Picked up a USSC Corn/Pellet stove Model 6041

[Sono]

Drove 4 hours round trip with a couple stops in between to pick up a bag of pellets and paint. Unloaded and cleaned out all the packed in ash behind the cleanouts and opened it up to check and clean the internals as well. Apparently it sat outside a bit before it was saved by the kid I got it from, after opening it up there was a lot of rust in the bottom and what looked like light mud residue. I asked if it was in a flood but said it just sat in the rain awhile before he got it... Anyways, I brushed it out and vacuumed everything, was debating using a rust converter or paint but said forget it as it is not visible once closed up.... But I cleaned the interior the best I could with a brush. Wire brushed the rusty exterior, wiped down with acetone and started painting. Contacted USSC for a replacement handle so waiting on response for those (#2 and #4 on the parts list)
Finally fired it up and she works perfect, ran for about an hour before shutting it down, burn clean and really throws the heat. Im happy with it, just need to finish painting it.

 

[Washed-Up]

Nicely done Satisfying more than anyone knows!

 

[Whitenuckler]

Drove 4 hours round trip with a couple stops in between to pick up a bag of pellets and paint. Unloaded and cleaned out all the packed in ash behind the cleanouts and opened it up to check and clean the internals as well. Apparently it sat outside a bit before it was saved by the kid I got it from, after opening it up there was a lot of rust in the bottom and what looked like light mud residue. I asked if it was in a flood but said it just sat in the rain awhile before he got it... Anyways, I brushed it out and vacuumed everything, was debating using a rust converter or paint but said forget it as it is not visible once closed up.... But I cleaned the interior the best I could with a brush. Wire brushed the rusty exterior, wiped down with acetone and started painting. Contacted USSC for a replacement handle so waiting on response for those (#2 and #4 on the parts list)
Finally fired it up and she works perfect, ran for about an hour before shutting it down, burn clean and really throws the heat. Im happy with it, just need to finish painting it.

I could use something like that for my garage...

 

[Sono]

Nicely done Satisfying more than anyone knows!

Was a little nervous at first, thinking it had issues, then realized it had a damper... opened it up and she went all out with heat. A bit different from most pellet stoves Ive seen as there is more control options. I was amazed at the amount of heat it puts out. Looking at the specs it burns 25 hours on pellets and 24 hours on corn per bag.... what is cool is it has an auger in the burn pot that stirs the pellets as it burns.