Who's Ready For Winter?

Dpopps · Nov 16, 2014

Lets have some fun and post pictures of our pellets.

Post up some pictures and info on pellet brand, how you store them and haul them in, along with amount and price.

Lets see how ready you are.

This will be my first year with a pellet stove. Not sure how good these pellets are or if this is a good deal. I picked up 3 tons of some greenways the other day for $189 a ton.

I am putting them in the basement where the stove will be. I am trying to put them in neatly where they will be out of the way. I should be able to fit another ton without making things look messy or out of place.

I figure it is better to get them in the house now rather than take smaller amounts in when its colder out with snow. It is snowing as I type this. I have a large egress window that I stacked them all by, then used a dolly to take them to there final resting spot.

I can't be leave I have 3 tons and have not even bought a pellet stove yet ;lol

. I hope to have time and grab it this week.

TimfromMA · Nov 16, 2014

I bought 6 tons of Douglas Fir back in April .

Jason845845 · Nov 16, 2014

Im ready! 3 tons of Hamer's and a ton of mixed crap from Lowe's. It is a great feeling that heating doesn't even feel like an expense any more because I enjoy the thing so much.

BGStG1aholic · Nov 16, 2014

couple weeks ago bought me 10 ton of "Cleanburn" (mostly Doug Fir) pellets at local hardware store (a one day sale) for $179 a ton. Cool thing is they store it for me in a shed and I pick it up a 1/2 or whole ton at a time as I need it.

should be good for the winter

F4jock · Nov 16, 2014

Dpopps said:
Lets have some fun and post pictures of our pellets.

Post up some pictures and info on pellet brand, how you store them and haul them in, along with amount and price.

Lets see how ready you are.

This will be my first year with a pellet stove. Not sure how good these pellets are or if this is a good deal. I picked up 3 tons of some greenways the other day for $189 a ton.

I am putting them in the basement where the stove will be. I am trying to put them in neatly where they will be out of the way. I should be able to fit another ton without making things look messy or out of place.

I figure it is better to get them in the house now rather than take smaller amounts in when its colder out with snow. It is snowing as I type this. I have a large egress window that I stacked them all by, then used a dolly to take them to there final resting spot.

I can't be leave I have 3 tons and have not even bought a pellet stove yet. I hope to have time and grab it this week.

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Three tons of Lignetics hardwood on pallets and stacked in the garage between the two cars. Yep - we still have enough room for the cars. Already munched up 15 bags!

Tonyray · Nov 16, 2014

Picked up these on dealers early buy this past June.
5 tons and 1/2 ton from last winter..
all listed in my signature....all sitting on pallets
pellets come thru the removed window into the basement...real simple and quick with 3 helpers.

oliveone · Nov 16, 2014

Ready for this year and next !! all Somerset's !

4 ton in house stacked on pallets down stairs buy stove.
1 ton on pallet in garage, 2 tons outside under two tarps,
back up stash in of 4 tons in shed.

11 tons should last this winter an next

will add pic once area is cleaned up doing a bedroom over a little messy right now.

Big papa · Nov 16, 2014

Dpopps said:
Lets have some fun and post pictures of our pellets.

Post up some pictures and info on pellet brand, how you store them and haul them in, along with amount and price.

Lets see how ready you are.

This will be my first year with a pellet stove. Not sure how good these pellets are or if this is a good deal. I picked up 3 tons of some greenways the other day for $189 a ton.

I am putting them in the basement where the stove will be. I am trying to put them in neatly where they will be out of the way. I should be able to fit another ton without making things look messy or out of place.

I figure it is better to get them in the house now rather than take smaller amounts in when its colder out with snow. It is snowing as I type this. I have a large egress window that I stacked them all by, then used a dolly to take them to there final resting spot.

I can't be leave I have 3 tons and have not even bought a pellet stove yet. I hope to have time and grab it this week.

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Here's how I haul them I put them in my crawl space for storage and I have an 18 year old slave that takes small hand outs for moving pellets.I bought 6tons of"wood pellet co" in April $188 a ton.let us know when you get your stove installed.welcome to the forum.

Dpopps · Nov 16, 2014

TimfromMA said:
I bought 6 tons of Douglas Fir back in April .

I have yet to see any softwoods at my stores.

