What did you do WITH your Ranger today?

[Justin says...]

Having a rental house that uses off road diesel as a heating fuel, I picked up another 50gallons this morning before work.

$3.65/gal ($188) and thats considered a good deal. Just a couple years ago it was 2.22/gal. This is the only source of heat the house has. I supplement with space heaters.

The truck handles the extra weight just fine.

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[subquark]

Having a rental house that uses off road diesel as a heating fuel, I picked up another 50gallons this morning before work.

$3.65/gal ($188) and thats considered a good deal. Just a couple years ago it was 2.22/gal. This is the only source of heat the house has. I supplement with space heaters.

The truck handles the extra weight just fine.

That's a decent price. Our Number 2 Fuel Oil (diesel) is currently $3.89. The diff between diesel and fuel oil, here in New England, is that there's no tax on fuel oil.

Anyway you slice it, it's an expense I cringe at as winter approaches!

 

[Justin says...]

That's a decent price. Our Number 2 Fuel Oil (diesel) is currently $3.89. The diff between diesel and fuel oil, here in New England, is that there's no tax on fuel oil.

Anyway you slice it, it's an expense I cringe at as winter approaches!

My furnace burns 1.2gal/hr but I use it VERY sparingly. The landlord says the tank holds 550 gal or so. With all thats going on in the Middle East, I'm tempted to buy another 50gal while the price is somewhat reasonable.

 

[subquark]

My furnace burns 1.2gal/hr but I use it VERY sparingly. The landlord says the tank holds 550 gal or so. With all thats going on in the Middle East, I'm tempted to buy another 50gal while the price is somewhat reasonable.

Our tank's only 200 gallon and it's the heat for the hot water radiators and shower, so unfortunately, it's used far too much. Plus our 1955 house has no insulation (we're getting insulated this month - finally after 18 years of being here).

One tank will last us the summer but we'll go through 7-8 tanks in the winter! And that's using some electric space heaters at times! Bah ...

So hard to guess when to buy it and always painful! Good luck!

 

[IdahoRanger]

My furnace burns 1.2gal/hr but I use it VERY sparingly. The landlord says the tank holds 550 gal or so. With all thats going on in the Middle East, I'm tempted to buy another 50gal while the price is somewhat reasonable.

Our tank's only 200 gallon and it's the heat for the hot water radiators and shower, so unfortunately, it's used far too much. Plus our 1955 house has no insulation (we're getting insulated this month - finally after 18 years of being here).

One tank will last us the summer but we'll go through 7-8 tanks in the winter! And that's using some electric space heaters at times! Bah ...

So hard to guess when to buy it and always painful! Good luck!

Yeah, keeping warm these days is painful. Our cabin uses propane @4.19 a gallon and we have a 1000 gallon underground tank which is buried by snow close to five months a year so I will fill it in the next couple weeks before the snow flies. Probably need another 250 gallons.

 

[MXGOLF]

Our tank's only 200 gallon and it's the heat for the hot water radiators and shower, so unfortunately, it's used far too much. Plus our 1955 house has no insulation (we're getting insulated this month - finally after 18 years of being here).

One tank will last us the summer but we'll go through 7-8 tanks in the winter! And that's using some electric space heaters at times! Bah ...

So hard to guess when to buy it and always painful! Good luck!

WOW David, My house is also built in 1955 and is one year older than me LOL. I have Natural Gas heat and stove. It's a great old house and I absolutely love my property. Lots of work so it keeps me out of the bars. For the good or bad. Also I have two fire places very nice. 1220 SQ FT Ranch style house.

 

[Jhbryaniv]

Our tank's only 200 gallon and it's the heat for the hot water radiators and shower, so unfortunately, it's used far too much. Plus our 1955 house has no insulation (we're getting insulated this month - finally after 18 years of being here).

One tank will last us the summer but we'll go through 7-8 tanks in the winter! And that's using some electric space heaters at times! Bah ...

So hard to guess when to buy it and always painful! Good luck!

What type of insulation are you going with?

 

[subquark]

What type of insulation are you going with?

It'll be 3" spray foam for the basement rim joists and 18" of borate cellulose insulation in the attic, 10" in the knee wall, and then whatever fills the normal stud end walls (see, I need @Kristina, she's the resident insulation expert!). =)

They're shooting for above R49 in the attic (which is small for our cape with 4 foot knee walls upstairs).

Google Streetview of our house (on the right):

And that Streetview is a pretty old pic, from like 10 years ago, and I can't remember what the neighbor had, but is it a 4G Ranger? A Race Red Ranger? Was Soupie foretold?

 

[Grumpaw]

It'll be 3" spray foam for the basement rim joists and 18" of borate cellulose insulation in the attic, 10" in the knee wall, and then whatever fills the normal stud end walls (see, I need @Kristina, she's the resident insulation expert!). =)

They're shooting for above R49 in the attic (which is small for our cape with 4 foot knee walls upstairs).

Google Streetview of our house (on the right):

And that Streetview is a pretty old pic, from like 10 years ago, and I can't remember what the neighbor had, but is it a 4G Ranger? A Race Red Ranger? Was Soupie foretold?

Not a Ranger...S-10 Chevy or GMC.

 

[Bob902]

It'll be 3" spray foam for the basement rim joists and 18" of borate cellulose insulation in the attic, 10" in the knee wall, and then whatever fills the normal stud end walls (see, I need @Kristina, she's the resident insulation expert!). =)

They're shooting for above R49 in the attic (which is small for our cape with 4 foot knee walls upstairs).

Google Streetview of our house (on the right):

And that Streetview is a pretty old pic, from like 10 years ago, and I can't remember what the neighbor had, but is it a 4G Ranger? A Race Red Ranger? Was Soupie foretold?

That's a GMC Sonoma. You will see a big difference with that insulation this winter. When I finish our basement next summer, I am going to spray foam the walls and rim joists too.

 

[subquark]

That's a GMC Sonoma. You will see a big difference with that insulation this winter. When I finish our basement next summer, I am going to spray foam the walls and rim joists too.

Oh bummer, well the hell with 'em, they moved - good riddance Sonoma! =p

I can't wait. The upstairs is pretty friggin' hot in the summer (and I lived in Texas for 14 years and Miami for 11!). And it's darn cold in winter, the cold air cascades down the stairs (but I have a classy solution for that - I nail up a beach towel at the base of the stairs - Kate's loves that!). =p

I'd like to do out garage with Rockwool and think I could handle that myself. Probably do foam board for the garage roof, and maybe find some vinyl or similar for the bottom four foot of the walls to allow some light car detailing (not by me! Kate will go out on days over freezing and do a rinseless wash - poor Soupie, it has to be into the lower 50s before I squirt him down for a winter grime rinse).

You gonna spray foam yourself? I've watched some vids and it doesn't look too bad (keep in mind, I'd get that stuff all over myself and track it all over the house!). =D

 

[Jhbryaniv]

It'll be 3" spray foam for the basement rim joists and 18" of borate cellulose insulation in the attic, 10" in the knee wall, and then whatever fills the normal stud end walls (see, I need @Kristina, she's the resident insulation expert!). =)

They're shooting for above R49 in the attic (which is small for our cape with 4 foot knee walls upstairs).

Google Streetview of our house (on the right):

And that Streetview is a pretty old pic, from like 10 years ago, and I can't remember what the neighbor had, but is it a 4G Ranger? A Race Red Ranger? Was Soupie foretold?

Nice.

Is your basement finished?

We have a crawl space I want to get spray foamed, and our basement is finished - sort of but There is no insulation behind the walls... No moisture barrier either...

My dream is to build a house from the ground up that could be heated by a single candle. ? I love watching some of Matt risinger's build videos on youtube.

Mike from last line of defense just finished his house build out here, and it is almost exactly what I have in mind... Ahhh dreams.... Gotta finish moving into this house before dreaming of building one... ?

 

[Jhbryaniv]

Oh bummer, well the hell with 'em, they moved - good riddance Sonoma! =p

I can't wait. The upstairs is pretty friggin' hot in the summer (and I lived in Texas for 14 years and Miami for 11!). And it's darn cold in winter, the cold air cascades down the stairs (but I have a classy solution for that - I nail up a beach towel at the base of the stairs - Kate's loves that!). =p

I'd like to do out garage with Rockwool and think I could handle that myself. Probably do foam board for the garage roof, and maybe find some vinyl or similar for the bottom four foot of the walls to allow some light car detailing (not by me! Kate will go out on days over freezing and do a rinseless wash - poor Soupie, it has to be into the lower 50s before I squirt him down for a winter grime rinse).

You gonna spray foam yourself? I've watched some vids and it doesn't look too bad (keep in mind, I'd get that stuff all over myself and track it all over the house!). =D

My first winter project is going to be foam board the garage walls and ceiling... Supposed to get frost tonight or tomorrow... Winter is coming.

A friend put rockwool in her detailing van, it works pretty well, and is fairly easy to work with it..

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

More truck stuff…

Man, I’m so busy these days, I might need to come out of retirement so I can get a break! ?

 

[Bob902]

Oh bummer, well the hell with 'em, they moved - good riddance Sonoma! =p

I can't wait. The upstairs is pretty friggin' hot in the summer (and I lived in Texas for 14 years and Miami for 11!). And it's darn cold in winter, the cold air cascades down the stairs (but I have a classy solution for that - I nail up a beach towel at the base of the stairs - Kate's loves that!). =p

I'd like to do out garage with Rockwool and think I could handle that myself. Probably do foam board for the garage roof, and maybe find some vinyl or similar for the bottom four foot of the walls to allow some light car detailing (not by me! Kate will go out on days over freezing and do a rinseless wash - poor Soupie, it has to be into the lower 50s before I squirt him down for a winter grime rinse).

You gonna spray foam yourself? I've watched some vids and it doesn't look too bad (keep in mind, I'd get that stuff all over myself and track it all over the house!). =D

No, I've used the small DIY kits, but I will hire a company to do this job.

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