I’m wondering the same. PelletSales.com seems to have them well-priced right now. I’d like to pull the trigger on a five ton purchase, but I can’t find anything about them.
I’d like to know too.
We are new to this, having bought our Breckwell insert Dec 30th, we bought two tons of County Boy White Lightning at 254 ton plus 100 delivery from dealer.
picked up a few bags of “premium hardwood pellets” supposedly cherry? at Tractor Supply. WOW more than twice the amount of ash. and lot’s of soot on the glass.
can’t seem to find a good price on the Country Boy and don’t want to buy several tons of Cleanfire if they are not decent.
For those of you near the RI/MA/CT border, you might want to check out PelletsDirect.com. You can pickup your pellets right of off 395 just over the boarder in MA, or they will deliver for an extra charge. I picked up a ton of the Barefoot Premium Plus pellets for $229 on Sunday and they burn about 30 degrees hotter than any other pellet I’ve purchased so far, and I’ve tried quite a few. I’m getting ready to order a tractor trailer load or two from them in the next couple of weeks.
As a reference I’ve tried Green Team, Premier Pellets, P.A. Pellets and Energex this year to know what to buy now for next year.
I’m only burning 3 tons per season, but quite a few of my family members have pellet stoves as well so to save $$$ we all go in and buy a trailer load. This year some family member’s friends also want in, so it looks like we’ll be ordering two trailer loads. I’m actually in the same town as yourself.
I’ve been buying from PelletsDirect.com for 4 years now. Good prices and good selection.
Comfort Hardwoods, Barefoots, and L&G;’s burn great in my Enviro Meridian. I don’t PA Pellets, very ashy and low heat, possibly a bad batch. Anyone have any luck with them?
I don’t think it was a bad batch of PA Pellets you had. I spoke with one of the guys from where I recently purchased pellets and he said they carried that brand last year or the year before, and folks complained about it. They had a hard time selling it, but it was their own fault for not trying it in their stoves first.
I think Barefoot is going to be the brand I go with for two simple reasons; they make their pellets from sawdust created from their hardwood floor manufacturing facility, and they burn hot. I guess it comes down to you know what you’re going to get, hardwood pellets.
I’d like to know too.
We are new to this, having bought our Breckwell insert Dec 30th, we bought two tons of County Boy White Lightning at 254 ton plus 100 delivery from dealer.
picked up a few bags of “premium hardwood pellets” supposedly cherry? at Tractor Supply. WOW more than twice the amount of ash. and lot’s of soot on the glass.
can’t seem to find a good price on the Country Boy and don’t want to buy several tons of Cleanfire if they are not decent.
My advice is to never buy a ton of any pellets without trying a few bags first. If that ton of pellets you just bought doesn’t produce the results you want, you’re stuck with a whole ton of bad pellets. I made this mistake the first year I had my stove. I stupidly thought pellets were pellets, never realizing that there were good and bad brands.
For those of you near the RI/MA/CT border, you might want to check out PelletsDirect.com. You can pickup your pellets right of off 395 just over the boarder in MA, or they will deliver for an extra charge. I picked up a ton of the Barefoot Premium Plus pellets for $229 on Sunday and they burn about 30 degrees hotter than any other pellet I’ve purchased so far, and I’ve tried quite a few. I’m getting ready to order a tractor trailer load or two from them in the next couple of weeks.
As a reference I’ve tried Green Team, Premier Pellets, P.A. Pellets and Energex this year to know what to buy now for next year.
Just wondering how you measure the difference between pellets ( 30 degrees hotter)..?
This may seem simplistic, but I have a thermometer on the door of my pellet stove. I kept my fuel feed and air flow settings the same for all brands of pellets, and made sure to remove any residual dust or pellet pieces before changing brands. After refilling the stove with a new bag of pellets and getting it running, I’d come back every 30 minutes to check on the temp. When it stopped rising I’d make a note and complete the bag(s), and repeat the process with a different brand.
The way I look at it, if the temp at the door is 30 degrees warmer, then the temp of the air being moved must be warmer as well.
Has anyone used Clean fire wood pellets? How is the quality?
Have burnt about 12 bags so far and I actually like them better than the New England Wood Pellet (green lettering on bag) that I went through (3 tons) this year.
These are hardwood so I adjusted the setting on my stove and it seems like I get a fuller flame and there’s even less dust than the New Englands. These were bought through http://www.pelletsales.com and I’ll definitely be burning these next year if they are still around.
Stove: Quad Mount Vernon
Setting: Hardwood/Auto/Flame adjust @ 0
This may seem simplistic, but I have a thermometer on the door of my pellet stove. I kept my fuel feed and air flow settings the same for all brands of pellets, and made sure to remove any residual dust or pellet pieces before changing brands. After refilling the stove with a new bag of pellets and getting it running, I’d come back every 30 minutes to check on the temp. When it stopped rising I’d make a note and complete the bag(s), and repeat the process with a different brand.
The way I look at it, if the temp at the door is 30 degrees warmer, then the temp of the air being moved must be warmer as well.
Your method doesn’t take into account that a smaller size pellet will feed more pellets and appear to burn hotter.
That would be true if the smaller pellets burned hotter, but they didn’t. The Premier Pellets I had burned we’re very small pieces, on average about 3/8”, and they burned cooler than the Barefoot brand and about as hot as the Green Team and Energex. The Green Team and the Barefoot brand had pellets between 3/4” to 1” on average.
Despite never having tried the Cleanfire pellets, today I pulled
the trigger and ordered 3 tons from Pelletsales.com.
I know it’s a gamble but I have heard all positive comments
about this brand. Plus my stove isn’t picky. It burns anything
I throw at it pretty good.
Has anyone used Clean fire wood pellets? How is the quality?
Have burnt about 12 bags so far and I actually like them better than the New England Wood Pellet (green lettering on bag) that I went through (3 tons) this year.
These are hardwood so I adjusted the setting on my stove and it seems like I get a fuller flame and there’s even less dust than the New Englands. These were bought through ww.pelletsale.com and I’ll definitely be burning these next year if they are still around.
Stove: Quad Mount Vernon
Setting: Hardwood/Auto/Flame adjust @ 0
Cleanfire wood pellets are made by New England wood pellet from what I understand is when the pellets are produced they are tested if they don’t meet cleanfire standards they are bagged in New England bags latter this summer PFI will have a new catergory called Super Premium and Cleanfire will fall in this catergory. I recieved this info from the webmaster of http://www.pellets2u.com
