New Ash Pan???

 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12520
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Wed. Feb. 01, 2023 2:22 pm

Freddy wrote:
Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 10:38 pm
I can still make a custom ash pan, but prices are nuts. Steel has gone up and shipping makes it near impossible. It's certainly way cheaper if you can find a factory made pan that works. If all else fails, get a stack of Grants & contact me! ( in reality, it's pretty easy to spend almost $100 for one delivered)
The ash pan and hopper lid you made for me 10 years ago is still working great! CoalHeat has that boiler and the lid & ash pan now. It lives on! :yes:


 
User avatar
Freddy
Member
Posts: 7293
Joined: Fri. Apr. 11, 2008 2:54 pm
Location: Orrington, Maine
Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 130 (pea)
Coal Size/Type: Pea size, Superior, deep mined

Post by Freddy » Wed. Feb. 01, 2023 10:15 pm

Good to hear from you Smitty! I'm glad to hear that some of my pans are still in use. Sadly I've had to give up making them.

 
k-2
Member
Posts: 1744
Joined: Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 10:57 am
Location: Coal Township Pa
Stoker Coal Boiler: K2- Keystoker
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska Stoker Stove
Coal Size/Type: Rice

Post by k-2 » Wed. Feb. 01, 2023 10:49 pm

My son made my welded aluminum ash pan but he is so incredibly busy with a full time job a family and multiple properties i hate to ask him to find the time to make another. Until i find another source ill try to get by with just one along with a galvanized tub that only last a few months.

 
Kungur
Member
Posts: 723
Joined: Thu. Sep. 25, 2008 7:09 am
Location: Chardon,Ohio

Post by Kungur » Thu. Feb. 02, 2023 7:58 am

Interesting that your galvanized ash pans deteriorate so quickly . I have been buying the Behlen ones and get a few years easy out of them.

 
User avatar
nepacoal
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 7:49 am
Location: Coal Country
Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KAA-4 / "Kelly" and an EFM 520 at my in-laws
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Harman SF-260 - retired
Coal Size/Type: Buck

Post by nepacoal » Thu. Feb. 02, 2023 9:28 am

I get at least 3 years and sometimes 4... I rotate between four Behrens bushel tubs. I do run year around so they don't sit idle and rot in the summer. The big issue is the galvanized coating burns off relatively quickly in a Keystoker. The same ash tubs for the EFM last several decades and usually fail on the bottom from being dragged on the concrete floor...

 
k-2
Member
Posts: 1744
Joined: Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 10:57 am
Location: Coal Township Pa
Stoker Coal Boiler: K2- Keystoker
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska Stoker Stove
Coal Size/Type: Rice

Post by k-2 » Thu. Feb. 02, 2023 10:59 am

Kungur wrote:
Thu. Feb. 02, 2023 7:58 am
Interesting that your galvanized ash pans deteriorate so quickly . I have been buying the Behlen ones and get a few years easy out of them.
Its because i spray them with water to keep the dust down and let the ashes cool down before transferring them to a series of plastic buckets. The water doesn't affect the aluminum pan at all but is very hard on the galvanized one.

 
User avatar
mozz
Member
Posts: 1351
Joined: Mon. Sep. 17, 2007 5:27 pm
Location: Wayne county PA.
Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 1982 AA-130 Steam

Post by mozz » Thu. Feb. 02, 2023 5:57 pm

Contact this guy and tell him the dimensions, he'll give you a quote. I buy guitar amp chassis from him.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/223780691680?hash=item34 ... OSwfW5d6BI~


 
denniskap
New Member
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun. Nov. 23, 2008 10:52 am

Post by denniskap » Fri. Feb. 03, 2023 2:26 pm

Does anybody paint their new ash pans with high temp gas grill type paint?
\

 
k-2
Member
Posts: 1744
Joined: Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 10:57 am
Location: Coal Township Pa
Stoker Coal Boiler: K2- Keystoker
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska Stoker Stove
Coal Size/Type: Rice

Post by k-2 » Fri. Feb. 03, 2023 4:31 pm

denniskap wrote:
Fri. Feb. 03, 2023 2:26 pm
Does anybody paint their new ash pans with high temp gas grill type paint?
\
I never thought of that.The paint may be more durable against the coal ashes than the galvanized. And they have specialty paints as well. It really doesnt get that hot in the bottom of the stoker. The paper label on the outside of the tub last for a few weeks. Amazon was selling the 5 gallon for $20 to $25 but now its $40 .I guess to cover shipping.

