Its that time to shut it down.

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Post by Hillbilly » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 8:17 am

Its been a mild winter here in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia . Shut the WM#400 down last week with total usage of 4 3/4 ton of Kentucky lump, thats down anywhere from 1 to 2 ton from previous years . My cost this year around $600 dollars plus $50 in fuel. Tighten up the old 1913 house this past summer and hoping to tighten up another section this coming summer. Ive had a little electric heat on in the morning's to cut the chill off. Hope all my fellow Northern burners have a safe and prosperous summer.
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 8:18 am

Far from time here on the hill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 8:56 am

Still burnin' on The Cape...
Raw and windy today...
Nice and toasty inside...
Really it's for the kids I tell ya...
LOL...

 
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Post by Homesteader » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 10:59 am

Still burning here, probably till end of April. April can be fickle around here.


 
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Post by lzaharis » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 12:53 pm

Nope, nope, nope, still burning the magic Anthracite black rocks.
Even though I am 40 miles south of Freetown Fred I will be burning until late May most likely; and as Fred will tell you we have had snow in early May in some years.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 4:47 pm

freetown fred wrote:
Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 8:18 am
Far from time here on the hill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Ditto.

The base heater is out, and house backup electric furnace is off. But the range is still running and needed.

Nights are still getting down below freezing and won't get much above that for another month at least. It's not uncommon that we need to run the range into the first week or two of June to keep the night chill out. Plus, not have to use expensive pro-pain to cook with until absolutely necessary.

Paul

 
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Post by PFrank » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 8:41 pm

Mio, MI, 44.7,-84.2
Still burning nights, most days.

 
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Post by hank2 » Wed. Apr. 03, 2019 11:47 pm

I just dumped in the last bucket of coal I have. I'll be living on oil real soon. I'd rather burn for 2 or 3 more weeks, but will call it quits.

Lit up about Oct. 20th, so about 5.5 months. Used 3.1 tons of bulk and 1400 lbs. of bagged. So 3.8 tons total. About average or a bit more. The bulk I got was a witch's blend of stuff, size and quality, with some real boney stuff at the bottom. It worked out all right.

Oh yeh, one match, if that's still a thing.


 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Thu. Apr. 04, 2019 12:19 am

one match...
Is always a thing...
In my case...
One click of the torch...
One squirt of alcohol gel...
One hod of lump charcoal...
One Bourbon...
One very happy house...

 
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Post by Homesteader » Thu. Apr. 04, 2019 6:20 am

One match here. Lit off around Oct. 15. Looks like around 3.5 tons of Lehigh & Blazchak for the season. Supposed to be only 30s-40s next week with lots of rain. Probably will wake up one morning with lots of poor man's fertilizer on the ground before the months over. :no1:

 
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Post by coalkirk » Thu. Apr. 04, 2019 7:19 am

Shut down on 3/17 due to running out of coal. Lit 10/21, one match, 6 tons of Lehigh rice. That's an average of 78# per day for heat and hot water. Switched to oil boiler 3/17. Next season I'll have 6 tons in the bin (cause that's all it will hold) and a ton on reserve just outside the bin feed window in 5 gallon buckets. The sound of that oil boiler running makes me cringe and it doesn't keep the house nearly as toasty as the EFM.

 
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Post by nepacoal » Thu. Apr. 04, 2019 8:31 am

We plan on shutting down in late September... For 45 minutes to clean it out for next year's heating season. Burn year around here. Not to save money. Just to keep the coal boiler up to temp and rust free.

 
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Post by Riddlerlloyd » Thu. Apr. 04, 2019 11:51 am

Still burning here too, just about to finish up the last of 4 tons and may look for more for may, keeps the chill off and we open windows if it’s sunny, probably burn into May before doing a good spring cleaning and polishing

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