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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: September 11, 2018, 11:06:53 AM »
Just another bump to the top. Have decided not to build a building around this unit. Have just disconnected and am storing inside. Would like to get it sold!
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: April 02, 2018, 08:10:36 AM »
Not 1 phone call from Craig's list or here. Kind of disappointing. I suppose people are just getting through the winter now though and not thinking about heating for a while. Maybe in a couple months there will be some action. I'll keep you posted.
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: March 23, 2018, 07:50:24 AM »
First, the "building" would be designed to mask-hide the unit only while being aesthetically pleasing on the outside. The sole purpose is to get it in a building to get around what the ever expanding guberment regulations cover. As for insurance companies, I wouldn't be insuring it. I'm guessing I can put up a small shed/garage of around 20X20, that would match the house, for $3,000 not counting a cement pad. But at this point, I may just be better off not burning wood at all. This adding up to a lot of cash going out.
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: March 22, 2018, 10:40:32 AM »
Still for sale. $8,000. Probably build a shed around it if I don't get it gone in the near future but don't really want to go that route. This is a really great buy for a pre EPA stove with 19 days of usage!
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Portage & Main / Re: BL34-44 finally up and running
« on: February 16, 2018, 07:39:32 AM »
I think I will reverse engineer this. Try to just put enough wood by weight to raise the water temp to where I want. What I am imagining is letting the tank temp drop into the 140 range and then lighting a fire to run it up to the 190 range. I have been doing some reading on other guys that are weighing there wood and doing batch burns with storage(although these stoves are different). It seems that I should easily be able to get 12-14 hrs of heat out of the 1200 gal of stored water. I may have to do 2 batch burns, say 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening with smaller loads so I don't overshoot the high temp limit.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL34-44 finally up and running
« on: February 15, 2018, 02:02:38 PM »
update. After speaking with the local guberment officials and my insurance company I believe we have come up with a solution. I can section off a portion of my garage and line it with firestop drywall, use UL approved pipe going out the roof so everything is good. This gets me in compliance with all of the regulations. So, here is what I see is the issue in doing this, smoke billowing into the "room" when feeding the fire. 1 possible solution would be to add storage and treat this as a batch burner so theoretically after some practice you could load the stove with only enough wood that completely burned out, heating the storage water. I have 2-500 gal L.P. tanks that I was saving for another project that could easily be repurposed for this. This probably is an easy fix with some small control issues, like shutting off the blower fan after the complete burn. I think it would be over 1,200 gal of storage water(including the appliance) that I could use during the day and then do batch burns at night when I got home.
Looking for thoughts.
Looking for thoughts.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Propane
« on: January 30, 2018, 02:57:03 PM »
We are at $1.06 if you put $100.00 down in August. This covers your tank rental also if you don't own the tank. I think they get $.07 gal for tank rental around here.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Propane
« on: January 30, 2018, 08:10:04 AM »
Do people in your area not get to prepay or contract their price for the year? I just assumed that every area had this option, kind of locks in your price for the years purchases.
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: January 16, 2018, 02:43:32 PM »
Glad you asked. I'm not taking anything for granted anymore and I want to see it in writing as well! I'm busy enough like most people and don't have the time to be screwing around doing things twice. I missed a lot of time this past year I could have been doing something with the family or even doing something to make money rather what turned out as wasted time!
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: January 16, 2018, 10:17:02 AM »
Already ahead of you guy's, but thanks. As long as I separate the area in the garage, like build a wall from the other stuff and don't store anything in it and the appliance is UL rated and hooked up according to spec, everything is great. In writing in the policy.
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: January 12, 2018, 11:21:15 AM »
Well, unless you can come up with some different math. I have almost 11k in this stove, have to take a beating on selling a "used" unit, then turn around and pay 2 k more for a system than I already had invested. WTF? This is going to get real ugly for me before it gets better. Not sure I will be able to see a payback while I can still process my own wood. Still thinking.
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: January 11, 2018, 10:18:41 AM »
Thanks, Not doing that!
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: January 10, 2018, 03:18:17 PM »
Would you mind sharing the pricing you got? I was looking towards the junior.
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For Sale / Re: PORTAGE AND MAIN BL34-44
« on: January 08, 2018, 11:11:51 AM »
No one has gotten back to me from Garn, I've contacted them through their Web support 2 times and called 1 time. You know if it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all!