Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> Earl Wrote:
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> > Technically slack is coal that has been left
> out
> > in the elements for sometime, and has had some
> of
> > the volatiles leached out of it by the weather.
>
> > I've heard of old coal left in in a tender as
> > being useless because it was "slacked out" and
> > won't burn. Fines are the consistency of dirt
> > with small pebbles of coal mixed in. Slack
> coal
> > can be fines or small pieces up to 1".
> >
> > Just picking nits here........("
")
>
> Thank you Earl. You saved the day again.
I'll add it to your tab. Will be in town next week (what a better way to spend my 60th b-day). I'll stop in and say "howdy".