Available locally. Not much info on it other than "Heavy. Need gone." Asking price is $200. Looks to be in good shape. Oh, and "The pipe comes with it". LOL
Some searching and digging around seems to indicate a Grandpa Bear? 457lbs? Late 1970's? 6" flue collar? And a great deal? A 'Bicentennial' maybe?
Yes that's the Grandpa bear, front opening double doors. My mom has one in the basement, only difference is the pipe comes out the back and is 8" diameter...she has the Mama bear upstairs and I have the Papa bear at my shop.
And after finding some more information, I see it isn't one of the "76" versions. Unfortunately I think the 8" flue collar will be the killer for me since I just installed a brand new 6" stack for a nice little boxwood stove in my barn shop. Not quite up to the task of heating the area, but it's fighting a lot of non-insulated wall space at present and has a flue draft that really eats the wood and blows the heat right up the chimney. After reading some comments elsewhere, it sounds like the Fisher would be even worse at consuming the wood even if I broke code and ran an 8" to 6" reducer at the flue collar.
For anyone else who may be interested, this Fisher is in Sullivan, Oh. just around the corner from Dexter Day's place. I'm sure he'd be happy to help anyone from FHC load it if he had a heads up that you were coming for it!
That be a nice old Bicentennial edition Grandpa! Yeah, it's heavy alright! About 485lbs of Heavy! *EDIT* I have two "76" editions. They are getting scarce so for $200 is a nice price "IF" you want a Fisher.
Not usually in those years, But they can be welded in or bricked in. Coaly has some nice pics of them bricked in, sitting on the fire bricks. I welded angle iron in mine and set the plate on top of it.
Don't let all the "HORROR" stories about "smoke dragons" fool you! "Here we go again"... With a baffle, I burn about 4 cord a year heating a 1700 sqft home. It's not a "PIG, MONSTER, WOOD EATER and ever other word for Glutten you can think of. I've had my stove in my home for 40 years. Go read what I just posted in the wood pile forum. My Neigbor has a new Lopi and him and I burn almost the exact same amount of wood and his cost $2600.00 Mine was $250.00 when I bought it.
Thanks for the follow up and comments. I was tempted by the price and nice condition but the 8" -> 6" conversion sorta killed it for me. Would have been some overkill for the area to be heated too, but I'd rather be too warm than too cold any day. Will just limp along with my boxwood for the near term expecting it will do a little better with a baffle, especially after I get the exterior walls insulated and covered. Asking quite a bit from it as it is right now. Started a thread about modifying it and didn't get much traffic. Firebrick support will probably hafta be the way to go for a baffle there since the stove is cast iron. Not sure I want to start drilling holes everywhere just to bolt a support arrangement together for it.
Fishers are "steel" stoves, contrary to belief. Only the doors are cast, I've welded all kinds of stuff to Fishers. That Grandpa will heat 2000 sqft fairly easy!!! Ebay sells 6" to 8" conversions all day long. Theres a guy who makes them out of stainless and very easy to install. For $200.00 and "if" you want/need a new stove, you can't beat these old girls with a big stick!!!
How would the flue conversion conform to code? It's my understanding that a flue collar/ flue pipe to chimney connection needs to be the same size as a flue collar and can't be reduced. Not sure about the other way around (enlarged). That bad boy would be too much stove for my shop area anyway. And the cast iron I was referring to was my smaller boxwood stove that's there now. Needs a baffle fitted somehow and welding doesn't seem to be an option, hence maybe redneckin' something with fire brick as one option to support it.
I'm not sure how to answer that because every state has it's "own" thought process. It will pass in most states as long as it doesn't leak into the room, and being that has an 8" opening and your reducing to 6" you would get more resistance flow and "possibly" not as hot of fire. You would have to work with the stove and "tune" it in per say... I know reductions have been done many times, I have a big Fisher XL that I'm gonna use someday and I have to reduce it from 10" to 8" Getting 10" stainless pipe would be $5000.00 to install.
