Thank you so much for this video! When I saw your short video with your coal fire a few days ago, it got me excited to try burning with coal in my Fire Chief. I was able to find 40 lb. bags of anthracite coal at my local Tractor Supply for 2 for $12. I had my furnace going well with the coal, but I believe I either didn't load it enough or allow enough air in because my fire ended up going out. I am looking forward to trying some of your tips, it is exactly what I needed. Thanks again!

Lehigh is good Coal. DS makes a great stove. Good combo. Stay Warm!

Easiest way I have found to start my coal stove is ty put a pile of match light charcoal in the center and lay a bed of hard coal around it then light the match light. Half hour later I have a good coal fire going.

What ever works for you is the right way . I’ve been heating with anthracite for about 12 years. Lehighhas the best anthracite in my opinion. Glad you got it figured out . 💪👍🏻

Thanks CJ sure glad to hear you're keeping those girls all toasty warm. It's coming right along around there. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Fred.

Been using coal here in P.A. for a long time. Lehigh and Blaschak are about the best coal you can get. I use a coal stove that uses nut coal. Twelve hours is a good burn time. It will go longer but doesn't put off much heat. I burn wood when it's not to cold out because the coal makes the house to warm. Do it in layers like in the video, shake it down when you add coal and it will burn better and burn through the coals better. When you do that you should only have ash left if it's good coal. I try to tend it every eight to ten hours that way it burns clean and steady. If I load it up around ten at night it's good till mid morning, but if I shake it down around six it does much better. Great video !!!

Excellent video CJ. Glad that is working out for you to keep the house and family warm. Thanks for sharing, stay safe. Ken

Man that’s awesome!! Nothing better than a cozy house on a cold day buddy. Great video, take care buddy!

Thank you very much for the video! My hubs left me in charge of the fire/coal (I'm used to wood or fuel blocks) and I wasn't doing the best, your video helped me so much!! Thanks!!

My dad developed a case of bursitis scrubbing the rust & tarnish off an antique coal stove for a weekend cabin in Ontario County, NY. The stove had nickel plated bumpers to keep you away from the hot stove. There were mica windows on the front & side which were attractive and radiated heat, It took a while to get the coal fire started, but it is hellaciously hot, once it gets going.

Good jop on your video i have a outdoor wood are house is 75 now night it say at 74 night we have snow too love your video buddy

You may want to checkout some other videos on burning hard coal. Most service the stove only twice per day. empty the ash bin, floss the grates, shake it down, re-fill to the max. Leave the flue and lower air flow open full for 5 or 10 minutes then adjust to minimum on both air in and flue and walk away.

excellent info CJ

That furnace is huge compared to my little parlor stove but I can use the nut size anthracite coal and turn up the draft so as to maintain about 400 - 600 degrees "Far" temperature and then when the fire is hot enough turn the draft way down especially if there is high wind. thanks for the information and keep warm.

Boy, that's pretty efficient. Finally got some winter here,24 one night,think we've had 3 freezes. Today will be in the 30s. 70 over the weekend.

Wow, glad to see so you finally made the switch. You will be much happier with less tending and consistent heat. You can also start your stove with match light and add coal is short layers building up the bed.

i miss a coal or wood burning home and lifestyle.. yep. cold snowy PA/OH winters were tough and at times magical. Strong folk for sure. Shenango, Pymatuning waterways. Some Lake Erie whiteouts. Our tribe migrated west, many of us buried ashes westward. Sir, you gave some good life enhancing tips. Thanks muchly!

Thanks for sharing your experience 👍😎

I burn house coal at 88 a ton but it's a solid mix of Anthracite, and Bit coal to avoid issues with creosote I just shovel some rock salt onto my coals every so often, and of course toss the money at those fancy creosote logs. Never had an issue with the chimney flue comes clean every time.

Great video! Thank you for sharing!

This video was very helpful! Thanks

Thanks for sharing this information

Most interesting. Thank you.

For a 40 bag of smokeless coal in Ireland is 30€ thanks for sharing your video hope you stay warm and dry

20kg bag of 'decent ' smokeless coal here in UK £20.00 a bag! I place the coal pieces on the fire like i am placing cherries on a cake🤣. So expensive but i absolutely love my open fire. Thanks for sharing your experiences CJ.... Love to you and all your little ladies🥳💞.

