Made it back home safely.

[Bottomfeeder]

Julie and I got home about an hour ago. We had a great month in Panama City Beach. No gold, no silver, but had a lot of good hunting, picked up some tan color, and met some really nice folks.
we stopped in Taylorville Illinois about 1;30 this afternoon, picked up a U-haul trailer and brought our new corn burning furnace back with us. Only took 6 months to get it. the guy is behind ove 400 furnaces still. At three thousand dollars each, I'd be hiring some help!!
Now i have to get that 400 pound gorilla down the basement, get it hooked up, and start heating our home a whole lot cheaper.
Thats it for tonite, we are a tad bit tired.

 

[Sanddigger]

What do you burn in it? Corn cobs? How many would you need?

I grew up with gas (had a gas well on the property) so it was free - heat, dryer, refrigerator, hot water. Now I have a stupid electic heat pump which I would not give you two nickels for, but our development is total electric unless you have a propane tank.

 

[BarnacleBill]

used to burn corn cobs in the coal furnace out in Hoosier land. No lack of corn available, my father would bring home paper sacks full of dried cobs and we'd throw'em direct in the burning chamber, cuz they didn't feed so well through the automatic stoker. And besides that they smelled a little better than coal when they burned......always got a hankerin' for popcorn for some reason.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[Sanddigger]

n/t

 

[Bottomfeeder]

The guys will be here shortly to help me get it down the basement. It will be ducted into the central heat system, and run off a crude hi-lo heat thermostat firing setup.
we had a little 30,000 btu corn stove for five years. It really helped out. Now this 100,000 furnace will do the whole job. Continuous 24/7 warm air coming up the ducts.