Tri-Burner: Tell me what you know.

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Post by Hoytman » Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 7:07 pm

My neighbor has one of these. Been in a barn for about 15 years. It’s rusty of course. Not so bad it couldn’t be cleaned up.

I know nothing about these, how good, how bad, problems, accolades, where they are made, if they’re still made, etc.

I will probably not take it, but I know a couple guys who might want it depending on the information you all provide.

I would do a search, but I’m playing taxi cab driver for the wife.


 
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Post by fig » Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 7:56 pm

I’d like to have it to do a stoker conversion. Is it close to Illinois?

 
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Post by Hoytman » Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 9:03 pm

Well, not really, but it’s right up the road from me. You are more than welcome to it. The guy is wanting $300 but I am certain he will take less because he is moving and doesn’t want to haul it. I’m going to tell my uncle about it, but I doubt he is interested.

Edit: He’s not interested at the moment because of Christmas. I understand that.

 
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Post by lincolnmania » Tue. Dec. 22, 2020 8:20 am

triburner is out of business.

the early alaska coal stoves used the triburner stoker design.

reading stoves also used the triburner design. there may be others. early leisure line possibly, baker, etc. my reading stove has that same design, only difference is they added a motor for combustion air.

the downfall to these is there is only one motor for feed and combustion air. if you turn feed rate down with the factory controls you also reduce combustion air.

years ago member matthaus helped me convert my alaska stove to have separate combustion air for better efficiency. he brought me a modified 50 cfm bathroom vent fan assembly. worked like a charm, much less unburnt coal and more heat, few months later i added a coaltrol to the stove and that saved on coal consumption and i got more even temps in my room.

i have a triburner stoker in storage, tiny little stoker for a big box stove with no fan....it looks like a wonderwood or a wondercoal stove.

 
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Post by McGiever » Tue. Dec. 22, 2020 10:34 am

Reading used the tri-burners (85k BTU/hr. carpet feed flat stoker) until upgrading to the 2-fan style as the 1-fan motor style could not use a Coal-trol. I believe Reading always held the original patent. The 85k burner followed a earlier smaller version, maybe like 60-70 k...was narrower or same size with less air holes...not sure which????

Like *lincolnmania* some us fooled around or modified these tri-burners to do more than the original design.
I never went the Coal-trol route but I did add the separate fan and gussied-up the controls for better combustion or burns...yup, mine is still in storage also. ;)

 
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Post by lincolnmania » Tue. Dec. 22, 2020 11:41 am

the triburner i have is 30,000 btu's.....the stoker is really narrow.

 
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Post by Hoytman » Sun. Feb. 07, 2021 7:01 pm

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Above is the spare burn deck. No idea what they call it. Burn pot maybe. Notice this one has a crack that needs drilling and re-welded.

Below is the burn pot in the stove.

 
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Post by Hoytman » Sun. Feb. 07, 2021 7:06 pm

Burn pot and ash pan area.

Burn pot and above it looking into top of stove.


Left rear corner of fire box.


Right rear of fire box. Note the hole that is rusted through.
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Looking straight into the stove.

 
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Post by Hoytman » Sun. Feb. 07, 2021 7:18 pm

Honestly, I feel this is a cheaply made attempt at a coal Drolet stove. The fire box steel is thin gauge steel. Likely not even 1/8” thick, but could be. I never measured it.

I not only expected it to be if thicker steel, I expected it to be heavier in weight. However, it apparently worked for lots of people. I have to wonder if some pieces are missing in the fire box rather than being open into the ash pan.

I’m sure the hole could be fixed and I’m not to sure that even if the box is bad that the important parts could be used to build another stove from some decent steel. It’s not Hitzer, for sure.

My uncle is now wanting this stove. Of course he does. The kind man gave it to me and I told him I would pass it on the same. If my uncle doesn’t take it, then it will be free to someone here. However, before it goes anywhere I would like for me and my son to get it going. I’d like to see how it runs. I haven’t decided though if I will tinker with it or not.

 
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Post by lincolnmania » Sun. Feb. 07, 2021 8:42 pm

that's about the condition my alaska was in. i offered it here for 100 bucks, listed it on faceboob.....no takers, gave the parts to my neighbor and scrapped the stove body.

the metal was not real thick on the stoker stoves.

 
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Post by emadison1408 » Thu. Nov. 18, 2021 12:06 am

I have a tri burner and I’m having issues lighting it it like just won’t light

 
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Post by emadison1408 » Thu. Nov. 18, 2021 12:40 am

I have this exact model but my pipes are in the back

 
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