HOME HEATING FIREWOOD COMPARING 1980 TO 2024

     With some tongue-in-cheek

          ITEM                                COST in 1980          same value in 2024

Stove, pipe, installation                 $458.00                                 $1,736.02

Load of logs                                      $500                                        $1875.59

Chain saw                                          $149.95                                  $562.49

Gas & lubricants…for saw               $44.60                                    $167.30

Basic 4-wheel drive pickup              $8379.04                               $31,431.23 

Pickup maintenance                          $438.00                                  $1643.01

Replace rear pickup window 2X       $310                                       $1162.86

Fine for illegal tree cutting                 $500                                       $1875.59

14 cases of beer                                    $176                                       $660.21

Fine for littering                                     $50                                         $187.56

Two truck charge                                    $50                                         $187.56

Medical fee for eye injury                      $45                                         $168.80 

Safety glasses                                           $29                                          $108.78

Emerg. Treatment                                    $125                                       $468.90 

Safety shoes                                               $49.95                                   $187.37

New carpet                                                 $800                                      $3000.94

Paint walls and ceiling                               $110                                        $412.63

Log splitter                                                   $150                                       $562.68

15-acre woodlot                                           $7000                              $26,258.22  

Woodlot taxes                                               $310                                    $1162.86         

Furniture damage                                          $75                                       $281.34                            

Divorce                                                             $33,678.22                 $126,332.85                          

Total cost for first year                                  $53,427.76                 $199,599.96                           

Savings in fuel oil year one                          -$472.37                             $1771.94                             

Net cost year one wood heat                       $52,455.39                  $197,819.02