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[Sluggo]

I might make enemies here but I know the silent majority are with me.  I will burn whatever the hell I want,whenever the hell I want.

Are you saying if you want to burn a tire or railroad ties you will?

Yes,I'm saying that if I "WANT" to I will.  Do I want to?  No,but if I did want to I would.  I think we have already established that the EPA ban has nothing at all to do with what people are burning in their stoves.

[dirtdigger]

If your buying your wood, what do you save?    I do land clearing and get all I can take home, we also have timber of our own, trying to clean it up and get rid of the junk tree's and debris and plant new seedlings, so I may as well take the junk home and burn it myself and save a few bucks on heating costs while I'm still able.     

Around here if you have enough tree's per acre that are alive, keep the livestock out of it, you can apply for tax exemptions on the timber, there are no taxes on it at all, but its not a big deal, they just hike up the land and buildings enough to make up for it.   

[Sluggo]

I personally don't buy wood but I know a lot of people that do.  12 cord of culls for $1000.  That heats a home that with lp would cost $2500.  What's not to understand?

[mlappin]

Can't do that around here, that $1000 might get you 10-15 pickup loads of wood though.

[kommandokenny]

Don't know what a cull is,,???
My guess it's crap??
Cant buy 12 cords of bullweeds for 1000 bucks here. 
Do some quick math and factor in the boiler$$

At that rate I can understand that the boiler would pay for itself in 12 -15 years ...in time to buy another one.

If your ok with buying wood,, thats ok with me
Everyones scenario is different,, but for me, it's not feasible,, culls or, whatever

[Brad]

Cull is undesirable.  In the farming world a Cull animal is sold or goes to freezer camp

[intensedrive]

  Most folks that have bought a boiler are relaying on wood delivery, they have no truck or trailer just the promise the wood boiler will deliver the heat. 

Why would you buy a boiler to then go buy wood? Everyone I know who owns a boiler cuts their own wood. Otherwise how would you save any money? Your entire argument here to burn whatever you want has no reasoning behind it. Burning "trash", tires etc. is exactly why people have a bad view of our heat source. I agree non-treated lumber is not trash. Please be responsible with your burning.

Because its way cheaper than propane when heating a large farm home

[woodywoodchucker]

I kmow this guy that buys an 18 pack of beer. Puts the beer in the fridg crisper. Leaves the box in tact on his counter top and stuffs it with junk mail . he does remove all plastic and non paper crap.

[slimjim]

Hey Woody, you must have been to my house, that is exactly what my wife does with our junk mail, you can fit a lot of mail in an 18 pack of Budweiser cans, only issue is I sometimes have trouble keeping up with her and we have to overfill the box.

[walkerdogman85]

There are a lot of people around here who buy wood. I have never bought wood as slot of people know I have the OWB and ask me to take trees down, but to each his own. A guy I work with just put in a Hardy H25 and buys wood to get caught up and he said his electric bill was 900 dollars the month prior. Even at buying wood it would still be cheaper than electric. 

[kommandokenny]

On a big operation and/ or with electric buying wood will be cheaper.
Cull,, cheaper yet, [guess it's tires and skids]

It was not feasible for me to lay out 10 grand on a stove to  save,, I'm estimating here,,,
4 or 500$ a year.
Never used the propane much so the cost is an estimate.

If I was paying 600 a month for electric baseboard heaters,, yup,, buying wood and a stove will pay off.
But not for me.

[kommandokenny]

I kmow this guy that buys an 18 pack of beer. Puts the beer in the fridg crisper. Leaves the box in tact on his counter top and stuffs it with junk mail . he does remove all plastic and non paper crap.

No savings here, either, as you gotta buy a lot of beer to heat your house.

Look,, everyone has crunched their numbers and weighed out the costs and the savings .
Some save big,, others maybe some .....
Bottom line is, we all like burning wood,, and being outdoors, so whats that worth??? lots..
It's a great forum, with lots of different players

[BoilerHouse]

I buy 9 bush cords of maple logs for $1100, delivered right to my boiler and it lasts about 1 1/4 seasons. Contrast that with fuel oil, - 4 tanks a year at $1000 each tank. That is a huge saving, and still a lot less work, for me, than falling, limbing and transporting wood to the house. 
I built my system for about $6,000. The payback was less than 2 years. It's been gravy ever since.

[wissel12]

   I have been lucky enough to find wood to burn. Like boiler house said it's still cheaper to buy the wood than to purchase fuel oil.

[kommandokenny]

I'm lookin online and cant find it that cheap .$125 a cord .
Great price!!!

Have an almost son in law,, friend ,in the firewood business and he was saying no one can get into the woods to cut here.


http://www.kijiji.ca/v-buy-sell-other/muskoka/hardwood-logs-for-firewood/1052105481?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true