My neighbor is looking for a kitchen wood/coal or wood/gas kitchen cook stove. I have one but am not willing to sell and they want to "borrow" it but don't really want to do that either. Not really neighborly of me...but. They live in north central PA very close to the Souther Tier border of New York. Does anyone out there live close by and have one to sell or where can they look for an inexpensive one for themselves. Any help would be appreciated !! Thanks !!

-- Helena (windyacs@npacc.net), November 08, 2001

Answers

Helena-

Have them check with appliance stores in their area- many times when people update their kitchens the store that sells the new appliances also removes the old ones.

Or, check E-bay. This just kills me- at least 4 or 5 times in the past year I have seen old wood or wood/gas or gas stoves offered for FREE just so the owners can get rid of them. Often they are in the basement and the owners don't want to pay to have the stoves hauled out. Other times they go for $10-50. I want one very much, but NY or Chicago is too far for me to drive, even for a free stove.

-- Elizabeth (ekfla@aol.com), November 08, 2001.

http://www.lancasterfarming.com/ try looking in this newspaper the have evrything and it's in your area.

-- Patty {NY State} (fodfarms@slic.com), November 08, 2001.

I'm from Northeastern Pa and bought mine 3 years ago at an estate sale for $250 and it's is a beauty(two tone beige). Its an old time coal stove with oven, you can even hook it up to heat the hot water in the house. Was Worth it. They sell replicas now at stove stores here for $5000.00! Check estate auctions in your newspaper or a major city paper. They usually list all auctions in friday papers at least in my area.

-- storm (wintery_storm@yahoo.com), November 08, 2001.

Last winter I desperately needed a heat scource in a hurry- the weather had hit 20 and the propane company decided that that was the time to come pick up "their" propane tanks (they were full and were supposed to come with house, or at least thats what the former owner had told us when we bought the house in July). At any rate, I looked high and low and found a new woodstove that could be classified as a cook stove for cheap- it was 89 bucks and retailed at Tractor Supply. I think that was a sale price, seems like they usually go for about 119. I am not sure if that company is in your area, I think there are some in PA, not sure on location.

-- Kevin in NC (Vantravlrs@aol.com), November 08, 2001.

One other source that I thought of (my buddy was telling me this a few weeks ago and I forgot to mention). Habitat for Humanity takes free stuff- if they have and excess of an item (not many new houses they build are in need of wood cook stoves, after all) they will sell for cheap.

-- Kevin in NC (Vantravlrs@aol.com), November 08, 2001.