Seeking help with identification

[Draiddil]

I am seeking info (brand, model, specs) on a stove for sale online. The seller isn't able to get me much info beyond a single photo because it is in a rental unit not near his home. It would be a good drive for me, so I'm trying to figure out if it is worth any effort. For $400, it seems worth considering.

Does anyone know what this might be? Thanks in advance.

 

[Whitenuckler]

I am seeking info (brand, model, specs) on a stove for sale online. The seller isn't able to get me much info beyond a single photo because it is in a rental unit not near his home. It would be a good drive for me, so I'm trying to figure out if it is worth any effort. For $400, it seems worth considering.

Does anyone know what this might be? Thanks in advance.View attachment 339064

I think I'd put the $400 toward a Drolet

 

[bigealta]

Keep your $400 i'd think. Find a stove with secondary combustion.

 

[Draiddil]

Thanks for the input. It would be for a 500 sqft off-grid cabin, shoulder seasons only. But I also dislike inefficiency, so... Drolet shopping I will go.

 

[bholler]

Its an old consolidated Dutch west an early and very very good for its day cat stove. If the inner top plate and bypass assembly arent warped its absolutely worth $400 and can still serve you well. If there is warpage there is can definitely be fixed but probably not worth 400

 

[Draiddil]

Thanks bholler,
That sure looks like the stove. Maybe I will make the time to check it out.
Cheers

 

[Whitenuckler]

Thanks bholler,
That sure looks like the stove. Maybe I will make the time to check it out.
Cheers

B

Thread 'Consolidated Dutch West - what could be wrong with buying a used stove'

May 4, 2011

I am thinking of buying Consolidated Dutch West with arched glass. Looks like it is model #288C.
What could possibly go wrong?
Is it easy to find parts? Cat?

• Big VA
• Replies: 10
• Forum: Classic Wood Stove Forums (prior to approx. 1993)

Here is a post I found.
I was actually wondering why it had the vents in front. You would never see those on a "metal box" stove.

 

[Draiddil]

Whitenuckler:

That is very sage advice in that thread. Thanks for sharing.
The rusty Drolet Pyropak for $300 is looking better by the moment!

 

[Whitenuckler]

Whitenuckler:

That is very sage advice in that thread. Thanks for sharing.
The rusty Drolet Pyropak for $300 is looking better by the moment!

To be honest I didn't read it, but it sounds like you figured it out. I was going to ask BHoller what would be involved in
taking something like that apart. I have never rebuilt a woodstove before.
I looked up Pyropak and found parts: and the manual

DB03180 | Replacement Parts

DB03180 - PYROPAK

www.drolet.ca

https://www.drolet.ca/file/45397A_06-07-2018.pdf

It looks like a decent stove. Can do outside air and have a blower too. I don't think it's a secondary burner,
but it's EPA certified and would be good for your cabin.

 

[bholler]

B

Thread 'Consolidated Dutch West - what could be wrong with buying a used stove'

May 4, 2011

I am thinking of buying Consolidated Dutch West with arched glass. Looks like it is model #288C.
What could possibly go wrong?
Is it easy to find parts? Cat?

• Big VA
• Replies: 10
• Forum: Classic Wood Stove Forums (prior to approx. 1993)

Here is a post I found.
I was actually wondering why it had the vents in front. You would never see those on a "metal box" stove.

You see them all the time on stoves with a connective top. These are a little different the cat is in a chamber under that top and above the inner top. There are connective channels on the sides of that.

 

[bholler]

To be honest I didn't read it, but it sounds like you figured it out. I was going to ask BHoller what would be involved in
taking something like that apart. I have never rebuilt a woodstove before.
I looked up Pyropak and found parts: and the manual

DB03180 | Replacement Parts

DB03180 - PYROPAK

www.drolet.ca

https://www.drolet.ca/file/45397A_06-07-2018.pdf

It looks like a decent stove. Can do outside air and have a blower too. I don't think it's a secondary burner,
but it's EPA certified and would be good for your cabin.

It is a secondary combustion stove. So is the Dutch west. The drolet is secondary air the dw is a cat stove

 

[Draiddil]

Thanks for the quick lessons, folks. Greatly appreciated.
The parts availability of the Drolet is a huge plus.

 

[bholler]

Thanks for the quick lessons, folks. Greatly appreciated.
The parts availability of the Drolet is a huge plus.

Parts are still available for the Dutch west as well but not cheap

 

[EatenByLimestone]

CDW was early 90s. That’s a lot of thermal cycles. Not sure if it’s been cared for in a rental.

Personally, I’d go for the Drolet. The. CDW was good in its day, but none of us are what we were in the 90s.