Insane Bidding on Fisher Feet !

[coaly]

I've been watching this auction to see what these feet would do. They sure look like the regular plated "white metal" painted black due to the plating beyond repair......... There were black sets facing forward, not angled, that should be cast iron (magnetic) and finished with Iron Oxide as a rust preventative. Iron Oxide is very dull and there is no hair detail in cast iron.
Bid history shows them going from $152 to $255 in 7 bids in the last 29 seconds !!





Below is the plated angled type shown with Iron Oxide set.



I thought it was bad when that set and a half sold for 139.50 !

 

[930dreamer]

I friend just picked up a Grandma bear stove and the four claw feet were under another piece of furniture, he couldn't talk them out of it.

 

[coaly]

Hmm, I use my stoves FOR furniture and have them on a Hoosier baking cabinet in the kitchen too !

 

[930dreamer]

Very nice! I'm in Kansas City scouring Craigslist for Fisher stuff.

 

[coaly]

Search Tempest is a site that you can search Craigslist by mileage away. I watch about a 3 state area and have been able to ship two stoves from the west coast. (yeah, I watch a few states on the west coast too) That' the only way to get the first ones that were made to the east coast. Feet come with the stove when you buy them right. I bought one Baby Bear for $80 just to get the feet !

 

[coaly]

My best deal on feet was a brand new set that was bought by a couple on vacation in an antique shop. They had them setting around their house for years and were never on a stove. They decided to sell them years ago on eBay with a $25 Buy it Now. I was lucky to see them come up shortly after being posted and hit it instantly.
Here's what new ones should look like;

 

[930dreamer]

I have a house in Eugene, OR so if you need interim storage I might be able to help.

 

[coaly]

Oh man, my wife frequents this forum and puts moratoriums on my stove buying from time to time. Just what I needed.

 

[930dreamer]

I called about this one, hope I can arrange for a friend to pick it up.

 

[coaly]

Nice, it's a Mama Bear.
Just what I need to match my 3 piece top Papa and Baby. If it's a Springfield stove it may have an FSSO in weld on the bottom.

 

[Spotted Owl]

How does the shipping work, on a stove that heavy from out this direction all the way to Texas?

 

[930dreamer]

How does the shipping work, on a stove that heavy from out this direction all the way to Texas?

I would drive out and pick it up.

 

[coaly]

I would drive out for the "right " stove too !

I lucked out twice finding a seller willing to crate them. That's the hard part. I paid one $100 to crate it and he had a loader at a business to load it when the truck got there. Some are close and willing to take it to the nearest terminal. If they are only willing to crate it, a local truck with lift gate picks it up and takes it to terminal. I used Yellow / Roadway terminal to terminal for best price. Averages a buck a pound shipped cross country. They call when it's at your nearest terminal and I pick it up with trailer. They sit it right on the trailer with forklift.
A box that covers it is required since they can't stack a stove sitting on a pallet. Enclosed gets a more durable rate. You also have to know what Freight Class Code ! The class of freight determines the cost per pound. So a box of nails that is very heavy and durable is very cheap compared to something large and lightweight that is damaged easily. These stoves can go at some of the lowest rates. (Class 50 is the lowest cost weighing 50 pounds per cubic foot). Class 65 is 22.5 to 30 lbs per cubic foot. Most older stoves fall in that range with bricks. You must know item weight and cubic feet to be charged correctly.
http://www.fmlfreight.com/freight-101/freight-classes/

One thing to be careful of is the weight. When shipped they ask for weight with crate. So when stove weight is known, guess high at the crate because if they weigh it at a terminal somewhere and it comes up heavier, there can be an extra penalty type fee.

Here's pics of a Baby Bear term to term Seattle Wash to Wilkes Barre PA;
I have a beam over my garage door to lift steam engine parts, so I lift and drive out from under them and winch down.

I had to destroy the crate to lift this XL off trailer. It is new - unfired from California and was air freighted to my nearest airport. That works if the seller is close to a major airport and capable of taking it there. Simply screw particle board on the sides of pallet and tack 2 X 3 frame around top to attach top. Be sure legs can't fall through pallet since they will be damaged when forks are slid into pallet !

 

[rwhite]

(broken link removed to http://boise.craigslist.org/mat/4814097964.html)

A bit pricey.... but hey you get the feet!