Keeps it for around 16 hours in cold weather.

Thank you buddy. Same to you.

Good morning Don. Happy Thanksgiving buddy.

Same to you Pete.

Good morning Mike, Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving Guy

Same to you George.

Thank you sir, same to you.

Same to you Bruce

We love it Tim.

Thank you Alex

Alright, a look back and update on the coal stove. Nicely done and well put together video. Thanks for sharing. Down here in Kentucky, wood is about $45 per rick delivered, in my area, about 3 rick per truckload. I haven't priced coal, but seeing as it is mined on both ends of the state and it doesn't have to be trucked as far, it is likely much cheaper here. My mom's dad was a coal miner from about 8 years old until he retired minus the years in the Army for WWII. I remember my grandparent's old Ben Franklin pot belly coal stove well. It even had an oven section wear grandma would bake the best biscuits you ever had. I'm sure she cooked other things in and on it, but the biscuits are what I seem to remember most. It sat in the kitchen near the living room door, and I noticed around 10 years old that the floor was starting to sink just a bit under the weight of it. We used to pull the door curtains heat our bath water on the stove (that we had to go outside to the well pump to get), and took our baths near the old stove in a galvanised washtub. Those were the days. They didn't get indoor plumbing of any type until just before Christmas of my 12th to 13th year, so 1982-83. Grandpa didn't care for sitting on the "glass pot" for years after he built my grandmother her indoor bathroom. I think I was into my mid twenties before the outhouse disappeared. I do remember that you never, ever, throw coal dust into the stove and open the door again before at least 15-20 minutes, had my eyebrows, and hair, flash burned once doing that. Lesson learned.

Hey buddy

Same to you John

Johnny it is great to hear from you. I was wondering how you were doing.

Hey buddy. Hope you're well.

@@TheTradesmanChannel - Just fine. I been just snackin' a little now and then to get ready for the feast. Hope y'all have a grand turkey day up there!

Should be a good one, I'm on call. Hopefully the phone stays quiet.

Can't wait to see your project

i haul milk and i too carry ash

Hey buddy, hope your day was good.

Hey buddy

It sure does

I had thought of it but it would cost me around $1500 a year to heat with it, of course it would be worth it to heat the house and the barn.

@@TheTradesmanChannel Yes, mine will heat four buildings, though I only have my house hooked up to it. I was thinking about hooking it to my hot tub, but still thinking about it. My stove is almost 22 years old.

It is a bit od work but we've found that I only need to touch the stove twice a day.

I'm about 80 miles north of you, I grew up in Copenhagen.

Good morning. Still using it, works great.

@@TheTradesmanChannel awsome we got a coal chubby and love it cannot beat the steady quiet even heat you n yours take care and the good videoes !!!!!!

I do that too and I take a lot to the dump.

I bag it once it's cooled off and it goes in the trash. Sometimes I'll fill pot holes with it.

Tractor supply sells it. I burn three to four tons a year but this is extreme cold country here. You'd probably burn much less.

@@TheTradesmanChannel thanks for the info, but 3-4 tons sounds like a lot. Missouri gets pretty cold during the Winter as well but wouldn't know where to store that much. Guess it wouldn't hurt to see if our local TSC can get it in and how much it would cost. Might at least be good for some emergency heating.

Good morning. Three things: 1: there is an air restriction plate in the air intake under the shaker grates in the left rear of the stove that has to be removed if you're burning anthracite. It may already be removed but it's a good place to start. 2: the damper on the top left side of the stove towards the back needs to be closed once you have a well established fire, makes a massive difference. 3: most important: shake the stove down really well, you need to get in under the shaker grates twice a day with a long knife like tool and really get the ash out. What happens is it looks like you have a raging fire going but there's so much ash and clinker in the stove that it won't put much heat out. I would bet that is your issue. Once you get the process down it takes about five minutes in the morning and five minutes at night. Just beware of shaking it down to the point that you put the fire out.

​@TheTradesmanChannel Thank you so much for replying! I'll address the things you mentioned in the same order. 1. We have a thermostat or flapper like thing on the back left rear of the stove that we have about half open. On the inside of the stove under the grates there are 3 air holes with a little tin plate on them. One on back right, one up front on each side. Not sure if any of those items are what you're referring to. 2. We handle the damper as you have said to do. 3. I really try to get the ash shaken down and floss really good with the tool it came with. Empty ash pan as needed. When we couldn't get any heat from it a few days ago we let it go out and gave it a thorough cleaning with our ash vac and started over. Got a good coal fire going after that for about a day and a half but this morning we were back to the 50's when we woke up and I thought I had it filled and going good when I went to bed. I want to get the hang of this because I like all the perks of coal but right now I just want to burn wood cuz I understand wood and it feels so simple compared to this. Thanks so much for your help.

The three tin plates are clean outs, wouldn't hurt to pull those and vacuum out the passages. If those are filled up you might not get good heat. Be patient, once you figure it out you will love it. There is a learning curve.

Get a hot wood fire going, I use small pieces and get a good one going. Once the wood is established, put a thin layer of coal on top and open the bottom of the stove. From there you build up a few more layers of coal. Don't forget to close the bottom of the stove once it's burning well.

Those are really nice stoves. This stove was the 2nd model Vigilant that was designed to burn coal. The original Vigilant had a coal conversion kit you could get for them that never worked very well.

It does

Hitzer is an excellent stove, many models to choose from.

Living in New England I had acquired an All Nighter Pudgy Glo. All Nighters are known for the woodstove and highly sought after. Mine is the coal version which I used for 3 seasons and loved it. I retired it for a wood/coal burning oven. Any Anthracite coal will work. The best prices I have found came from Tractor Supply stores. My place is also small 1000 sq. feet and many a night I slept with window open.

Hitzer model 254 is an excellent stove. That’s what I use to heat my 1100sg/ft home. I’m in the mountains of WV.

That is fantastic. Tractor Supply has coal $10 for a 40# bag. Even at that steep markup coal is still cost competitive with wood.

It sure is

Time flies...i burn nut coal and pea coal in it. Great heat.

@@TheTradesmanChannel when I was burning with my Shenandoah woodstove I wanted to get my hands on some stove coal for the really cold nights. Getting up to feed the fire every 4-5 hrs is for the birds. I'm much happier with my boiler system now though.

It's just a stove polish. You can find it in most hardware stores. Lasts for years.

I build a wood fire in it first and then put coal in. Once it's going for the season I don't have to restart it very often.

Good morning. Coal doubled here as well, not very happy about it because we love heating with coal.

@@TheTradesmanChannel IDT THE PRICE AT THE MINE WENT UP MUCH....COAL IS KING....LOVE COAL HEAT.STAY WELL

The ash from a coal stove is fairly caustic, not good for gardening but it does fill potholes quite well.

I will check it out.

@@TheTradesmanChannel please ask questions if you have any. I wanted to do a follow up video now that we're into heating season again.

I agree

I'm in Jefferson. I grew up in Copenhagen

TheTradesmanChannel Howdy Neighbor! Lol

Those hangovers are a killer. I am not sure what would work for porcelain.

That is extremely cheap, I'll let him know.

@@TheTradesmanChannel in center, nd treated stocker is $45.25/ton and lump is $47.75/ton. In Dickinson stoker is $66.75/ton no lump, that’s the price until July 1st 2024 according to the website, center coal company

Grate was replaced, those clips were from the first firing.

I work on high tech industrial heating equipment daily as my day job... I keep it as simple and basic as I can when I get home.