Coal Bin Pictures and Designs

You waiting for the same coal supply I am?

Yep. I have some of the last haul from UAE left but I will need more soon.

Just though I'd add a picture of my coal bin also. It hold about 6.50 tons and is made of concrete block and cement.

I really know how to drag a project out.I have room to the right to add a doghouse for the stoker auger which will be attached to the stoker boiler I will one day own.

Holds about 2 tons. Slanted floor. All pressure treated wood. 'Someday' it will get siding to match the house... BUT, that 4 inch PVC pipe is just a fraction of a degree NOT steep enough to free flow !!

Wood'nCoal wrote:I really know how to drag a project out.

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I have room to the right to add a doghouse for the stoker auger which will be attached to the stoker boiler I will one day own.

John, you don't have to follow the directions written on the duct work. Just ignore them, it will be less painfull.

My coal pile got flooded last winter in a freak ice backup on a local creek, so I wanted a better storage location so I bartered time with a retired neighbor who built most of my coal barn. Now the coal is too dry, causing clouds of dust with every transfer. Other than that, the boiler is humming away churning out lots of heat for my home & DHW.

my coal bin is mobile!

I use this bin as a transfer station. From pallets out back to a feed sytem for loading buckets during the month. Holds about 800 lbs.

This is the home made guillotine hopper door on the end of my 5 ton capacity coal bin. The coal bin is 2X4 and 2X6 outside frame with wafer board inside walls. It is achored to the concrete floor of my garage so the bottom won't kick out. The pannel above the door and the pannel the door is mounted in are removable so the coal can be shoveled forward when the level drops below the door. The bottom of the door is just a little higher than the top of my coal scuttles. I thought it might have a problem with jamming, but it actually works very smoothly. I plan to add a door the the back of the bin so I can drain more of the coal out of the bin without shoveling. I'll get some more pics of the bin when I clear all the woodworking machinery away from it so you can actually see it.

Haven't read this thread in awhile. Lot nice bins and creative idea's , well done guys. Coalmeister get some used motor oil and a spray the top heavy. It will work it's way to the bottom. I did to the bin in the basement and got rid of most of the dust , if not all of it.

I have had a stoker since '97 and always got bagged rice as it was easier for me to put under the house, staying dry. This year, I put in a Hitzer 82FA and used the spot under the house to keep my wood, which I planned on burning mostly. As there was a misunderstanding when I priced out the stove from our dealer (really nice husband/wife business but he just recently passed away and she is kinda new to running things), she gave me 1/4 ton of nut coal to try but it was to come in bulk. I didn't want to bag it myself there so I took one of our feed bins in the back of my pickup and had them fill it there. When I got home, I unloaded it with our skidsteer and forks, onto my front porch. If it works out well, I will do something different next year. Like I said, she gave me a 1/4 ton but I had them fill it, and found it holds about 1650 pounds.

no74falcon wrote:I have had a stoker since '97 and always got bagged rice as it was easier for me to put under the house, staying dry. This year, I put in a Hitzer 82FA and used the spot under the house to keep my wood, which I planned on burning mostly. As there was a misunderstanding when I priced out the stove from our dealer (really nice husband/wife business but he just recently passed away and she is kinda new to running things), she gave me 1/4 ton of nut coal to try but it was to come in bulk. I didn't want to bag it myself there so I took one of our feed bins in the back of my pickup and had them fill it there. When I got home, I unloaded it with our skidsteer and forks, onto my front porch. If it works out well, I will do something different next year. Like I said, she gave me a 1/4 ton but I had them fill it, and found it holds about 1650 pounds.

HEYYYYYYY! Thats a nice coal bin! Does the top open on hinges? Really nice! Looks good, too.

Thanks DVC. There are not any hinges but as you can see in these photos, the rib down the center acts as a lock when you slide it half way off. The bin is built very heavy (heavy enough that the wind won't blow the lid around although it is light enough to move the whole bin around very easily) and holds its shape very well when full. I did try this under my house one year with the rice coal although I found it to be just an extra time handling it after dumping the bags into the bin and then taking pale fulls and dumping them in the stove. My pale is metal and about the same size as a scuttle but with out the spout so I could either make one trip with the bag and dump it in the hopper, or dump the bags into the bin and make several trips with the bucket to fill the hopper. It was easier for my girlfriend at the time to handle but it only lasted until the bin had been emptied once.

The more I think about it I like that idea ...With one of those you can have the bin close to the house during winter and easily move it out of the way (out of sight) during summer even if there's still coal in it. One question though, are you using a feed scoop or shovel to fill buckets or just dipping the bucket in? Probably have to use a shovel when the bin gets down to half full or less...?

this is not mine, but check it out
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