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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
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StokerDon
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- Posts: 7496
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
WOW salemcoal,
I didn't know they made a BIG one like that!
That is going to be a FUN project!
You better take a lot of pictures!!!
-Don
I didn't know they made a BIG one like that!
That is going to be a FUN project!
You better take a lot of pictures!!!
-Don
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whistlenut
- Member
- Posts: 3548
- Joined: Sat. Mar. 17, 2007 6:29 pm
- Location: Central NH, Concord area
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AA130's,260's, AHS130&260's,EFM900,GJ & V-Wert
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Franks,Itasca 415,Jensen, NYer 130,Van Wert
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska, EFM, Keystoker, Yellow Flame
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska, Keystoker-2,Leisure Line
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Alaska, Gibraltar, Keystone,Vc Vigilant 2
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Ford, Jensen, NYer, Van Wert,
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwoods
- Coal Size/Type: Barley, Buck, Rice ,Nut, Stove
- Other Heating: Oil HWBB
You need a pair of them........we can do like the tractor pull guys...ONE BIG engine ) 1 million BTU, 2- 500's, 4-260's, 8-130's...................
The maintenance man who took care of it retired . They ran it one season after and got sick of dealing with the ashes, replaced it with a propane on demand unit and their heating bill has gone up . The hopper is auger fed from the bin so they didn't have to touch any coal. I still have to remove the bin which is built out of 3 and 1/2 inch thick pine planks. My 12 year old son and I pulled about 4 pickup truck loads of pea coal out before winter. I know a guy over here who runs three of these 500s plus a efm 1300 for his hydronic tomato operation.
the unit is a 1985 model eshland, one guy took care of it for years and it was used only one year after he retired, the base needs repair but the boiler is in great shape and the motors and fan had been changed out a few years before it was taken out of service
Good question Rob, It would be overkill for my place , brother in law has 4 story apartment he is heating with two oil boilers, may sell it anytime along the way, maybe tinker with it a bit, but in no hurry. Part of me wants to put a modine in the chapel next door blow some heat in there on Sunday.