First Time Coal User

FFbones · Post by **FFbones** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 5:41 am

Well all I can say is I should have done this years ago! I bought an older Thor stove, I was alittle sceptical since I couldn't find any info on the stove. The guy I bought the stove from had sandblasted the stove and put a coat of paint on it. The way the stove looks it coudn't have been used very much. Last night was the first overnight burn, woke to an evenly heated house (75deg) and the stove was still around 400 deg. after 8hrs of burn with still a good bed of coals burning.I found an Amish Blackshak dealer about 30 min from our house and bought a skid of nut size to use. I was expecting to have to relight the stove this morning since this is my first time having any kind of stove in the house. Thanks to everyone on Nepa for posting the do's and don'ts!

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 5:53 am

Outstanding my friend--where you from??

lowfog01 · Post by **lowfog01** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 5:58 am

I love success stories. Welcome to the forum. Lisa

FFbones · Post by **FFbones** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 6:06 am

I live in southern Kentucky around 10 miles or so from Mammoth Cave Nat. Park.

Adamiscold · Post by **Adamiscold** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 7:54 am

Congrats you're off to a great start!!!

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 8:14 am

Congrats and Welcome!

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 8:45 am

Welcome!

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bksaun · Post by **bksaun** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 8:58 am

Glad to see another Kentuckian on here, I am in Lexington and am in my 5th year of using coal.

Once you learn more about the stove you will easily get 12hrs and maybe 24hrs between loadings, Anthracite is so much better than our local bituminous for our needs.

Bk

FFbones · Post by **FFbones** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 11:09 am

bksaun wrote:Glad to see another Kentuckian on here, I am in Lexington and am in my 5th year of using coal.

Once you learn more about the stove you will easily get 12hrs and maybe 24hrs between loadings, Anthracite is so much better than our local bituminous for our needs.

Bk

I hope to get longer burn times with practice, I got the 8 or so hrs and could have gone longer but I had to be on duty at the firehouse so I shook and loaded it back up for the wife. My inlaws burn bit coal but we didn't want the smell or the soot.

Stephen in Soky · Post by **Stephen in Soky** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 11:20 am

bksaun wrote:Anhracite is so much better than our local bituminous for our needs.

Bk

I don't know, I'm throughly enjoying my $85/ton bit this morning.

Seriously, glad your system is working well for you. If you found that stove locally, you're very lucky. Usually all we can find used are Warm Mornings and the like. I went to Dettweilers in Cub Run Saturday and looked at DSM stoves. IIRC, his anthracite is $280/ton. Don'tknow how that compares to the Hitzer dealer in Cub Run?

FFbones · Post by **FFbones** » Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 1:55 pm

I found the stove on craigslist in northern Indiana. I got my coal from Dutch Built Specialties in Munfordville $335 for 2400lb.