Scored an EFM 520 This Morning
- Pauliewog
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Had a nice relaxing Saturday morning .Got up this morning at 3am, had a nice breakfast, and headed down to East Berlin, Pa to remove and load up a nice clean 1969 EFM 520.
Arrived at 7:00, drained and disconnected the power, and took it apart. Had it loaded up by 11:00
Then the fun began...... shoveled and loaded up 36 five gallon buckets of rice coal and filled one 55 gallon drum, a half dozen ash tubs, and 8 of my plastic 5 gallon buckets. That was more work than removing the boiler from the basement !
Jumped in the truck and was home by 3:00
Round trip was 293 miles. 5 hours driving, 4 hour boiler removal, and 1-1/2 hours loading 3/4 ton of coal.
Not bad for an old man working alone.
Now it's off to the Easter Egg Hunt with the grandkids.
Paulie
Arrived at 7:00, drained and disconnected the power, and took it apart. Had it loaded up by 11:00
Then the fun began...... shoveled and loaded up 36 five gallon buckets of rice coal and filled one 55 gallon drum, a half dozen ash tubs, and 8 of my plastic 5 gallon buckets. That was more work than removing the boiler from the basement !
Jumped in the truck and was home by 3:00
Round trip was 293 miles. 5 hours driving, 4 hour boiler removal, and 1-1/2 hours loading 3/4 ton of coal.
Not bad for an old man working alone.
Now it's off to the Easter Egg Hunt with the grandkids.
Paulie
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- mntbugy
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East Berlin was 2 minutes from my old house.
I would have stopped for some Kool aide.
Either the Gas Light or Sunday House.
I would have stopped for some Kool aide.
Either the Gas Light or Sunday House.
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Wow Paulie, you stole one right out of my back yard!
-Don
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Was that the one I posted in the for sale section? If it was, was it really free?
- Pauliewog
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- Pauliewog
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- Baseburners & Antiques: Fame Rosemont #20, Home Stove Works #25, Glenwood #6, Happy Thought Oak, Merry Bride #214, Sunnyside, Worlds Argand #114, New Golden Sun , & About 30 others.
- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Chesnut, Pea, Rice / Anthracite
- Pauliewog
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- Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska 140 Dual Paddle Feed
- Baseburners & Antiques: Fame Rosemont #20, Home Stove Works #25, Glenwood #6, Happy Thought Oak, Merry Bride #214, Sunnyside, Worlds Argand #114, New Golden Sun , & About 30 others.
- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Chesnut, Pea, Rice / Anthracite
- Pauliewog
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- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska 140 Dual Paddle Feed
- Baseburners & Antiques: Fame Rosemont #20, Home Stove Works #25, Glenwood #6, Happy Thought Oak, Merry Bride #214, Sunnyside, Worlds Argand #114, New Golden Sun , & About 30 others.
- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Chesnut, Pea, Rice / Anthracite
- Pauliewog
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- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska 140 Dual Paddle Feed
- Baseburners & Antiques: Fame Rosemont #20, Home Stove Works #25, Glenwood #6, Happy Thought Oak, Merry Bride #214, Sunnyside, Worlds Argand #114, New Golden Sun , & About 30 others.
- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Chesnut, Pea, Rice / Anthracite
Yes sir it was ! Fortunately I committed to it before it hit the forum. The seller told me he had quite a few inquiries later that day and finally marked it sold.artbaldoni wrote: ↑Sun. Mar. 28, 2021 7:36 amWas that the one I posted in the for sale section? If it was, was it really free?
The EFM was free for the taking along with 3/4 ton of rice coal. The only expense I had was a tank of gas. .....and the coal more than made up for that.
Paulie
- Pauliewog
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- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Chesnut, Pea, Rice / Anthracite
It was raining most of the day, so all I got done was to unload the coal at the house and the boiler at the shop.
I'll unload the rest out of the trailer this week.
Paulie
I'll unload the rest out of the trailer this week.
Paulie
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- StokerDon
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- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Only about an hour and fifteen away. I thought about it. Then I remembered 2 things. 1) I already have enough boilers around here that I am not using. 2) I'm not a big EFM fan.
I guess you will have to become the next coal stoker boiler hoarder!
-Don