atvdave
ArboristSite Operative
No matter how you look at it I have to pay someone to heat my home.It might as well be me.
I like the way you think....
No matter how you look at it I have to pay someone to heat my home.It might as well be me.
I have not saved a dime.
I have earned 24,000 in 10 years loading my Yukon wood furnace.
I look at it this way.
I have to write a check to heat to someone.It used to be the propane guys I'd write the check too.
Now I write a check to my wood guy for around 700$ a year for the 7 cords I'll buy.
Those 7 cords of oak make about 1750-2100 gallons worth of propane heat depending on the blend of the propane.
At 2.50$ a gallon on the low end I'd have written a check for $4375,then minus off the wood cost of $700 .
The difference is my pay for my labor of loading the wood into my furnace.
That's the second check I'll write.So I get $3675 this year.
No matter how you look at it I have to pay someone to heat my home.It might as well be me.
The other cool thing is the money I'll get this year makes my annual mortgage payment so to know my Yukon is making my house payments just tickles me to death!!!!!
Dunno what I've done with the other ~$2K
I would say approx $125/month in spring and fall and closer to $200 -300 in the winter. I think wood heating is well worth it, for so many reasons.
It's actualy a darned complicated equation when I sit down and think about it the last three years are;
Wood burner pluses (annual)
Actual natural gas savings (2006 prices) $2500.00
Don't need to belong to health club ??????
Quality time with my sons in the woods priceless
Time away from the daily hum drum for me priceless
Wood burner costs, spread over last three years
Woomaster 4400 and install (2006) $7,000 (close estimate)
Spare parts and repairs $50
Chainsaw addiction $1500
Chainsaw repair and operating $200
Wood splitter mods and repairs $500.00
Mauls axes, handles $150
Fuel for hauling and splitting ?????? $300??????
wear and tear on truck(s) ?????$500?????
Have to figure electric power as a wash, seen no differances in bill?
And now for my pet peeve in life
For those who think or ask "whats your time worth??"
My standard responce
Same as sitting on my arse in front of the darned TV, sleeping, or typing responses to Internet posts ZILCH!!!!
I will count my wood cutting time in dollars when somebody is paying me in cash for doing it, there just plain aint any other way to look at it IMO
Sorry. of my stool
And I don't think I'm capable of that much *snuggling* anymore. But it might be fun to try.
I reckon i save anywhere from 200 to 400 dollars a month on utility bills by burning wood. All depends on how cold it is and this year has been a cold one so far. What do guys figure you save. All that extra money is needed with the economy like it is. Think i've paid for all my saws and everything involved in getting firewood several times over. If this topic has been discussed recently, I apologize for a repeat.
Enter your email address to join: