Combines corn burning furnaces

[colwood56]

I have been burning with corn for the last 16 winters. My old farm house will burn 1150 gals. of fuel oil a winter. Since I went to corn heat I use approx. 40 gals. a year. That is over 1000 gals. a year savings for 16 years. You do the math. I am so pleased with this that I now sell them for the last 6 years. An average size home will burn approx. 150 to 200 bushel a year. I feel the best stove on the market is of course the one I sell. The Country Side Stove by American Energy Systems from Minn. All U.S. made. Web sight: www.HearthDirect.com Every farmer at least should heat with what they grow. I would be glad to answer any questions you or anyone may have. Jim or Julie at Colwood Enterprises, 1-888-370-5995 in Michigan (leave a message if no answer, we will return the call)or check the web sight to find the nearest dealer from you.

 

[canuck]

I used to have one and wished I still had it. Definately will have one again for the coming winter. As mentioned before every farmer should have one. 1 bushel of dry corn has about 400,000 btu's which is about the same as 3 gallons of petro based fuel. Besides that within 5 years heating oil may be hard to come by if you believe the predictions. Things must be seriosly getting tough... see Bush and Delay plane pooling on Airforce 1

 

[robmgrig]

First of all, let me say that I support using our productucts whenever possible. That being said, i looked into getting a corn stove but I was told by several people that they do not put out the btu's of a wood stove. They are much cleaner and don't produce near as many ashes though. I kept my wood stove because cured red oak puts out a lot of heat

 

[canuck]

Corn stoves are available in a host of sizes including furnaces that will heat large shops. Although most dont get that hot, they do put out the btu's. Since they have a good air circulation air the stove never gets that hot and that is why some claim 98% efficiency while most wood stoves get real hot, but are only 50% efficient.

 

[Case_Farmer]

So how much do these run $$$$$IJIJIJIJ

 

[anteater6788]

We have an A-Maize-Ing Heat 165,000 btu corn burning furnace in our shop and nobody can believe how hot it burns. I've heard some corn furnaces burn as hot as 1,200-1,500 degrees and I don't doubt it at all, with the forced air induction corn really burns hot. Our furnace cost $4,800 but it heats our 1,600 sq ft uninsulated shop on 2-6 bushel of corn per day keeping it at 60 degrees in all but the coldest weather. Our furnace requires about a minutes worth of maintance every few days besides carrying corn to it and I would buy another one after talking to owners of other brands of corn furnaces.

 

[canuck]

Around $2500 Canadian will get one. As far as the chimney goes its just a 3 inch plastic pipe.

 

[colwood56]

We sell the 50,000 btu stove for around $2,150. You vent this with a 3" pellet pipe. NOT plastic. That will get you in trouble.

 

[canuck]

99% sure its just a PVC pipe.

 

[colwood56]

100% sure it's not. The exhaust runs hot. Need to install a listed 3" or 4" "Pl" pellet vent exhaust system. I'm not trying to be a know it all or argue, but do want to make sure that no one is harmed by missed information. This is what gives corn stoves and furnaces bad reputations from not being installed correctly and operated correctly at best. The worse is death! Check web sight "hearthdirect.com" for more info on corn burning stoves and furnaces.