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lzaharis
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Post by lzaharis » Tue. Jul. 12, 2022 9:31 pm

Have any of you resorted to just buying a sheet of sheet metal to lay
on the sloped part of the hopper to make it last another year or two?

I have holes in it where it has rotted through and spending $275.00+ tax
and shipping on a hopper made smaller in length for my stoker is still
hard to take.

 
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Post by waytomany?s » Wed. Jul. 13, 2022 7:06 am

Picture? Seems like it would work.

 
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Post by lzaharis » Wed. Jul. 13, 2022 12:05 pm

No, I do not have a picture of it but if you can picture a green wall
with holes in it that has a white residue dripped/dried out of them
that is what it looks like.

 
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Post by McGiever » Wed. Jul. 13, 2022 1:24 pm

Why not a sheet of non corrosive acrylic or plexiglass??


 
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Post by Rob R. » Wed. Jul. 13, 2022 1:54 pm

Your idea seems fine, but I agree that you should use a material more resistant to corrosion - otherwise you will be doing this again in a few years.

Drying your coal out better would also help.

 
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Post by nepacoal » Wed. Jul. 13, 2022 2:56 pm

McGiever wrote:
Wed. Jul. 13, 2022 1:24 pm
Why not a sheet of non corrosive acrylic or plexiglass??
Or even aluminum. Absolute best solution is to burn year around if your draft is sufficient. My 7 year old hopper looks brand new from the outside with all the paint worn off on the inside. Inside is shiny with zero rust or corrosion.

 
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Post by lzaharis » Wed. Jul. 13, 2022 3:21 pm

I am going to order some blue stripe slick sheet leftovers from Horne Plastics
after thinking about it more.

I can cut the blue stripe plastic slick sheet to fit the interior of the hopper and
bolt it to the sides using grain elevator bolts that I have on hand.

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