Google has no links to it ?
After much reading and changin my mind - Ive decided that the Chubby stove is the best way for me to get 50K + BTUs onto my second floor without having to lug a 500# monster up 2 flights of narrow steps.
Ill leave the 500# Hitzer in the basement and carry a 200# Chubby to my 2nd floor bedroom instead.
Where Can I Get a Copy of "Coal Comfort"
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smokeyCityTeacher
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whistlenut
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Don't you lug that 200 lb 'Chubby' upstairs every night? 
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smokeyCityTeacher
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I'm from Pgh. not Maine so my cold season is only December thru March. I won't leave the stoves in the rooms during the warm season.whistlenut wrote:Don't you lug that 200 lb 'Chubby' upstairs every night?
I've called on my buddies 4 times already to load/unload stoves into my basement. They will not appreciate lugging the Hitzer up two flights only to be asked to bring it back down in the spring.
I like being able to load unload and move up/down stairs all by myself with my U-Haul dolly. A 200# chubby will seem like a coffee can compared to two monsters in the basement.
Hey... is there a support group here for people who collect stoves compulsively ? My GF thinks I'm NUTS for owning so many stoves.
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LsFarm
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Support group? Yeah, right here,, we all understand, can help with the adiction. 
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Greg L
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the first step is admitting you have a problem. is it really a problem?
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I think it's more of a hobby and what better hobby to have than one that doesn't require lots of work and time (like processing wood) and keeps you/family warm and saves money. 
Be careful with putting a solid fuel device in a bedroom,most codes don't
permit it in new installations.
Even with putting that stove on the second floor just think about the TONS OF COAL & ASH
that you will have to carry up and down over the heating season!!!
BigBarney
permit it in new installations.
Even with putting that stove on the second floor just think about the TONS OF COAL & ASH
that you will have to carry up and down over the heating season!!!
BigBarney
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smokeyCityTeacher
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beats paying to join a gymBigBarney wrote:... just think about the TONS OF COAL & ASH that you will have to carry up and down over the heating season!!!BigBarney