Up and Running Again!

Body Hammer · Post by **Body Hammer** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 8:14 pm

So much for the "one match club"! But I'll be damned if I'm going to burn one drop of oil to heat this house when I've still got 1680 lbs. of coal left! :surrender:

Post by **Lightning** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 8:16 pm

Yeah man! I re lit mine today after being down for 10 days

duck · Post by **duck** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 8:28 pm

We decided today to light off again it is up and running. Took the hopper out and we are hand feeding the stove works OK, still have 1600 lbs left from this past winter.

RAYJAY · Post by **RAYJAY** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 9:17 pm

the Harman is back up and running, just to keep the dampness out, not going to light the big one until I have to..........

jpete · Post by **jpete** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 9:31 pm

Think I'll be back at it tomorrow. I used all I had but the weather forecast calls for a high of 52* all week so no way I'm shivering through that!

buck24 · Post by **buck24** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 9:39 pm

Been down since May 15th but fired up the Buck Model 24 today. Its been over a week without her...... I really missed her.

CapeCoaler · Post by **CapeCoaler** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 9:42 pm

Ya said May...

Gonna fire back up...

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 9:59 pm

And yep, the old Hitzer has just been sleeping through all this weird warm stuff & perks up a bit in the evenings. I suspect it's time to turn er up a little. You gotta love the Old Farmers Almanac.

Rick 386 · Post by **Rick 386** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 10:34 pm

freetown fred wrote:.................... You gotta love the Old Farmers Almanac.

YOU wrote an almanac ???? Where can I get a copy ???

Had just bought 1000 lbs rice before the warm up. I figured I could use that for start up next season.......

But like the old farmer next to me said "It ain't time to plant just yet. But all these yuppies want to put flowers in the gardens now. I'll sell them but only if they know I give no refunds if they freeze and die. We ain't done with the cold weather just yet."

Rick

buck24 · Post by **buck24** » Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 11:45 pm

CapeCoaler....... Sorry, this warm spell we just had must have affected my brain. I meant to say March.

Hope it stays cooler for a bit so I can think straight again.

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Mon. Mar. 26, 2012 5:03 am

So..... How did you all like summer 2012? HA! Yup..... burning more as we speak. Old man winter a'int dead yet!

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Mon. Mar. 26, 2012 9:34 am

Yeah I fired back up yesterday morning. House was 63° before I lit up .... and with the coming forecasts, it was destined for the mid 50's. Way too cold to function in.

Now the house is 70°..... AND I took a shower .... AND did a massive load of laundry, without the oil burner kicking on once.

buffalo bob · Post by **buffalo bob** » Mon. Mar. 26, 2012 9:45 am

fired up my hitzer yesterday evening no way I am sitting here cold and misurable 73 inside upstairs 41 outside thats why I bought her to stay warm.. the hitzer took right off little wood fire, and started feeding coal slowly and just enjoying seeing the blues start up easist stove I ever started,,,love it ...hitzer 354...

chester · Post by **chester** » Mon. Mar. 26, 2012 2:17 pm

just had gotten my hitzer taken apart ,cleaned,painted,oiled up and put back together last week . Had to fire it up yesterday as it calls for 2 weeks of cool-cold weather. Big cold front pushing through from freetown I've been told !

Three Labs · Post by **Three Labs** » Mon. Mar. 26, 2012 3:44 pm

Yesterday I also fired up again. I was thinking of using the electric heat but since I have a lot of coal I built another fire.