Obsession with newly found anthratube

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Post by Sylvesterd101 » Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 8:49 am

so as the titles suggests, i stumbled upon this insane idea for a boiler that i just cant get out of my head... Now i have a harman sf260 with no issues that runs like a dream, but i cant help but keep looking up information on this anthratube designed boiler.... I have it in the back of my head if i ever need to drop 10+k but is there anyone out there with one of these units that can tell me about it, and how you like it?

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 9:19 am

It's a beast. Where did you get the $10K number? New they are probably $3-4K more than that, a good used one can be $2-4K, or less if you're lucky.

 
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Post by McGiever » Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 10:12 am

Haha, where’d you get the $3000.-4000. new price?? 🙂

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 10:34 am

Read it again.

I may be selling my 260M soon, where are you located? I'm in south central CT.


 
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Post by waytomany?s » Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 7:23 pm

coaledsweat wrote:
Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 10:34 am
Read it again.

I may be selling my 260M soon, where are you located? I'm in south central CT.
Bwahahaha! :clap:

 
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Post by StokerDon » Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 8:01 pm

Sylvesterd101 wrote:
Tue. Mar. 01, 2022 8:49 am
is there anyone out there with one of these units that can tell me about it, and how you like it?
Really???....

If by "Anthratube" you mean Axeman Anderson Anthratube, here are a few hundred Youtube videos.





And, a few threads on this forum...

Post by StokerDon - 1956 Axeman Anderson 130M Modified

Post by StokerDon - Axeman 130 Heats Wood Boiler

Post by Lawrence p - Axeman Anderson 130 rebuild

Post by Lightning - The Epoch of the Axeman

Post by swyman - Axeman Anderson 260-M adventures!

Post by StokerDon - Axeman Anderson 1959 130M

Ziggy, the author of this thread, actually has a bunch of them for sale.
AA 130 Install

If you go over to the coal stoker boiler section of this forum you will find many people with the same, crazy obsession you have with these things! :lol:

-Don

 
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Post by Sylvesterd101 » Sat. Oct. 08, 2022 2:25 pm

ah thank you

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