Ready For Winter

[linus6948]

Went and got my Winter supply of coal in the Summer this year, you pay the Summer price and there are no lines whatsoever. My neighbor Joe and I used his dump trailer to move three ton of rice coal a trip, we made three trips, he needed three tons and I needed six. A storm came thru during our second trip and I had a cherry tree come down across my driveway which my neighbor Joe cut up as he loves dressing up in his gear and using his chainsaw. Once cleared we proceeded to fill my 6 IBC totes with a ton of coal each.

 

 

Edited September 17, 2016 by linus6948

[rb1949]

Darn, no cherries for pie. I well remember the coal truck deliveries, rattle clatter bang dumping chunk coal down the chute into the coal bin. And stoking the behemoth furnace morning and night to get some heat, yet still sleeping under a featherbed.. Then carrying ashes out in the galvanized tub for fertilizer. I still swear the heat was much better HEAT than todays energy efficient gas contraptions. Not looking forward to the season you mention.

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[linus6948]

No pies, but it is great firewood and my neighbor Joe still burns wood to heat his garage so I cut it up the cherry and a dead white oak and hauled it over to his house. I used to heat with wood but we got tired of the constant attention the wood stove demanded. I replaced it with a thermostat controlled coal stoker and never looked back, it requires a 5 gallon bucket per day and every three days you change out the ash bin.