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What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets

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Midwest redneck

11-26-2007 03:34:17




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I bought 300lbs. of corn on Saturday night. My local farmer is now getting $8/100lbs. (up from $7 last year) I called on wood pellets and hardware store 10 miles from me is asking $200/ton for wood pellets. I need to see what brand of pellets they are selling, I dont want to buy pellets from China. Corn is still cheaper but Pellets burn super clean compared to corn.




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36 coupe

11-29-2007 04:18:28




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to Midwest redneck, 11-26-2007 03:34:17  
Saw a price of 298.00 for a ton of wood pellets here.



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671DKS

11-27-2007 10:11:15




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to Midwest redneck, 11-26-2007 03:34:17  
Put in a corn stove 5 years ago. Start it with wood pellets and let the corn take over. I bought my first and all loads at the CO-OP and the first couple of times I loaded mine into 55 gal plastic drums that I cut the tops off of. third year I bought a bin/hopper type, cone at the bottom at a auction. Paid 600 bucks for it, it will hold about 4 ton. I also bought a auger with a lectric motor gave 7 dollars for 5 of em, 15 ft ea, that I dump the corn from my pickup truck into the catcher which is on the supply end of the auger, gave 10 bucks at a different auction, and after I hooked a couple of the augers together, I auger the corn into the bin. takes a while cause too much corn will pull that little motor down. I have almost 3 tons of corn in the bin at a cost of 400 dollars US which will last me all winter here in Ks. I also put 16 in of insulation in the attic, I think that helped the most. The year we bought the house, we used over 3 tanks of propane at a cost of over 900 dollars. Don't hardly use propane now, haven't used a tank in 3 years now but don't use it for anything but the furnace. Made my own sifter for the corn, just a tall box with two sized screens in it. Love it and thinking about maybe growing my own corn this year. Wish I had more than just the 5 acres I'm on. Good Luck, Kent S. in KS.

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massey333

11-26-2007 14:04:28




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to Midwest redneck, 11-26-2007 03:34:17  
Are you complaining about the $8.00 because if the farmer is Drying,Cleaning,and bagging the 100 lbs.,HE IS LOOSING money over what he could be gettig from the elevator.Plus not having someon come back complaining that something was wrong with the corn.If he never touched it(Cleaned-Bagged)he would be making less then a DOLLAR a 100lb.



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Midwest redneck

11-26-2007 16:10:56




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to massey333, 11-26-2007 14:04:28  
Trust me I aint complaining, just the corn is tough to store in the garage, (plastic rubber maid Garbage cans) and the corn doesnt burn as nice.



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Ron in OH

11-26-2007 13:09:33




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to Midwest redneck, 11-26-2007 03:34:17  
At $8.00/ 100cwt corn you were not paying any sales tax. That's worth a few percentage points and you are keeping the money local. Corn prices are up this year so a $1.00 increase is fair. His input costs were up more then 15%. Your pellets are .10/lb plus sales tax and the corn is .08/lb w/o tax. Sounds like a bargain.



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Walt Davies

11-26-2007 08:08:13




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to Midwest redneck, 11-26-2007 03:34:17  
I paid around $200 last summer bought 2 ton. I always get the top of the line made right down the valley from in Brownsville,OR. It pays to buy in the summer to ave money and make sure that you have enough for the winter.
Golden Blaze.
Walt



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in-too-deep

11-26-2007 06:32:04




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to Midwest redneck, 11-26-2007 03:34:17  
That farmer's only asking less than $4/bushel. You'd think he could get a little more, especially with all the people that don't have a clue what corn is worth. I guess there are some people around that don't have the price-gouging mentality.



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Midwest redneck

11-26-2007 08:59:55




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to in-too-deep, 11-26-2007 06:32:04  
$4/bushel and he screens and drys the corn too. I remember reading on this site last year that corn out of the field can be about $2.50/bushel without drying/screening. Not a bad price still at $8/100lbs. Propane is 2x that for heat. Fuel oil is about 3X corn.



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IaGary

11-26-2007 15:30:53




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to Midwest redneck, 11-26-2007 08:59:55  
If I may ask, how many bushel of corn does it take to get thru the winter?


And how many gallons of LP would it take to get thru the winter?

Just wondering.

Gary



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Midwest redneck

11-26-2007 16:17:40




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 Re: What R U paying for stove cornwood pellets in reply to IaGary, 11-26-2007 15:30:53  
Last year I saved about $500 on propane. All totaled I used about $750 in propane and about $600 in corn and pellets. My stove uses about 60lbs/24 period with it set on low. (once the house is up to temp the stove just maintains the house at 70-75F.) I would have used about 1200 gallons of propane for the winter and it would take about 9000lbs or so of corn to get through the winter if I just heated with corn but I dont let the corn/pellet stove run while I am at work.

Bottom line: it takes about 8-10 gallons of propane per day to heat my house when it is 15F outside and it takes about 60-80 lbs of corn to heat for the same day. Sooo.....$1.60/gallon-propane or $8/100 lbs. of corn. Easy math.

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