Well, the price of wood around here is going to go "thru the roof". I have already been warning my customers that they are looking at 185 -> 200 for wood, and it will likely go higher once I see the loads of logs roll in.
if it is gonna cost darn near 100 clams for a cord of logs in the yard, then I don't have a choice!
This is going to be a sellers market here this year. Huge demand, and not much supply. The next thing I did was to whip out the calculator, and poked a few numbers after looking things up. Am I correct to figure that a cord of dry wood (pine) would be about equal to 200 gallons of propane? Am I way off the mark there. according to the BTU content, it is. Now, the local price of propane at the moment is about $2 a gallon. "heat" costs $400. Wood "heat" costs $200, fair enough?? correct me if I am wrong and slipped a digit somewhere.
91,502 btu gallon of propane
18,720,000 btu cord of pine.
gonna be a fun year.
if it is gonna cost darn near 100 clams for a cord of logs in the yard, then I don't have a choice!
This is going to be a sellers market here this year. Huge demand, and not much supply. The next thing I did was to whip out the calculator, and poked a few numbers after looking things up. Am I correct to figure that a cord of dry wood (pine) would be about equal to 200 gallons of propane? Am I way off the mark there. according to the BTU content, it is. Now, the local price of propane at the moment is about $2 a gallon. "heat" costs $400. Wood "heat" costs $200, fair enough?? correct me if I am wrong and slipped a digit somewhere.
91,502 btu gallon of propane
18,720,000 btu cord of pine.
gonna be a fun year.