[AT] Shop heating

[charlie hill]

Cecil how is the site development for the new house  and shop coming?  Has 
the bad weather gotten to you yet?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Shop heating


>> Yep Al,  I know Tharrington made tobacco curring burners.  Dual Therm (I 
>> was thinking it was duo therm but not sure) probably did to.   A friend 
>> of mine bought a brand new Ashley heater in the '80's.  It was a cabinet 
>> similar to the oil pot heaters we are discussing but it was a wood 
>> heater.  I was surprised that he could get it.  There was an old HVAC 
>> dealer here in town that still handled them and probably the pot type oil 
>> heaters too.  He is now out of business.  If I were looking for one I 
>> think I'd try to find an old furniture store or old hardware store and 
>> ask the proprietor.  I suspect if you went looking at a heating and AC 
>> place in eastern NC they would laugh at you.
>>
>> Charlie
>
>
> Farm stores like Central Tractor have them in this area. Some
> country folks still heat that way. I don't know if the old style pot
> burners are legal in all states any more or if using them could affect
> your fire insurance. Best to check these days to be sure. I used to have
> one on an old farm I owned at one time in western New York and I think
> we have a DuoTherm out in one of the sheds but it hasn't been used in
> over 25 years. Probably all rusted out by now. We had one on the farm
> in Minnesota too when I was a kid. Had to fill the tank with kerosene
> from the barrel out in the yard about once a day. Once we moved into
> the new house with central heat, that was the last we saw of that old
> kerosene burner on the MN farm.
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
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