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Post by coaledsweat » Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 3:18 pm

Geerace wrote:one of the employee benefits is that between Sept - April I can pickup 15 tons of coal free. Stoker coal from a dealer in Sherdian, WY or lump coal from one of mine sites.
If the stoker coal is anthracite that would be prefered. But either way, 15 tons would heat most homes about three years. You can't beat a deal like that. I would find out which coal to go with and start shopping for a unit.

 
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Post by Berlin » Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 6:34 pm

it's not going to be anthricite. it's going to be subbituminous where he's at. however if you could get lignite, it tends to burn with some fairly nice properties, however with a lower BTU content.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Tue. Oct. 23, 2007 7:06 pm

And they call it stoker coal? Can it burn in a stoker or is that left over from some railroad thing?


 
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Post by Berlin » Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 1:33 am

yea, it's made to burn in a chain grate spreader stoker more than likely; basically almost a nut coal, not as clean and with more fines, but much more uniform than ROM. what were u thinking it was ?

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Wed. Oct. 24, 2007 8:28 am

When he said stoker, I thought perhaps it was imported from PA. Silly me. :)

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