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Corn stoves, I might buy one today.

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Midwest redneck

05-06-2006 02:24:55




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Well I got a dealer about 20 minutes from me that will sell me a US stove (burns corn, pellets, cherry pits) for $2000 (that includes the pipe vent kit) The guy says it will burn about 80 lbs. of corn in a day, I guess that I will save about $5/day verses using Propane. Here are questions for you guys that have corn/pellet stoves. 1. How much corn/pellets do you burn in a day in the dead of winter. 2. how big is your house and how old. 3. how do you store your corn? (bags in the garage, plastic garbage cans? 4. what temp. do you keep your house at, 65f, 75 f...? 5. any regrets? things you would have done different. 6. I will have to remove my Lopi wood burner stove and either sell it or try to set it up in my garage. It sure will be strange not burning cordwood on those cold winter days. 7. I will likely sell my firewood and try to cut up and sell a cord worth of firewood every year to help pay for the corn and pellets.

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Farmer Paul In Ontario

05-08-2006 06:19:24




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
I store the bulk of my corn for the stove in a small gravity box wagon. It holds about 140 bushels. I just fill 5 gallon pails and fill the stove with about 2 pails twice a day for my 40 X 56 work shop. Wheat is an option if dry corn is hard to come by. ( I burn soft white when I have no corn )



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Robert in Butler

05-07-2006 04:55:45




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 Re: Corn stoves, long reply in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
I have a US Stove Company american harvest. I think it is a decent stove, they do have a pretty steep learing curve. To answer your questions-
1.I burn about 65 pounds of corn per day.
2.1000 square feet, original house on this section, remodeled in the forties. I put insulation in the attic this year.
3. I store my corn in old chest type deep freezers.
4. the kitchen stays in the 80's, living room in the 70s', bedrooms stay about 65.
5. I wish I would have bought one earlier.
The corn stove takes some experimenting to get it burning right, don't be afraid to adjust the air and feed rates. Get a shop vac to clean the stove, use a good filter on it. there are exhaust passages behind the fake brick that need to be cleaned out. I use a piece of heater hose on the end of the vacuum hose.
Good Luck

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Midwest redneck

05-07-2006 06:26:26




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 Re: Corn stoves, long reply in reply to Robert in Butler, 05-07-2006 04:55:45  
What part of the country are you in? Butler? where is that. (what state)



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Harvey1

05-07-2006 03:30:56




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
Midneck I installed a pellet stove in my place two years ago, I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. We have no access to corn, so all I buy is pellets, here they sell for about $4.50 per 40 lb bag. I have never burnt more than one bag a day, even in the dead of winter, I keep it at about 70 degrees, the house is 1600 sq ft. I keep the bags in the basement (warm and dry), the beauty of this stove is you fill it once a day and it provides even consistant heat. I clean it once a week, takes about 20 minutes. It won't put out the BTU's a wood stove will but it 's very consistant. In a power outage you're out of luck, otherwise I have no regrets.

Godd Luck.

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Midwest redneck

05-07-2006 03:59:06




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Harvey1, 05-07-2006 03:30:56  
Thanks, You gave me an answer I was looking for on the wood pellets, I would rather burn pellets instead of corn. I will likely burn pellets and corn. The H/C dealer that I bought the stove from says that there is a new kind of pellets out now that takes recycled cardboard and it is mixed with an accelerant and it burns 50% hotter then regular pellets.



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Midwest redneck

05-06-2006 11:35:41




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 I bought the US stove, today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
I bought the stove for $2000 that includes the piping. It is now in my garage. I watched the stove run, heat, everything in the showroom of the H/C company. The heat it puts out is amazing, (it was burning corn) The blower works good and the setting are 1-10, on 6 it will burn about 80 lbs. of corn in a 24 day. (about $5/day) I just have to get it in the house and hooked up. I want to use my existing Lopi stove pipe. I have to buy garbage cans and get corn stored, pellets too. Thanks for the replys. The dealer has 40 stoves, thats all they could buy, but the dealer also showed me another model by US stove that holds about a weeks worth of corn ( a huge hopper on top of the stove)

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RickL

05-07-2006 06:55:56




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 Re: I bought the US stove, today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 11:35:41  
storuing corn like that welocme to mice world. Also did you check your homeowner ins,some do some don't like those just like the wood units. Ins rate goe up.



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larryinwa

05-06-2006 07:45:03




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
i'm thinking pellet stove too,just got propane tank filled-2.95/gal.-ouch! live in western washington so would't have corn.



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Bob

05-06-2006 09:01:37




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to larryinwa, 05-06-2006 07:45:03  
Good grief... Propane here in north central ND is at $1.24/gal, paid within 7 days!



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Ohio Case

05-06-2006 07:43:20




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
Be very careful on the kind of corn stove that you buy. Some of the smaller, cheaper models have problems with the firepot, wearing out/burning out, and some of them are very very snotty when it comes to reddog/beeswings, and pieces of cob and stalks. Some of the stoves you must run the corn thru a grain cleaner before burning it. The extra cost of cleaned grain or the cost of a grain cleaner may be cause to spend more money on a less fickle stove. If you are looking to heat your entire home with corn, you might want to look at a system that can have ductwork hooked up to it. If your interested I have information on 3 different systems. Contact me if you want more info.

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buickanddeere

05-06-2006 05:57:07




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
There are corn stoker boilers that are compact and will fit inside an ordinary garden tool shed or in your garage/carport.Keeps that area warm too. The smoke, ash, mess, fuel is all outside. Just takes a run of insulated water line and a heat exchanger in the furnace plenium.Now hot domestic water via the corn is avalable too. A quick search under google lists a dozen differnt manufactures.



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Truck

05-06-2006 05:55:52




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
Check your rated BTU output on teh corn stove and your current heating system ( wood) .. Don't make the mistake many seem to do and install a stove that is too small to heat your house. There are a bunch of folks selling their shiny new pellet stoves already this spring, mainly because they couldn't get as warm as the old wood stove, (Or they got burned on the "pellet shortage")

I mix corn and pellets, use a pellet stove, and store the fuel in the bags it comes in. I put the corn in a tight galvanized garbage pail...keeps away from mices that way.

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Midwest redneck

05-06-2006 06:41:44




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Truck, 05-06-2006 05:55:52  
The rated BTU on the US stove is 53,000 BTUs. My little Lopi Answer wood stove is "rated" to heat a 1500 sq. foot house. My house is 2300 and it heats my house as long as I put wood in it every 2 hours.



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RB/CT

05-06-2006 05:53:53




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 Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today. in reply to Midwest redneck, 05-06-2006 02:24:55  
Had a shortage of pellets here in CT this winter, and many were unavailable. See them now for $225 ton. Myself for the past 20 years have heated my home with 2 tons of rice coal, using an Alaska Stoker Stove. Cost $190 ton delivered or $380 for the season. Not much interest in Corn stoves in this area, Pellets, Wood, with Coal rapidly declining.



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buickanddeere

05-06-2006 06:01:50




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 soft people Re: Corn stoves, I might buy one today in reply to RB/CT, 05-06-2006 05:53:53  
Seems everybody want effortless convenience. If stoker coal is cheap in your area it's the cat's pajamas. It's not much of a hardship to save a few grand a year to use a coal or grain stoker. People today are such wimps and so removed from the source of food, utilites and raw materials. Good heat when the utilites are off line in a storm too. Only takes a small portable generator to keep the system running.

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