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Post by span870 on Jan 13, 2016 7:50:06 GMT -5
Anyone know where I can get some besides driving down to the Ohio river. Anyone near Lawrence county. I have a buddy that burns it and he was telling me how hot and cleaner it burns than wood. And yes my furnace is coal approved.
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Post by greghopper on Jan 13, 2016 8:13:32 GMT -5
Keep in mind coal comes in different grades/types.
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Post by parrothead on Jan 13, 2016 8:19:34 GMT -5
www.coalforsaleonline.com/These guys ship depending on how much you want or it might be worth calling them to find someone closer.
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Post by throbak on Jan 13, 2016 8:41:58 GMT -5
Check out the Amish !They sell it around here
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Post by esshup on Jan 13, 2016 12:10:03 GMT -5
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Post by duff on Jan 13, 2016 17:48:00 GMT -5
Head over to greene county. There are small mines over there
First house I owned had coal boiler original hear that had been removed for decades. We still had to clean up coal dust from them storing it in the basement. The flame may be cleaner but it is very persistent dust in that house.
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Post by welder on Jan 13, 2016 19:16:00 GMT -5
Ask around and see if there are any little coal mines in your area that sell "house coal",that's what they call it. It's a little too far from you but I have been buying coal in Clay City for a couple years. The price has been $100 per ton,screened and crushed to about golf ball-tennis ball size and $50 per ton for pit-run. Please know,ALL COAL ISN'T CREATED EQUAL! If you don't know what you're looking at,don't buy a whole bunch on the first try. Number 4 and number 7 are both good hard usually low sulfur coal,and that's what you want. Best of luck!
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Post by span870 on Jan 13, 2016 19:58:39 GMT -5
I wanted to find some anthracite, as that's what my grandpa used to burn, it burned fairly clean. Having no luck finding any. Really the dust can't be any worse than wood. My wife completely gave up on dusting until spring.
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Post by duff on Jan 14, 2016 17:31:38 GMT -5
Lumber jacks or mill operators didn't get black lung disease like coal miners. Maybe you can get some of that new clean coal :-)
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 14, 2016 17:35:14 GMT -5
My biological dad died from black lung.
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Post by trapperdave on Jan 14, 2016 17:41:34 GMT -5
He's not looking to mine it in a confined space
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Post by duff on Jan 14, 2016 17:46:08 GMT -5
Neither were the folks who burnt coal in a house I used to own, but I cleaned up coal dust decades after the coal burner was removed.
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Post by nfalls116 on Jan 14, 2016 18:26:05 GMT -5
Did they die of the black lung?
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Post by duff on Jan 14, 2016 18:36:37 GMT -5
Nope but it was messy :-)
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 14, 2016 19:24:06 GMT -5
He's not looking to mine it in a confined space My dad didn't either. He was just saving the coal he got in his stocking under his pillow. After a few decades of this... LOL No, he was a miner.
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Post by 36fan on Jan 15, 2016 12:14:09 GMT -5
I wanted to find some anthracite, as that's what my grandpa used to burn, it burned fairly clean. Having no luck finding any. Really the dust can't be any worse than wood. My wife completely gave up on dusting until spring. #4 and #7 refer to the layer coal is mined from. It means something to those in the mining industry, much more so than generic "anthracite". Also, KY #4 is different than IN #4.
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Post by greghopper on Jan 15, 2016 13:17:56 GMT -5
Some wood stoves iare not designed for the higher ash content of coals relative to woods. Many woods have an ash content of only 1-2% on a wet basis, whereas a typical anthracite "home coal" will have an ash content of 5-7%. Often, people sell normal bituminous coal in place of anthracite to people, which can raise the ash content to as high as 13-15% on
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Post by throbak on Jan 15, 2016 15:34:35 GMT -5
Coal burns too hot Fire brick a must
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Post by steiny on Jan 15, 2016 16:13:16 GMT -5
Years ago I got hold of some big chunks of coal and used them in my wood stove. Could throw in a football size chunk before going to bed and it would hold a good hot fire all night.
If it was more available, I'll bet folks would use it.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 15, 2016 17:44:13 GMT -5
We found a big chunk of coal while cleaning up the land we just bought. First time I've ever seen that.
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