Jason845845 said:
Im ready! 3 tons of Hamer's and a ton of mixed crap from Lowe's. It is a great feeling that heating doesn't even feel like an expense any more because I enjoy the thing so much.

I can't wait to get mine. I am not sure how many tons I will need.

BGStG1aholic said:
couple weeks ago bought me 10 ton of "Cleanburn" (mostly Doug Fir) pellets at local hardware store (a one day sale) for $179 a ton. Cool thing is they store it for me in a shed and I pick it up a 1/2 or whole ton at a time as I need it.

should be good for the winter

That is a good price. Really nice that they will hold that many for you.

F4jock said:
Three tons of Lignetics hardwood on pallets and stacked in the garage between the two cars. Yep - we still have enough room for the cars. Already munched up 15 bags!

Will 3 tons be enough for the winter, Or are you going to need a refill? I don't have much extra room in the garage, But there is plenty of space in the pole barn.

Tonyray said:
Picked up these on dealers early buy this past June.
5 tons and 1/2 ton from last winter..
all listed in my signature....all sitting on pallets
pellets come thru the removed window into the basement...real simple and quick with 3 helpers.

That is packed all the way up,wow. Looks like you will be staying warm this winter.

oliveone said:
Ready for this year and next !! all Somerset's !

4 ton in house stacked on pallets down stairs buy stove.
1 ton on pallet in garage, 2 tons outside under two tarps,
back up stash in of 4 tons in shed.

11 tons should last this winter an next

will add pic once area is cleaned up doing a bedroom over a little messy right now.

I will be looking for the pictures, Or it didn't happen. ;lol

Big papa said:
Here's how I haul them I put them in my crawl space for storage and I have an 18 year old slave that takes small hand outs for moving pellets.I bought 6tons of"wood pellet co" in April $188 a ton.let us know when you get your stove installed.welcome to the forum.

That's the way to get them. I think next year I will get my hands on a bigger trailer, maybe a car hauler. Two pallets at a time kind of sucked. Thanks for the welcome. Hope to get the stove in soon.

Keep those pictures coming.

gfreek · Nov 16, 2014

Have 3 ton. 2 ton Pure Fire, 1 ton Green Supreme... Waiting to see if I can get more Pure Fire..Misc bags of Nations Choice, Cheat River, TSC brown bag.

Luv2burnPellets · Nov 16, 2014

I have 7 tons Douglass Fir ( Blazers from HD ) , 4 tons Okie Golds, and 1 ton leftover Fireside Ultras for 12 tons total. All on pallets in my oversize garage. I bring in one bag every day I come home and park in the garage. Paid $219 ton for DF and $300 ton for Okie Gold. Should be good for 2 1/2 years plus. Funny thing is I bought the Okies this summer and the DF late fall. No such thing as early pre buy savings. DF a much better deal. I learned to have a years worth of pellets on hand, and be ready to jump on a deal whenever the opportunity presents itself.

michpelletburner · Nov 16, 2014

dpopps, where abouts in Michigan do you live? I like those pellets alot they burn real hot, where did you get them for 189 a ton?

Dpopps · Nov 16, 2014

I got them from meijer, They had a sale sat. I am in mid-central.

TimfromMA · Nov 16, 2014

Dpopps · Nov 16, 2014

Luv2burnPellets said:
I have 7 tons Douglass Fir ( Blazers from HD ) , 4 tons Okie Golds, and 1 ton leftover Fireside Ultras for 12 tons total. All on pallets in my oversize garage. I bring in one bag every day I come home and park in the garage. Paid $219 ton for DF and $300 ton for Okie Gold. Should be good for 2 1/2 years plus. Funny thing is I bought the Okies this summer and the DF late fall. No such thing as early pre buy savings. DF a much better deal. I learned to have a years worth of pellets on hand, and be ready to jump on a deal whenever the opportunity presents itself.View attachment 144535

That's a nice stash. Next year I will do the pre-order thing when there on sale and get a few extra tons.

