Same boat with Central Hudson. I use very little electric and no NG. Typically 2/3rds to 3/4ths of my bill is the basic charge, delivery charges and tax. The electricity itself is the cheap part!
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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getting a knock off is more a convince vs cost thing. I want to get a mini split for out there, but it's not in the cards for a while.That makes sense since you're pulling cars in and out on a normal basis. I would think most times I was going to pull something in it would be one of three scenarios. One it would go on the lift, and would be a bit higher where it would get warmed a bit quicker with radiant heat and the air up there should be a bit warmer. Two it was getting pulled in to work on it real quick, and we were just needing it out of the weather. Three would be it's coming in, but can wait a bit so it will be warmed up by the time we get to it.
For the tractors they would just go out to work outside a bit, then come back in for quite a while, so not a big deal.
Would have been nice to have natural gas here. Every street that is connected to ours, and the end of it has it, and our tree isn't but maybe 1.5 miles long. That being said, I wouldn't know any of you fine fellers if we had natural gas
and we wouldn't even be having this conversation lol.
Your propane is cheap compared to here, that would certainly be a factor to consider, maybe Trumps policies will get it down a bit.
Yeah, it's only for temporary. I have an actual furnace that I'll probably install, already bought it for $100 bucks last summer, it's a high-efficiency power vent style. But I'm not sure it's the best route or one source would be a good idea. The good thing is we have a great power company that's local (literally 1.25 miles NNW from here as the crow flies), and we don't often have outages, so I shouldn't need a wood stove. I've considered an electric water heater set-up for the 12x24 saw shop area, be nice not to have any penetrations thru the walls or the ceiling. I have the wainscoting on the barn, so if I was to install a small mini-split in that area I could go thru down low. It would be sweet to have AC in there. I'd also want at least one good sized electric baseboard heater to use if it was too cold for the mini to work.
Oh snap, can we use the skidding winch.
At least the sap will be frozen, so my saws won't get dirty with sap.
One of those would work for my 12x24 shop, but I don't want to support the CCP and I don't want to make the holes in the walls ceiling if I don't have to. The semi I drive has one for the bunk heater, I run it whenever it's cold out, then I only need a little added heat from the trucks heater. It's nice not to have the fan blowing air in you eyes and drying them out, or hot air on the windshield to heat it up and make the snow stick to it, even though I do have heated wipers(hate to use wipers unless I have to). One nice things about those little heaters, is you can get them with a controller. It would be nice to just click the temp up from the house(if it reached), or from the car when you pull in from work.
42 isn't terrible, I'm shooting for 50, then being able to warm it up a bit more if I'm out there.
The propane companies here all give me, and others I've talked to, a hard time about filling the 24 gallon/ 100lb tanks. I'm almost as big of a fan of propane companies as I am rust or Chyna.
Ouch.
Is electric pretty expensive there, ours isn't bad compared to the bigger companies in MI. That being said, I hate paying for it.
Had -15 F on truck thermometer parked outside at the house, hit -25 on the way to work this morning. It's been below zero since Saturday afternoon until now, it's finally above zero.
I just got the following text from my aunt. She’s in FL packing up what was salvaged from her house. The house destroyed by the two hurricanes… After that she bought a house a few miles from me here in NY:
State of emergency north Florida!
Inventory of Eleven snow plows on the ready!
She’s still got a sense of humor despite her house being destroyed!
State of emergency north Florida!
Inventory of Eleven snow plows on the ready!
She’s still got a sense of humor despite her house being destroyed!
Cold here boys, Just put 4 sticks of locust in the stove, I’ve never done that before!
I've burned just over a face cord in a week and a half. Almost double my normal wood consumption.
MechanicMatt
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Happy to hear that, I was worried I was the only one going through more wood than usual
A face usually lasts me a three weeks, two weeks and I was scratching my head wondering where it all went.