Great video CJ. Glad you found a supply of coal. $7 a bag here. Folks on the coal pail forum generally seem to stay away from the TSC unless it is the only option.

I've been trying to get anthracite to burn inside of a Fisher Baby Bear I have, but it'll need some kind of grate that sits above the draft cap. Wyoming brown sub-bit will burn in it easily, never had access to regular bituminous. We have trees here in SW Idaho, mountain mahogany, which have over twice the density of oak, it sinks in water, kills saw chains, and will burn for 24 hours in an airtight. If you can find it, it's the best fuel ever.

I learned that I smothered my coals and that's why it went out

We could of used that fire in this house this morning. We got the snow also n with the wind it felt like 2....stay warm ⛄☃️

Nice video. Thanks man!🙂 Greetings from Holland. ( we need Coal this winter😉)

Hey CJ, great find on the Coal. If you end up buying some of the Bio Blocks I told you about, maybe you could do a video for everyone on those too 👍 God Bless.

I've hauled coal out of that mine all the way down to pueblo Colorado. I guess it's some really good stuff. They use it at a steel mill.

Thanks very good , I know nothing about coal I am in uk we have to use smokeless anthracite I’ve just stop gas because of the cost, thanks again for information I left all ash in when I started with coal I didn’t know.

Thanks for that Video, unfortunately coal in the UK is now over £600 per tonne. I think we need to move over to your country where at least you do not get ripped off! Have a warm winter. Cheers

That is the key to burning coal. Get it hot first. Don't over stoke it. A little good coal is all ya need folks.

I have a U.S.Stove 30 A. Wood,soft coal,Hard coal. I burn it all. Least amount of work is the hard coal.Burn,shake,add,repeat. Davidsville PA.15928

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I've been running a Hitzer-55 for a couple of years now, using sub-bit ('thermal') coal. I got a lot better at it over last winter, but haven't yet tried a fully charged firebox. A useful burn doesn't last more than 4 or 5 hours so far. When the weather gets cold again I'll try a full (staged) firebox load - which is pretty big for this type of heater. I got a little apprehensive early on about having a full load of coal light up and throwing off enough heat to move a locomotive, but found out it doesn't have to work that way. Until recently nut coal in this area was about 60 dollars a ton, picked up at the mine. 70 dollars for stove coal. Now it's doubled, entirely from federal tax. Last year I also bought a couple of old-time scuttle pails that work really well. Just toss in as much as you want in one or two throws, and quickly close the big loading door. This entire region is sitting on a thick layer of thermal coal so it's cheap. Gas too (theoretically). But anthracite was only available down south from small mines, now closed down. Natural gas runs in a line right beside the property, but after hook-up and equipment costs I'd be able to pay for 10 years of winter coal with the same money. Then include the price of gas now, and administration and 'delivery' charges, and constant rider fees whether you use any gas or not, and gas would cost 3 to 5 times that of coal. A few new neighbors have even disconnected their old gas lines, which would have been inconceivable 20 or 30 years ago. They've since found out that purchased firewood and electric heat costs way more than even propane. Oops :)

If you'd like an easy way to light coal if you are starting from scratch grab a bag of matchlight charcoal put a layer on the bottom covering the entire grate light it and put a single light layer of coal on top of it and let it burn untouched for about 15 20 min come back and add another layer give it 10 min add another layer and your up and running

Thanks. I appreciate it. I'm up here in Vermillion oh. I was looking to buy hitzer coal stove. Anyone have any advices

Is seems so much easier than wood. I’m constantly loading firewood, dragging it into the house.

Great video ! Tell me, can you also burn wood in this furnace ?

Wow...I cant believe the cheapness of anthracite over there in the U.S.A. I assume the prices have since risen since this video? In the UK the prices have risen to at least £599 per ton. Even worse is Columbian house coal for open fires...£720 per ton!!!!

Being I live in the heart of Anthracite country it's makes way much sense. Just a heads up. There are 2 types of Anthracite coal, red ash and white ash. Red ash does not burn as long when your pushing high heat. White ash will burn the hottest for longest at that hottest temps. How to know the diff. When looking at the ash, if it has a tint of red ( a slight look of rust red) it's red ash. Places try to mix it here and I usually call them on it. It's 16 degrees here this morn stove is running bout 700 on top surface with a 6 gal stainless steel pan of water on top running day in and day out for a 14 hr burn on 40 lbs...beat that with wood, I don't think so... You can burn wood in a coal stove but, you can't burn coal in a wood stove...the diff is the grate systems needed. rock on...

