Re: heating for a shop
[Re: Foxpaw]
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10/02/19 05:19 PM
10/02/19 05:19 PM
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patfundine
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[quote=Foxpaw]Well here is some figures a guy sent me in 1979. I retyped and copied so hope I didn't make any mistakes. Remember you will have to adjust for inflation and other things such as insurance.
Stove, pipe and installation, etc.=============$458.00 CHAIN SAW======================================$149.95 Gas and oil and maintance of saw===============$ 44.00 4 Wheel Drive pickup with no frills===========$8379.04 Maintenance on truck==========================$438.00 Replace rear window on truck twice=============$310.00 Fine for cutting unmarked trees in state forest=$500.00 Fourteen cases of Michelob=====================$126.00 Littering fine=================================$50.00 Tow charge from creek==========================$50.00 Doctors fee for removal of slinter from eye====$45.00 Safety glasses=================================$49.50 Emergency room, broken toes (dropped log)======$125.00 Safety shoes===================================$49.50 New living room carpet=========================$800.00 Paint walls and ceiling========================$110.00 Worchester chimney brush and rods==============$45.00 log splitter===================================$150.00 Fifteen acre woodlot===========================$9000.00 Real taxes on woodlot==========================$100.00 Replace coffee table(burned while drunk)=======$75.00 Divorce settlement=============================$33,678.22 Total first year expenses======================$54732.21 Savings in conventional fuel===================$62.37 Net cost for first years
... buy a real saw, steel toes, chaps, helmet, and a cheap truck for wood. You wouldn't have half of these problems.
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Re: heating for a shop
[Re: cotton]
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10/02/19 05:33 PM
10/02/19 05:33 PM
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put in a vented LP and be done with it
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Re: heating for a shop
[Re: run]
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10/02/19 11:36 PM
10/02/19 11:36 PM
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Nobody has discussed the coal option yet. not sure where to buy coal anymore
John 3/16
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Re: heating for a shop
[Re: cotton]
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10/03/19 07:58 AM
10/03/19 07:58 AM
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run
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Do you happen to have a Tractor Supply Company store nearby? I did a Google search and Tractor Supply popped up.
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: heating for a shop
[Re: cotton]
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10/03/19 05:00 PM
10/03/19 05:00 PM
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coonman220
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I think to dry fur with lp or propane , u need a vent system, years back, I did it in garage I rented of duplex, with a propane heater an i believe 20 lbs cylinders gas, not sure why coon would not dry good, was something do with non vent system, a wood stove be great
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