Brought Home A St Croix Hastings Yesterday

[They Call Me Pete]

After going back and forth on new or used stove found a nice used one. The cleaning and install with commence tomorrow Can't wait to turn off the electric heat we have and very grateful that our landlords are allowing us to do this

 

[bcarton]

Wait until you get your first winter electric bill with no electric heat, then you'll really be singing a happy song. Good luck the install!

 

[KodiakII]

I am on the tenth year with my Greenfield, St. Croix are a good solid stove....IMHO,

 

[rich2500]

congrats the hastings is a pretty stove

 

[They Call Me Pete]

Took advantage of the 67 deg sunny day yesterday stripped the stove down and cleaned it. Hauled it in the house and put in place. Just need to clean the flue and will be ready to run Next is pellet shopping

 

[Bioburner]

I hope you did a pre run before humping it inside. Murphy has a way of putting a speed bump in how things run. Good luck on getting the stove up and running and post pictures.

 

[TimfromMA]

Love my Hastings. It hasn't given me a moment's grief. Im on my 6th heating season and it still has 100% factory original parts, even the igniter.

 

[alternativeheat]

Love my Hastings. It hasn't given me a moment's grief. Im on my 6th heating season and it still has 100% factory original parts, even the igniter.

As I told you last year Tim, I love your Hastings too and never miss a peak at your avatar when you post.. But I won't be trading my P61 for one LOL. The P61 was just such a simple design that resonated with me but the StCroix looks was alluring.. If it had been StCroix that won out I wouldn't be tossing it out the door either. They build a fine stove ! Actually though, it was the Prescott with leg options on it that we were considering.

OP: Congratulations ! Now it sounds like I may have two to be looking at around here soon.

 

[Fairwind]

Are you connecting to an existing chimney? I'm sure your landlord expects your vent system to "up to code"..

 

[bogieb]

The Hastings is a great stove and we have several people on the forum that have, or had (such as me) that stove and can help with any questions. Loved my Hastings, just wasn't the right stove for my circumstances. Loved the looks too - a win-win for the right place. What year is the stove? If you put the stove info in your signature, you won't get asked all the time.

Congrats on you new to you stove!

 

[They Call Me Pete]

Are you connecting to an existing chimney? I'm sure your landlord expects your vent system to "up to code"..

They installed it. Their daughter had one here before us. All I had to do was clean the chimney liner and put in a 1ft piece of pipe to connect to my stove. Doesn't get much easier than that
Its alive. Burned a half bag of Lignetic (sp) that guy gave me, a bag from TSC that just says hardwood and now trying Greene Supreme from HD. May just go for the GS for the fact of low delivery charge. Wish the ones from TSC had more info on who makes them. Seemed to burn nice

 

[alternativeheat]

They installed it. Their daughter had one here before us. All I had to do was clean the chimney liner and put in a 1ft piece of pipe to connect to my stove. Doesn't get much easier than that
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Nice congrats ! I love those stoves in an earthly way.

TSC has a couple of different Vendors, one being Maine Woods Products. If they burn nice the just about have to be better than GS though, whether it says anything on the bag or not.

 

[bcarton]

For the TSC bags, you can scan the barcode with an app called iGepir (iphone or android). Around here they come back as Maine Woods. I have 3 tons on the garage.

 

[They Call Me Pete]

For the TSC bags, you can scan the barcode with an app called iGepir (iphone or android). Around here they come back as Maine Woods. I have 3 tons on the garage.

Scanned it and came up as Lignetics Inc. Aren't those a higher end pellet ?

 

[pinetop12]

Lignetics burned well in my stove . If TSC carried that brand , locally to me I'd supplement my stash with more then a few bags .

 

[alternativeheat]

Lignetics burned well in my stove . If TSC carried that brand , locally to me I'd supplement my stash with more then a few bags .

Me too. And anyway his other choice seems to be Green Supreme. Between these two, no contest, get the TSC's.

 

[annieb]

After going back and forth on new or used stove found a nice used one. The cleaning and install with commence tomorrow Can't wait to turn off the electric heat we have and very grateful that our landlords are allowing us to do this

you will love it I love mine

 

[two401pm]

After going back and forth on new or used stove found a nice used one. The cleaning and install with commence tomorrow Can't wait to turn off the electric heat we have and very grateful that our landlords are allowing us to do this

I have burning corn here in Iowa for 25 years now.. the first stove was a Mother Earth corn burner it used the Traeger feed system..after many good years the original board was fried when power company highlines fried..causing voltage spikes which fried the board replaced it with different board wasn't as good as the original.. blower motors went out , replaced, ok , combustion fan motor died , had to replace with replacement not as good as original , finally replaced stove , with St Croix Lincoln scs..it has been a great stove so far..

 

[annieb]

I have burning corn here in Iowa for 25 years now.. the first stove was a Mother Earth corn burner it used the Traeger feed system..after many good years the original board was fried when power company highlines fried..causing voltage spikes which fried the board replaced it with different board wasn't as good as the original.. blower motors went out , replaced, ok , combustion fan motor died , had to replace with replacement not as good as original , finally replaced stove , with St Croix Lincoln scs..it has been a great stove so far..

Best of luck with your stove.