 
User avatar
nepacoal
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 7:49 am
Location: Coal Country
Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KAA-4 / "Kelly" and an EFM 520 at my in-laws
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Harman SF-260 - retired
Coal Size/Type: Buck

Post by nepacoal » Fri. Feb. 03, 2023 5:23 pm

The ash pan label bursts into flames within 5 minutes in my kaa-4. I have it setup per manufacturer recommendations so it's cranking out the heat with only about 1 to 1 1/2 inches of ash

 
KT2
New Member
Posts: 3
Joined: Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 8:39 am
Stoker Coal Boiler: Efm520

Post by KT2 » Sun. Feb. 12, 2023 7:39 pm

I bought 6 Behrens bushel tubs from Target online for less than $100 free shipping 2 weeks ago. Best price I could find. Fits Efm or Keystoker.

 
k-2
Member
Posts: 1744
Joined: Thu. Sep. 28, 2017 10:57 am
Location: Coal Township Pa
Stoker Coal Boiler: K2- Keystoker
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska Stoker Stove
Coal Size/Type: Rice

Post by k-2 » Mon. Feb. 13, 2023 11:29 am

KT2 wrote:
Sun. Feb. 12, 2023 7:39 pm
I bought 6 Behrens bushel tubs from Target online for less than $100 free shipping 2 weeks ago. Best price I could find. Fits Efm or Keystoker.
I need the small 5 gallon tub. Not very common and and somtimes more costly than the bigger tub. Ill ck target
.

 
User avatar
davidmcbeth3
Member
Posts: 8505
Joined: Sun. Jun. 14, 2009 2:31 pm
Coal Size/Type: nut/pea/anthra

Post by davidmcbeth3 » Mon. Feb. 13, 2023 3:48 pm

oliver power wrote:
Tue. Jan. 31, 2023 10:35 pm
No down side to the aluminum
Unless you want to braze one or part of a DIY pan... vs. welding steel which is easy.

Aluminum is great until it comes to brazing thick parts...it takes more time and experience than simple welding.

DIYing it .. recommend cement sealer and riveting v. brazing when it comes to aluminum

 
lincolnmania
Member
Posts: 2684
Joined: Fri. Jan. 26, 2007 9:55 pm
Location: Birdsboro PA.
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 350
Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: reading allegheny stoker
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: alaska kodiak stoker 1986. 1987 triburner, 1987 crane diamond
Coal Size/Type: rice

Post by lincolnmania » Mon. Feb. 13, 2023 6:51 pm

oh no others found my source of cheap bushel tubs from target online.
Good thing I have seven of them lol

 
User avatar
oliver power
Member
Posts: 2970
Joined: Sun. Apr. 16, 2006 9:28 am
Location: Near Dansville, NY
Stoker Coal Boiler: KEYSTOKER Kaa-2
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 50-93 & 30-95, Vigilant (pre-2310), D.S. 1600 Circulator, Hitzer 254

Post by oliver power » Mon. Feb. 13, 2023 9:22 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote:
Mon. Feb. 13, 2023 3:48 pm
Unless you want to braze one or part of a DIY pan... vs. welding steel which is easy.

Aluminum is great until it comes to brazing thick parts...it takes more time and experience than simple welding.

DIYing it .. recommend cement sealer and riveting v. brazing when it comes to aluminum
Yes, I agree. I bend interlocking seams, then rivits, and sealer.


Post Reply

Return to “Stoker Coal Boilers Using Anthracite (Hydronic & Steam)”