The Coal Rat
- coalkirk
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- Posts: 5185
- Joined: Wed. May. 17, 2006 8:12 pm
- Location: Forest Hill MD
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1981 EFM DF520 retired
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Jotul 507 on standby
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite/rice coal
Well with the first real arctic blast heading this way I lit the match yesterday. This year I changed starting methods as the EFM is a different animal than the Harman. I'm looking for investors to get in on the ground floor of the new amazing Coal Rat! Yes I know it looks like a tomato can with the top and bottom removed and holes punched along one edge but years of exacting research has gone into the development of this can, I mean Coal Rat.
Simply fill the Coal Rat (patent pending) hallway with wood pellets (yes they are good for something) and hit briefly with a torch and Shazaam! Fire!
Before long you've got a rocket engine flame! Add a small amount of coal (Lehigh of course) on top and then remove the Coal Rat with a fire poker (not included). Within 30 minutes you are on your way. In 60 minutes you are ready for any arctic blast and boiler water is at 180 degrees.
So act today and request your Coal Rat investor kit (only $99.99 shipping and handling is extra.) But wait! Act now and I'll double your offer. Two Coal Rat investor kits! Just add extra shipping and handling.- freetown fred
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- Posts: 30300
- Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
- Location: Freetown,NY 13803
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut
CK, I'm in, even a dumb old farmer can't pass on that kind of creativity. Do you do PenPal??? whoops--I mean PayPal???????????????
- CoalHeat
- Member
- Posts: 8862
- Joined: Sat. Feb. 10, 2007 9:48 pm
- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Very cool Terry!
Yep the colder weather is here, my EFM is running too.
Yep the colder weather is here, my EFM is running too.
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- Posts: 854
- Joined: Sat. Dec. 10, 2011 4:07 pm
- Location: Berks County
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machine 1400 WH ciculator; 1880's small cannon in reserve
- Coal Size/Type: Nut
- Other Heating: small New Yorker oil fired boiler; mostly used for domestic HW
Great idea ck. I used the same method for getting charcoal lit when I didn't have any lighter fluid. Never thought of it for coal. Do your customers get the tomatoes that were in the cans?
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- Verified Business Rep.
- Posts: 742
- Joined: Thu. Sep. 29, 2016 1:02 pm
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Van Wert
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning
- Coal Size/Type: Rice,Buck, and Nut
What a BARGAIN!!!
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- Posts: 2706
- Joined: Fri. Jan. 26, 2007 9:55 pm
- Location: Birdsboro PA.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 350
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: reading allegheny stoker
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: alaska kodiak stoker 1986. 1987 triburner, 1987 crane diamond
- Coal Size/Type: rice
nice! getting the efm lit is different for sure.
miss my efm.....had to leave it behind at my old place, it's got a really rusty heat exchanger tho. not my problem now.
miss my efm.....had to leave it behind at my old place, it's got a really rusty heat exchanger tho. not my problem now.
- Pauliewog
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- Posts: 1824
- Joined: Mon. Dec. 02, 2013 12:15 am
- Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska 140 Dual Paddle Feed
- Baseburners & Antiques: Fame Rosemont #20, Home Stove Works #25, Glenwood #6, Happy Thought Oak, Merry Bride #214, Sunnyside, Worlds Argand #114, New Golden Sun , & About 30 others.
- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Chesnut, Pea, Rice / Anthracite
Nice ! Is it available in any other colors ?
I'm sure other senior citizens on a fixed income like myself..... (and FF).....would like to see an optional easy payment plan.
This way we can have a few dollars left at the end of the month to roll the dice and get one of the lucky 18 empty prescription bottles filled.
Paulie
I'm sure other senior citizens on a fixed income like myself..... (and FF).....would like to see an optional easy payment plan.
This way we can have a few dollars left at the end of the month to roll the dice and get one of the lucky 18 empty prescription bottles filled.
Paulie
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- Posts: 6446
- Joined: Mon. Apr. 16, 2007 9:34 pm
- Location: Central Maine
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machine 1300 with hopper
- Coal Size/Type: Blaschak Anthracite Nut
- Other Heating: Oil hot water radiators (fuel oil); propane
Dear Rat,
I already have some wood pellets because they are also good for cat litter.
Is it OK to use them in your device after the cat is done with them?
I am on a budget so cost is important to me.
- coalkirk
- Member
- Posts: 5185
- Joined: Wed. May. 17, 2006 8:12 pm
- Location: Forest Hill MD
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1981 EFM DF520 retired
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Jotul 507 on standby
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite/rice coal
It only comes in silver but turns a lovely dark shade after first use. No easy payment plan but I'd bet medicare would cover it if we called it something else!Pauliewog wrote: ↑Fri. Nov. 10, 2017 10:09 amNice ! Is it available in any other colors ?
I'm sure other senior citizens on a fixed income like myself..... (and FF).....would like to see an optional easy payment plan.
This way we can have a few dollars left at the end of the month to roll the dice and get one of the lucky 18 empty prescription bottles filled.
Paulie
- coalkirk
- Member
- Posts: 5185
- Joined: Wed. May. 17, 2006 8:12 pm
- Location: Forest Hill MD
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1981 EFM DF520 retired
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Jotul 507 on standby
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite/rice coal
Rberq, I can't guarantee performance once the kitty has modified the pellets. We will have to do more rigorous lab testing.
i use pellets myself as the stove "starter", yes they are good for something and make a very economical coal stove starter. i used to heat with pellets (god why, what a waste of $$$) anyways i still have a bag left to this day. scrape away the ash put the pellets over the air holes. light they pellets off, once they are burning open the door and toss a handful of coal on the fire, wait a couple of minutes and repeat. do this a couple of times you have a coal fire for cheap. no way am i spending a buck every time i want to light the stove, besides the pellets seem more effective.a $4 or $5 bag of pellets lasts years, even shutting the stove down every time it gets warm outside
- Hambden Bob
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- Posts: 8549
- Joined: Mon. Jan. 04, 2010 10:54 am
- Location: Hambden Twp. Geauga County,Ohio
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman 1998 Magnum Stoker
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Blower Model Coal Chubby 1982-Serial#0097
- Coal Size/Type: Rice-A-Roni ! / Nut
- Other Heating: Pro-Pain Forced Air
Blind,Crippled or Crazy,I Can't Live For Another Minute Without This Thing !
Thanx,CoalKirk !
Thanx,CoalKirk !
- Freddy
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- Posts: 7301
- Joined: Fri. Apr. 11, 2008 2:54 pm
- Location: Orrington, Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 130 (pea)
- Coal Size/Type: Pea size, Superior, deep mined
I want in! I'll bet the RAT (really awesome trinket) would light my Axeman Anderson too. Do they only come in tomato flavor? I'd prefer Spaghettio flavor.