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Post by warminmn » Sat. Nov. 16, 2019 9:26 pm

I finally got around to getting some new food for my Riteway I rebuilt this year. I've done 2 test fires that worked pretty good. Real big chunks. A couple are twice the size of my head :lol: I may have to move my couch I sleep on though as its 4 feet away from that stove :lol: Been using my Chubby 95% of the year so far. Might be a couple weeks before its cold enough to give this coal a good long test. Kinda fun unloading coal like it was firewood instead of with a shovel. It is brownish black in color but the sun going down made it look brown.

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Post by corey » Sat. Nov. 16, 2019 9:57 pm

warminmn wrote:
Sat. Nov. 16, 2019 9:26 pm
I finally got around to getting some new food for my Riteway I rebuilt this year. I've done 2 test fires that worked pretty good. Real big chunks. A couple are twice the size of my head :lol: I may have to move my couch I sleep on though as its 4 feet away from that stove :lol: Been using my Chubby 95% of the year so far. Might be a couple weeks before its cold enough to give this coal a good long test. Kinda fun unloading coal like it was firewood instead of with a shovel. It is brownish black in color but the sun going down made it look brown.
Nice big chunks.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 5:54 am

Whatever works W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) No rules on size or type of COAL!!

 
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Post by Lightning » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 9:36 am

I'd love to see some pics and video of it burning when you fire some up :)

How much does it cost?
Where do you get it?

 
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Post by StokerDon » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 10:00 am

Nice!

I have only read about Lignite, never actually saw it before. It would be great to see it burning!

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Post by warminmn » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 10:44 am

It seems to have decent burn times idling with over fire air and thru the bypass with holes my stove has. Had to use underfire air for a while until it got going decent first. Lots of fluffy ash. Im still at the experimenting stage but its too warm to burn it here now. I'll take a video at some point and post it after its burned down and doesnt smell.

 
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Post by Lightning » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 11:52 am

What's it smell like?
Bit coal?


 
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Post by warminmn » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 11:53 am

Lightning wrote:
Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 9:36 am
I'd love to see some pics and video of it burning when you fire some up :)

How much does it cost?
Where do you get it?
I paid 120/ton. It is a lot less where it came from, 700 miles away I think in Center, ND, but I consider it a pretty fair price considering the hauling. The man selling it has been using it for years himself and hauls it in by the semi-load and sells it now too. Its 65 miles away from me but a direction i go sometimes so no real gas costs getting it. Good firewood is 150-200 a cord here so isnt even a consideration. I didnt get much cut this year myself.

Most people seem to burn it in outdoor stoves or in the basement. Mines in the main house level.

When the train tracks closed up in this area it pretty much ended coal sales. We used to buy Kentucky coal when I was a young boy until that time. Lots of people did.

I have to buy my ant in the spring and between property taxes, income taxes at the same time I only got 2 tons this year. So I needed to get something else to burn in the real cold weather and thought I'd try this. It should be a little cheaper than ant heat wise and will be fun I think too. I like watching smoke fill the shallow valleys around me on calm days :lol: I'd burn tires if I could cut them up :lol:

Yes, smells like bit coal. Isnt quite as much smoke as the other bit I have burned but I know that varies a lot.

 
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Post by mntbugy » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 1:40 pm

The smells of power. Bit, diesel,and coffee fumes for me.

 
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Post by CoalJockey » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 4:16 pm

mntbugy wrote:
Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 1:40 pm
The smells of power. Bit, diesel,and coffee fumes for me.
Arrrrrrr, Arrrrrr, Arrr !!

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Post by corey » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 4:20 pm

I tired some Lignite a while back its not Kentucky coal but it still beats wood.

 
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Post by warminmn » Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 4:49 pm

corey wrote:
Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 4:20 pm
I tired some Lignite a while back its not Kentucky coal but it still beats wood.
Hands down it does! :yes:
mntbugy wrote:
Sun. Nov. 17, 2019 1:40 pm
The smells of power. Bit, diesel,and coffee fumes for me.
So so true!

 
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Post by warminmn » Mon. Dec. 09, 2019 11:22 am

Ive probably used half of what I bought now. It makes lots of ash as I had read from others. It isnt like other soft coal Ive burned in that this takes off slow, maybe because of its moisture level??? which is high. It smells as bad as others but it does not make as much smoke, not even close. Wood makes more smoke at lighting than this does.

There was a hole in the top side of my stove someone else had made so I did put a pipe there for more overfire air but have yet to see it burning up volatiles so Im thinking there is less of that in lignite. It worked with wood. My stove must be an early model as it has a 6" exhaust instead of 7" but I have not seen any buildup inside it or my chimney yet from the coal. That had been my biggest concern with this coal and no problem there.

Im adding 3 videos. One is how it acts when igniting. Its like watching sparklers on the 4th of July. One is how it looked 10 hours after loading. And the 3rd is after loading 40 pounds, maybe 30 minutes later. Im opening and closing the bypass as I took the video. It does not smoke up my mica window I added much.

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Post by BigBarney » Wed. Dec. 11, 2019 5:29 pm

When I try to play all I get is little noise and no video.

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Post by Lightning » Wed. Dec. 11, 2019 5:41 pm

The vids didn't work for me either warmin, you have a YouTube account?


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