The Classic Riteway Wood Stove
It can be difficult to come across a genuine Riteway Wood Stove due to the fact that the company has not been in business since the middle of the 1980s. However, when they were making stoves in the 1970's and 1980's, they were very popular. People appreciated how well they burned both wood and coal. There were two main models, the 37 and the 2000, the 37 being the larger of the two if you wanted to compare them. Though they were very effective 20 years ago, they are not very close to the standards of today. The stoves of today produce over 85% smoke and use less wood, making them more environmentally acceptable.
Of course, if you do have a Riteway Wood Stove that you want to get up and running again there are some things you can do to make it acceptable to use. For example, some people find that they are able to fit their stoves with a special catalytic converter in order to make it run more efficiently, which shouldn't cost more than $70. You should keep in mind that it still won't operate as effectively as a modern day stove, but it will be a definite improvement over the old way of working.
After the Riteway Wood Stove stopped being produced in the middle of the 1980's, Vermont Castings came out with a slightly more efficient model that was designed to meet clean burning standards as set by the Environmental Protection Agency. It has a very similar design and still leaves coal remaining in the morning, but in order to get it fully functioning, more need to be added. This is one of the many caveats of the classic downdraft style stove.
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As far as looks go, a Riteway Wood Stove was not designed to win any beauty contests. Rather they were designed to warm up the food, and that's exactly what they did. In other words, getting one of these purely to display is probably not the best idea, unless you mean to show it to people that truly understand that it is a reliable, well made device from the past that deserves to be remembered. |
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