Where Can I Get Some Coal?

[NIsaacs]

Those are some pricey pellets. We pay ~250/ton here for premium pellets that are 100% Doug fir and burn very clean.

Is it a new stove for coal? Or can you burn it in a wood stove?

Is $250 per ton a current price? We were surprised too at the price, last week. Some of the import pellets are in the $350 range.

I think most wood stoves will burn coal just fine, chunk type. The mine my brother uses sell a huge amount of the fist sized chunks. He said trucks go by all winter, headed east.

There are coal stoves similar to pellet stoves (automatic feed) but I doubt there are any around here. A lot of commercial buildings use the stoker coal type heat in coal country.

 

[SBettencourt]

Could not give away a ton of large coal the past summer. Everyone around here wants small. Had the clean out guy get rid of it.

 

[AH64ID]

Our local supply store, D&B, does sales a few times a year so that’s when I buy them. I generally buy 1 pallet in September to get ready for winter (depending on what’s leftover) and 3 more in November once we’re done with the horse trailer for the winter and they live in there until we need them at the house.

Last 3 pallets I bought was during the November sale. ~750 was the sale price. 10% off for buying a whole pallet and another 10% off for the sale. So I guess they would be around 310/ton if I were to buy them by the bag at full price and 275/ton by the pallet without the added sale.

There are more expensive pellets but in my little bit of testing I don’t gain anything.

There are cheaper pellets too, but they aren’t worth it. Poor heat, poor ignition, and very dirty.

My favorite ones are the American Eagle Premium pellets.

 

[Signal73]

Coal and wood stoves are very different from each other. Coal is also very caustic and needs a specific chimney material. Hearth.com is a great resource (like tdr for stoves) if you’re interested in learning more.

 

[JR]

Coal and wood stoves are very different from each other. .

They are, but multifuel stoves have also become very common and are capable of burning both. As to the chimney, Burning wood for a few days prior to burning coal and after the end of winter cleaning helps prevent the caustic from eating the chimney.

Nick, what do you heat with?

 

[NIsaacs]

Coal and wood stoves are very different from each other.

I am not a stove expert, but I am pretty sure this stove can burn wood or coal. I was raised with them and the old timer cook stoves. We used lump coal, wood was scarce. The only reason the stove in the link can't burn wood is because the EPA says you can't.

JR, we use pellets and electric.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/us-stove-coal-stove-railroad-potbelly-look-3195210

 

[gsbrockman]

I am not a stove expert, but I am pretty sure this stove can burn wood or coal. I was raised with them and the old timer cook stoves. We used lump coal, wood was scarce. The only reason the stove in the link can't burn wood is because the EPA says you can't.

JR, we use pellets and electric.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/us-stove-coal-stove-railroad-potbelly-look-3195210

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Thanks for the memories, there Nick....

The “gathering place” in my community yearrrrsssssss ago was a Chevron Station. Many an evening, generally around 7:00 to 7:30 pm or so, me and my Dad would go up there and chat with the locals. I fondly remember our Magistrate (RIP Donald Turner) catching me off guard, while I was backed up somewhat close to the stove, and pulling the front of my jeans, about the knee area, therefore pulling the back of my jeans against my legs. HOTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!