Good bye to EPA stove!!

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corey21

Minister of Fire
Oct 28, 2010
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Soutwest VA
The mag is gone im not sad to see it go.

New stove drafts and runs great and simple operation!
 
Whatever blows your skirt up.
 
The mag is gone im not sad to see it go.

New stove drafts and runs great and simple operation!
So... Are you saying goodbye, like... I've sent you on your way, out to the scrap heap? I guess I would'nt now what a Mag is either.... It's like...woosh, right over my head! I am from the north ya know.... But I did make it to the 8th grade!
 
I guess I would'nt now what a Mag is either...

US Stove Magnolia.

I am starting to wonder about that stove. Three people here that have gone back to their old stoves had the Mag.
 
So... Are you saying goodbye, like... I've sent you on your way, out to the scrap heap? I guess I would'nt now what a Mag is either.... It's like...woosh, right over my head! I am from the north ya know.... But I did make it to the 8th grade!
I sent it too my shop.

The new stove may burn more wood but i dont mind. Just never could get to like the Magnolia
 
US Stove Magnolia.

I am starting to wonder about that stove. Three people here that have gone back to their old stoves had the Mag.

it is junk dont really want it at all but i donated my wondercoal out in the shop to a friend in need.
 
There are several good low end stoves in roughly the same price range with happy owners. For some reason this one doesn't seem to be making the cut.
 
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Next person that hates one please send it to me. I want to take one for a test drive. I can't believe the thing is all that bad. I have looked at them on the show room floor and it ought to be a decent heater.
 
One of the guys I often cut wood with has heated his house for years with his, with no complaints.

Not sure what is going on with them. Can't remember enough about other complaints to recall if there is a common denominator or not.
 
The friend that I mentioned giving my moisture meter to in another thread was a new wood burner with a magnolia. He told me that most of his splits (measured right) were at 24%mc and wouldn't burn.

I gave him some 18% cherry that he said didn't do much better.

Last I heard he was mixing kiln dried and bio bricks.

He was a friend from work and I lost touch with him after that.
 
Next person that hates one please send it to me. I want to take one for a test drive. I can't believe the thing is all that bad. I have looked at them on the show room floor and it ought to be a decent heater.
Here is something I found on the site.

The thing I noticed when I looked at one a couple of years ago is that the steel baffle was welded in and not replaceable.
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I have a not-so-great Drolet Eastwood 1800. I can replace the secondary's and the refractory above and of course the fire bricks. Do I have a Magnolia in disguise? ...agh
 
The friend that I mentioned giving my moisture meter to in another thread was a new wood burner with a magnolia. He told me that most of his splits (measured right) were at 24%mc and wouldn't burn.

I gave him some 18% cherry that he said didn't do much better.

Last I heard he was mixing kiln dried and bio bricks.

He was a friend from work and I lost touch with him after that.
Bout the only thing that stove is good for is trash burning
 
it is not exactly fair to lump all epa stoves in with one low end model. Or even all low end stoves in with that one poor example
 
There are several good low end stoves in roughly the same price range with happy owners. For some reason this one doesn't seem to be making the cut.
My new buck stove is great burn one year old red oak with no problems
 
Give us a pic of this magic heater.
 
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Need to build a hearth when it was installed that was the biggest pad

You can really pack the wood in it
 
In my experience with those they are creosote factories clean often my friend especially with wet wood
 
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In my experience with those they are creosote factories clean often my friend especially with wet wood
Yeah I know what u mean. But my flue hit 800 easy and cruises at around 400 with heat waves out the chimney once cruising.
 
800 stack temp? Wow that is hot
 
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His five year adventure ends. He had the Mag since 2009.
 
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