stash update

[railfanron]

Got 3 tons of pellets and 600 gallons of Propain bought and paid for.

 

[Tonyray]

my 100 yr old house is not well insulated..Way too many windows[although all insulated glass, less wall space to insulate so it would be futile..
that said, I know my heat loss is faster than it should be... with oil, I get quick heat/quick cool down.. rinse/lather/repeat. keeping our downstairs at a comfortable 72 degrees with oil it would go thru a tank pretty quick at any price!!
with pellets, I Get a steady heat flow 24/7 when needed.. so until this past year where Oil prices have dropped, I was spending about 300.00 less to heat my house with pellets at 73 degrees.
with the cost of pellets being higher now, I'm either going to break even or it will cost more to heat with pellets..maybe..
either way, It's not that much soI'm not concerned...

btw: if I was Anti -pellet stoves I wouldn't be at this forum wasting my time trying to convince people to ditch them..

 

[bogieb]

Ive got swamp land available. Interested???

Not if it is for the amount of what it would cost to heat my house with propane versus pellets (hint, 4 tons of pellets heats both floors all winter - for what it costs me to heat 1 floor with propane for 2 months).

 

[Jason845845]

when u spend $30.000 dollars for a car, do u recoup $30,000 when you sell it? you loose few thousand the day you drive off with it..
biggest loss most people take is on a new Car. Best bang for your buck is to keep it for many many years.....
Most don't buy a Pellet stove as something they need to recoup...No one recoups an oil or Gas Furnace either..
it's about steady continuous heat , Ambiance etc.....

Funny you should say this. I'm going to go buy a new vw gti Monday, not because it's not the most economical way to get to work, but, damn.

 

[Michael6268]

btw: if I was Anti -pellet stoves I wouldn't be at this forum wasting my time tryinIg to convince people to ditch them..

Been here 10+ years. Aint goin' anywhere soon. I enjoy the comedy show on this side!

 

[Pete Zahria]

Dan, I like ya!
You would do your darndest to sell snow to Eskimos! And if they were pellet stove owners you would probably succeed!

But keep in mind.... There just aren't many people here that are in our neighborhood.
And no Eskimos..
So here, I am not trying to sell anything.
I have met ONE person from this forum that bought some pellets.
Also keep in mind, that my primary heat is coal.
But I don't tell people they are throwing money away by not using coal...

 

[Vinelife]

Does everyone have there stash ready to go for the fall or are you still waiting to order. My official stash for 2015/16 season includes 3 ton of blazer and 275 gallons of fossil fuel. What do you guys have?

So far, 3 tons of Pro Pellets and 1 Michigan for the Oct, Nov and early December. Going to get another Pro Pellet to top it off at 5 tons soon. I always pay cash, I don't charge heat.

 

[Daveman]

Just finished stacking 3 tons in the shed yesterday, will get another half ton next week and be good to go for the season.

 

[bogieb]

Moved all 4 tons from beside the shed to inside the house and garage this afternoon. So now I have 5+ tons inside where I can get to it even if I'm snowed in for a month

 

[Jason845845]

I put new wicks and a fresh polish on my Kerosun Omni 85, omni 105 and Moonlighter tonight.

 

[Tonyray]

I put new wicks and a fresh polish on my Kerosun Omni 85, omni 105 and Moonlighter tonight.

wow... I remember those kerosene heaters.They were white...
had both the 85 and 105 back in early 80's...don't remember the word Omni but they we're kerosun heaters...
Clear kerosene was 99 cents/gallon.
put the smaller one at the bottom of the steps to send heat to 2nd floor at night..

 

[Jason845845]

wow... I remember those kerosene heaters.They were white...
had both the 85 and 105 back in early 80's...don't remember the word Omni but they we're kerosun heaters...
Clear kerosene was 99 cents/gallon.
put the smaller one at the bottom of the steps to send heat to 2nd floor at night..

wow... I remember those kerosene heaters.They were white...
had both the 85 and 105 back in early 80's...don't remember the word Omni but they we're kerosun heaters...
Clear kerosene was 99 cents/gallon.
put the smaller one at the bottom of the steps to send heat to 2nd floor at night..

I keep them around for power outages but sometimes I'll break one of them out just for nice silent heat.

 

[RyansCAB50]

Here's a nice stash outside the energex PA plant

 

[hossthehermit]

Gotta get one more ton of something before winter, gonna watch prices for 3-4 weeks........

 

[Peterfield]

Gotta get one more ton of something before winter, gonna watch prices for 3-4 weeks...quote]

Smart.

 

[ken372]

I have a ton of dry creek first yr I'm trying them,a ton of tsc red bags and a ton of big heats,and 32 bags of stove chow left from last yr to start I'd like to get my had nods on a ton of Presto logs yet but haven't seen any.

 

[ken372]

How many ton did you go through last year. I used about 3

I went thru almost 4 ton last yr and 200 gal of propane

 

[Jason845845]

That's 15 bags from the stash ready to go, haha, I have a very understanding wife.

 

[pberardi]

Finally got mine all loaded up, 4 tons mix and match. I bought 3 tons of hamers for 250/ton, got a free ton of lignetics with my classic bay 1200. I had about 20 bags left from last year. I feel pretty proud about this stack loaded every bag by hand. Last ton got a little sloppy because i was so close to the ceiling. (broken image removed)

 

[Tonyray]

Finally got mine all loaded up, 4 tons mix and match. I bought 3 tons of hamers for 250/ton, got a free ton of lignetics with my classic bay 1200. I had about 20 bags left from last year. I feel pretty proud about this stack loaded every bag by hand. Last ton got a little sloppy because i was so close to the ceiling. (broken image removed)

Good choice of pellets......

 

[pberardi]

Good choice of pellets......

I see your sig says green bag of lignetics...did they add a new product to their line? I honestly am not a fan of them...burned them last year and thought they were a bit too ashy

 

[Tonyray]

I see your sig says green bag of lignetics...did they add a new product to their line? I honestly am not a fan of them...burned them last year and thought they were a bit too ashy

I always say green bag but mean to say green lettered [white] bag..
same as your pix shows.....

next to blazers and most douglas fir like Okanagans, yes,Ligs would appear ashy..
but compared to the Big Box Stores Mountain of Ash stuff like Stove chows, green supremes, Nations choice, Easy Heats etc that I burned back in the newbee days before I knew better.... not so ashy...

 

[JRA]

Glad this thread has had a ton of replies. I enjoy seeing how everyone gets ready for the season. Just added three more bags to my stash going to try the red bag okanagan to see if I like them. Anyone try these and like them.

JRA

 

[Tonyray]

Glad this thread has had a ton of replies. I enjoy seeing how everyone gets ready for the season. Just added three more bags to my stash going to try the red bag okanagan to see if I like them. Anyone try these and like them.

JRA

OKANAGAN PLATINUM [Red Bag]

• Burn consistently Hot with a very low amount of Ash
• Produced from Pine, Spruce & Fir
• Greater than 8,883 BTUs
• Average Ash .29%
• Outperforms all hardwood pellets in PA!!

 

[bogieb]

Got 4 bags of Green letter Lignetics added to the stash. Got them from a little grocery store the next town over (thanks to a forum member for alerting me to them). They were $5.79/bag. Literally next door at the farm and garden center they were $6.79/bag. I'll see how they compare to the Pres-To's I got from the Big Blue Store when I work my way over to that side of the stash.