Heating. Propane vs Electric vs Wood Pellet

[ovrszd]

Lets see. So far this winter I've consumed about 1.5 tons of free corn and half a pallet of wood pellets. The pellets were $214 bucks for a ton, so my total heat bill has been about $125 bucks so far (electricity to run the stove included. 73 in here right now. Nice and toasty.

$175 in corn. That puts you at $300. Still not bad.

 

[goeduck]

So far this winter I've consumed about 1.5 tons of free corn and half a pallet of wood pellets.

You must have been hungry. :shocked:

 

[5030]

$175 in corn. That puts you at $300. Still not bad.

Corn is free so I'll stick with $125.00 On propane right now, need to clean the stove. One issue with corn, stove needs cleaned out about every 3 days.

 

[5030]

You must have been hungry. :shocked:

My personal consumption has been mostly Elk and venison in various flavors. Venison burgers last night with garden spuds, sliced and fried. Got to bet some canned kraut out of the root cellar for kraut and venison Kielbasa tonight. Think it will be red cabbage witjh apple slices.

 

[Oaktree]

I use a outdoor wood boiler for the main winter heating with a indoor stove for late spring/early fall . As for cutting, splitting,and,stacking I will do a couple of hours a day on and off for a couple of weeks but it is also exercise and I enjoy it. A different type of heat would just be not the same

Curiously, how does that outdoor furnace work out? I've heard they consume quite a lot of wood compared to a woodstove, and take quite a while to heat up. Of course, you don't have to worry about ashes, dust, etc. inside the house.

73 in here right now. Nice and toasty.

A bit too hot for my taste. Usually keep my house 65-68.

 

[ovrszd]

Corn is free so I'll stick with $125.00 On propane right now, need to clean the stove. One issue with corn, stove needs cleaned out about every 3 days.

Point is you could have sold the corn for $175 so it's got value.

 

[CobyRupert]

So he got 175 dollars for free?

I could think that every armful of my “free” firewood is really costing me $60.
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Value is funny thing. IMHO there’s no absolutes when it comes to them. Values (be they monetary or moral) are individual. They’re in the eye of the beholder.

 

[ovrszd]

So he got 175 dollars for free?

Looks like he started the Winter with a $175 gift.

 

[shooterdon]

Even my "free" wood that comes off the property is not free. I can sell it for $150 per cord. Just silly to say anything is free unless it has no value. If the corn is of such poor quality that it cannot be sold it is free.

5030 has a system that works for him and nothing wrong with what he is doing. Good to know the real costs so others can decide what will work for them. Every situation is different.

BTW, I would use corn if it made sense for me. Although I would need to factor in the cost of a few barn cats.

 

[D2Cat]

I heat my house for free. It's all electric. Someone paid my elec. bill. Ya, he owed me money.

Oh wait, I plowed his garden, and cleaned his drive way of snow, so he paid me. Maybe that elec. wasn't free!