X2 Chilly spring had it running till early June. Then I kinda got side tracked with outdoor stuff.. kind of does that!!
Besides a few clumps in the ash pan. It wasn't an issue for me. I think it was as easy as if I did it the other way around. Pellets I left in the hopper were OK too. Don't usually leave them. Usually put em in a 5 gallon bucket with a lid. Mixed in a fresh bag and they produced near normal.
Maine Wood Pellets, using stash from last year and the ash is low, heat good and the only minor issue is clinkers that form more so than other pellets I have used, so the Pittsburgh pry bar gets a workout every few days.
Same thing here. When I referred to wishing it was done in the spring meant I didn't feel like doing it in the fall, or the spring for that matter
I burned a lot of them and didn't have a problem with clinkers, but then again I never have. I just get the speed bump.
Yeah, not terrible but odd there is hardly any ash but yet speed bumps, not clinkers, as I originally wrote. No biggie, got them for $175/ton from a private party in southern Maine.
Honestly I don't know , I may have become a bit lax in the daily scrapping of the pot This season has been a steady diet of Softies and there is a bump it may be that I don't run my stoves on high , no need to, to stay comfy warm .
As J said at 175/ton...what speed bump. That speed bump is common for pretty much all Harmans (and maybe all bottom feeders?). Some pellets will give more than others. No issue at all, just more of a buildup (carbon?) that gets cleaned when you scrape the burn pot edit-oops, just repeating what others have already said, To all the nay sayers, its something that Harman built in so you think you have something to do like the other stoves that require more maintenance