Hey I forgot one more thing,the new models of the quadrafire have been updated to a stainless steel burning bowl,wished you was closer as a friend is selling his with the updated bowl here localy in central Ok,for $750 and it is a insert model. Keep up the hunt you will find one. Rick

 

Hmmm,
You guys talking bout burning corn?

I *thought* my ears were burning.....

 

Butt ---------- what does a ton of corn cost ?
Of course I would need that on the w coast.
I suppose I could buy it at a feed store --but don't have a clue as to what a ton is worth . I have never thought of burning corn but here at $3.00 a bag or more--- maybe corn could be a viable alternative. I know the Rats would like it a lot better than the wood pellets.

 

From what I remember reading, the corn has to be really hot to where it makes a syrupy mix and that is what burns. The local rodent population will love you for sure.
My mother feeds the deer in the evenings up in south central Pa and they buy a truck load of unshelled corn for sometimes around $20 or so. Doesn't seem like it's hardly worth bringing it in from the fields to the farmers.
I"m all for doing stuff to help out the farmer, if we can burn corn or bio diesel made from soy, we need to do it and put some of our own people back to work.

 

Right now corn is at around 2-2.50 a bushel around here, and a bushel of corn is 53 lbs. Sooo.....somone with a calculator.

 

If I did the math right it works out to just over $94. Couple coworkers and I went together to buy our pellets this year and it save us over $50 a ton.

 

I am getting close on this purchase. The Quandra-fire as Kandgo has been telling me about seems to be the best stove so far. I have looked at them at a local dealer. It seems the way to go here is with a 50/50 mix of wood pellets and corn at least to start the fire. then a switch to maybe 70% corn. The thing that is left in the ash pan from corn is called a clinker no big deal just a by -product. Where I live the corn is cheap they grow it all around me and if I wanted I could grow about 3/4 acre of field corn and send it to the Armada grain store for drying. Many of the farmers here are heating with these pellet stoves. There is also a Dell DC 2000 pellet stove with some good reviews out there. This stove runs off from DC motor so that with a battery there is always power. I always keep 4-6 Deep cycle boat batteries in the basement during the winter so no extra expense there. The new Quandra-Fire in cast Iron is around 1900.00 with the tax (not a bargin) one nice thing is they vent right out the wall with just a 4" vent no chimney. The best thing about these pellet corn combo stoves is they are friendly to the inviroment. many of the wood pellets are made from the scaps from furniture mfg. and the corn is a renewable product. So I guess right after Xmas I will put one in. Thanks for all the comments from you guys I will post some info when I get one in and running to let everyone know. If anyone has heard anything about the Dell pellet stoves let me know please.

 

eieio,
Have you looked at Year-A-Round corn furnaces? I have seen them at farm shows before and the appear to be well made but I think they might have been pricey also. The address of their web page is www.year-a-round.com. I have heard that the cleaner the corn is the cleaner it burns with little residue left over. Hope this helps some.
Brian

 

I have a alladin-Quadafire stove.It burns wood pellets or corn.The problem wuth corn is you have to have 14% moisture rate or less.I mix both together some times.Wodd pellets are $2.69 for a 40 #bag /Corn $3.75 bushnell 56# bag the corn is cleaned.I really like my stove 40,000 btu.Second year using it.We have,nt had the furnace on at all.My house is 1650 sq.ft.No problems at all with the stove.Propane got up to $2.10 a gal. here in michigan last year, so we bought the pellet stove,no regrets yet.Good luck.coobie