Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

It was 0 here this morning. We looked at the corn/pellet burners, but honestly, if you saw where we live, wood makes more sense. We are across the street from where the city dumps the trees that they take down every year. Free wood, basically, just take the saws over and cut rounds, throw them in the truck, and bring them home and split them. We scored an entire Locust tree the other day. It was still green, so won't be ready for a year, but its good hard wood. Burns a long time.

Sometimes I struggle with the heavier stuff, but we've added some tools to help me get the pieces in the furnace. LOL

This furnace is run directly to our plenum on the lp furnace and actually uses the same air ducts that the furnace does, so the heat is evenly distributed throughout the house. Also, it utilizes the same humidifier that the furnace uses, so we didn't loose that feature either. We also ran wiring over to the furnace that Kicks in the big fan on the furnace, when the thermostat on the wood burner kicks on. We don't use that much, only when its really cold out. But it helps. LOL

Hubby would REALLY like to have the outdoor type, to elimintate the mess in the house. I don't mind it, and the exercise carrying wood in keeps me active. LOL

Oh, and hubby likes wood because he gets to buy cool chain saws.

 

Exactly. We started out with a small one bought on auction. When we went from using 10% a week to 2% a week with that unit, we decided to go all the way and get one rated for our square footage.

We still have costs involved. Saws, chains, fuel, etc. But its much cheaper than filling the propane tank.