Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Natures Comfort => Topic started by: RSI on September 28, 2016, 10:07:43 AM
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This section has been quiet lately. Anyone still here?
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375 G owner here.
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Do you have the wood or the coal version? How has it been working out?
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No. I tried to burn coal, but did not have a lot of success.
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I have the 275G- coal burner model. About to start the second season on it here soon. I did not try any coal in it yet.
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Did you do anything with the slot where the linkage for the shaker goes through? If not, have you had any boil overs in warm weather or excessive creosote?
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No. I tried to burn coal, but did not have a lot of success.
I tried it and didn't work at all with the original grate. It would burn for one cycle then the coal would completely plug the slots. I made a new grate out of 1/2" rebar and it made it work much better. It still wasn't great though.
The rebar grate seemed to work a lot better burning wood though and didn't have all the ash build up in the firebox like with the firebrick grate.
I didn't think it would hold up but after using it for a season it wasn't bent or burned away at all.
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I put some insulation material around the shaker grate lever to limit the air that can get through that hole. I have never ran my stove in warm weather and never had it ever get more than 2-3 degrees over the set point.
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Also have a NC here. Ive been a reader but finally joined after almost 2 years. Seems like NC is slowly going under. Sad times we live in.
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They did just add a top loading commercial wood boiler. Hopefully that does well for them.
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Still a dealer for them?
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Yes, I am but it has been slow due to the EPA regs. I think they are doing a lot better where coal is available.
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Yes, I am but it has been slow due to the EPA regs. I think they are doing a lot better where coal is available.
They still offer the GT6000? I looked at those out of curiosity awhile back, just didn’t want another mild steel furnace.
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Yes, they do. I only ever sold one of them and that was when they first came out.
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Hello RSI,
I still have my 275G and its working great! Glad to see you are being part of this site.
Guru.
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Hello RSI,
I still have my 275G and its working great! Glad to see you are being part of this site.
Guru.
Good to see you back here. How is your grate holding up? Did you ever switch over to the angle iron type tray?
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Guru, do you have any pictures of the grate RSI is talking about? I have heard people talking about doing this but have not seen one yet. I have expanded metal at work and could easily make something if I could see what to build. I have been placing the wood further back in the stove to keep the large clinkers from falling into the ash pan.