stove you will easily get 12hrs and maybe 24hrs between loadings, Anthracite is so much better than our local bituminous for our needs.
Bk
I hope to get longer burn times with practice, I got the 8 or so hrs and could have gone longer but I had to be on duty at the firehouse so I shook and loaded it back up for the wife. My inlaws burn bit coal but we didn't want the smell or the soot.bksaun wrote:Glad to see another Kentuckian on here, I am in Lexington and am in my 5th year of using coal.
Once you learn more about the stove you will easily get 12hrs and maybe 24hrs between loadings, Anthracite is so much better than our local bituminous for our needs.
Bk
- Stephen in Soky
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I don't know, I'm throughly enjoying my $85/ton bit this morning.bksaun wrote:Anhracite is so much better than our local bituminous for our needs.
Bk
Seriously, glad your system is working well for you. If you found that stove locally, you're very lucky. Usually all we can find used are Warm Mornings and the like. I went to Dettweilers in Cub Run Saturday and looked at DSM stoves. IIRC, his anthracite is $280/ton. Don'tknow how that compares to the Hitzer dealer in Cub Run?