Kimmels Stove Size Vs Blaschak Stove Size in a Crawford 40

 
scalabro
Member
Posts: 4197
Joined: Wed. Oct. 03, 2012 9:53 am
Location: Western Massachusetts
Baseburners & Antiques: Crawford 40, PP Stewart No. 14, Abendroth Bros "Record 40"
Coal Size/Type: Stove / Anthracite.
Other Heating: Oil fired, forced hot air.

Post by scalabro » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 5:58 pm

So seeing as Joe appeared to have issues with this coal, I'm going to try it over sat/sun to see how it burns in my Crawford.

I dumped it on the garage floor ( I know Paul, I'm a hack :lol: :lol: ) and you can see the fines and what looks to be sizes all the way from rice to egg :shock:

Also it's a different color than the Santa Claus but that could be oil I guess as its kind of slimy and has been in my dry warm garage for a week. The Santa coal is on the right.

It will go in the pot Saturday after lunch.

Attachments

image.jpeg

Kimmels left, Santa right

.JPEG | 157.7KB | image.jpeg


 
lobsterman
Member
Posts: 727
Joined: Tue. Sep. 28, 2010 7:51 am
Location: Cape Cod
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby, 1980 Fully restored by Larry Trainer
Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Chubby Jr, early model with removable grates

Post by lobsterman » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 6:40 pm

Wow, I have never seen such sloppy coal from a bag. All the Kimmel nut I bought from TS has been really good. Wish I could find more.

 
User avatar
lowfog01
Member
Posts: 3889
Joined: Sat. Dec. 20, 2008 8:33 am
Location: Springfield, VA
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Mark II & Mark I
Coal Size/Type: nut/pea

Post by lowfog01 » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 6:48 pm

The Kimmel nut I've gotten from TSC has been a variety of sizes but it burns well in the Marks Brothers. I'm going to get another 1/2 ton this weekend. Lisa

 
User avatar
Lightning
Site Moderator
Posts: 14659
Joined: Wed. Nov. 16, 2011 9:51 am
Location: Olean, NY
Stoker Coal Boiler: Modified AA 130
Coal Size/Type: Pea Size - Anthracite

Post by Lightning » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 6:54 pm

Hey Scott, are you going to put the Kimmel's in the stove "as is" or will you leave the fines out and just burn the stove/nut size pieces?

 
User avatar
freetown fred
Member
Posts: 30293
Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Location: Freetown,NY 13803
Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut

Post by freetown fred » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 6:56 pm

Come on Lee, Scott's got a REAL stove! ;)

 
User avatar
Sunny Boy
Member
Posts: 25560
Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 1:40 pm
Location: Central NY
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace

Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:01 pm

scalabro wrote:So seeing as Joe appeared to have issues with this coal, I'm going to try it over sat/sun to see how it burns in my Crawford.

I dumped it on the garage floor ( I know Paul, I'm a hack :lol: :lol: ) and you can see the fines and what looks to be sizes all the way from rice to egg :shock:

Also it's a different color than the Santa Claus but that could be oil I guess as its kind of slimy and has been in my dry warm garage for a week. The Santa coal is on the right.

It will go in the pot Saturday after lunch.
Yeah Scott, that's really loaded with small stuff compared to the bags of Kimmel's nut. They have some but no where near that bad.

So glad that isn't my garage floor ! :D

Paul

 
User avatar
Lightning
Site Moderator
Posts: 14659
Joined: Wed. Nov. 16, 2011 9:51 am
Location: Olean, NY
Stoker Coal Boiler: Modified AA 130
Coal Size/Type: Pea Size - Anthracite

Post by Lightning » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:10 pm

freetown fred wrote:Come on Lee, Scott's got a REAL stove! ;)
Oh. So what's that make mine? Hahaha


 
scalabro
Member
Posts: 4197
Joined: Wed. Oct. 03, 2012 9:53 am
Location: Western Massachusetts
Baseburners & Antiques: Crawford 40, PP Stewart No. 14, Abendroth Bros "Record 40"
Coal Size/Type: Stove / Anthracite.
Other Heating: Oil fired, forced hot air.

