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I have ‘36 Chevy Dump as well, yours is the only other one Ive seen.

The valve spool must not be perfectly symmetrical. Swapping it around it must be different.

Tool to take the lid off: “Lid Lifter.”

Great video - thank you. Where did you get that nice looking coal hod?

The difference between anthracite and bituminous

Gotta same one nice..

It seems to me that using bbq charcoal to start up your coal fire can add up to a significant expense each winter. I don't think our forefathers used this method. What is the more common method to start up a coal fire?

Thank you for the videos. This is my first season heating with an old coal stove/heater. You're videos have been helpful. You are correct, there is a definitive learning curve.

Very cool! Thank you

Try adding a blower to it to get it to burn hotter and light easier

Where can you find old pot belly stoves like that

Good video as always dude. I'm over in NW Jersey and I'm considering swapping my wood stove for a coal stove next year. I'll be honest, I've been following your videos to get an idea of what kind of animal I'd be contending with. Keep up the great work man. 🤘🍻🇺🇲

A good guide. Minimum of fluff/chatter, has visual aids and good editing/speaking. Liked and saved.

This was helpful. Thank you. I fought qith this yesterday and dumped a whole bucket too early in amd was like pretty mad. LOL. Dont you need a barometric damper for safety on there in case it gets windy and runs away?

Anthracite is the worst fuel I have ever used in my multifuel stove. It's a myth about how hot it burns. I could never get it to raise the stove thermometer above 200 degrees despite doing all the servicing tips and de-ashing the grate.

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Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences; very helpful.😊

Holy moly…you did a great job providing us with a wealth of information. Thank you for posting

Thanks for the great video!!

Thank you for taking time to perform these two how-to videos. I watched them both several times after installing my vintage coal burner and prior to ( attempting) to use it. For sure its quite different from that of my wood fired heaters.

Wow what a great video. I learned more in this one than the majority of the others I have watched. If TH-cam isn't boosting this then they are out of their minds

Damn 390 a ton? Where? Sorry um I know it's quite a bit later but I'm up in New York paying 500 per ton. Did it change down there too?

Nice stove, how much they worth, the one like this one, large one ?

Please advise; what for brand is your beautiful vintage coal appliance? She's a real work horse! Obviously NOT a cosmetic "restoration " you put on display. Love it. Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. Many of us appreciate your efforts 😊

Cool information I've been looking for I got a potbelly in my garage here in Havana Arkansas I just need to put more pipe on it to vent outside. I have run it in here on coal and it didn't stink or kill me... Bobby

I'll give my advice on starting a coal stove.. Clean stove good Put coal in firebox. I use corn cobs soaked in kerosene, then leave them drip out. Put corncobs in ashbox, under grating, add some pallet wood onto of cobs. Light cobs and walk away,come back in 5-7 minutes. Coal will be crackling(burning). Set draft,walk away.. This way is much,much quicker and easier,flames from cobs and pallets go up thru grate,under and through coal and ignite it easily..fire always burns up,not down.your way goes against that fact by lighting onto of coal,my way goes with the fact by lighting underneath the coal. The cobs and pallet wood under create a draft up which takes flame with it.. The cobs/wood turn to ash anyways,just as they should.. Think about it for a minute and try it. Also I clean my chimney without climbing on the roof,most use a "t" shaped cleanout,which let's brush only go 1 way,vertical or horizontal. I made a stainless "+" shaped joint with 2 caps,rear and bottom.i let my fire go almost out the ladt night of the month,then in the morning pop both caps off,run brush up chimney,then from outside into stove,takes roughly 2 minutes,then add coal and open bottom draft,got heat back in 10 minutes. I tried to get my + made by chimney companies,but they all said it would close the cleaning side of thier business..

Can you burn charcoal in it? Im assuming it wouldn't last long at all but its a curiosity that nobody has answered for me

Sounds as though you are waiting to long to shake and floss your grates when it goes out with coal still in the firebox. Everything that I've seen says that shaking and flossing your grates every 12 hours is key.

That is a neat looking stove. I've been burning a stoker for the past 4 years now. If you want to be able to leave the house for over a day then invest in a good stoker. I have a new hand fed in the barn that I'm waiting to install in the house next season.

Great video, thanks for sharing ! Thumbs up !

Hi I'm rick just bought a stove like yours. Watched your video and love the coal burning idea. I never thought of it. I'm missing my shaker grate so I wanted to ask what size is yours and if its similar to mine because I have to make my own im thinking because I can't find one online. My stove grate hole is 11" diameter give or take a little. Just wanted to know if you have a similar size

I want to know if you have any company in your area that sales anthracite coal and deliver to Ga, 5 minutes from Chattanooga TN. Tim S.

and now we know why every G.D. coal stove shaker is broken. Stove coal... size of softballs.... tons for free next to the rail sidings. 3 minuets of maintenance 24 hrs. of making BTU's on a 5 gallon bucket of anthracite. 90 secs before breakfast 90secs before bed. Haul a bucket every 3rd day to the ash pile.

I have had that hats twin many years Boiler welder.

Help, bought a new old style potbelly stove caboose type, my issue is that it's scary seeing the bottom glowing red. I don't care to see it glowing red, seems unsafe what is your opinion on this?

i heat with anthracite rice with a keystoker 90K. it's almost completely automatic, it is a stoker stove. fill and empty, controlled off of a thermostat. the hopper can hold 110 lbs and it burns a very long time on a full hopper, like 2 days.... same with the ash pan, it's a fairly large square pan. this pot belly seems interesting but it also seems to be quite a bit more work and more dust. anthracite is awesome heat, it's efficient and a great option. old school. my 90k BTU stove has plenty of heating capacity for my 1,500 sq ft farm house. i bought the stove used in 2015 for $800

can you put the whole bag coal in your pot belly stove

The air intake in the door at the fire box is for cooling fire if stove get too hot

Do you believe that Coal Ash causes cancer? That's something being pushed recently.. I do not subscribe to the C.C./G.W. tale that's pushed since every single one of the predictions based on it has proven to be just wholly inaccurate

Thank you for a very informative video. I have my late grandparents 1920-30 Atlanta pot belly stove that they used to heat their kitchen in the morning for many years. It's in excellent condition considering it's age. I'm getting the chimney sections, fire proof wall material and base to install it in a 10 x 20 cabin. You answered the questions I had about stoking the stove with coal. Thank you again for your video. :)

Great tips! I was struggling keeping it going. No more! Thanks

This is awesome

thanks, I think I am going to burn wood, it seems easier. I bought a OLD pot belly, but it's kinda of big. Has the air vent wheel and door on top, and a cover for the shaker grate (much more primitive than yours for sure) - the seller said it was dirty so ok for a garage which is my plan

Yep. Pull your ditches first. Then crown, unless sloping, and then finish it off. You pull the ditches first and roll any big rocks towards the center of the road. You can then weed out the rock and push them up past your working area and off the side out of the way. It’s not hard but getting to know your machine is the part that takes a minute. Fine job fella. Keep at it.

Does that stove have a firebrick lining?...I ask because I just bought a potbelly coal stove, who seller says it doesn't need a firebrick lining!

Cut it all out and put you some fender flares on it !

Little bit of body tape and tremclad should fully restore that.

Not too bad, should buff out

14000 OBO no lowballs i know what i got

Michigander?