Think I should be good with 6 tons this winter

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newbieinCT said:
I've been thinking about trying them next year. haven't been able to find any around here to test out. We have somerset, which are pretty great for the price but if it's another winter like this, I might have to step up my game!

Insulation definitely makes a difference! We live in an old farmhouse and we had insulation installed last year in all exterior walls - some walls had existing insulation others had none at all. We added blown in cellulose in all attic spaces and had the exterior walls air sealed. What a HUGE difference it makes! Pre-insulation, we could see our breath while sitting on the couch. Now, we barely use the oil (only to keep pipes warm) and rely mainly on the pellets - and most days I am warm enough for a tshirt!
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I still have over 4 tons of them. I'll sell you a few bags at cost if you don't mind coming to Milford, MA to pick them up
 
1/4 way through 5th ton here. I had 3 tons delivered and picked up a 4th based on reading this site before the season, I've since learned that the one's who quote their usage most often are kind of bragging (3 tons was a common refrain) and thus I "live and learn" once again. Being so cold I grabbed a 5th ton, now I'm having trouble finding any pellets but now I know the reality of what to expect next season. So I'll be looking for ways to store 5 tons, which ain't gonna be easy - I may have to buy another shed in addition to 2-car detached garage and 12x20 shed.
 
woodmakesheat said:
1/4 way through 5th ton here. I had 3 tons delivered and picked up a 4th based on reading this site before the season, I've since learned that the one's who quote their usage most often are kind of bragging (3 tons was a common refrain) and thus I "live and learn" once again. Being so cold I grabbed a 5th ton, now I'm having trouble finding any pellets but now I know the reality of what to expect next season. So I'll be looking for ways to store 5 tons, which ain't gonna be easy - I may have to buy another shed in addition to 2-car detached garage and 12x20 shed.
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An empty 12 by 20 shed should be able to hold 5 ton. I just laid bags out in my cleaned out 8 by 16 shed and can easily fit 4 ton if I stay at 4.5 feet high. The shed previously stored glassware for the wife's antique shop and yesterday I spent the day ripping out shelving so that it is completely open. A little extra floor support and it will easily carry 5 ton neatly stacked.
 
Old Spartan said:
An empty 12 by 20 shed should be able to hold 5 ton. I just laid bags out in my cleaned out 8 by 16 shed and can easily fit 4 ton if I stay at 4.5 feet high. The shed previously stored glassware for the wife's antique shop and yesterday I spent the day ripping out shelving so that it is completely open. A little extra floor support and it will easily carry 5 ton neatly stacked.
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I wish I had or could make a reasonable amount of space in the shed. Between the lawn tractor, it's cart & seed/fertilizer spreader, the snow thrower, extra wheels for my drag car etc, I can barely get in it now. Hoping I can clear enough space for a couple tons tops.
 
I have big time storage problems. The pallets will have to stay outside in the environment, wrapped in tarp. So 3 tons would be the max really. If I could I'd get 4.
 
I have 2 stoves and bought 7 tons for this 3000 Sq. Ft old 1880's home and decided to buy 2 more just in case in the fall. Just finished the 7. Glad about the 2 extra as it should get me through. It has been a cold winter. I started in October and definitely see going into April. Good to see the shoulder season around the corner as No temps in the teens the next 10 days. Single digits burns a lot of pellets.
 
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I plan on having 7 tons stocked up by October.. There saying next winter will be worse than this last one here in New England, so I wanna be ready
 
My pellets for next winter will be bought and added to my stash in the next 6 weeks or so.
 
Lets see. . . Caribou, ME, 2341 sq. ft. 2 pellet stoves. I will burn 6+ tones this winter.
 
I may actually go 10 this summer. I don't care if I have 2 or 3 ton left over. If the winter is worse this next year then I can burn baby burn. Plus I was thinking about finding a third unit for my garage so I can work on my bike when it is cold. I didn't this year at all. I might have a stove and pellet addiction. I have even thought about getting a beast USSC8500 for the garage and putting a crossing conversion x2 in it and running the hot water back to the main house and add an exchanger for the water heater and our old furnace. This would be used on really cold days to help the two stoves in the house not work hard when in single digits plus heat the garage. How sick is that?
 
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Well, that seems like a good price, but what I meant was "6 tons plus how many more tons". Kind of trying to be funny, but serious nonetheless.
 
velvetfoot said:
Well, that seems like a good price, but what I meant was "6 tons plus how many more tons". Kind of trying to be funny, but serious nonetheless.
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6 and a half tons. The second pellet stove ate the additional ton.
 
MuchoBueno said:
Wow already eh? I was thinking of purchasing around late July or early September. Never done this before so it's all trainning day for me.
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My dealer offers discounts when you buy early.
 
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House I lived 7 yr's ago I would burn 2 tons a yr, It was a heavily insulated Cape which had electric heat but chitty single pane windows, even the roof rafter's were insulated, now in a older remodeled Cape using about 4-5 ton's, I would burn on a 1 most of the time, now on a 2 all the time, the small attic has very old white colored insulation with big pieces of cardboard on top, I doubt there's any wall insulation, I'm going to do a energy audit this spring.
 
We decided to treat pellet supply just like we did our firewood in the past.

Seasons worth in the shed attached to the summer kitchen -- season worth in a storage shed. Course with firewood the purpose was for seasoning (also had a third seasons worth in the wood lot cut into 4 ft sections).

Guess we will be buying 9 ton this summer.
 
Well, here's a kink in the works... We store our pellets under a second story deck, where we built a nice shed. But now we're looking at remodeling that area over the summer, including replacing and expanding the deck. Will result in a much larger storage area, but sure messes up my "early buy" plans.
 
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