Post by scalabro » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:12 pm

Lightning wrote:Hey Scott, are you going to put the Kimmel's in the stove "as is" or will you leave the fines out and just burn the stove/nut size pieces?
Just the nut, stove and egg sizes that were all in the bag....looks like I'm gonna be dusting it off with a 3 inch brush......lol!

It's funny because I bought some stove size Kimmels a couple years a go from the same joint Joe got it from, to burn in a Harman MKII I first had. Same crap, loaded with junk. Kind of odd the stove size has junk but folks are reporting the nut is good stuff. Maybe it's from a different bagging location :?:

 
User avatar
freetown fred
Member
Posts: 30293
Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Location: Freetown,NY 13803
Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut

Post by freetown fred » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:15 pm

I'm not sure w/ yours Lee, you add or delete something every week or so. Just to keep us on our toes I'd bet. ;)
Lightning wrote:
freetown fred wrote:Come on Lee, Scott's got a REAL stove! ;)
Oh. So what's that make mine? Hahaha

 
User avatar
Rob R.
Site Moderator
Posts: 17980
Joined: Fri. Dec. 28, 2007 4:26 pm
Location: Chazy, NY
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Jr

Post by Rob R. » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:16 pm

Baseburners can burn anything, no coal complaints allowed. 8-)

 
User avatar
freetown fred
Member
Posts: 30293
Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Location: Freetown,NY 13803
Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut

Post by freetown fred » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:20 pm

Whoops

 
User avatar
Canaan coal man
Member
Posts: 822
Joined: Thu. Nov. 08, 2012 12:37 pm
Location: East Canaan, CT
Stoker Coal Boiler: Efm 520
Hand Fed Coal Stove: A little cubby coal stove in the basement
Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood #6
Coal Size/Type: Stove And Nut

Post by Canaan coal man » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:42 pm

This will be interesting I'll be watching ..... 8-)

 
User avatar
michaelanthony
Member
Posts: 4550
Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
Location: millinocket,me.
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
Coal Size/Type: 'nut
Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace

Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:52 pm

Hi Scott how you doin! :smoke: The kimmels 'nut this yr seems different from last. Too much stuff that is disguised as coal but won't burn. I also experienced klinker shut down about a month ago with it. I realize you have stove size and like you said earlier, it could be from a different bagging co. I hope all goes well with the test but if I was a betting man I would say Blashack will rein supreme. Stay warm either way. :)

 
D.lapan
Member
Posts: 771
Joined: Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 9:40 pm
Location: plainfield NH
Hand Fed Coal Furnace: newmac wood,coal,oil como
Baseburners & Antiques: 20th century laurel, glenwood hickory,crawford fairy
Coal Size/Type: nut, stove
Contact:

Post by D.lapan » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 7:59 pm

That look almost identical to the bagged reading I bought this fall stove size I used 2 bags over the cold weekend and this is what came out, I've been using the nut kimmels and other then a few clinkers its been great, the big clinker came from the reading stove

Attachments

1455843495416-74337426.jpg
.JPG | 104KB | 1455843495416-74337426.jpg

 
User avatar
Sunny Boy
Member
Posts: 25560
Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 1:40 pm
Location: Central NY
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace

Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Feb. 18, 2016 8:02 pm

michaelanthony wrote:Hi Scott how you doin! :smoke: The kimmels 'nut this yr seems different from last. Too much stuff that is disguised as coal but won't burn. I also experienced klinker shut down about a month ago with it. I realize you have stove size and like you said earlier, it could be from a different bagging co. I hope all goes well with the test but if I was a betting man I would say Blashack will rein supreme. Stay warm either way. :)
From what my coal dealer told me, and Kimmel's website seems to confirm, Kimmel's is just a bagging company. They don't own any mines and they don't have a breaker to sort the coal. They buy from breakers and bag what is sent them. The stove size may come from a different breaker than their nut size.

Paul


Post Reply

Return to “Hand Fired Coal Stoves & Furnaces Using Anthracite”