Open bottom door and flue damper when building a fire, get it rolling hot with wood, then throw coal in let bottom door and damper open it will take off real quick. When it gets rolling good close bottom door and damper. Put more coal on. I use different coal and shovel. My soft coal is 115 bucks a ton.. not real dirty either I buy washed nut stoker coal. I'm in Pennsylvania though.. my house runs 80 degrees all winter even when it is below zero, my house is old not insolated real good..

We have the same stove, but having a horrible time burning coal. I talked to the manufacturer this morning. You have to remove the grate for burning wood. Otherwise, there is not enough air flow to keep the coal burning.

Great video bud. You guys are lucky with being able to burn coal and sooooo cheap, Here in Australia we cant even burn matches, and coal doesnt even exist.

Did u miss the details when do you shake down the coal box and what do you set the dampener on I’m not sure I’m asking

Wow c o a l looks like something you would use for blacksmithing. We used to go down and get a ton of it in the back of the pickup truck and it would be in big chunks. That's what you need if you're going to get a 24-hour burn out of it big chunks. We used to pay $22 a ton that's been a while ago no wonder you suffocated your fire with those little pieces my I sure have a lot of videos to watch now

Do you use a forced draft blower or do you have an extra tall chimney to provide enough draft for the coal to burn cleanly?

This is an interesting video , i dont think i will ever burn coal on my purevision stove ( it does support smokeless formed coal things). I did however make a wood fire so hot a few days ago that i could not stand on the floor next to the hearth as it was too hot , i think i overdid it . But i had a good few inches of wood coals. I set my stove to coal setting and i was nice and warm for a few hours with no extra wood !

How often do you shake and do you poke around the coals? I was told to shake every 12 hours and poke around the outside, not the middle, twice a day. The few times I've burned coal, I've suffocated my fire out in about 3-4 days. What do you do? If this February ever gets cold again, I want to burn some more coal. I'd like to buy some more this summer if the price ever comes down again!!!

There are automatic hoppers that drop a set amount of coal into the burner every X number of hours

Thanks for the tips, my friend... 👍👍👍

I’m wondering how much the Anthracite is today where your at? I saw a 40 lb bag today which is almost a year after you posted this video and it was $30 a bag…. insane prices now days. Thx for the video, really informative, hope your able to stay warm this winter. God bless.

I heard tractor supply coal isn’t too good I was told to stick with Lehigh and blaschack are the best to burn low ash content

i use char coal to start my coal burning stove

nothing like anthracite coal heat its the best..... FJB for the high prices.

Good video! One item I was looking for is how do you set the draft on your stove. I know coal needs more air than wood. Should I run the draft all the way open for coal?

They make hopper fed coal stoker stoves that you don’t have to fill twice a day

I’d like to see how your coal furnace is ducted, how you move heat throughout the house.

find a bulk source. i pay $110/ton for bituminous, which i actually like better than hard coal. smokey but hot AF.

I just installed a kozy king 400 in the shop a cpl days ago, replaced a 32 yr old King. I quickly came to the same conclusions as you learning the coal been a wood burner till now. What temperatures are you seeing on the front of stove? How open are you running the draft fan? Feel like i need much more than DS's recommends. Thanks.

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Hello brother, thank you for the video, I burn coal and wood myself too, do you shake down your coal? Air flow is EVERYTHING with coal. Hope you are well.

Just watched your video and will give it a try today, I have a multi fuel stove in which I burn both coal and wood , usually together. So I presume I start the fire with wood and then start adding coal ? It’s smoky coal , down to the last few bags , after that it will be smokeless as the other is now banned here in Ireland.

Could I burn coals in a regular woodstove ?

Once the coal is glowing does that mean its set for hours?

You would not be able to afford coal in England. .11 bags of coal cost 187 £ and there will be bags of coal more expensive than that

Has anyone heard of burning alder bushes, chopped up, dried and bagged like coal? It is too hot to burn in a wood stove.

i was told to make good fire and put 100lbs of caol in the large pot belly stove so it burns for 3 to 4 days;'