Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Portage & Main => Topic started by: jerkash on October 02, 2012, 03:25:26 PM
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Anybody got a Portage & Main Chip burner?
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I wished i did, they look like a sweet unit, more btus than i need, and not legal or EPA approved in Maine
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It don't have to be EPA approved I don't think making that many btu.
I've heard they burn extremely clean
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Saw the chip burner on monday(10/1/12) at a fair in Maine (Fryeburg Fair)..I think you got your info wrong coolidge..Totally legal....It was fired up and working..I was impressed with it..Chips were 4 days old, so still very green..No smoke at all.. the price of chips right now are 30 ton for $900 according to the p+b rep
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Last i knew they hadnt been tested, that was a few months ago, i did check on chips, in my area they are 1200 for 30 ton, but that was a few months ago also.
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I see there is a model 500 and a model 850. Does anyone out there know the price on them?
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I got my answer. After a little research I found Mainly Custom in Lyman Maine (Closest Portage and Main dealer for me). I sent a request for more info on the unit. He called me today and we had quite an interesting conversation. He is sold on the unit and plans to install one for himself. He is also the one who had the demo set up at the Fryeburg Fair. The price tag is pretty high at around $29.5k for the 500k btu unit, complete and set up + $1.5k for delivery. So a total of $31k. (If that doesn't scare you, the 800k btu model is somewhere around $85k.) What I like most is how self-sufficient the unit is. Little clean-up, no creosote and even at high output he said it will last at least 3 days on a fill-up and much longer at low output. Oh, and he expects that they will be certified in Maine in the next week. They are just waiting to hear the official word. He told me that even if Maine doesn't approve it, he would sell them anyway and he and Portage and Main would back to unit in writing. If anyone complains about smoke, they would take the unit back for full refund. It all sounds great on paper. It certainly has my interest though. I run my home and several greenhouses using 2 OWB's and 40 cord of wood per season that I buy treelength and process myself. Takes up much of my summer/fall and sometimes into winter. I'd love to regain some of my life back.
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I got my answer. After a little research I found Mainly Custom in Lyman Maine (Closest Portage and Main dealer for me). I sent a request for more info on the unit. He called me today and we had quite an interesting conversation. He is sold on the unit and plans to install one for himself. He is also the one who had the demo set up at the Fryeburg Fair. The price tag is pretty high at around $29.5k for the 500k btu unit, complete and set up + $1.5k for delivery. So a total of $31k. (If that doesn't scare you, the 800k btu model is somewhere around $85k.) What I like most is how self-sufficient the unit is. Little clean-up, no creosote and even at high output he said it will last at least 3 days on a fill-up and much longer at low output. Oh, and he expects that they will be certified in Maine in the next week. They are just waiting to hear the official word. He told me that even if Maine doesn't approve it, he would sell them anyway and he and Portage and Main would back to unit in writing. If anyone complains about smoke, they would take the unit back for full refund. It all sounds great on paper. It certainly has my interest though. I run my home and several greenhouses using 2 OWB's and 40 cord of wood per season that I buy treelength and process myself. Takes up much of my summer/fall and sometimes into winter. I'd love to regain some of my life back.
Funny I had a conversation with that guy on woodmens' day at the Fryeburg Fair
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Yeah, Richard is quite a talker. Kept me on the phone for 48 minutes. I think he was really hoping to sign me up. I'd love to. But I have some homework to do and (quite frankly) have some pennies to save.
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Yeah, Richard is quite a talker. Kept me on the phone for 48 minutes. I think he was really hoping to sign me up. I'd love to. But I have some homework to do and (quite frankly) have some pennies to save.
Yeah def do your homework!!! before your final decision!
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Richard is a good man. He installed my Optimizer 250 last fall and then attached it to our pool this summer. I would recommend him, his work, and P&M to anyone in the market in the northeast.
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Thanks Matt. Good to know. It looks like the ideal setup for me. Just might be a couple of years before I can work it into the budget.