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Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 6:53 pm
by Sunny Boy
Good one, Tommy!

If you hadn't explained it,.... that the picture would have made for a lot of head scratching trying to figure out how you got a fire in it without a stove pipe. :lol:

Paul

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 9:33 am
by tcalo
All polished up...dressed up...and ready for the heating season!!!!

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 10:20 am
by Sunny Boy
Beautiful job, Tommy.

Got the window stats ready ? That's gonna throw a lot more heat than your last one. :D

Paul

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 10:40 am
by tcalo
Sunny Boy wrote:
Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 10:20 am
Beautiful job, Tommy.

Got the window stats ready ? That's gonna throw a lot more heat than your last one. :D

Paul
Paul, I picked it up from a member in November 2019 and used it all last season. It’s a heat monster for sure! I broke it completely down over the summer and rebuilt it. Perfect stove for my house. I love it! I did light the G116 for a few weeks at the end of last season, but fell back to this beauty. I know these suspended pots inside and out so I’m more comfortable with them.

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 11:18 am
by Sunny Boy
Remembering now how long the burn time you got with the Crawford..... I can see why you'd want to stick with it. :yes:

I think that long burn may be the record winner ?

Paul

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Tue. Sep. 10, 2019 11:39 pm
by Hoytman
Sunny Boy wrote:
Sat. Sep. 07, 2019 11:18 am
Remembering now how long the burn time you got with the Crawford..... I can see why you'd want to stick with it. :yes:

I think that long burn may be the record winner ?

Paul
How long?

Man I like that stove!

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 6:51 am
by scalabro
Wow it never looked that nice when I owned it, even the day I brought it home from the Stove Hospital!

Great work Tommy!!!

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 8:43 am
by tcalo
Hoytman wrote:
Tue. Sep. 10, 2019 11:39 pm
How long?

Man I like that stove!
Thanks for the compliment! I got a 96 hour burn at the end of last season, but that was basically until the last glowing coal snuffed out. I was letting it die out and wanted to see just how long it would burn for. I did manage to revive a 72 hour burn on low idle with plenty of fuel left in her.

scalabro wrote:
Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 6:51 am
Wow it never looked that nice when I owned it, even the day I brought it home from the Stove Hospital!

Great work Tommy!!!
Thanks Scott. Come on, you know me. It has to meet very particular standards in this household, haha!!!

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 11:14 am
by ratherbeflying
tcalo wrote:
Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 8:43 am
Thanks for the compliment! I got a 96 hour burn at the end of last season, but that was basically until the last glowing coal snuffed out. I was letting it die out and wanted to see just how long it would burn for. I did manage to revive a 72 hour burn on low idle with plenty of fuel left in her.
thats pretty awesome, my gibraltar has gone three days without adding coal, and recovered. i never tried to go much further, i can jam in 100# of nut, how much does that thing hold?

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 11:38 am
by tcalo
ratherbeflying wrote:
Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 11:14 am
thats pretty awesome, my gibraltar has gone three days without adding coal, and recovered. i never tried to go much further, i can jam in 100# of nut, how much does that thing hold?
It holds 50 pounds of nut exactly. I’ve run stove coal through it and it seems to run better on it, but I can’t get bulk stove coal in my area. I opt for bulk nut, just because it’s much cheaper than bagged stove in the end.

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 11:44 am
by Hambden Bob
I Do Believe William Would Be Proud!!

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 11:56 am
by ratherbeflying
tcalo wrote:
Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 11:38 am
It holds 50 pounds of nut exactly. I’ve run stove coal through it and it seems to run better on it, but I can’t get bulk stove coal in my area. I opt for bulk nut, just because it’s much cheaper than bagged stove in the end.
the only thing ive noticed between pea nut and stove sized coal is recovery times and low reliable burns.. so i can turn her down lower on pea/nut combo, but it takes longer to get back hot again. the stove size can go from an idle to melting steel in like 10 mins. but seems to be much harder to get burning down low and slow.

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Wed. Sep. 11, 2019 4:03 pm
by mntbugy
Real nice work, Tom.

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Mon. Sep. 16, 2019 8:49 pm
by Canaan coal man
Looking good Tom.......

Re: Crawford 40...keeping it in our coal family

Posted: Fri. Oct. 11, 2019 2:30 pm
by tcalo
Well fellas...it’s getting close to light off here on LI. I just got done bolting the cast iron adaptor to the rear pipe and sealing it with high temp silicone. I never did have it properly secured. The rear pipe on this stove is an odd ball size and the 6” adaptor fit loosely. There was quite a gap so I filled it with furnace cement last season. Some of it cracked and fell out. I figure the silicone is flexible and should expand and contract with the temps better than the furnace cement will.