As I look over my stash....

mepellet said:

bigruckus said:

I have around 85 bags left...been burning since mid Oct...using around 1 to 2 bags a day...might have to pick some more up in March..I bought 4 tons...stove runs 24/7 most of the time...house stays around 70-72....Glad it's not a cold winter...I'm figuring I would of needed another ton at least. My oil tank looks good...I have only bought a 100 gallons since Thanksgiving..it's used for heating the water..and sometime in the morning the wife turns the heat on..I always turn the pellet stove down during the nights. My Thelin heats well and likes pellets...I going to try some other brands next year...maybe I can get longer burn times...I've used MWP and the Geneva pellets....2 tons each and I've picked up some other to try...live and learn I guess.

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Weird. Similar story here. I just put in bag number 50 to top the hopper off (gotta have the hopper topped off) and I have 82 bags left. I am averaging about 1.25 bpd (bags per day ) I also bought only 100 gallons on September 13th to get me to 5/8 of a tank and I am now down to about 3/8 of a tank. Hoping to only have to buy another 100 gallons for the winter. We use oil for hot water and only about 5 hours total for heat. The thermostats we have tell you how long they have been running in the previous day/week/year. We turn the stove off while we are both at work and were away from the house for a couple days for Christmas.

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Eatonpcat said:

If you can look aver your stash, It is not big enough ;-)

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imacman said:

Eatonpcat said:

If you can look aver your stash, It is not big enough ;-)

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:lol:

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bigruckus said:

mepellet said:

bigruckus said:

I have around 85 bags left...been burning since mid Oct...using around 1 to 2 bags a day...might have to pick some more up in March..I bought 4 tons...stove runs 24/7 most of the time...house stays around 70-72....Glad it's not a cold winter...I'm figuring I would of needed another ton at least. My oil tank looks good...I have only bought a 100 gallons since Thanksgiving..it's used for heating the water..and sometime in the morning the wife turns the heat on..I always turn the pellet stove down during the nights. My Thelin heats well and likes pellets...I going to try some other brands next year...maybe I can get longer burn times...I've used MWP and the Geneva pellets....2 tons each and I've picked up some other to try...live and learn I guess.

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Weird. Similar story here. I just put in bag number 50 to top the hopper off (gotta have the hopper topped off) and I have 82 bags left. I am averaging about 1.25 bpd (bags per day ) I also bought only 100 gallons on September 13th to get me to 5/8 of a tank and I am now down to about 3/8 of a tank. Hoping to only have to buy another 100 gallons for the winter. We use oil for hot water and only about 5 hours total for heat. The thermostats we have tell you how long they have been running in the previous day/week/year. We turn the stove off while we are both at work and were away from the house for a couple days for Christmas.

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I was also away for Christmas..8 days..and it was cold up here...forgot to mention that...that is wierd..ha..ha..Wondering what thermostat you have...never knew they could keep track of the furnace time running...post that will ya...thanks

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SmokeyTheBear said:

smoke show said:

Never seen a tall pig... :bug:

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Well, I come in at over 6' that is pretty dang tall for an Oinker.

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redhot1 said:

RidgeRunner56 said:

Picked up my 4th ton last Friday, I expect to have a half ton left over when the heating season ends

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I am such a Rookie. I have a ton and a half left thinking it may last until March? If I were to stock up and buy several tons. I wouldn't know where to stash i? I use my garage for automotive repairs, so I wouldn't want to block that off. My house is chock full of stuff (you know, everyone has stuff of some kind or other). We used to have the basement available, but our Daughter moved back home. So that's out! The only room I have left is my stove room. I could store several tons in there, but I wouldn't want the concrete floor to crack :^)

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smoke show said:

SmokeyTheBear said:

smoke show said:

Never seen a tall pig... :bug:

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Well, I come in at over 6' that is pretty dang tall for an Oinker.

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Eatonpcat said:

redhot1 said:

RidgeRunner56 said:

Picked up my 4th ton last Friday, I expect to have a half ton left over when the heating season ends

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I am such a Rookie. I have a ton and a half left thinking it may last until March? If I were to stock up and buy several tons. I wouldn't know where to stash i? I use my garage for automotive repairs, so I wouldn't want to block that off. My house is chock full of stuff (you know, everyone has stuff of some kind or other). We used to have the basement available, but our Daughter moved back home. So that's out! The only room I have left is my stove room. I could store several tons in there, but I wouldn't want the concrete floor to crack :^)

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Your floor won't/ shouldn't crack I'm not sure what the size of a pallet is, but I will guess 3' X 4' or a 12 sqft footprint. Probably end up being less weight on your floor than me standing on it per sq ft (167lb/sq ft)

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mepellet said:

Eatonpcat said:

redhot1 said:

RidgeRunner56 said:

Picked up my 4th ton last Friday, I expect to have a half ton left over when the heating season ends

