Got my new stove!!!

Get the shorts and T-shirts ready! You got yourself a really good heating machine there. Good luck with the new stove.

Congrats!!.....Looks like you will be NICE N TOSTY the rest of the winter!

Is it Saturday yet?


Nice looking stove.

Thanks. I know I can't wait to get it installed this weekend. This week can't end fast enough.

Well, I put the last charge of coal in the Chubby this morning. I almost feel bad. Almost. Its been nearly 3 months since I put that first match to the Chubby on October 10th, 2010. A few more days and it would've been official. It still is the longest sustained fire I've ever had on one match to date; considering.

Adding this last charge of coal was easy. What wasn't is knowing that tonight I will watch the fire die. Its going to be hard tonight to not put another charge in and let it go, "Just one more day".

It may seem stupid but I've grown attached to my Coal Chubby, and the fact that I've had a fire for nearly 3 months. I never felt this way about wood. I know that in two more days I will have a larger more heaty stove, but the love for the Chubby is still present.

I think the stove knows that it is going to be put-out and replaced. Both last night and this morning I got burned. Both times by hot coals. Both times while charging the stove. I think its also trying to say, "Look, I can burn really well. I can do it." I've had an amazing fire in it since bringing the DS home and putting it smack dab in the living room almost in front of the Chubby. Its been idling at 570* - 600* and hasn't really consumed too much coal.

Its definitely going to be difficult shutting her down tonight. Its going to be extremely painful to see her sitting there Friday without the red glow in her and hearing the furnace kick on.

I just only need to look at the 1600 though, and know that by Saturday afternoon, I'll have another coal fire again that won't be put-out again until the end of March.

End of March...
End of April or early May for me...

I'm planning on a late March shut-down because it may be too warm to run the 1600 without over firing. It really depends on the weather and outside ambient temps.

The Beast will run at very low temps on Pea Coal...
180* or so...
You just need the draft to make it happen...

Guess I should go pick up some pea coal after it's installed. The two bags I have aren't going to make 2 months at the end of the winter if I run April into May.

Agway discounts the coal during their spring sales...

But, but I have American.

Oh, and; I MISS COAL HEAT! My Chubby is beginning to get colder and my furnace is running for the second time this evening. I've definitely got to say, forced hot air is not as warm as coal heat.

Just keep your eye/ears/fingers out for spring sales at the hardware/garden centers...
Coal dealers not so much...
They like to clear out the big heavy bulk of coal/pellets/wood...
In time for spring goods...
So it gets discounted...
So now you will get a taste of the 'other' heat...
Then you will appreciate the DSM even more...

The clock is ticking!!! It's gotta be killing you to see it sitting there with a cold heart right now.

Yeah, after using the Chubby for nearly 3 months I really miss the heat produced by it.

From the looks of the weather it might not get put in until Sunday. My buddy snow plows so that takes precedence over my stove. I will probably attempt the install myself tomorrow.

When I got mine from Coalway for an extra $300 they Brought the new stove, took out old, and put in new stove. I almost sad no, but I'm glad I didn't. Good luck, have fun, and take lots of pics.