VanWert VA600 help

 
CapeCoaler
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Post by CapeCoaler » Tue. Mar. 16, 2021 5:09 pm

They protect pumps if you put them in front of them too...
Just valve in a dump line and you don't have to shut down either...

 
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Stoker Coal Boiler: 1980 EFM DF520
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Coal Size/Type: Rice
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Post by LTStorm07 » Sat. Jul. 10, 2021 5:26 pm

Good afternoon all! I wanted to follow-up with what I've had in the works post recommendations from everyone. I did reach out to Scrapper Jr and had a good chat with him regarding what I had and options. This is the result...

Out with the old - unfortunately the rear was soo bad and scrapper said it wasn't worth repairing/saving. I did give him the stoker assembly from the old one since they're hard to come by and mine was a left hand design. This is it being loaded for the scrap yard..
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Now in with the new. Thanks to Scrapper for the "new" 1980 520 DF he did for me. He truly does amazing work!
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Yesterday we got the old one out and the efm lowered into the basement with the skidsteer and chain hoists. Unfortunately I ran out of time in the day, so over the next few weeks, I'll assemble it in place. I plan to use the method of 2x 2x8s screwed vertically to the joists with a 1.5in steel bar between them to lift it onto it's base. Chain hoists really make it slow and steady for moving these things.

Thanks again!


 
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Rob R.
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Jul. 10, 2021 10:58 pm

Thanks for the update. Your efm looks great.

 
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StokerDon
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Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
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Post by StokerDon » Sun. Jul. 11, 2021 9:26 pm

Yah, your EFM does look great! It should last you a very long time.

Another great job done by Scrapper.

-Don

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