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[andyjs]

Are you mixing it with wood? Any advice how to mix with wood ?

[Mountain Duck]

Are you mixing it with wood? Any advice how to mix with wood ?

Yeah, I'm mixing right now.  I've let my wood burn down to a good coal bed, to the point I was ready to load it back up.  I then put a 5 gallon bucket's worth of lumps in the hot wood coal bed.  Then I add 3-4 good size halves or rounds of hardwood. Still in the learning phase, so don't take my advice as the gospel!   

[Scott7m]

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Are you mixing it with wood? Any advice how to mix with wood ?

Yeah, I'm mixing right now.  I've let my wood burn down to a good coal bed, to the point I was ready to load it back up.  I then put a 5 gallon bucket's worth of lumps in the hot wood coal bed.  Then I add 3-4 good size halves or rounds of hardwood. Still in the learning phase, so don't take my advice as the gospel!   

 
Play with it folks

[Boydz]

Yeah - Mountain Duck nailed it.

I lowered my temp to 175 with a 5deg dif. It overshoots by like 6deg once it shuts off. Recovery is quick. I'm just playing now with Coal only to see if I can get it to burn without wood and not go out. I've been burning wood with it pretty much like what's stated above.
This anthracite is kind of picky - but clean clean clean. hard to believe shiny little rocks can produce so much heat.
Stuff isn't super cheap however. Least not in Chitown 

[CountryBoyJohn]

I started making calls around the mines today. You guys have me all worked up on coal! Gotta give it a try! And of course, next week is supposed to be in the 40's!

[jnicol6600]

seems like a no brainer. I,ll have try some. I've been fighting short burn times with my h2 in this cold.

[suzukidad]

Seems odd to me...but why would you want to buy coal when wood is free?

[artbaldoni]

Where do you get "free" wood?
I work my ass off for my free wood! 

[Sloppy_Snood]

Seems odd to me...but why would you want to buy coal when wood is free?

Try this:

1.  Chop a few cords of free wood & assess your fatigue level.
2.  Run a pickup over to a local coal mine or supplier and have them dump 1 ton of washed coal in your truck for $47 & assess your fatigue level.
3.  Assess individual burn times for for "100% wood" and "100% coal" loadings in the same outdoor wood-burning furnace.

An answer will become apparent if you assess these items correctly.

[CountryBoyJohn]

Seems odd to me...but why would you want to buy coal when wood is free?

You get some longer burn times and it makes that precious wood pile past longer for a relatively minimal expense. If the coal was much more than $150 a ton, it wouldn't be worth it.

[stratton]

Hi all, Ive been mixing 1/2 anthracite 1/2 wood in my ds 3200 indoor boiler.Its a no brainer coal RULES !!!! Increases burn times a great deal, .FYI ive been selling 200-300 crds a yr for over 25yrs now.Access to wood is easy but my new love affair with coal is hard to discribe. Just love opening the door for a quick peek!!!!

[mlappin]

You guys and your coal are going to make Al Gore cry.

[Sloppy_Snood]

....uh... gentlemen....

not sure what "coal" is?  Me and CountryBoyJohn,,,, well we burn (will burn in my case) "black, compressed vegetation nuggets."

Please make a note of it. lol

[CountryBoyJohn]

Well said sloppy.  We Hoosiers don't burn coal in our OWF's.  That would be illegal.  We burn compressed petrified organic remains.  Or black wood.  Or magic black rocks.     

[Vincent Paul]

Well John, our unit is being delivered this week and we have coal on our property, Christmas is early for me this year!!!!