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Post by Vonda » Fri. Jan. 05, 2018 4:04 pm

These babies are big, some where 4 inches long
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Post by warminmn » Fri. Jan. 05, 2018 5:28 pm

A lot of those are partially to mostly burned coal, possibly with a little rock. Im not positive about the 2 largest ones on top.

 
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Post by Vonda » Sat. Jan. 06, 2018 5:21 pm

Those ones on top are partials. The rest were clinkers. I went on line and it seems people are getting a lot of ash and clinkers this year.

 
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Post by coalmaster » Sun. Jan. 07, 2018 9:00 am

You might be able to get rid of them by chopping them with some kind of tool. That looks like shale to me. That might break up and come out when you shake it. My clinkers seem like they are fused with iron.


 
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Post by CRAZYBOBDS » Tue. Jan. 09, 2018 9:38 am

I used to get that all the time and they would clog up the shaker grate. Eventually to the point of the fire going out.

So i switched from nut to pea coal... thought process being if i start with smaller coal even if i get those, they would still be small enough to shake down.

It’s been a success. The longest fire i was able to keep with nut was about 2 weeks. But i kept my pea coal going continuously last year for 3 months. No issues of clogging or having to try and break those up.

 
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Post by Vonda » Wed. Jan. 10, 2018 3:56 pm

CRAZYBOBDS wrote:
Tue. Jan. 09, 2018 9:38 am
I used to get that all the time and they would clog up the shaker grate. Eventually to the point of the fire going out.

So i switched from nut to pea coal... thought process being if i start with smaller coal even if i get those, they would still be small enough to shake down.
It’s been a success. The longest fire i was able to keep with nut was about 2 weeks. But i kept my pea coal going continuously last year for 3 months. No issues of clogging or having to try and break those up.
Wow!. I only have rice and nut available to me.

 
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Post by miner1979570 » Tue. Jan. 30, 2018 7:13 pm

Honestly it looks like slate also known as “bone” around coal country I can see clinkers in the mix also but switching coal size with a fusion issue, the technical term for clinkers, make no difference and sometimes makes matters worst BUT your “bone” issue goes away because it’s smaller and can work through your grates easy.

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