I mentioned in another thread that Aubuchon is having a sale on pellets beginning (I think) June 27th for $250 per ton. You can order up to two tons per week.
Skowhegan Aubuchon has sold out of the Energex already. But they’ve made arrangements with a local mill to get a stream of high quality pellets. I didn’t get a price, but I think its similar.
Just ordered 4 tons from Dysarts. I picked the 80% hardwood mix they get from Athens. This is my first purchase of pellets for my new Harman, is an 80% mix a good place to start?
Also for a note, because I wanted the supersack 1 ton bags I should get it in a month. Athens delivers to Dysarts once a month and they start calling down the list. I guess the 1 ton sack list is alot shorter then the 40 pound bag list. I believe the 40 pound bag list goes out 3-4 months.
I got the flier in the Mail from Aubuchon last week and spoke with a saleman there that said they are having a sale starting June 30th, limit 2-tons per person, and they were having a trailer load delivered.
So, I got all my stuff together, cleaned up the garage, borrowed a pallet jack & trailer, and off I went.
They didn’t have a single pellet!! Said something about there was a fire at the mill and couldn’t complete the order. The fire was in May at the Cornith mill. I think it’s more of a case that the pellet mills are being stretched beyond their capacity.
I called around to some other places, and nobody had any in stock, and nobody was willing to “pre-buy” because the demand and pricing is so volatile.
I then called the Home Depot in Topsham and talked to them. I spoke with someone in their “garden” department who said they sell a hardwood pellet, but he didn’t remember the name of the manufacturer. How do you not know that?
Well, I went ahead and pre-bought through the Home Depot. $249/ton, plus $14 per pallet (you can get that money back if you bring back the pallet) + $59 delivery.
They said they were about 1 to 1.5 months out on delivery due to the waiting list. I just hope they actually come in!!!
Does anyone know what brand of pellets the Home Depot in Topsham is selling? He said he thought they came out of Virginia.
Hey all,
Newbie here. Looks like Northern lights are selling for $300/Ton (Farmington), Aubochon $249/Ton (Advertised Deal- though no pellets in stock), Springbrook $249 (Waterville). Any other sources you all know about?
Mike
Actually, I apologize - I was not completely accurate in my previous post - Dysart’s is not out for 8 weeks. They do however, have an extremely long waiting line. I ordered 3 tons, and there are 1,000 tons ahead of me…
Talked with Sam’s Club Bangor yesterday, they are going to have a pellet open house or what ever the 7-16 in the parking lot. Will have tons of Pennington hard wood to sell, she stated no shortage there. They had 8 tons on hand Wednesday.
I used to burn the pellest from Home Depot and had a lot of clinkers in them so just be careful even though the price might be affordable but you will have to deal with the clean up later.
I just read the information about Aubuchon Hardware being out of stock. Makes me glad I ordered my pellets when I did. They thought that I was nuts for spending $10 more per ton when they were going to go on sale in a couple of weeks.
Dysart’s sold mostly Corinth pellets last season and is selling mostly Athens this season. Some basic business reasons why that I’d rather leave between the parties.
The Athens plant can produce pellets faster than they can bag them. Dysart’s has even just arranged for another company to bag several hundred tons of these excess pellets for them. (Not a pellet company, but they have bagging equipment.)
Supply is tight, but not short. Athens has the wood supply, but can only produce so much per day. It’s just that orders are coming fast and furious.... and way earlier than they expected. Dysart’s is also constrained by the ability to deliver pellets. Trucks with piggyback forklifts don’t come cheap.
They can keep up the current pace indefinitely. The pellets will be there.
That makes me feel a bit better. I ordered 3 more ton from Dysart’s - but I am on a long waiting list.... I have considered grabbing a couple tons from Home Depot (Pennington) - just to make sure that I got something else in the cellar. I can’t seem to find anyone who has anything good to say about that product - so I have held off.
In regard to the price, I don’t think we should be shocked that prices are inching up a bit - I think that is to be expected.
For me, this is about more than just the cost - I am really sick of the oil companies. Pellets are going to have to become substantially more expensive than oil for me to go back. I just don’t see that happening.
