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Post by Dave 1234 » Thu. Apr. 27, 2017 6:24 pm

Last week I picked up about 400 Lbs. of Gale coal from fithg. It is large buck in size, It's burning very nicely, low ash (best I have used so far). I had to back off on the air setting,it falls off the ring nicely,tan in ash color. Hard to say on heat, but the cycles seam good.

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Post by Den034071 » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 7:10 am

Dave go another 6 miles North an for comparison try Jeddo .Old line company from 1900s .Hard white ash .5 mile vein which in fall you can see from the road in Ebervale area . jack

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 7:34 am

Den034071 wrote:Dave go another 6 miles North an for comparison try Jeddo .Old line company from 1900s .Hard white ash .5 mile vein which in fall you can see from the road in Ebervale area . jack
I made the pilgrimage to that years ago in my Kodiak. 5.3 tons, nice coal, no fines and a really nice experience. The place did appeared to be very modern for a coal mine to me.

 
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Post by Den034071 » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 5:00 pm

C Sweat about 15 years ago I stopped by there old breaker now torn down .It was a sonday and old guard janitor took me on tour of the place .I also received a History Lesson of the company .Goes back early 1900s or so .Anyway Very Good Coal . jack

 
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Post by Den034071 » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 5:00 pm

C Sweat about 15 years ago I stopped by there old breaker now torn down .It was a sonday and old guard janitor took me on tour of the place .I also received a History Lesson of the company .Goes back early 1900s or so .Anyway Very Good Coal . jack

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 6:11 pm

Yes, very good coal. I believe it was Jeddo #8, or something like that. Had a huge dragline bucket at the entrance.

 
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Post by Scottscoaled » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 6:39 pm

Thought this was a thread about Gale coal??? :o :o


 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 9:01 pm

Dave 1234 wrote:Last week I picked up about 400 Lbs. of Gale coal from fithg. It is large buck in size, It's burning very nicely, low ash (best I have used so far). I had to back off on the air setting,it falls off the ring nicely,tan in ash color. Hard to say on heat, but the cycles seam good.

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You only got 400# ???? Or should that say 4,000# ?? I really like the large rice I got from Gale,have burnt somewhere around 30 ton of Gale coal so far. I am very happy with the rice & the nut from them.I was able to back off the air on the stoker & my handfed stove.

TOPIC ALERT : I can't recall seeing any posts about Gale coal on the Lehigh thread,can't see why there has to be posts on a Gale thread about other coal,especially this crap of constantly telling someone to go somewhere else but Gale for coal.I get no royalty from Gale & make no profit by speaking well of my experience with their coal,BUT,i will always stand up & fight for the right of the underdog.Those who keep steering folks away from Gale need to try some Gale coal & then maybe you can tell us your experience with it.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 9:04 pm

Den034071 wrote:Dave go another 6 miles North an for comparison try Jeddo .Old line company from 1900s .Hard white ash .5 mile vein which in fall you can see from the road in Ebervale area . jack
Do you recommend this place because it is owned by a forum member ?

Gale coal is owned by forum member fifthg.What is wrong with supporting a forum member who happens to sell very good coal ?

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 9:06 pm

Den034071 wrote:C Sweat about 15 years ago I stopped by there old breaker now torn down .It was a sonday and old guard janitor took me on tour of the place .I also received a History Lesson of the company .Goes back early 1900s or so .Anyway Very Good Coal . jack
Maybe you could start a new thread about this very good coal.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 9:10 pm

coaledsweat wrote:Yes, very good coal. I believe it was Jeddo #8, or something like that. Had a huge dragline bucket at the entrance.
A site moderator who can't print a word about the topic of this thread,which just happens to be about Gale coal.You had 2 responses tho to the member who is constantly trying to steer others away from Gale coal.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 9:27 pm

Dave 1234 wrote:Last week I picked up about 400 Lbs. of Gale coal from fithg. It is large buck in size, It's burning very nicely, low ash (best I have used so far). I had to back off on the air setting,it falls off the ring nicely,tan in ash color. Hard to say on heat, but the cycles seam good.

Dave
Dave, thanks for sharing your experience. Burning through the warm weather favors a different kind of coal than the bitter cold.

I actually prefer coal from the Western side of the field for the summer.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Fri. Apr. 28, 2017 10:02 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:
Den034071 wrote:Dave go another 6 miles North an for comparison try Jeddo .Old line company from 1900s .Hard white ash .5 mile vein which in fall you can see from the road in Ebervale area . jack
Do you recommend this place because it is owned by a forum member ?

Gale coal is owned by forum member fifthg.What is wrong with supporting a forum member who happens to sell very good coal ?
I had no idea, good to know. I guess I need to buy my next load there.

 
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Post by Dave 1234 » Sat. Apr. 29, 2017 8:30 am

Happy Saturday all !

WH , Rob, Jack. It's been a busy week so I had little time to reply. .......... Yes WH it was a 400 lb trial load. I know that sounds crazy but I wanted to meet fithg and see his coal. When first cut of hay is over I'll have a tt brought up. Rob , I have such a tall center house chimney that almost any coal will work here. Jack, thanks for the tip, but my son and I really enjoyed our meet an great with fithg so after burning his product for a week now and really liking it I'm sold.

Good guy, clean coal , board member, price is what I want to pay. All good !

Thank you all for your responces.

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Post by Dave 1234 » Sat. Apr. 29, 2017 8:35 am

Scottscoaled wrote:Thought this was a thread about Gale coal??? :o :o
Scott , you crack me up ! Great reply dude 8-)


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