What do you do with your fine stuff?

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Sun. Jan. 06, 2019 10:23 pm

hopper makes for a better hand fed...
No puff backs if you maintain the hopper load...
No drop off in output from a new load of coal...
No issues with fines from a load of coal...

 
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Post by ratherbeflying » Mon. Jan. 07, 2019 8:43 am

i get it, theres just something about hand feeding i feel i like better...

 
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Post by McNair » Mon. Jan. 07, 2019 11:52 pm

I burn it.


 
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Post by Jerrybro » Sat. Jan. 12, 2019 9:44 am

If its in the bag I burn it, haven’t seen any problems.

 
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Post by buffalo bob » Sat. Jan. 12, 2019 5:24 pm

ratherbeflying wrote:
Mon. Jan. 07, 2019 8:43 am
i get it, theres just something about hand feeding i feel i like better...
me 2

 
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Post by ratherbeflying » Thu. Jan. 17, 2019 8:45 am

buffalo bob wrote:
Sat. Jan. 12, 2019 5:24 pm
me 2
i feel like i can perfectly fill the stove the way i want to for the conditions the next 12-24 hours will bring. i can layer with different size coal, putting smaller on top and some fines down the middle creating a custom burn. gravity fed just wouldnt do it for me. lol


 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 8:53 am

You can do the same thing with a hopper...
Just have to plan properly...
Plus with with 3 kids @ 6 and 5...
extra time with the stove is not an option...

 
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Post by ratherbeflying » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 11:25 am

CapeCoaler wrote:
Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 8:53 am
You can do the same thing with a hopper...
Just have to plan properly...
Plus with with 3 kids @ 6 and 5...
extra time with the stove is not an option...
i hear ya man i have 3 kids also, 1 and a half year old, 2 and a half year old, and a 7 year old. the option i dont have is buying a new stove when the gibraltar is going to pretty much out live me. another 5 minutes to shovel some coal in has turned into quite the art in my book. hahaha

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