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Originally Posted by CGI3
Up until last year, my 84year old father cut, split, and stacked a grapple load!..Thats 7-9 cords all by himself..He refused to use his oil furnace, which he had installed 8 years ago..He never used more than a half tank of oil in all those years!...I finally talked him into using the oil furnace..I had to tell him that I had a friend that works for a local oil company that was selling me oil for 1.00 per gallon!...I have it filled for him, and after all these years he uses it and keeps the house at a nice toasty 72 degrees..He still burns what he has left from last year, but doesn't have to get up at 3 am to load wood into his stove anymore..
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Last season it was cheaper to buy oil than it was to buy wood. But I guess it depends on how hot you want to keep the house. I burn wood during the day but I let it burn out at night. I prefer it cooler when sleeping.