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Propane
Jul 27, 2017 13:56:08 GMT -6
Post by wildfire123 on Jul 27, 2017 13:56:08 GMT -6
There are a lot of BTUs in wood before it is burned!
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Post by jbird on Jul 27, 2017 15:21:02 GMT -6
There are a lot of BTUs in wood before it is burned! Seemed to be a lot of bullshit for a kid from my perspective then. However later in life, when my teenage son would get a little too big for his own good, I would look him in the eye and ask him, "You want to go cut wood?" He hated it and I worked his ass off in the process but it took the piss and vinegar out of him for a while. Same deal as when I was a kid. I'd run the saw pretty much non-stop until out of fuel. He had to load it in the truck, help unload it, help split it (with a maul) and help stack it. He got a few hard lessons in stacking as well. I'd tell him....you do a shitty job and it falls over I won't care how hot or how cold it is....your ass is re-stacking it! Happened to him twice.... I only cut wood of trees that come down - not to heat the house so it wasn't often, but I had cut down a few standing just because it was time for a trip to the woods with junior! I would also always tell him, "If the saw doesn't start in 3 pulls we done". He hates that Stihl chainsaw!!!! I swear he killed the first one by not putting oil in the gas on purpose!!! Nothing wrong with some physical labor from time to time. Maybe that's what is wrong with the world today.....too many people sitting on their ass!
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jul 27, 2017 16:31:06 GMT -6
I put a new propane furnace in the hunting shack when I bought the place, but it came with a old well pipe wood burning stove in the basement so we use it. I like the fact that it warms the basement up and that warms the floors above in the bedrooms. Nothing better than coming in from a cold day of hunting and standing next to that stove! We also hang our hunting gear above and around it to warm up and dry out. I don't mind the little bit of smoke that comes out once in a while if the draft isn't set right, the warm heat makes up for the smoke and ash cleaning.
I really love burning the Hickory we cut down there. Its good heat and smells good. We only cut and split about 3 cord a year for down there, so it isn't that much work.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jul 27, 2017 19:12:18 GMT -6
Mo--endless supply of hickory in So Iowa and No Missouri. It's almost invasive, but like you said, great firewood!
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Propane
Jul 27, 2017 23:43:07 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Jul 27, 2017 23:43:07 GMT -6
My grandma burned wood as long as she could. She always had plenty of money, so she could have just as well set the thermostat and not even bothered with wood. I think she preferred the heat and liked to keep busy bringing in wood every day or so. It wasn't until her mobility started to go that I noticed ash or dust starting to accumulate on her walls in the addition. It was especially crazy because it seemed to stick to the walls most where the studs were in the exterior walls. You could also see the fasteners in the sheet rock.
I don't know what it all means, but I do know she got pretty good at opening the stove and chucking in a piece quickly. There was no damper, just a couple vents below the door to control air intake. It did have a powerful fan that sounded almost like a silage blower when it was plugged in, but that was how you knew it was time to get up, the smell of breakfast and grandma plugging the fan in.
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Propane
Jul 28, 2017 6:59:45 GMT -6
Post by Catscratch on Jul 28, 2017 6:59:45 GMT -6
A couple of yrs before we built our how propane jumped way up in price (inlaws were spending over $600/month to heat their house) so went with electric heat as we felt it was more stable price wise. We designed our whole house around the wood stove in the basement and burn mostly hedge. Haven't regretted it one bit but when I see posts like your's that shows it so low I kind of rethink things a little. Here is our flue pipe from upstairs. We centered it in the house and made sure it was exposed as much as possible to scavenge heat. That damn pipe feels pretty good to wrap your hands around on a cold winter day!
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Post by badbrad on Jul 28, 2017 16:32:27 GMT -6
I would never give up wood heat for physic reasons at worse even if that meant painting shit. Or even paying someone to paint.
It is the best feeling heat without question.
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Propane
Jul 28, 2017 17:22:15 GMT -6
Post by Catscratch on Jul 28, 2017 17:22:15 GMT -6
I would never give up wood heat for physic reasons at worse even if that meant painting shit. Or even paying someone to paint. It is the best feeling heat without question. Had much whiskey since round two with the nuts?
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Post by badbrad on Jul 28, 2017 17:23:17 GMT -6
I would never give up wood heat for physic reasons at worse even if that meant painting shit. Or even paying someone to paint. It is the best feeling heat without question. Had much whiskey since round two with the nuts? See the other thread if you wanna play you gotta pay thread
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Propane
Jul 28, 2017 17:26:31 GMT -6
Post by Catscratch on Jul 28, 2017 17:26:31 GMT -6
Had much whiskey since round two with the nuts? See the other thread if you wanna play you gotta pay thread Just giving ya shit as your post about physics, painting, or paying someone to paint reminded me of some of my drunk posting. Hope they aren't bothering you too much!
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Post by badbrad on Jul 28, 2017 18:14:49 GMT -6
See the other thread if you wanna play you gotta pay thread Just giving ya shit as your post about physics, painting, or paying someone to paint reminded me of some of my drunk posting. Hope they aren't bothering you too much! Not at the moment. Seems to go in waves. All good at the moment. Old fashion time.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 2, 2017 15:25:00 GMT -6
If any of you guys contract propane for winter, you may want to consider getting it locked in. I'm not a market forecaster, but here's what I know:
*The seasonal low is typically May-July. *We have raised our prices 4 times now in the past month.
We are up about 6 cents from the low for the summer, and the wholesale market just went up another 2 cents today. The sky is by no means falling, but just an FYI for ya. Anyone that contracted last summer saved as much as 55 cents from the summer low to the winter high.
Again, if I had all the answers, I'd be home sitting in a bean bag chair, naked, day trading propane futures and habitat talkin. Just sharing what I am seeing.
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Post by badbrad on Aug 7, 2017 6:32:51 GMT -6
Price has gone up twice since I ordered mine and started this thread. Up to $0.99/gallon.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 7, 2017 7:21:52 GMT -6
Two homes ago....we burned some wood. Then I read an article on the carcinogenic (cancer( causing effects of burning wood. No more. IIRC....it was worse than being around cigarette smoke all day. Baaaad. At that time I was even manufacturing the Char-Lite woodturning furnaces. Had some to do with selling out of that venture......but my partner had more to do with that outcome. Seems like a lifetime ago.
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Propane
Aug 21, 2017 9:35:38 GMT -6
Post by badbrad on Aug 21, 2017 9:35:38 GMT -6
Propane up to $1.09/gallon now. Keeps going up.
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