What does Firewood really cost?

[bdeboer]

Just got me thinking ... add about 300 for the Chainsaw add 100 bucks for the carryall and 100 bucks for the homemade splitter ...and all the other little things.

Darn glad I got the wood stove with the house !!!

You are just in the first phase of wood heat. The second phase will be a larger faster chainsaw $800, pallet forks $500, new faster splitter $1,000. You will have to keep the old chainsaw as back up if you get the saw stuck.

Then comes the diesel truck, dump trailer, more chainsaws.

 

[sweettractors]

You are just in the first phase of wood heat. The second phase will be a larger faster chainsaw $800, pallet forks $500, new faster splitter $1,000. You will have to keep the old chainsaw as back up if you get the saw stuck.

Then comes the diesel truck, dump trailer, more chainsaws.

And then add the homeowners insurance surcharge for the wood heating stove in the house. Ken Sweet

 

[bdeboer]

And then add the homeowners insurance surcharge for the wood heating stove in the house. Ken Sweet

We do not have the surcharge here, at least with State Farm. Although I am looking at upgrading from a $300 saw to a $700 one.

 

[sweettractors]

We do not have the surcharge here, at least with State Farm. Although I am looking at upgrading from a $300 saw to a $700 one.

State Farm builds in a lot of the charges and then discounts them off for multiple reasons. I have all my cars and trucks with them. May ask, If I don't burn wood, will my premium go down any? Ken Sweet

 

[bdeboer]

State Farm builds in a lot of the charges and then discounts them off for multiple reasons. I have all my cars and trucks with them. May ask, If I don't burn wood, will my premium go down any? Ken Sweet

I don't know. They do check that the stove is installed per the manufacturers instructions before the policy is issued.

 

[Car Doc]

And then add the homeowners insurance surcharge for the wood heating stove in the house. Ken Sweet

Ken, I have Farm Bureau now and surprisingly we use a pellet stove and an airtight fireplace insert its only costing me about $3 a month more and that's only because we are so far away from a hydrant.

Its not my auxiliary heating that is costing extra they were fine with those types anyway a free standing may very well be a problem I don't know?

Other areas may very well be different that's for sure though.

 

[charlz]

My uncle used to say that using firewood to heat. Warmed you twice. One time when you cut it and again when you burn it.
I do not know how you figure how much you saved getting warm cutting the wood. Other than stated already. No need for exercise equipment. :thumbsup:

3 times! When you cut it, haul it from the wood pile to the house and again when you burn it. Unless of course you are one of the 'cheaters' on here that uses their tractor to move it to the house

 

[madpogue]

Four:
* Bucking it
* Loading/unloading it going from the woods to the stackers by the cabin
* Splitting it (hand-pump hydraulic splitter and/or mauls/wedges)
* Burning it

 

[blueriver]

Four:
* Bucking it
* Loading/unloading it going from the woods to the stackers by the cabin
* Splitting it (hand-pump hydraulic splitter and/or mauls/wedges)
* Burning it

#5 Bringing it in
#6 Taking out the ashes

 

[charlz]

#5 Bringing it in
#6 Taking out the ashes

#7-#21 shoveling a path in the snow to get to the wood pile :laughing: