Coal bin question

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Post by carbon » Tue. Dec. 20, 2022 7:28 pm

I have a large coal bin with walls made of filled concrete block. I burn nut coal and have never loaded my bin more than 1/2 full. In the past I have put down a ruff cut 2 by 6" at the opening to make sure I do not make a mess.

The door opening is 32" and I'm thinking I will need to block up the door to about waist high.

What thickness boards do I need to get?

 
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Post by Lightning » Tue. Dec. 20, 2022 8:12 pm

I use deck boards. I think they're like 1 inch thick by 5.5 inches wide roughly.

 
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Post by carbon » Tue. Dec. 20, 2022 8:21 pm

Thank you.


 
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Post by waytomany?s » Tue. Dec. 20, 2022 8:59 pm

Stay with the rough cut 2x. Depending on how full you go, you can get a fair amount of weight. Besides, I'm guessing the rough cut will be cheaper.

 
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Post by carbon » Tue. Dec. 20, 2022 9:37 pm

My thought if 1 by should work then the ruff cut stuff would be better and have a bunch of it laying around.

My bin has 3 loading doors and I have never filled it to the point I used the loading door closest to the boiler. I have a dual axle dump truck loaded and my dump trailer loaded with coal that I need to empty.

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