Benefits of a Hand Fired Stove

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Wed. Oct. 30, 2013 11:24 pm

I would love to have lived 100 years ago - didn't have the inflation & taxes we have today that accounts for my lack of time and enjoyment of a hand fired! I spend every waking minute working ... just to pay the state.

michaelanthony wrote:Hey SMITTY, how much did you sell the Harman Mark III for?................bet yah' won't ...

It's bought and paid for ... and weighs over 500 lbs, so it's gonna stay right where it is.

I planned on keeping it anyway. In this day and age of uncertainty, you cannot be fully committed to just ONE fuel - got to keep all your options open. I've got oil (could burn veggie, or kerosene in a pinch), the automatic coal stoker (suppose I could burn corn or sawdust or even pellets in a pinch), then hand fired coal, or wood, or trash, or ??? in the Mark III - if coal ever becomes unavailable (which could certainly happen - all it would take is $10 a gallon diesel) I won't freeze to death here.

DePippo79 · Post by **DePippo79** » Wed. Oct. 30, 2013 11:57 pm

Yes Smitty, back when things were good. When people actually cared about each other and minded thier own business. Matt

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Thu. Oct. 31, 2013 8:00 am

Hey Smitty! Glad to see you finally got the furnace installed Bud! Me, I like the radiating heat of my hand feds on the first floor here but I do get the "oh shite" moment when you realize you ain't going up to bed just yet. You'll have a bit more time for vids now!