Blaschak Coal

freetown fred · By: **freetown fred** On: Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:15 pm

I've got 3 ton of nut (blaschak) coming monday--I'll take notes & get back to ya---AGAIN toothy

mattcoalburner · By: **mattcoalburner** On: Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:21 pm

Chuck_Steak wrote:I just put 4 tons in my basement, and got a puddle maybe the size
of a pie plate. Came from a couple of bags.
All of the coal comes covered and wrapped. (to us anyway).
Like Fred says, there is a lot of sweating, but it comes from being wrapped,
and the moisture not having anyplace to go..
The outside of the bags were wet, the inside, not bad at all.
We also delivered 4 tons to a guy that has a bin, so we unbagged it,
and it was damp.. but no significant water..
(this was nut BTW... we have noticed the rice IS WET!, but that is from the process
to keep the dust down)

As for the weight, I'd weigh a few bags to get an average.
also, did you use a bathroom scale?

Dan

mattcoalburner · By: **mattcoalburner** On: Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:24 pm

Chuck_Steak wrote:I just put 4 tons in my basement, and got a puddle maybe the size
of a pie plate. Came from a couple of bags.
All of the coal comes covered and wrapped. (to us anyway).
Like Fred says, there is a lot of sweating, but it comes from being wrapped,
and the moisture not having anyplace to go..
The outside of the bags were wet, the inside, not bad at all.
We also delivered 4 tons to a guy that has a bin, so we unbagged it,
and it was damp.. but no significant water..
(this was nut BTW... we have noticed the rice IS WET!, but that is from the process
to keep the dust down)

As for the weight, I'd weigh a few bags to get an average.
also, did you use a bathroom scale?

Dan

N it is not from the process to keep the dust down, rice coa holds more moisture because of the size of the coal, It has much more water attached to it coming out of the breaker. Simple test for you take a bucket of 1B stone and a bucket of topsoil, and wet them down and let soak for a couple of hours. dump them and see which one dries faster. Its the same thing with coal! and Great question about the type of scale if people are nt usng caibrated scales they can forget their results!

mattcoalburner · By: **mattcoalburner** On: Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:30 pm

rberq wrote:
BlaschakBulkSales wrote:I recently started working for Blaschak Coal

Tell me what they mean by "blending coal". What is the difference between the various coals that go into the blend? How is this different from what other sellers do? If they mix 100 tons each of three or four different varieties together, how do they get it mixed at the level of the individual bag?

Just to play devil's advocate, does "blending" mean, "We take some good coal and mix it with some not-so-good coal, and get a consistently medium-quality product that we sell to you"?

That is exactly what blending means, you take some top quality vein coal and mix it with some lower quality bank coal. Years ago their was a thing called premium coal, this was the best of the best, lowest ash coal 4% to 10% max ash content. Well now "most" breakers blend their premium coal with their high ash coal to get an ash content of about 10-15%

BlaschakBulkSales · By: **BlaschakBulkSales** On: Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:01 pm

Just as an FYI, the most recent testing of the blended nut coal had an ash content slightly above 8%.

mattcoalburner · By: **mattcoalburner** On: Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:55 pm

Thats pretty good ash numbers, I havent seen many that low, one load I had anylized from Gale last year was 6.67, but most are around 9, again nice ash numbers

Cap · By: **Cap** On: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:16 pm

BlaschakBulkSales wrote:Just as an FYI, the most recent testing of the blended nut coal had an ash content slightly above 8%.

What is "blended nut coal"?

EDIT: Oops, I got it. Thanks

mattcoalburner · By: **mattcoalburner** On: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:17 pm

Blended means bended from different mine sites and/or bleinding bank coal

Cap · By: **Cap** On: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:42 pm

freetown fred wrote:I've got 3 ton of nut (blaschak) coming monday--I'll take notes & get back to ya---AGAIN

Ha! I seen the driver strapping down your load on Saturday when I was out at the plant picking up my load.

freetown fred · By: **freetown fred** On: Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:56 pm

Cap, I hope he's using a different team of Jacks--crap last year he didn't get here until after dark

Didn't even have a tippler handy.

freetown fred · By: **freetown fred** On: Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:55 pm

Just got done helping POSO load my three bins up. Real pleased with size, quality & quanity. Plus me & John get to joke around about people that are REALLY grumpy. :clap:

Yep, feels good to have the bins filled up.

Rob R. · By: **Rob R.** On: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:07 pm

Nice looking coal. :yes:

Dennis · By: **Dennis** On: Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:48 pm

It looks pretty chunky for nut.I see you won't have any problems lighting it

freetown fred · By: **freetown fred** On: Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:53 pm

Back when, someone, maybe the Mayor, posted a pix chart on coal sizing--this nut is right on the money & always has been in the 4 years I've been dealing with my supplier. No rocks or other contraband to speak of, nice & shiney like a babies lil hiney, plus low ash-- it don't get no better

Rob R. · By: **Rob R.** On: Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:02 pm

I have a coal sizing chart, but it says Reading Anthracite on it. :notsure:

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