Coal quality from various sources

I have been burning Hudson Coal in my Russo. If I stay attentive to the fire it burns well, but when I get it going good (450-500)before I go to bed at like 11pm or so I turn the draft setting to like 1.5 or so and at like 6am when I check it the temp is down to like 250 and the fire is barely lit and with the Hudson coal especially I have a stove full of white/red clumps and barely any ash. The superior coal doesnt seem to do it as much. Does anyone have any suggestions to prevent this problem? I can't seem to get it to burn overnight without attention. I personally think its the coal but I do not know.

That's one of the good attributes of Superior coal.It gives you a lot of time at the end of the burn to reload.From what I've learned about burning hudson coal it acts just like you said and I think that is normal with northern field white ash coal.But I'm sure coal berner will chime in,he's our resident coal expert.Of coarse our mayor knows a lot about Hudson also(he sold it for years).
DON

I can get 12 to 18 hours with my Gibraltar stove using hudson coal (longer if i really close down the air supply). I have had no issues with it. I have both superior and hudson coal, both burn fine for me. Hugg

I am doing something wrong then, mine is not hopper fed, maybe I shouldnt ignite the whole bed before I go to bed and cover the top with new coal, I am just afraid of overfiring it while sleeping. I do not have a way to set my draft regulator and when it gets down to like 14 degrees it pulls a harder draft and wants to overheat even on a low setting. I need to figure out how to set the draft AND how to burn coal overnight.

rrob

Do you have a barometric damper?

I'm running stove coal in my furnace for the next few days just to see how it works.My question is to all the breakers sell stove coal?
DON

Don most breakers do but not all . Here is a short list of ones that do and ones that don't .

Superior coal Yes
UAE Harmony mine No
Sherman coal co Yes
Summit Anthracite Yes
Calvin V Lenig Yes
Hegins coal co. Yes And Egg size
Blaschak coal Yes And Egg Size
Reading Anthracite Yes
Kimmel coal Yes
LC&N Yes
South Tamaqua coal Pockets Yes
Tuscarora coal co. Yes
Hudson coal co. Yes I think
Jeddo coal Yes

Thanks J.C.
Well that just sunk my boat.If this stove coal thing worked out I was going to get UAE coal next year.Maybe I'll just "suffer" with Superior coal!
DON

I have another question(no kiddin)
Can you buy a mix of stove coal and nut coal from a breaker as long as the breaker sells stove coal.
DON

Sure could. All you do is get half of one size and half the other loaded onto your truck. By the time you get it to your stove it will pretty well mixed.

Fairclough Fuel in Hampton (Sussex cty) is now selling Reading in bags. This was where I bought coal when I first installed the Harman, that would be the coal that wouldn't burn. They are selling Reading for $8.00 per bag.

does anyone know quick directions and the address to UAE? I am going there tomorrow and do not know where it is.

rrob311 wrote:does anyone know quick directions and the address to UAE? I am going there tomorrow and do not know where it is.

Uae Coalcorp Assoc
1 Harmony Rd
Mount Carmel, PA 17851
(570) 339-4090


Dave

Hudson coal.
I have been burning the buck I bought from Hudson last week. Burns very good in my Reading utilty stove. Good heat and not much of a difference between the ash compared to the Blaschaks. The best part is I can pick up the Hudson for 150 a ton vs Blaschak 210. Just have to drive 10 more miles to get it. Think I will be buying more Huson .

I just went down and planned on going to UAE but they ran out. So I decided to get coal from Lenig since I heard the name on here. Is this coal OK?