Dodged a bullet?

[turnkey4099]

At least I hope so.

Volunteered to cut up a couple blow downs for the Historical Society no charge. Getting ready I brought all the saws in the house for the night to warm up, been in the teens here for a week, bit warmer tomorrow. For some reason I also brought in the tool box full of chains, nuts, tools, etc. Opened it to see what chains I had ready to use. I keep them in Ziploc freezer bags labeled with the sizes. Bags were laying 1/2" of water!!...and they had leaked water. Basically I had 6-8 chains encased in ice. Got them drying out by the stove. I think I have a couple 32" and some new, unused 28" for the job tomorrow. The rest of them will be put in an oil bath in the morning. Then when I finish the blow down job I'll drip dry the oily chains then put them, one at a time on a saw and run to be sure they are well oiled.

 

[hupte]

if they weren't in the ice too long they should be ok. I hope it works out.

 

[turnkey4099]

if they weren't in the ice too long they should be ok. I hope it works out.

I didn't see any signs of rust before they hit the oil bath so probably OK. Had it not been for volunteering to cut up those trees I wouldn't have looked in the tool box until spring.

Harry K

 

[hupte]

oh wow. doing good things pays off twice. lol.

 

[turnkey4099]

oh wow. doing good things pays off twice. lol.

Ya but they can bite you on the fundament! See thread "No good deed goes unpunished"

 

[lknchoppers]

I like your stove. Those cabinet style stoves are great. is it an Ashley?

 

[hardpan]

That stove caught my eye also. It looks like my first stove, 2 doors (one for ash pan and one for firebox), fire brick lined, thermostatically controlled damper (bi-metalic strip), long burn times. I bought mine in 1975 and paid $275. Best stove I ever had.

 

[lknchoppers]

That stove caught my eye also. It looks like my first stove, 2 doors (one for ash pan and one for firebox), fire brick lined, thermostatically controlled damper (bi-metalic strip), long burn times. I bought mine in 1975 and paid $275. Best stove I ever had.

I have a Suburban Woodchief and it is setup the same way as an Ashley. It can get 12 hour burns easy and I love the lower ash pan and door. Firebrick lined with a nice cast Iron Grate for the ashes to fall through.
Hets The whole 1250 sq/ft house with ease. But it's not a new EPA Wood Burner

 

[turnkey4099]

I like your stove. Those cabinet style stoves are great. is it an Ashley?

We needed a stove for a new 18x30 addition to thise small shack. We wanted the 'circulator' (cabinet) style for the safety aspect, pets, kids and drunks can't get burned on one. Looked at Ashley, didn't like the color, this one is a "King" (not associated with Blaze King co.) we found at the local grange. It is an Ashley knockoff. Nice stove but really doesn't put out enough heat when the temps are in the basement.

Harry K

 

[turnkey4099]

I have a Suburban Woodchief and it is setup the same way as an Ashley. It can get 12 hour burns easy and I love the lower ash pan and door. Firebrick lined with a nice cast Iron Grate for the ashes to fall through.
Hets The whole 1250 sq/ft house with ease. But it's not a new EPA Wood Burner

I like the looks of that one, been looking for a new stove that would heat better but due to the installation here it has to be an end loader. I see that one is. Now if I can find a time machine and go back prior to EPA...

Harry K

 

[lknchoppers]

The one in the picture is a 1986 model. I refurbished the outside of it and cleaned up the inside and it's still good as new. I bought it on craigslist for $100, and it's been heating my home in the winter ever since.

 

[lknchoppers]

Here is one I just saw on CL.

http://greensboro.craigslist.org/app/5326306558.html

 

[chuckwood]

I have a Suburban Woodchief and it is setup the same way as an Ashley. It can get 12 hour burns easy and I love the lower ash pan and door. Firebrick lined with a nice cast Iron Grate for the ashes to fall through.
Hets The whole 1250 sq/ft house with ease. But it's not a new EPA Wood Burner

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I've got a suburban heater that looks just like an Ashley. Found it at a yard sale some years back, and haven't done anything with it yet, I bought it because the price was so low I couldn't turn it down. I currently heat with a Jotul, maybe one of these days I'll do something with the Suburban. This particular one is rated for either coal or wood, is lined with firebrick, and has an ash pan. I've got some nostalgia about these type heaters, my first heater I bought in the 70's was an Ashley, and I really liked it. I'd load it up in the morning, go to work all day, and there would be enough glowing coals in it when I got home that I just reloaded it and kept it going without having to do a relight every time. Same deal at night. Load it up and there's enough left in the morning to fire it up again without looking for paper, kindling, and matches. The thermostat controls on these things are really neat.

 

[chuckwood]

I like the looks of that one, been looking for a new stove that would heat better but due to the installation here it has to be an end loader. I see that one is. Now if I can find a time machine and go back prior to EPA...

Harry K

If we can elect enough conservatives/libertarians to office, maybe we can do away with the EPA altogether and forget about time machines!

 

[muddstopper]

My first wood stove was a Ashley. I bought the biggest model they had at the time, this was about 1980 or so. Installed it in my doublewide trailer. We spent many a subzero night with the windows open. Lift the top cover when the power was off and used the top as a cook stove. The stove was way to big for my 900sqft trailer, but we never got cold. In fact, its a wonder we didnt burn the house down. My stove didnt have a fan so I took coat hangers and made a sort of hoodie for the top. I attached the coat hangers to the sides and stretched aluminum foil between them. This directed the heat out toward the room. A window fan pushed the hot air back toward the bed rooms. You could tell the stove was hot by watching the aluminum foil hoodie wave around like a flag form the heat off the stove.