How to load an AHS hopper

My Buddy Charlie's invention....

1: Put bag on step & slit open.

2: Crank wheel half a revolution causing bag to go up.

3:Keep cranking, bag starts to lean into hopper.

4: Less than two revolutions & the bag flops perfectly upside down dumping into the hopper. Reach up, remove empty bag. Repeat:

Nice!

I just pour in the 5 gallon pails. I need some better way...

I would build a set of stairs.

The AHS boilers with square hoppers are lower overall than the older ones with the round hoppers. Mine is 60", and the latest ones are 59". I don't know how tall the older round hopper S130 models are.

Yaaa, the new square hoppers are quite a bit less tall then the round ones. Charlie built a set of stairs years ago.....it got tiring to carry the bags up them! Now, zip & up they go!

About how tall is Charlie? He seems to nearly as tall as the hopper is high. Perhaps the hopper has 2 inches on him.

Off topic, but does that hopper have a lid or is it always open?

lsayre wrote:About how tall is Charlie?

Off topic, but does that hopper have a lid or is it always open?

I'm 5-10 & have a good 4 or 5 inches on Charlie.

Yes, the hopper has a steel lid with gasket & it is always on except when filling.

I've seen him fill it before his invention. His stairway is (was) two steps. I'll measure his hopper height next time I'm there. I know one thing though, you do NOT fill it without a step or two up. If memory serves me right (but it seldom does LOL) the new hopper style is 10 inches shorter than the old style.

I like your solution Freddy.

1. Install Axeman Anderson boiler with auger.

2. Build big bin.

3. Fill once per year.

4. Stay warm and smile.

As Rush would say "Mega Dittos"