Burning coal

[deserteagle71]

I have allot of great memories from those years and often think America would be a much better place everyone had to work on a farm for at least a few years.

AMEN! Couldn't agree more! Most Americans today have no concept of the basics of life and especially where their food comes from.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I bought hard coal from the old Buffalo Mine in Sutton. First couple of years they had nice Lump coal. Last couple of years, all I could buy was pea size coal. Both worked equally well.

I never burned coal from Sutton, I did get coal off the beach on the peninsula, coal from Healey and some from a vein a buddy of mine pushed out in Homer.

He pushed open a pretty big vein with a 450, while opening up the dump site there. It was pretty good coal too...

SR

 

[Doofy]

I never burned coal from Sutton, I did get coal off the beach on the peninsula, coal from Healey and some from a vein a buddy of mine pushed out in Homer.

He pushed open a pretty big vein with a 450, while opening up the dump site there. It was pretty good coal too...

SR

Some of those old coal veins around Sutton and Chickaloon are still smouldering after 100 years. Kind of ethereal and spooky.

Beach coal would be great...already washed!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Yea, but you have to wash beach coal again, as it will have salt on it and that smells some as it burns...

Most folks hit it with fresh water a bit, before burning it.

SR

 

[Doofy]

The neighbors never complained of coal smoke stink back when I heated with it. Wish I could burn coal again as any amount of woodsmoke irritates my eyes.

 

[Oleozz]

Have burned rice coal for 30 years in a stoker/hot water boiler system. We burn 6 ton a year paying $215 a ton delivered and put into our basement. This year due to an extremely wet summer and fall our coal guy is unable to bring the coal so have been hauling two ton at a time in our dump trailer and unloading by hand. Not fun!!

 

[Doofy]

Have burned rice coal for 30 years in a stoker/hot water boiler system. We burn 6 ton a year paying $215 a ton delivered and put into our basement. This year due to an extremely wet summer and fall our coal guy is unable to bring the coal so have been hauling two ton at a time in our dump trailer and unloading by hand. Not fun!!

Hopefully, the ground will freeze soon and he can deliver.

 

[Jaeger]

Been burning coal for about 10 years. Only do it after Thanksgiving til first week of March.

Using a hand fired Harman Trident Boiler keeping a 4000 sq ft house toasty warm.

Just ordered 6 ton of super hard nut for $210 a ton delivered.

 

[HillStreet]

The forum coalpail.com has a DS section, that is a massive stove but you should be able to throttle it down by reducing the in coming air. Or possibly by adding more fire brick to reduce the fire bed.

Lou,
Thanks for the tip on coalpail.com, I will look at that. As I write this it occurs to me that the intake air comes from a port in the side with an adjustable dial. When the stove is hot, the inlet damper closes to restrict air. I think there is a screw in that damper to keep it off the opening just a little. I might investigate that later and see about closing that up more.

 

[HillStreet]

Been burning coal for about 10 years. Only do it after Thanksgiving til first week of March.

Using a hand fired Harman Trident Boiler keeping a 4000 sq ft house toasty warm.

Just ordered 6 ton of super hard nut for $210 a ton delivered.

Good price, add about $100 here in Maine. transportation of course.