Top-Loading Wood Furnaces

Top-Loading Wood Furnaces ENERGY Wood Burners 65 Elvin Hoover of Hoover Pump Works says his Conestoga Champion Furnaces have no smoke no smell and don’t soot up The gasification system has a heat exchanger and boiler “We are the only manufacturers of our size that use an oxygen sensor ” Hoover says With it the gas from the wood and oxygen are the same high temperature to get the right mix for a nearly perfect burn no matter what kind of wood is used for fuel The burn is so complete that the smoke cools to 300 degrees and doesn’t soot up the stack The top-loading hopper is handy for businesses such as woodworking shops that can dump in loads of all sizes of scrap wood Hoover and his business partner offer the furnace in three sizes The smallest puts out 600 000 btu’s and sells for $19 000 Larger heaters that are ideal for manufacturing shops and greenhouses put out 1 2 million and 2 5 million btu’s The largest heater weighs 18 000 lbs and sells for $53 000 Hoover has shipped them on drop-deck lowboy trailers to other states and Canada Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Hoover Pump Works 222 Conestoga Creek Rd Ephrata Penn 17522 ph 717 733-0630; Norm welding@gmail com Alternate Heating Systems offers several models of coal burning furnaces “Anthracite coal burns clean naturally so it doesn’t need to gasify to burn clean It’s much cleaner than wood ” says Jeff Gingerich owner of Alternate Heating The shiny hard coal burns with no smoke and the boiler only needs to be cleaned annually It is designed and built well enough that he offers a lifetime warranty on the parts that move coal in and ash out For convenience he offers two top-loading hopper models When filled they last up to 30 days The S130 holds nearly a ton of coal heats 3 500 sq ft and costs $10 500 The S260 holds 1 75 tons of coal heats 6 000 sq ft and costs $13 500 Both have large ash receptacles to hold the ash left after burning a hopper of coal and only need to be emptied monthly Customers appreciate the once-a-month schedule and cost savings Gingerich keeps a stockpile of coal for customers to purchase from him for $230/ton btu’s equal to 300 gal of propane Large loads delivered cost $185/ton Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Alternate Heating 2393 Little Egypt Rd Harrisonville Penn 17228 ph 717 987-0099; www alternateheatingsystems com; sales@woodgun com

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