That’s why I restocked the wood up near the house prior to the last storm. Didn’t want to get caught without enough wood for the season.
But the snow wasn’t as deep as I was worried about and can still get the truck from wood pile to house.
But…. We are expecting another storm on Monday
benz66
Used to sell firewood for $5 a face cord, deliverd
We booked this week long ago for some time in FL. It has turned into a weeklong joke: Snowmobile FL! Snowshoe the beach! All the bridges are closed and we are on an island. It was predicted, so we were prepared, no big deal. But 6-8" of snow in Florida is unusual. Blowin and snowin all afternoon. Heavy enough for a while we could not see the huge hotels across the road. Hilarious! The last movie (4245) is looking right at the beach ball water tower, but it is invisible because of the intense snow. On the 2018 trip to Ireland in March, we got stuck in the biggest blizzard they's had in decades. (4") so this is the American version of that. All time record snowfall. Biloxi,MS reportedly will have a foot by morning!
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Please don't take offence, but I won't be inviting you for a visit as you seem to be a snow magnet.
We've been chewing through wood the past 2 weeks too. Almost double the normal rate so far this week. Took enough wood into the house Saturday for this week, and I'm gonna have to bring more in today after work. I got plenty, so no worries for this year but I'll definatly be dipping into next year's reserve if it stays this cold. Think I may break down and get my logging buddy to drop a load of logs off this spring since I haven't had the time to scrounge like I usually do.Happy to hear that, I was worried I was the only one going through more wood than usual
A face usually lasts me a three weeks, two weeks and I was scratching my head wondering where it all went.
That’s why I restocked the wood up near the house prior to the last storm. Didn’t want to get caught without enough wood for the season.
But the snow wasn’t as deep as I was worried about and can still get the truck from wood pile to house.
But…. We are expecting another storm on Monday
@OM617YOTA having a problem with my 03 taco . Yesterday I put it 4wd and everything was normal . I took it out and the 4x4 indicator light stayed on . The truck is definitely out of 4wd as the rear tires just spin in the snow . Put it back in and was able to move so the transfer case is disengaging . But the light stays on in 2wd . Problem with the actuator?
I'm not familiar with that platform, my Yota stuff is pre-Taco, so I'm spitballing.
Do you have a front axle disconnect? Sometimes those require backing up a goodly bit, or rocking back and forth to get them to unbind and retract. A previous Chevy I had would leave the light on until you backed up enough to disconnect things. Other times the vacuum lines leading to the disconnect can have issues and no longer retract or engage 4wd. I got sick of the axle disconnect on mine, installed manual hubs, locked the disconnect in "connected" mode, and removed all the vacuum BS.
Not sure what triggers the light, your actuator and 4wd stuff might be fine, just a problem with the indicator. Could be as simple as spilling coffee on your center console and the micro switch that turns on the light in the dash being gummy now. No clue if that's what actually turns on the light in the dash on yours, like I said, I'm spitballing.
My current Prado is full time 4wd with a center differential in the transfer case. 4 wheel high, 4 wheel high locked center diff, 4 wheel low locked center diff, no 2wd option. If I ever go into the transfer case, it's getting manual hubs and a transfer case with 2wd.
From what I understand the front actuator is all electric it engages the front differential and the switch for the light is in the actuator it grounds out the circuit. I’m just hoping the front differential isn’t engaged . I may have to crawl under it and disconnect it . Not fun in 4degree weather
That's ideal, kind of a built in test mode. When it works.
Good luck, I don't envy you at all.
Went out and started the Taco 4wd light is out . No clue but it’s 22 years old
There are quite a few trucks that don't disengage the front diff when in 2wd. I don't think it would hurt anything temporarily as long as the transfer case is in 2wd.
The indicator switch is probably starting to stick.
My thoughts too .
Thanx for sharing the pics. The other day I mentioned i have a heated saw,,, the guy looked at me like I had 4 heads. WTF ?
