Hello everyone,
I recently purchased a property in NEPA and I have 2 stokers I'm having trouble identifying. Someone who seemed to have an idea told me I had an "EFM 300 & EFM 500." Is that correct? I am looking to switch to propane and sell these furnaces so any info you can provide would be very helpful! Thanks a lot!
[Identification Help] What Do I Have Here?
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tsb
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: Binford 2000
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- Coal Size/Type: All of them
If you take them out, sell them or find them a good home.
Don't scrap them !
Don't scrap them !
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StokerDon
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
They are either EFM 350's or EFM 520's or one of each. They look like they were well cared for.
Why on earth would you take them out for a propane burner. When the price goes back up to 3 or 4 dollars a gallon again, you will go broke.
-Don
Why on earth would you take them out for a propane burner. When the price goes back up to 3 or 4 dollars a gallon again, you will go broke.
-Don
Thanks Don. Glad to hear they are in good shape.
We changed them out for a few reasons. Firstly, no one around to maintain/stoke it as it's for a rental complex. Also, by changing out we can put separate burners for each unit so we were no longer paying for the whole complex (talk about going broke!).
Any idea how much they are worth if I wanted to put them up for sale on Craigslist? I've seen a range from $1,600 to $5,000 currently on craigslist. I'm not looking to make a killing here just trying to get some decent money to put towards the replacement cost.
We changed them out for a few reasons. Firstly, no one around to maintain/stoke it as it's for a rental complex. Also, by changing out we can put separate burners for each unit so we were no longer paying for the whole complex (talk about going broke!).
Any idea how much they are worth if I wanted to put them up for sale on Craigslist? I've seen a range from $1,600 to $5,000 currently on craigslist. I'm not looking to make a killing here just trying to get some decent money to put towards the replacement cost.
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StokerDon
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
If you put them on CL for $1000 each, they will probably sell. Not very quick though, It is the middle of Summer. They are also in a basement, that scares some people off.
-Don
-Don
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StokerDon
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Your welcome. I hope you find a good home for them.
-Don
-Don
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scrapper_23jr
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judging from the knockouts on the front cover my guess would be early 520 units which would mean prior to 1968 or 1969 as far as what year they were manufactured, this time frame also means they are possibly tube boilers which are less desired compared to the plate boilers. I don't know where you are located but by all means do not scrap them I would be interested in them just for parts SCRAPPER