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Winfield Dave
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Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:25 pm

Guess I was a naughty boy this year... :evil:
Santa brought me more than a stocking full of coal. :{_}:
2 tons worth and Hercules first time at the helm.
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Kids, [and newbies] please do not try this at home. :roll:
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:44 pm

Coal? Heating with coal? Buying coal from a local mine?
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:05 pm

I sure hope you are using a respirator when you are handling that coal. It kinda makes sense since Pa was kinda heavily into anthracite coal right? Is that what you were hauling or bituminous coal?
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:28 am

Eugene wrote:Coal? Heating with coal? ...Yes, for years... Buying coal from a local mine?...From a local coal breaker [processing plant]...

Rudi wrote:I sure hope you are using a respirator when you are handling that coal. ...No, not necessary...The coal is washed as it flows down the chute into the trailer. It is soaking wet. The photo was taken while the trailer was draining off the excess water at home... It kinda makes sense since Pa was kinda heavily into anthracite coal right?...Anthracite it is, Rudi... Is that what you were hauling or bituminous coal?
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:34 am

How long will that last in a typical winter?

Al
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:44 am

Dave, are you using a "stoker furnace"? Looks like stoker coal. How expensive is a ton of coal, now days? Don't see much of it around here anymore.
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:34 am

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Bob Perry
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:40 am

"... and if we find that you exceeded the maximum tongue weight, you may get more coal for Christmas."
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:54 am

Super A wrote:How long will that last in a typical winter? Al...I burn 6-9 tons per year.
Gary Dotson wrote:Dave, are you using a "stoker furnace"? Looks like stoker coal. ...Good eye, Gary...Yes, burn it in an EFM stoker... How expensive is a ton of coal, now days? ...$195 / ton...
Bob Perry wrote:"... and if we find that you exceeded the maximum tongue weight, you may get more coal for Christmas." ...Bob, no correct police here in this county...they've all been buried in the coal mines with the revenuers...LOL...
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:56 am

Bob, I was thinking the same thing, maybe thats why he has the plow on!!!! Chuck :lol:
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:04 am

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Winfield Dave
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:10 am

Bob Perry wrote:"... and if we find that you exceeded the maximum tongue weight, you may get more coal for Christmas."
"Please don't throw me into the briar patch." :lol: :lol:
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:21 am

That's why the plow is on. To hold down the front end. Vern

Mine is on also. It keeps the snow away for a while.
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:32 am

That does not appear to be a cheap way of heating I burn way less than $2000.00 in kerosene
Eugene
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Re: Guess I was a naughty boy this year...

Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:40 am

http://www.weatherdatadepot.com/

Above site has data on heating degree days. Plug in your zip code and manipulate the input the data to determine the desired information.

I used the above site to compare Dave's and my average heating degree days. Both locations are pretty close. I plugged in my daughters house, 300 miles north of my home. Her location has about 2000 more heating degree days.

Dave's heating cost is in the same ball park as mine. I use propane for hot water and heat. I heat just under 2000 sq feet.

It's difficult to make a definitive statement when comparing annual heating cost because of the differences in the building site location, average heating degree days, type of structure, square footage, type of fuel available, etc., etc..
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