Any Handled Stoves That Work Acceptably on Pea Coal
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I have 23 tons of pea, looking for a backup handfed stove.
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- Coal Size/Type: nut and pea
Vermont Castings Vigilant 2310 will handle pea fine as will Surdiac and Franco Belge. I am sure there are others as well.
- hotblast1357
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- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite pea
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Saey Hannover 1 runs flawlessly on pea, the father in law has two of them and my brother in law has one.
- Stoker6268
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I and others have had real good results with pea in the Hitzer hopper stoves. (Some say the had problems falling through grate)
- oliver power
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I'll second that........Although nut performs nicer in the HITZER, pea does just fine.Stoker6268 wrote:I and others have had real good results with pea in the Hitzer hopper stoves. (Some say the had problems falling through grate)
- lsayre
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- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh Anthracite Pea
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Alsaka and DS Machine both OK the use of pea in their hand fed stoves. if your home stays warm on pea then you are all set. If you find that you need more from it than pea can deliver, then nut offers the next level of performance boost (for stoves that OK its use).
- davidmcbeth3
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- Coal Size/Type: nut/pea/anthra
Mine burns pea ... just not a hot as nut
- lowfog01
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- Coal Size/Type: nut/pea
Pea coal burns quite nicely in my Harman Mark I&II. The pea coal does well during an average winter and if I need some extra heat, I mix some nut in. No problems. Lisa
- michaelanthony
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I second the V.C. 2310!...and heard through the grape vine the Crane 44 has a grate for pea as well.franco b wrote:Vermont Castings Vigilant 2310 will handle pea fine as will Surdiac and Franco Belge. I am sure there are others as well.
- confedsailor
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Surdiac 513 loves the stuff