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Post by DooHicky » Wed. Mar. 07, 2018 8:20 pm

I can probably pick up a square door EFM in my area for $3k......but for that amount...I might look at something new...

 
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Post by LehighanthraciteMatt » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 9:48 am

I would think Mark's Supply in Shenandoah would have parts..

 
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Post by Qtown1835 » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 10:37 am

DooHicky wrote:
Wed. Mar. 07, 2018 8:20 pm
I can probably pick up a square door EFM in my area for $3k......but for that amount...I might look at something new...
I thought new EFMs run like 9k?

 
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Post by DooHicky » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 12:32 pm

I found a yellow flame locally for $900...if you had to choose....which one?

Thanks

Mike


 
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Post by Scottscoaled » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 12:43 pm

Neither. Better ones out there

 
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Post by Rob R. » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 6:38 pm

DooHicky wrote:
Wed. Mar. 07, 2018 8:20 pm
I can probably pick up a square door EFM in my area for $3k......but for that amount...I might look at something new...
3k doesn't go far when shopping for new boilers.

 
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Post by DooHicky » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 7:26 pm

Yes Rob...I'm seeing that......unless I find a smoking deal....I'll be cutting wood for a few more years until I get enough saved up

 
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Post by Olllotj » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 7:48 pm

Seriously, A sound boiler if it has enough umph to do the job for $ 900. How do you pass on that.

Maybe it can’t walk on water, but it would likely heat hour home and hot water for cheap!

You’re hawkin wood now, the shovel and hopper will be a vacation in comparison.


 
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Post by DooHicky » Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 10:39 pm

Well at 46 I still like to cut wood..but staying up and walking out to the pole barn to bank it for the night with wood is starting to get old....the royall wood/coal is "rated" at 150k ...it heats the house and 30x30 insulated pole barn.

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Mar. 09, 2018 6:01 pm

DooHicky wrote:
Thu. Mar. 08, 2018 12:32 pm
I found a yellow flame locally for $900...if you had to choose....which one?

Thanks

Mike
A Yellow Flame for 900 bucks is starting to be a good deal. You can probably get it for less as no one knows what they are. They have long thin grates like a Keystoker so you can tell roughly how much BTU by the number of grates. 3 grates is about 110,000 BTU.

If it is a newer one with heat exchange plates right above the fire, I would make an offer on it. Like the Losch, these were designed to burn Barley coal. But they will also burn whatever fits through the feeder. It is a moving grate stoker so no pusher to jam up.

Mark's Supply still makes grates, side rails and couplers for Yellow Flames and there is not much else that goes wrong with these. This is another very heavy duty stoker and boiler.

-Don

 
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Post by DooHicky » Sat. Mar. 10, 2018 4:54 pm

Thank you for the info

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