Stove coal in an Ashley stove

I was in the process of loading up the stove - the coal on top hadn't fully caught on yet. Plenty of yellow flames as the volatiles cook off.

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• coal
• stove
• ashley
• fire
• heat

[Discobubba]

Found this through a Google Search. Can't tell what the outside of your stove looks like. From the layout and grates it seems like what's commonly referred to as a Circulator correct? How do you shake the grates? Does it work alright, and have you tried anything other than Stove sized coal?

Sorry for all the questions. Unfortunately there doesn't seem much info about these models, even on nepacrossroads. From what I can deduce they're still made my U.S. Stove Company tho.

[kb1gni]

@Discobubba

Yes, I believe it's a Circulator - relatively thin firebox, lined with firebrick at the bottom, with a brown sheet metal enclosure that has a hinged top so you could cook on it in a pinch.

The grates are shaken down by opening up the ash door. Each grate has a square male end that you place a handle over. They are linked by what look like big gear teeth, but I've found that it works best to give each one a shake.

[kb1gni]

@Discobubba

The stove works awesome, Unfortunately, 25+ heating seasons has left it with a crack in the top and pretty badly warped inner walls. I've replaced it with a similar but smaller stove made by a different company, but it is not half the stove that the Ashley was and I'm looking for another one.

NEPA is a great site, and I learned a lot about burning coal there. I might be the only one there that ran an Ashley, never noticed anyone else speak about them.

[kb1gni]

@Discobubba

I've run both Stove and Nut coal - anything else is too small and tends to slip through the grates. Either one works well.

We ran wood in this same stove for many years and it works great for that as well.

[Discobubba]

Wow, thanks for the reply. I went to go look at one and realized how the grates work. Surprisingly the U.S. Stove site has a download-able manual but didn't seem to go over very well how to operate it. Nor does it have a lot of pictures so its hard to tell the layout without seeing one in person. It's a LOT bigger than I expected too.

Heard on another forum that they might be making them in China now, so probably not as good as they used to be.