Coal bear in excellent condition!

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Draft

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Jan 12, 2019
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South Carolina
I thought I'd share this. I didn't even realize it was in that great of condition, you can cleary see the part numbers and I haven't even cleaned them yet. Single owner and most of its life, it has been sitting in a garage. I drove 9 hours one direction to pick it up. I haven't began to restore yet but will be doing so very soon.
 

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Congrats on the Coal Bear! I've never seen those grates in that great condition before.
 
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Those Coal Bears are HEAVY!
 
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I have fir tree xl and there very comparable to move weight wise.

Are you sure it's an XL? The XL has a 10" flue.
 
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It looks like someone made a reducer to reduce the vent from 10" to 8". Very cool!