Name your Pellet Stove and Specs!

I have a Timberidge 55-TRPEP AKA 25-EP

Rated at 25,100 btu's (I think I squeeze more out of it).....45 lb. hopper capacity (more like 40ish).....top feed auger system

Pro's
SECOND TO NONE CUSTOMER SERVICE
Refurbs are gone over by Mike Holton
Nice looking stove
Easy to maintain
Removable ash drawer
Good parts accessibility
Lots of room for feed and air adjustment
Tube heat exchangers


Cons
some edges are very sharp
Hopper design keeps the pellets, near the end, from sliding all the way down to the auger
Burns pellets only (not a problem for me)
Ash accumulates on bottom of door and falls out when door is opened


Bottom line, I love my stove! I got a great stove at a great price. I'll post more if I think of anything.

 

Enviro M55 cast insert

Specs...

Turn it on and it heats the house, leave it on and you will be opening a window!!

 

US Stove 6039 i (insert)

52.000 awesome BTUs
Multifuel with agitator
manual start
1-9 auto heat settings and an a dizzying amount of manual settings
Its black
40 lbs. hopper
200 cfm room fan
heat exchanger kinda
It was cheap
It keeps my little world warm and the dogs really,really like it

Schoondog

 

#1… 2000 model St. Croix Pepin 35,000 btu (I think)
Top feeder

Pros…

Inexpensive… bought used in '06 for $900.00
Versa-Grate cleans the burn pot without any scraping
Simple analog controls
Bulletproof… one ignitor replacement only parts failure
Hopper extension holds 80 lbs. + or -
Heats 2200 sq. ft. without any problem
Will melt your face on level #3
Top Feeder

Cons…

Ash builds up behind firebox (not a factor if you use the LBT)

#2… 2006 St. Croix Greenfield multi-fuel 40,000 btu.

Pros…

Cheap… $700.00 (used) in 2011
No failures in two years
Top feeder

Cons…

Never could get the stove to get a real clean, consistent burn (I think my recent full clean up will fix that)
No Versa-Grate so I do need to shut it off every two days and clean the pot.
Corn pot seems to be too big… pellet pot seems to be too small.
Same ash issue.

#3… Englander 25XXXX (don't really know… or care)

Pros…

Cheap to buy… $850.00 delivered in 2011.
Borrowed from my friend Jim… even cheaper!
No repairs or parts needed to date.
Heats very well in my shop.
Easy on pellets.
Easy to understand controls.
Easy to clean.
Simple design.
Great factory service if ever needed.

Cons…

Bottom feeder
Need to scrape the pot.
No ash pan (no big deal though).

So I have three pellet stoves for less than the cost of one big name new stove…

 

Fahrenheit F50 furnace. 50,000 BTU, top feeder, 250 pound hopper with extended hopper installed, which I need to put on before I fire it up for the season. I took the extended hopper off when troubleshooting some problems with it after I bought it and never put it back on.

Pros:
Got it cheap. Picked it up off Craigslist in January 2013 for $1000, with the extended hopper, some venting and some ductwork.
Connects to ductwork. Nice, even heat throughout the house.
Self cleaning burnpot. Set it and forget it, except for filling the hopper.
The factory is only about 40 miles from my house, so if I get into a bind needing parts in the dead of winter I can make a drive to Holland, MI and get what I need.
Great customer service from the factory reps/engineers who designed the unit.
Can burn anything I throw at it as it is a multifuel unit. I have no plans to burn anything but pellets, but if I needed to burn corn, wheat or pits I can.
Ash pan the size of Rhode Island
Nice, even heat throughout the whole house. Whoops, said that already but thats my favorite part.
My oil burner sits unused more than it has since I got bought my house.
Wife is happy because the whole house is warm, and she is more than willing to top off the hopper when I'm out of town for work.


Cons:
This unit is an older one so it is manual ignition. Not a big deal to me. Once I light it, it stays lit until it gets a full cleaning. The newer units have auto ignition.
Since its manual ignition, it only has high/low for the t-stat. Again, not a big deal as I only run it when it is below 35 outside. I still haven't hooked up the thermostat to it. I should do that this weekend. I've had the stuff to do it since last January.
Convection blower could stand to be a bit larger. I believe it is 800 CFM. After I adjust the dampers in the ductwork it works out OK.
When the self clean cycle starts, it cranks the heat setting to max for about 15 minutes, which can make the house warm up a bit higher than desired.
Makes a good bit of noise when the self clean cycle starts. My daughter named it the 'basement monster'.
Like most pellet appliances, it has some tricky areas to get to when doing a full cleaning. I bought some bottle brushes and figured out how to make my arm bend in ways I didn't know possible when doing a cleaning.

All that being said, I love the thing. Wish I'd got a pellet furnace years ago.

I also have a USSC 6041 insert upstairs in the living room. Same specs as what Schoondog mentioned above with his 6039, but mine has auto ignition. I may sell that unit one of these days as it sits mostly unused since I got the furnace. I light that one off when I shut the furnace down for a cleaning, or if its not cold enough outside for the furnace and I don't feel like feeding the wood eater.

 

Does that come in bags or do you get bulk delivery?

 

We used to have a couple pet rabbits, and I do admit more than once that I considered dropping some nuggets in the hopper. I never brought myself to try it though.

 

Hudson River Stove Works West Point circa 2011

Pros:
Cost 2,000 new
55-70k btus...manual says 55, advertised as 70 lol.....I would say its in the 55-60 range
3 plus bag hopper
Throws a ton of heat
Easy access to all components for repair
Easy to clean


Cons:
Burn pot does not fit great and there is a bypass....rope gasket fixed this issue
Convection Fan is a little loud
Ash pan could be bigger....only good for a bout a week

 

2009 Harman P-61A. Need I say more?

 

Just kidding. I know, nobody likes a smart a$$, so I'll start again.

2009 Harman P-61A

Pros

Automatic ignition
61,000 btu.
70 lb. hopper
Large ash pan
Good air wash system
Easy to clean
4 modes of operation
Burns anything

Cons

Not the quietest stove on the market
Control panel a little antiquated
Price

 

2005 St Croix Prescott (pedestal model) installed in 2005
40,000 btu
versa grate keeps burnpot clear but can be noisy sometimes
burns whatever I toss in, never once jammed
more than enough to heat my 1400 sq ft ranch
huge ash pan can go longer than most before emptying
fan on high a little noisy but long since gotten used to it

 

Wrong my friend...I love a smart azz!!

 

Comfy looking setup you have there Xena!

 

Englander 10-cpm Multi Fuel. Not sure of BTU's, but rated for 2200 sq ft. Exhaust is 3" to 4", then into 8" wood stove pipe straight through the roof. 50 lb hopper, and stirrer in the burn pot.

She'll burn pellets, corn, & cherry pits......but she's also burned grass, wood/grass, and coffee pellets without even blinking.

 

Quad Mt Vernon AE
60,200 btu
80# hopper
7 day programmable stat
12 volt dc motors
very quiet operation
multifuel rated

my setup includes a top vent adapter with 26' of 4" Selkirk DT up thru the roof.

 

Nice stove and pup Smoke...Don't tell me that gate keeps that dog out of the room!!