How's Everyone Coming With Getting Ready for Burn Season.

 
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freetown fred
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Sep. 14, 2013 2:24 pm

Yep, ya can really notice the change when they hook up with them thar girly stoves--SMITTY, a girly guy---I can't stand it-- :what: :clap: toothy

 
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Post by just peter » Sat. Sep. 14, 2013 4:03 pm

@ firebug, Botrop is not too far for me, according Google maps it's only 235 Km.
Gives a nice ride.
Btw I live in Hoorn, wich is about 30 Km from the west coast.
Thank you for the link. I take a look to it.
This afternoon I have set up the weso stove, it is huge in my small living room.
Of course I had to make a test drive, and fired it up.
Today it was going a lot better then last weeks testdrives, I am quiet optimistic about the stove .
I will post some pictures on my thread.

Peter.

 
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Post by titleist1 » Sun. Sep. 15, 2013 7:58 am

SMITTY wrote:Thanks. Yeah, that's what I'm hopin' ...

Also hoping I save some coal too - the 5 tons per season with the hand-fired was getting to be a bit much on the old wallet. Either way, I certainly won't miss SHAKING and LOADING! 8-)
Just to warn ya on that saving coal thing....I thought the same thing.

But the stoker is so easy to just leave in idle mode and let it run continuously that I burn at least as much coal as when I used the Mark III. With the hand fed I would let it go out if we had a couple day warm spell or I would burn wood in it at night and in the morning to take the chill off during shoulder months.

I figure it is better for the stove long term to keep it going and up to temp to keep the rust away (rationalization for my laziness on relighting!! ;) ).


 
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Post by wilder11354 » Sun. Sep. 15, 2013 8:04 am

Got the coal... today is start of rewiring. need to get a DIN rail to mount slave stage relay, and looking for MC stranded wire, lot easier to do connections in circulators, and such.
Lightning wrote:
wilder11354 wrote:not ready, no coal, no rewiring electrical controls for dual boiler setup
Sounds you better get busy then partner :lol:

 
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Post by tcalo » Thu. Oct. 03, 2013 9:24 pm

Stove is moved into her new spot. Chimney is finished. Did a test burn the other morning with a nice wood fire. Got my 4 ton bagged delivery today. Bummer, couldn't tuck it in the corner of my garage with the bobcat. Had the pallets dropped in my driveway. Stacked 2 tons in the garage today, should finish up tomorrow. Guess you could say we are ready!

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Thu. Oct. 03, 2013 10:30 pm

anthony7812 wrote: Smitty your already turning into a lady! :fear: The loading and shaking is the best part. Watchen the coal get glowin red and then the nice cracklin sound of fresh coal dumped on. :roll:

Cracklin is replaced by crunching when the stoker kicks in, and the kids talk about the shaking like it was a hundred years ago and how the shaking noise was like nails on a chalk board to them :!: Ah the old days :roll: 4 years ago :oops: I really do miss the Buderus hand, and my 91 Sonoma, but the Keystoker 90 and the 2001 Sierra are also someday going to remembered as well. Also speaking of turning into a lady I do where Crocs, you know all the swamp people do on TV, I get alot of grief about those at work as well, no I do not wear them to work. I better stop before I get beat up on the forum.


 
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Post by SMITTY » Fri. Oct. 04, 2013 9:51 pm

I've earned enough stripes shaking rocks & jamming the damn grates open - just call me SALLY Smitty! toothy

Wait ... don't do that ... :nono: :funny:

 
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Post by joeq » Sat. Oct. 05, 2013 11:25 am

Image Funny stuff Smitty.

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