bcarton
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I just bought a dozen bags at TSC in Merrimack, NH. UPC code came back as "Maine Woods" when I scanned.
Pellets from Home Depot, do you use them?
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Xena
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Have burned about two dozen different brands over the ten years of burning. Everything from top shelf stuff to appling county which was like burning dog crap. Currently green supreme from Home Depot and have no complaints.
So these Maine Woods pellets blow the Oakie Golds out of the water as far as heat. They do make more ash and its darker but holy chit its like night and day. I dont think I will ever get the Oakie golds again, I had to several times crank the stove up when it was super cold but with the Maine Woods it has no issues.
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Tonyray
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I know that DF pellets are expensive east of the Mississippi. Out here we can get mix conifer pellets for <$200/ton and DF pellets for around $225/ton. I normally burn Blue Mt super premies or Bear Mt, both DF pellets.
That was why I had to scratch my head when HD offered a, IMO, a 2nd tier, hardwood pellet at such a high price. Must be due to shipping them over the Rockies?
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did you get the main woods pellets from the guy on Handle rd? I have one tone left (1/2 AWF white pine and 1/2 green supreme) and thinking about grabbing another ton just to be safe.
bcarton
Feeling the Heat
I still have 2 tons of Okie Golds yet to go. I've been burning the Maine Woods (TSC branded) the last couple of days, and they seem to burn a little hotter, but I certainly haven't measured it. They look a little smaller than the Okies, and they do seem to feed faster at the same Dial-A-Fire (auger) setting than the Okies, so it would make sense if they were hotter.
Honestly, there are so many variables one day to the next, let alone one stove to the next I don't know how to compare. As long as they don't crud up my stove, and generate enough heat, that's all I care about. At $300/ton I doubt I'll buy the Okie Golds again next year.
dlavigne7324
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Dr.Faustus
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A lot of it depends on your stove and how much you are willing to clean it. I've tried a lot of different kinds of pellets in my pdvc. Last 2-3 years the local HD has been stocking green supremes. I havent had any problems with them so far. Been using them exclusively because they are easily available, a decent price, heat the house and HD's delivery charge is a flat fee for any amount of pellets you order. I have the room to stock up for multiple years. So i order 8-10 tons at a time and get them delivered to my house and pushed into my garage for $65.00. pretty good deal. normally he can push in 6 tons (2 rows of 3) and the rest i stack on top of what he was able to push in.
bogieb
Minister of Fire
Dang, wish I had the room to store that much, then I wouldn't mind paying a delivery fee. However, I can only store a little over 2 tons so struggle to convince myself the fee would be worth it.
dlavigne7324
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Tonyray
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Would kill for Blazers here in the East..Best we ever burned.. 2nd is the Energex Golden Pellets 0.5 Ash.. Hot as the Douglas Fir's.
HD got a load in back in December and I could only grab 30 bags as I had 5/half tons of Energex & O'Malley's crammed in my Basement.
would u believe they we;re being sold at the same price[ 249.00 they get for lot of the're Crappy pellets?
I've burned the following through a Napoleon NPS40
1 Ton : Green Supremes
1 Ton : Stove Chow
The supreme were okay, lasted awhile weren't too dirty got em from tractor supply I'm Enfield. The stove chows aren't as good, burnt through these like crazy and trashed my stove. I picked up 10 bags of Hamers from Hawthorns in Enfield, they were selling them at 290 a ton last week - had 18 tons left. I went in yesterday and they're at a 10 bag max.
1 Ton : Green Supremes
1 Ton : Stove Chow
The supreme were okay, lasted awhile weren't too dirty got em from tractor supply I'm Enfield. The stove chows aren't as good, burnt through these like crazy and trashed my stove. I picked up 10 bags of Hamers from Hawthorns in Enfield, they were selling them at 290 a ton last week - had 18 tons left. I went in yesterday and they're at a 10 bag max.
Everyone has a diffrent opinion. HD in Bethlehem Pa selling chow this year..actually burned hotter and cleaner than my dealers (wood pellet co)...CC Lumber..next year will be a diffrent story I'm sure..grab a few bags and try them...Tractor Suppy here..ugh...horrible..
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
Chows burn pretty hot.. lot's of ash though...
never got the stove dirty or trashed..... guess cause it's a Harman.
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