OIL CHEAPER TO RUN THAN PELLETS
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Pete Zahria
Minister of Fire
But if she's happy, that's what really matters....
lagger
Feeling the Heat
got 2 tons of those preseason this year .. they were decent for the price paid 235 a ton + 65 delivery at lowes minus 5% credit card discount
St_Earl
Minister of Fire
sorry to sp(oil) the party, but it's (still) true by a wide margin in my case.
Buy a oil stove. Youll get the best of both worlds cheaper then pellets to run. Dont need electricity either.
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Propane at $1.60 a gallon blows away good pellets at $329.00 a ton. Screw the greedy pellet supply chain. Looks like propane next year. Maybe buy a ton of pellets just in case.
St_Earl
Minister of Fire
wow. you are relatively close geographically, but a world away from me with those prices.
we just hit the lowest propane price here in the (at least) four years i've been here, $2.99. and my pellets are $229, up $5 from last year.
bogieb
Minister of Fire
Last I checked, it was 3.17 in these parts - NH energy office showed $3.07 for March average in NH. Pellets, per BTU, were second only to natural gas (which is not available to 90% of NH) for lowest price per BTU. Surprisingly, even cheaper than cord wood, according to their chart.
TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
I did a search and found this post, I was looking because oil is down to $1.90 a gallon in my area. I found a "calculator" on line and put it some numbers and I think here in Mass. I'm finally at the point where pellets cost more to burn than oil.
The lowest price on a ton of pellets I could find was $240 and it's not a good quality pellet. I ended buying 4 Tons Lignetics ($263 a ton) Vermont HW ($295 a ton (2)) and 1 Comfort Pellets ($252 a ton). If I compare that to oil which is $1.90 a gallon it's about $400.00 less expensive to burn oil this year. This may change but it looks like Pellets are more expensive at this time. I'm still going to use my stove but I think I'm turning to oil a little more and only burn pellets to get the chill out of the air. Pellets also come with a $70 delivery charge in Mass.
When I bought my stove 6 years ago oil prices were about $4.00 a gallon, the price is now cut in half.
The lowest price on a ton of pellets I could find was $240 and it's not a good quality pellet. I ended buying 4 Tons Lignetics ($263 a ton) Vermont HW ($295 a ton (2)) and 1 Comfort Pellets ($252 a ton). If I compare that to oil which is $1.90 a gallon it's about $400.00 less expensive to burn oil this year. This may change but it looks like Pellets are more expensive at this time. I'm still going to use my stove but I think I'm turning to oil a little more and only burn pellets to get the chill out of the air. Pellets also come with a $70 delivery charge in Mass.
When I bought my stove 6 years ago oil prices were about $4.00 a gallon, the price is now cut in half.
Bioburner
Moderator
Surprised this old thread got opened. Been a lot of conversations of oil getting cheaper and propane in many areas being at or below pellet cost without the elbow grease.
I got my stove installation the Harman with crosslink paid off when propain hit $4. My average cost for wood pellets last heating season was under $200/T including getting them home. I burn some corn as well that lowered my average down also as it converts to $2.32 per bag
I got my stove installation the Harman with crosslink paid off when propain hit $4. My average cost for wood pellets last heating season was under $200/T including getting them home. I burn some corn as well that lowered my average down also as it converts to $2.32 per bag
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
I truthfully have never checked to compare what my oil vrs pellets would be..
just know I love the constant heat coming from the distribution blower and to have my oil furnace set at 74 like my stove,
the furnace would drink oil like a drunken sailor in my not well insulated house..
always had t keep thermostat in the high 60's just to conserve oil.
just know I love the constant heat coming from the distribution blower and to have my oil furnace set at 74 like my stove,
the furnace would drink oil like a drunken sailor in my not well insulated house..
always had t keep thermostat in the high 60's just to conserve oil.
jackhammer
Burning Hunk
We're in the same boat! We love the constant heat from the stove, the oil warms up the house in the morning, that's about it!
Same boat here in the North Country of upstate, NY....Oil may be relatively cheaper at present, but to keep my house at the constant temperature my Harman P61A can easily maintain, my oil boiler would be constantly running and still I'd have cold pockets in many more areas of my house. In other words, for the comfort level I've grown used to, oil is NOT cheaper for me.
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
yep..
many here don't factor that in..
it's Not always about price for some..
it's why some pay 20K for an Auto and others buy the same brand but pay 25K for the fully loaded model..
Everyone has the're reasons so, to each his own....
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tlc1976
Minister of Fire
Another thing to figure (as one posted) is what's being heated. For example I figured that it costs about half as much to heat the house with pellets vs LP. But due to the fact that the pellet stove only heats the upstairs living area, and the LP boiler is in the (same size) basement and therefore heats twice as much square footage at twice the fuel cost, pellets are really costing me about 1/4 as much as LP.
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