[TheForge] Coal supplys

[Larry Ruebush]

Bob
These are old order Amish, but most have cell phones. One family,with 4 
married sons moved here from NW Pa three years ago. A couple more families 
have come since, with a few more planing to come. They live northwest of us. 
Dowen around the Colchester/Plymouth area, there is a large group that 
started 20 years ago. They do everything the hard way. Our neighbors have 
nice houses with indoor plumbing and gas lamps.
I have been down by your place, I used to haul Pioneer seed corn to several 
sale rep in your area.
With the new 4 lane 336, Quincy is only about a good hour away. I can drive 
my semi to Hannnible in 1 1/2 hours.
Larry Ruebush
west central IL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "Larry Ruebush" <lrt at winco.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 3:20 PM
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>I had forgotten that Illinois was so much taller than Missouri.  I looked 
>at
> a map an see that you are even with the Iowa - Missouri border.  I'm in NE
> Missouri and get my TV out of Quincy, they talk about Macomb but I had no
> idea where it really was.
>
> Is your coal supplier old order or black bumper Amish? If you ever try it 
> in
> your forge I would be interested to know how it works.  I'm about an hour
> from Quincy, so assume that Macomb would be about three.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Ruebush" <lrt at winco.net>
> To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List 
> Sponsored
> by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Coal supplys
>
>
> I haven't had time to try it in my forge. My work is screwing up my play
> time real bad.
> West central is my location. I live north of Macomb about 10 miles, right 
> on
> US Hwy 67.
> We have 5 ton of bags to pick up the first chance I get. It's getting that
> time of year. I started my shop stove yesterday and the house stove today. 
> I
> have a 40X40 X16 shop and can keep it nice for less than 50lb a day
> Larry Ruebush
> west central il
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
> To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 7:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Coal supplys
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>> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 23:03:53 -0600
>> From: "Larry Ruebush" <lrt at winco.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Coal supplys
>>
>>
>> We buy bagged coal for around $35/ton from the local Amish. I use it in a
>> coal stove in the shop and we have a coal stove in the basment. These are
>> new stoves that put good heat out. The house stove also has a water
>> heating
>> coil on it. All the Amish homes in our area heat with coal.
>> The coal comes from the Pocahontas area in PA.
>> For the last three years, it has been cheaper every year.
>> Larry Ruebush
>> west central IL
>>
>> Larry,
>>
>> That is an amazing price.  Have you used it in your forge, or is it
>> strictly
>> suited for heating.
>> Is West Central the name of your town, or a general location? BAM's coal
>> is
>> stored in Desoto which is East Central MO.
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>
>>
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