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HD6GTOM 
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 Topic: Sitting herr by the wood stove tonight.
Posted: 04 Mar 2019 at 8:20pm |
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It isn't doing a whole lot of good in here. I had it going over 2 hours and its only up to 60 in here. Usually will run me out of the room by now. It hasn't been lit the past 3 days. Grand son helped me cut part of a load of wood early last week. Glad he did. People on the local face book looking for bags of wood pellets. It seems like everyone is out of them. Hope they found some.
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 04 Mar 2019 at 8:34pm |
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Tom, if it hasn't been lit in 3 days and the house has gotten cold it will take a while to warm it up. But once you get it warm it won't take as much to keep it warm. IMHO wood heat is the best you can get. Hope the firewood you cut is good and dry, green wood won't put out much heat unless it is ash or hickory.
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Ted J
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Posted: 04 Mar 2019 at 9:42pm |
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I'd never consider burning green wood unless it's in one of those outdoor burners. Too much pitch/tar and like Hubert says, no heat or I should say very little. Yes, it's gonna take some time in this COLD to get the house back up to 70. We're sitting here at -13 right now. I don't even want to know what the wind chill is!!! It's just TOO DARN COLD!!!
16 days till spring!!
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Ken in Texas
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Posted: 04 Mar 2019 at 9:58pm |
Thought about putting a fire in our second Wood Burner for tonight. Why for just one night I asked Myself. It will be in the low 70s Saturday and Sunday. 21 Forecasted for Tonight. It is already 31and dropping fast. I will be sending you some warm parts TED
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 8:06am |
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Ted...I farted in the wind, maybe it'll make it to you and warm you up sum?
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desertjoe
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 8:52am |
 shameless dude wrote:
Ted...I farted in the wind, maybe it'll make it to you and warm you up sum? |
Chit,,,I'm sure thankful we live upwind from you,,,,,,,, 
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 12:37pm |
Prolly come down as brown snow. 
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 06 Mar 2019 at 12:57pm |
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maybe he should go change his pants, it might not have been dry
Edited by tadams(OH) - 06 Mar 2019 at 12:57pm
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Ted J
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019 at 2:20am |
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OHhhhhh Tom, that isn't good!!! ALTHOUGH,,,,,,,it can't travel this far then!!
They say that we're headed for a warmin spell this coming weekend!! It's gonna get into the upper 30's or maybe even into the 40's!!!YAAHOOOOoooo...Spring is just around the corner!! That means it's close to shuttin down that infernal machine!
On acconna that,,,,,,,,,, I'm gonna call tomorrow a national holiday!!! The Shameless day off for the season!!,,,,,,,,,,, NOW,,,,,,ya GOTTA shut that thing down,,,,,,,cause Mr. Trump is agreein with us and you gotta obey HIS orders!!.....WHEW,,,,,,that's a mouthful...
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019 at 9:52am |
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Thought you was gonna start filibustering for a moment.
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019 at 1:08pm |
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Yes better shut it down they's saying 50 here Saturday and rain then 40s Sunday it's warmin up
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019 at 3:14pm |
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I never sat around close to my wood stove when I had it. It was always too hot in that room to stay very long. When I moved the chimney and put an add on in the basement it kept the whole house a nice even temperature.
I miss having a wood burner, but don't miss all the extra work. Now I just fill a bulk bin with corn in the fall and go down to the basement once a day to fill the hopper and dump the clinker.
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019 at 11:08pm |
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Wood pellets are a nice convenient wood heat, but you have to plan ahead. They are a "Seasonal Item" that they stop stocking after the first of February. Seems kind of dumb since most people will be burning them into April around here, but that is the store's mentality. I now buy a whole skid towards the end of January when they're on sale so I don't run out.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2019 at 12:09am |
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yeah Brian...I have about 7 bags of pellets to get me thru to warm weather. nun to be had anywhere around here for at least 150 miles one way!
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Posted: 08 Mar 2019 at 2:47am |
shameless dude wrote:
yeah Brian...I have about 7 bags of pellets to get me thru to warm weather. nun to be had anywhere around here for at least 150 miles one way! |
SOOooooo,,,sounds like you gots bout 8-9 days of pellets before you start freezin,,,,but if you hurry and get the Chevy Allis loaded up on thet trailer and get down here before then,,,,I'll go show you where the store is,,so you can claim this load that Ms Big Ones has reserved in your name courtesy of ole JohnKC and even ole Les supplied some of your info to clinch the sale,,,,,,,Ya see how much I try to take care of you,,,, (thet dang JohnKC is one Smoooooth talker with them women,,,,,for a minute there,,,,,I thought he was gonna move in on me with Ms Big Ones,,,,whew,,,,) 
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Posted: 08 Mar 2019 at 7:32am |
shameless dude wrote:
yeah Brian...I have about 7 bags of pellets to get me thru to warm weather. nun to be had anywhere around here for at least 150 miles one way! |
If'n you would buy me that machine that makes pellets, I'd darn sure make you some. Probably sell them to you at a discount. Might add a secret ingredient to them. You could get a bang out of em. Lol! Darrel
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 08 Mar 2019 at 8:41am |
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What have you guys figured out as COST in Your area to use pellets compared to Propane furnace ? Do you use one 50# bag a day ? To heat what size rooms ?
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 3:38am |
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Steve I'd like to know that too.
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Kurt WI
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 6:19am |
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Steve it depends on how cold it is outside. I burn anywhere from a half bag to 2.5 bags a bags a day. At $4.48 a bag @40 pounds it comes out to $2.24 a day at a half bag to $11.20 a day at 2.5 bags. Now if the whole month was below zero my bill would be $336. 10-15 years ago before my basement wood furnace my LP bill was pushing $400 per month and a heck of a lot more when it was colder.
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Ray54
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 8:11pm |
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I am sure glad somebody warned me they are hard to get. The community fixed to the one room school were my edumacation started. The women wanted a fancy pellet stove rather than a propane like there was when I went. TSC was out,local place that sold stoves and spas for 30 years closed and disapeared( found a revue online from 4 mo ago they were not showing up as promised, so I have not got to far behind ), next was Home Depot.They had a lot............3 bags when i found them.Said they were bringing another pallet from back,maybe. I only needed one at $5.80. Had a meeting yesterday at the school ran that stove on high for 3 hours and one more time Friday night,and hope its warmer in April.
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