no74falcon wrote:I have had a stoker since '97 and always got bagged rice as it was easier for me to put under the house, staying dry. This year, I put in a Hitzer 82FA and used the spot under the house to keep my wood, which I planned on burning mostly. As there was a misunderstanding when I priced out the stove from our dealer (really nice husband/wife business but he just recently passed away and she is kinda new to running things), she gave me 1/4 ton of nut coal to try but it was to come in bulk. I didn't want to bag it myself there so I took one of our feed bins in the back of my pickup and had them fill it there. When I got home, I unloaded it with our skidsteer and forks, onto my front porch. If it works out well, I will do something different next year. Like I said, she gave me a 1/4 ton but I had them fill it, and found it holds about 1650 pounds.
HEYYYYYYY! Thats a nice coal bin!
Does the top open on hinges? Really nice! Looks good, too.
...With one of those you can have the bin close to the house during winter and easily move it out of the way (out of sight) during summer even if there's still coal in it. One question though, are you using a feed scoop or shovel to fill buckets or just dipping the bucket in? Probably have to use a shovel when the bin gets down to half full or less...?
