Where Can a Person Buy Coal in Wisconsin?

userdk · Post by **userdk** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 6:32 pm

We have a outdoor furnace that can burn either wood or coal. The only sticker is where do you come across coal in Wisconsin? Anybody out there know of any good suppliers in Wisconsin or companies that would ship it in without charging a couple fortunes for shipping?

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 6:35 pm

Do you have a Tractor Supply Co, in your area?

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/search/coal

michaelanthony · Post by **michaelanthony** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 6:47 pm

http://www.mystore411.com/store/list_state/2577/w ... -locations

userdk · Post by **userdk** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 6:50 pm

No. Not within a reasonable driving distance.

D-frost · Post by **D-frost** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 6:51 pm

userdk,
Reading & Blaschak have websites with dealer locator assistance.
Cheers

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 8:33 pm

This is an outdoor furnace. Does it burn bit coal or anthracite coal? your not going to find any affordable large sized bit coal in WI that I know of, and thats what you'd want. There may be someone on the eastern or northern side selling some that I don't know of.

Anthracite? follow the advice given already.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 8:40 pm

userdk wrote:We have a outdoor furnace

Is it actually a furnace? one of those outdoor units that you install very close to your house & run air ducts from it to your house ? OR,is it an Outdoor Wood Burner that heats water ? & pipes the heat to your house via the water ?

Sting · Post by **Sting** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 9:40 pm

fill out your profile so folks can actually help you

userdk · Post by **userdk** » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 11:26 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:
userdk wrote:We have a outdoor furnace
Is it actually a furnace? one of those outdoor units that you install very close to your house & run air ducts from it to your house ? OR,is it an Outdoor Wood Burner that heats water ? & pipes the heat to your house via the water ?

Boiler.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 9:21 am

Our OWB had an open to the air vent in the water jacket making it a non-boiler,just an Outdoor Wood Burner. Not many are made as the closed system boiler,which is actually the better setup,no fresh air in the water constantly helping to rust & corrode everything.

userdk · Post by **userdk** » Fri. Dec. 18, 2015 2:19 pm

Ours is an open system. Actually you just have to run the correct water treatment. No offense intended but who wants a closed system? We've seen a lot of blown up Aqua Therms. They come with a pressure relief valve but as soon as it corrodes shut, BOOM! One man had inside fire box weld fail, causing the pressure from the over heated boiler to all release into the fire box. It blew the door off and blew the wood through the shed wall 10 feet away.

interestingly enough he now owns an open system boiler.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Fri. Dec. 18, 2015 2:46 pm

My 1960 EFM520 is a closed (indoor boiler) & even with it's age has never blown open & I have no expectations of it ever happening.How does a pressure relief valve CORRODE shut ? (maybe from being out in the weather ?) I personally never want to have an open to the air water heating system again. I hate testing & treating all the time. I like the fill & treat of the closed system. After 8 yrs of operating an OWB,i would never again own one.No OWB is going to match the efficiency of a good brand indoor boiler. Even if I were to ever want to burn wood again,i would buy a well designed (indoor boiler) & install it in a building,even a special building just for it. I would never again go thru the torture of tending a wood monster while standing outdoors in the weather. Of course now that I am burning coal in the EFM,i will likely be set for life as far as a heating system goes.

DennisH · Post by **DennisH** » Sat. Dec. 19, 2015 3:51 pm

I would be willing to bet there are a lot of long-haul truckers out there, who would more than likely be happy to bring you back a semi-trailer load of coal (22 pallets) from NEPA rather than dead head to wherever they came from in the Midwest.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Sat. Dec. 19, 2015 4:35 pm

DennisH wrote:I would be willing to bet there are a lot of long-haul truckers out there, who would more than likely be happy to bring you back a semi-trailer load of coal (22 pallets) from NEPA rather than dead head to wherever they came from in the Midwest.

^^^^^^^^^^ What he said. I don't know what size coal you would burn in that OWB,but likely the bigger sized is better. Give Gale Coal Co. a call at 570-668-5410,they have a unique mix of stove & egg size that may be the choice for your unit.Should be worth your time to check out the possibilities .