Season is almost here, who is ready?

stove has been clean since the end of last season and I picked up my stash 3 weeks ago,just gotta fill the hopper and push the start button.

3 tons of Blazers and 3 1/2 tons of Okanagan DF has been sitting in my basement for about 6 months.

Put 3 ton of corn in the bin last week, Should pick up some pellets in about a month to mix with them, have 400 lbs pellets left from last year.

Stove looks like new. Going tomorrow to pick up 1 ton of hamers. I can only store 1 ton at a time. Only got Harman p43 last January .Just a little nervous hoping it works ok after reading the problems people have with theirs on this forum.

Have family over thanksgiving and will start up then. Wont start up again till Xmas/New Years. Burning wood and oil this season. Have 1.5 ton of pellet from last year and will exhaust it out.

I have already used 3 bags.

I have burned 2.5 bags. Running it an hour or two here and there to take the chill out.

Hi
My home basement stove, garage stove and shed stove is all ready to burn but the new to me 1999 Harman Advance stove for the new workshop that was built over the summer has a ways to go! See pic 1.
I upgraded the burn pot to the new fluted burn pot and installed a brand new circuit board and a brand new Ignitor.
Now I have to paint the stove and install the new nickel trim kit!
I am considering updating the old chain drive and throwing in a new combustion blower? Any suggestions?
First I have to build a raised corner hearth or maybe just throw in a corner hearth board? Any suggestions?
Then install the Selkirk DT which I have found used very cheap!
Before that my Artist must finish the Mural on the opposite wall! See 2nd pic!
Then install electrical, insulation and wall board!

Only have to replace the venting on the Bixby. Have cleaned the remaining corn from last year and that should be about 90 days worth if burned straight. Local crop is looking to be a record with an average of 188 plus bu/acre and coming out of the fields at 15% or so and that means no propane to dry it. 2 1/2 tons pellets plus in the basement and a ton still at dealer. Lit the gas stove this morning and ran it for an hour and this late afternoon again and dug out the remote and put in new batteries. Can't see starting the pellet stoves for awhile when the gas stove can heat the place for less than 50cents a day.

Stove is cleaned but haven't bought any pellets and no need to rush out and buy 20 tons "just in case" this year due to great pellet supply and low oil prices. I stopped in some BBS's nearby and they all have plenty. Some Mom & Pop stores and hardware stores are also well-stocked and have assurances that they can get pellets whenever they need them from their suppliers and that is the route I'll probably go this year, supporting the little guy, who also have the best bang for the buck I could find so far, Lignetics (green letters) for $250/ton.

Almost. I got the #2 fuel oil tank full, I installed new oil boiler chimney liner, and oil boiler will be cleaned/serviced this Friday. May need new expansion tank on oil boiler. Will find out Friday.

Wood pellets on order and will be delivered in October. I still need to clean my wood pellet stove and install the automatic igniter.

I guess I am not ready. But I am working on it.

Mostly ready. Stove is clean, vent is clean. Exhaust blower is a little questionable. I took it out Saturday and it spins freely but the impeller seems to wobble a bit. I've already burned 5 bags.

Stove ready? Check. Pellets ready? Check. Cold weather? Almost check. I'm ready.

Almost at 2 bags consumed myself..... A few nights in the mid/high 30's over the past few weeks.....

I was the early arrival to the party - I've burned 7-8 bags so far. Yes, I'm one of "those". I don't have A/C, so once the house gets below 70* on a regular basis, I need heat. Heck, even as nice as it was yesterday, with all curtains open to take full advantage of the sunshine, the house was only at 69* at 5pm. The stove is set at 65* during the day, then up to where it maintains 70-71 at night.

Cory S said:

Almost at 2 bags consumed myself..... A few nights in the mid/high 30's over the past few weeks.....

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Heck, I've had several hard frosts and mornings below 30.

bogieb said:

Heck, I've had several hard frosts and mornings below 30.

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lowest I recorded in Hillsboro in the early mornings was 31*. With a few frosts yep.

We are ready!
Might have to turn ours on this coming weekend as temperatures are supposed to drop down to 40s.

I'm a procrastinator at heart, and usually have my stove ready to rock -n- roll by the end of September - but, i'm finding myself only now in the midst of my pre-season deep cleaning, pellet stove currently in various stages of dis-assembly (2015/16 pellet stock secured for a few months now). As with this phenomenal warm, dry summer we've been experiencing in the northeast this year; this fall has followed suit, which is the only explanation I can think of why I am not 'ready' yet - very odd, since we could have snow flurries this time of year. I wonder what winter will bring ?

I am burning shoulder pellets, I am getting 7 tons of good ones on the 30th. I can't wait to start the season. I love cold/cooler weather. Fall is my favorite, but we will be ready for winter

Cory S said:

lowest I recorded in Hillsboro in the early mornings was 31*. With a few frosts yep.

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Been 28* a couple of mornings (yeah, I know, not THAT much colder than 31).

Pulled the burnpot and dropped it off for repairs at the sheet metal shop, gonna weld some new steel in where it has broken/rusted. Changed the ignitor a month or so ago, still doesn't light, burns fine if I light it. If the repair doesn't work, I'll just burn oil until I need heat full time.

Sub freezing temperatures forecasted for my neck of the woods this weekend.

TimfromMA said:

Sub freezing temperatures forecasted for my neck of the woods this weekend.

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I can't wait to run my new toy, I mean stove, but with oil so cheap, I'm trying to burn some oil so I can get a fill! It's killing me to run the furnace!(Never thought I'd say that) With this weekend's expected low temps (I'm in Brimfield), it will kick on for sure.