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I am such a Rookie. I have a ton and a half left thinking it may last until March? If I were to stock up and buy several tons. I wouldn't know where to stash i? I use my garage for automotive repairs, so I wouldn't want to block that off. My house is chock full of stuff (you know, everyone has stuff of some kind or other). We used to have the basement available, but our Daughter moved back home. So that's out! The only room I have left is my stove room. I could store several tons in there, but I wouldn't want the concrete floor to crack :^)

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Your floor won't/ shouldn't crack I'm not sure what the size of a pallet is, but I will guess 3' X 4' or a 12 sqft footprint. Probably end up being less weight on your floor than me standing on it per sq ft (167lb/sq ft)

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Concrete floor.... should be fine but you won't see me storing a bunch of pellets on my wood framed floors. Common live load designs( for a residential wood framed structure) are somewhere around 40lb/sf. While you may be able to place 2000# over a 12sf area and still be over the designed live load, that load is then distributed over the floor area.

I'll stick to storing pellets in my basement or garage....

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mepellet said:

Eatonpcat said:

redhot1 said:

RidgeRunner56 said:

Picked up my 4th ton last Friday, I expect to have a half ton left over when the heating season ends

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I am such a Rookie. I have a ton and a half left thinking it may last until March? If I were to stock up and buy several tons. I wouldn't know where to stash i? I use my garage for automotive repairs, so I wouldn't want to block that off. My house is chock full of stuff (you know, everyone has stuff of some kind or other). We used to have the basement available, but our Daughter moved back home. So that's out! The only room I have left is my stove room. I could store several tons in there, but I wouldn't want the concrete floor to crack :^)

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Your floor won't/ shouldn't crack I'm not sure what the size of a pallet is, but I will guess 3' X 4' or a 12 sqft footprint. Probably end up being less weight on your floor than me standing on it per sq ft (167lb/sq ft)

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Concrete floor.... should be fine but you won't see me storing a bunch of pellets on my wood framed floors. Common live load designs( for a residential wood framed structure) are somewhere around 40lb/sf. While you may be able to place 2000# over a 12sf area and still be over the designed live load, that load is then distributed over the floor area.

I'll stick to storing pellets in my basement or garage....

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Eatonpcat said:

mepellet said:

Eatonpcat said:

redhot1 said:

RidgeRunner56 said:

Picked up my 4th ton last Friday, I expect to have a half ton left over when the heating season ends

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I am such a Rookie. I have a ton and a half left thinking it may last until March? If I were to stock up and buy several tons. I wouldn't know where to stash i? I use my garage for automotive repairs, so I wouldn't want to block that off. My house is chock full of stuff (you know, everyone has stuff of some kind or other). We used to have the basement available, but our Daughter moved back home. So that's out! The only room I have left is my stove room. I could store several tons in there, but I wouldn't want the concrete floor to crack :^)

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Your floor won't/ shouldn't crack I'm not sure what the size of a pallet is, but I will guess 3' X 4' or a 12 sqft footprint. Probably end up being less weight on your floor than me standing on it per sq ft (167lb/sq ft)

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Concrete floor.... should be fine but you won't see me storing a bunch of pellets on my wood framed floors. Common live load designs( for a residential wood framed structure) are somewhere around 40lb/sf. While you may be able to place 2000# over a 12sf area and still be over the designed live load, that load is then distributed over the floor area.

I'll stick to storing pellets in my basement or garage....

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I am a structural engineer...The post I commented on said he had slab-on-grade (I assume). Which is the same as storing in your basement or garage. %-P

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redhot1 said:

I don't know about the rest of the Country? Around here today is going to be another one of a few 60 plus degree days we've had this month. It just may be my meager stash will do this winter? Ha, I wish! You know, the power of positive thinking.

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GrahamInVa said:

redhot1 said:

I don't know about the rest of the Country? Around here today is going to be another one of a few 60 plus degree days we've had this month. It just may be my meager stash will do this winter? Ha, I wish! You know, the power of positive thinking.

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Winter is going to make a come back over the next 10 days.

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redhot1 said:

GrahamInVa said:

redhot1 said:

I don't know about the rest of the Country? Around here today is going to be another one of a few 60 plus degree days we've had this month. It just may be my meager stash will do this winter? Ha, I wish! You know, the power of positive thinking.

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Winter is going to make a come back over the next 10 days.

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You know Graham, you're putting bad Ju Ju against my power of positive thinking saying stuff like this? :lol:
The last time the weather was this goofy, we had several storms produce more than more than two feet of snow in Feb! It got colder than a Well Drillers Butt Crack around here.

My stash may not be up to par with some. I just checked and I do still have over a half a tank of heating oil from April of last year. I do have some emergency oil heat if need be! The only good thing about this is I can call the oil company, they'll be out in a day or two to fill it up.

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