Ordered my first truckload of Rice and Nut Coal today.

[kinsmanstoves]

We have been getting hammered with coal requests this year and I think with the high prices of wood pellets I better adjust before being left out in the cold. I think I might be jumping the fence and spending some time on this forum more than I have been.

What I would like to know is how many tons of coal have you coal burners been using in a season.

Thanks
Eric

 

[tinkabranc]

sure.....desert the pellet pigs ;-)
most of the coal burners hang out at : http://nepacrossroads.com/forum-71.html

 

[kinsmanstoves]

sure.....desert the pellet pigs ;-)
most of the coal burners hang out at : http://nepacrossroads.com/forum-71.html

Not a deserter but a Businessman. I got a Wife, Ex-Wife, 4 kids, and 3 dogs to support.

Eric

 

[mbcijim]

I am in the heart of anthracite coal country here.
I know a bunch of people with coal stoves, and more popularly coal furnaces, including the in-laws.

2-4 tons would be the average. Very few people use 5+ tons if my memory is correct.

The best story with the coal stoves is one of the coal types is not useable in the coal power plants or furnaces. I wish I could remember which. I know that Reading Stoves makes a stove for the coal size they can't sell to anybody else. The coal size I'm talking about comes out of the breaker screenings no matter what. The miner's don't delibrately produce that size.

 

[North of 60]

sure.....desert the pellet pigs ;-)
most of the coal burners hang out at : http://nepacrossroads.com/forum-71.html

Not a deserter but a Businessman. I got a Wife, Ex-Wife, 4 kids, and 3 dogs to support.

Eric

The ex-wife word is all you had to say. Carry on bravely.
N of 60

 

[ansehnlich1]

Back when I was burning coal I used a little over 3 ton in a 1200 sq. foot rancher, living near the mason/dixon line, gettysburg, pa.

 

[Wet1]

I agree with mbcijim, about 2-4 tons is probably average.

Not a lot of coal burners here. If you want to touch base with the coal burning community, http://nepacrossroads.com/forum-71.html
is where you need to be.

 

[Sting]

Reading appears to have a program all set -- suggested stoves, parts, fuels to stock