Price of propane vs corn = fewer new burners

[mdotis]

If you have had your stove for a few years you either know how to run it or you have moved on. With the price of corn high and the price of propane down fewer people are just starting out burning corn. Fewer new people burning fewer questions. Also the new people who are burning are getting better and better made stoves with better and better customer service from the dealer or manufacture. All this will mean fewer questions posted out here. Just my thoughts..........
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Korey

[aharvey]

I've been heating with my 7500 for 1 1/2 seasons. I've reduced my annual propane usage from 1800 gallons/year to 500 gallons/year. I just checked the price of propane last week and it was $2.75/gal., the last time I had the tank filled was in January 2009 and I paid $2.26/gallon. So in my case the price of propane has gone up.

I'm still learning how to get the best performance from the 7500. It's a challenge. I enjoy the freedom of not having to burn propane and saving some cash, but it come's at a price....my time. I spend on average 20 minutes a day feeding, monitoring, cleaning the stove not to mention the time to haul the fuel to the basement, and the annual cleaning the vinyl siding on the house in the spring.

[chad s]

mdotis- you may be correct. The only problem is propane, oil, etc will go back up again just like corn prices fluctuate. I am still fed up with big companies deciding what my cost will be based on their needs or should I say wants. I will stick with the corn. I buy from local farmers and usually get a good deal because I help them with chores and fix their machinery for them. Even without the deals I get I still don't mind paying market price, at least the money goes to the local farmer. Just my 2cents.

[Cornman1]

What happened to doing our part and not burning foreign fuel? I would rather give my money to the local farmer.
If I run my propane my home is not as warm as running my Winchester hands down.

[thorium818]

Well after crunching the numbers Im still about 1200.00 ahead with corn. for my heating costs. this year. Next year i wont be so cheap and Ill make a corn vac set up. Been 3 years.
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Baby Magnum Countryside

[B Smithiers]

Hey all, I am still going to burn corn no matter what the price of propane is, the last time I used propane all year, it cost me $3000!! This is my second year of burning, the stove, clinker pot, wagon, corn vac, everthing is bought and paid for. I topped of my propane tank in october $400, and 2 wagons of corn @ $320 a piece, I have a grand total of $1040 over the course of 4 months, not $500 a month. There is no question in my mind corn it is!!!
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Countryside 3500P Clinker pot
What happens when volunteer firemen stop volunteering??
No farmers-No food and NO HEAT!!

[Hats2Heavy]

$733.74 for my corn at 3.50 per bu.=209.64 bu's I belive the LP that we use for hot water and cooking> and she love to cook and bake was about $400. I paid 1.09 for the LP on a special price. The LP Tank is only a 330 gal we have a third or so left.
Baby Magnum in the basement with farmer ducking up the stairs The main thing is, is that as I sit here in the basement I am WARM
28x40 home made full log cabin on a hill. It leaks a little air but I don't have house mold.
I also think I will have corn left over.
I wish I had bought a bigger unit as I was only going to heat the basement any way. These Baby's rock for what they are. Hats.

[cornstar6207]

I agree with hats2heavy. I am warm also! My house is 100 years old, and before I started burning corn, it was always cold. I grow, harvest, dry my own corn so I'm getting it for considerebly less than the going rate. I also like the fact that is produced right here in Wisconsin, not in an Arab state.

[jimbtv]

Next summer I can grow corn. I'll never be able to drill, pump and refine oil or gas.

Yup, no doubt about it, corn takes more time and effort than simply turning up the thermostat. From someone who has fell, cut, split, stacked and burned cordwood all his life, burning corn is a lot easier. Carrying in a bucket of corn a couple of times a day beats an armload of cordwood any day.
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Jim

[upnort]

Good Afternoon UP NORT here. Hey it is all about saving money (especially retirees) helping the US economy (local farmers) keeping healthy (free lifting weights and not having to pay for a subscription to a health exercise facility). Getting outside air (not indoors all the winter) . Noticing the heat is better than with forced air furnace and feel warmer. Finally get to enjoy a fireplace without having to have one built. UP NORT