Corn burning stove

[scott_vt]

There were 2 really bad points that caused me to get rid of it.
1.- It needs power to work. if the power goes out so does the stove.
2.- The price of pellets sky rocketed in just 2 years.

Mornin Scesnick,
Those wood pellets really did skyrocket in a very short timespan !!! And thats if you can get them

Im not sure I like doing all the work of cutting and splitting wood but the price is right To me its still free heat and it allows me to drink beer without the undesirable side effects

 

[lrunge]

Wow! I was at TSC yesterday and they had a corn burning (multi fuel) stove and a brochure for a corn burning furnace. I asked them if they sold corn and he said no but they just got wood pellets in. He said it was $5 a bag, .10 cents a bag less if you bought a ton. $245 a ton for pellets!!! Two years ago they were less than $3 a bag. Glad corn is still a lot cheaper.

 

[LMTC]

Much, if not most, of that increased cost has to do with oil. Fuel for producing the pellets, fuel for transporting them. Yesterday I saw a plant in TN selling them for $198/ton, picked up.

 

[Highbeam]

If the price increase was due to oil prices would the corn not also increase in price? Both use a very cheap base material.

 

[scesnick]

The price is the reason I got rid of my pellet stove. I had it 3 years. It would heat really nice but the increase in pellet prices did notmake much financial sense because I have unlimited access to firewood on my property.
The first year i had it I only paid $110 a ton for pellets at Wally World..

 

[tglass]

Brings up alot of interesting and costly thoughts. Corn by the bag cost around 5.50 a bag and 4.25 per hundred (not bushel) bulk dumped in the trk. in this area. Initial and cost of fuel or corn. Will it pay for itself in my lifetime or not. At my age it's alot to think about, lugging corn in and will I be capable of doing it. So far it looks like Northern has the cheapest and best product out. As far as increased cost (hard headed) I'de rather see the American farmer put it in his pocket rather than some politician that says the increase is because of overseas oil prices or a leak in Alaska...Another subject or part of the problem? I'm just as much to blame as the rest of us to allow this problem to start, and this is another subject.

 

[rbarker]

Much, if not most, of that increased cost has to do with oil. Fuel for producing the pellets, fuel for transporting them. Yesterday I saw a plant in TN selling them for $198/ton, picked up.

I'm a little more cynical. I think that they are price gouging us all because of raising fuel prices and high demand for alternative fuels for heat.

 

[tglass]

Prices I said were wrong, 5.50 a bag for 50#, bulk is 8.30 per hundred, and if delivered a $50 dollar drop fee with a 5 ton min..The thing I keep looking at is the cost of wood pellets and the vunlnurability of easily controlling the cost. I've checked around here and the cost of pellets are going up quite a bit from last year. Yet corn prices seem to increase with the actual cost of living. Note I said from ACTUAL COST OF LIVING.

 

[shvl73]

I'm a little more cynical. I think that they are price gouging us all because of raising fuel prices and high demand for alternative fuels for heat.

I agree. I think they are more now because they can!

 

[LMTC]

I agree. I think they are more now because they can!

What the heck do you mean? They "can" raise the prices anytime they want....whoever "they" are.