My Hicks is a #1 with the box on the right side and center side door load 500 gallon. It is a "08" model but I stole it from and Esate sale for about $2k including the heat exchanger in my duct work. Had my Uncle dig a 2'x3' deep trench for free and ran the pipes and electric myself plus an extra empty line just in case I needed on. I've got maybe $3k in the entire set up. I've got to get a new brush and a 1/2 moon scraper it came with some kinda homemade contraption to clean the tubes but they looked like they had never been cleaned when I got it. It took me about 3 days of steady hot fire to get the gunk loose enough to scrap it out of the clean out box and the flue tubes. I wonder if that is still some of the issue with the draft on it because I've not brushed the tubes with the 4" brush.... I'm happy so far with the stove. It does seem to eat more wood then others on the forum but I've fired it hot to melt the buildup that it came with. I figure we'll burn about a cord a month and here that is $160.00 stacked/delivered... much cheaper then $1700.00 per month to Duke Power last winter with electric heatpump.
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