Tonyray · Nov 16, 2014

Dpopps said:
That's a nice stash. Next year I will do the pre-order thing when there on sale and get a few extra tons.

that's how we do it.....
no panicing in October...
but to be fair,
many have neither the room or the money to buy 4 tons or more at one time.

chken · Nov 16, 2014

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My basement looks like Love2BurnPellets garage. I have over 5 tons, which I ordered from Home Depot. My local HD has free shipping for that amount. At $239 a ton, you get what they have; however, since I knew they might have Blazers, I made them put a note on my order that if Blazers came in, that I would prefer them over the FSUs, which is what they mostly have. Anyhow, when the tractor trailer came to deliver, I was the last delivery on his sheet, and so the last 5 tons were mine. Unfortunately, when they loaded the trailer, I was the next-to-last delivery, with the last person supposed to get 2 tons of FSUs. Little did the driver know because the FSU pallets and the Blazer pallets are both white, but when he stopped at my place, he had given 2 of my Blazers to the lady who was supposed to get FSUs. What can you do? I'm happy with my 3+ tons of DF Blazers. They burn great, great, great. I'll use the FSUs for the shoulder seasons.

I also have leftover LGs from last season. What a good pellet, but they were much more costly than the Blazers from HD.

So, the driver had to take his forklift and drive each pallet a ¼ mile down my dirt road to get to my house. Seeing as he did this between 6pm and 7:30pm on a Friday night in the drizzle, I gave him a $20 and a Guinness, which I made him promise he wouldn't drink until he was back at the store. I then moved the bags, one-by-one into my basement over that weekend. I'm glad now, since I did that when it was 50 degrees out, perfect weather for a little outside work.

RhodyPelletRook · Nov 16, 2014

5+ tons picked up by the ton via pallet and unloaded and stacked 1 bag at a time in my garage. 1 sweaty late August Friday for 4 of them (somersets surprise delivery to the local TSC; 2 tons at $225 reserved per, and other 2 at $240 per) $60 for the Home Depot truck rental. 600mgs of Motrin for the rest of that weekend....happy now that it's the heating for the winter aside from the February Turman Ton on standby. Best wishes for winter to everyone posting.

stallau · Nov 16, 2014

6.25 tons comprised of okanagans, trebio and can't remember third brand - they aren't doing too badly but still would prefer to have had Vermonts - hopefully next year

Dpopps · Nov 17, 2014

Tonyray said:
that's how we do it.....
no panicing in October...
but to be fair,
many have neither the room or the money to buy 4 tons or more at one time.

I have LP, so my first fill in about 6 months is oct 1. Then he hand me a bill for about $350 bucks. Then he comes back around 3rd week of December and hands me another bill for $450, you get the idea, the fun never stops till spring. I would rather pay a little extra money up front to save more in the long run.

Bioburner · Nov 17, 2014

Ready to go by the second week of July with corn in the hopper and 2+ tons of pellets in the basement, 4 tons total and LP topped off. Hitting the fuel hard today with single digit temps and winds hitting 30.

oliveone · Nov 26, 2014

dpopps I ordered 22 tons this year. Helped out a few fellow pellet heads an got great pellets to burn. This is a old pic just to show you it did happen LOL

Dpopps · Nov 27, 2014

oliveone said:
dpopps I ordered 22 tons this year. Helped out a few fellow pellet heads an got great pellets to burn. This is a old pic just to show you it did happen LOL

That's a whole lot of pellets.

LordmetalZ28 · Nov 27, 2014

How do you attatch photos here. There has to be an easier way then thru a 3rd party. I cant figure it out. But I have a ton of green supremes. Ton of tsc (energex sku) a mixed ton. ( hamers greenway, fsu ,cheat river , pennington, awf pine, heatrs, agri, north american , ligs, nation choice. And stove chows. I hall them between 2 suvs 25 bags a piece and walk them one by one down the basement stairs. Paid 239 for the gs ton and 270$ for the tsc/energex ton.

Dpopps · Nov 27, 2014

LordmetalZ28 said:
How do you attatch photos here. There has to be an easier way then thru a 3rd party. I cant figure it out. But I have a ton of green supremes. Ton of tsc (energex sku) a mixed ton. ( hamers greenway, fsu ,cheat river , pennington, awf pine, heatrs, agri, north american , ligs, nation choice. And stove chows. I hall them between 2 suvs 25 bags a piece and walk them one by one down the basement stairs. Paid 239 for the gs ton and 270$ for the tsc/energex ton.

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