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digitys · Jul 13, 2015

4 tons of pinnacle douglas fir and 2 tons of cleanfire pacific's. Douglas fir is for the coldest times and cleanfires in the spring and fallish times.

Never burned the douglas fir's though but we did only softwood's last year and I must say what a huge difference the heat level was and the amount of time I spent cleaning went down a LOT.

In the meantime, bring on the hot weather, winter can wait!

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

digitys said:
4 tons of pinnacle douglas fir and 2 tons of cleanfire pacific's. Douglas fir is for the coldest times and cleanfires in the spring and fallish times.

Never burned the douglas fir's though but we did only softwood's last year and I must say what a huge difference the heat level was and the amount of time I spent cleaning went down a LOT.

In the meantime, bring on the hot weather, winter can wait!

I bought a couple of tons of blazers,(douglas firs), swore id never pay over 300. a ton but i did just to see what all the hype is about...309

JRA · Jul 13, 2015

Jack Morrissey said:
I bought a couple of tons of blazers,(douglas firs), swore id never pay over 300. a ton but i did just to see what all the hype is about...309

Jack where did you get them I got my 3 ton at pellets r us in acton while they were running a special for 299 in June. Comes out to 318 delivered 57 flat rate. Now they are back up to 339. I know pellets direct had them at 319 last I checked. Who had them at 309?

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

JRA said:
Jack where did you get them I got my 3 ton at pellets r us in acton while they were running a special for 299 in June. Comes out to 318 delivered 57 flat rate. Now they are back up to 339. I know pellets direct had them at 319 last I checked. Who had them at 309?

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

Pellets direct, uxbridge mass

JRA · Jul 13, 2015

Nice they have them posted at 319 are they 309 delivered or did you pick them up yourself.

Jack Morrissey said:
Pellets direct, uxbridge mass

Nice they have them posted at 319. Did you get them last month? Is that the price delivered or did you pick them up. Looks like we are both skipping the try before you buy!

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

Ya, it must have been 319, I bit the bullet at 319 I guess plus 59 delivery, still cheaper than most around here. Good buy at 299 !!!

JRA · Jul 13, 2015

Jack Morrissey said:
Ya, it must have been 319, I bit the bullet at 319 I guess plus 59 delivery, still cheaper than most around here. Good buy at 299

Yes it was a great buy and I almost didnt do it and wanted to wait for better pricing. At this point not seeing it around here.lowes has garbage supreme at in saugus for 279 w/o delivery. I actually posted a thread on June 3rd about the price and promotion that pellets r us was running on craigslist for blazers. They never posted the updated price on there actual site it stayed at 339. You needed tk call main number and reference the craigslist ad to get the price. I think you were on the thread and thought I was talking about easy blaze. I don't know how to copy and paste the thread to reference

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

JRA said:
Yes it was a great buy and I almost didnt do it and wanted to wait for better pricing. At this point not seeing it around here.lowes has garbage supreme at in saugus for 279 w/o delivery. I actually posted a thread on June 3rd about the price and promotion that pellets r us was running on craigslist for blazers. They never posted the updated price on there actual site it stayed at 339. You needed tk call main number and reference the craigslist ad to get the price. I think you were on the thread and thought I was talking about easy blaze. I don't know how to copy and paste the thread to reference

Yes I was skeptical about that Craigslist deal,
I didn't do it, dam, it finally bought at 319, oh well,you got a good deal !!!

lets hope they're good

JRA · Jul 13, 2015

Jack Morrissey said:
Yes I was skeptical about that Craigslist deal,
I didn't do it, dam, it finally bought at 319, oh well,you got a good deallets hope they're good

I was skeptical to so i made sure to call the number from pellets r us main website and it was an exact number from craigslist ad. Hoping they are good I called the manufacturer west oregon wood products they told me 100 percent df can't be bad I liked the okanagan df tried 7 bags from sswp just to expensive if they are close to those I'll be happy

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

Now to find some shoulder season pellets...

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

Cheap

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

Relatively speaking

Jack Morrissey · Jul 13, 2015

Jack Morrissey said:
Relatively speaking

Pinetree pellets?? Hopefully better than shoulder !!!

Would love to try them !!!

JRA · Jul 13, 2015

Jack Morrissey said:
Pinetree pellets?? Hopefully better than shoulder Would love to try them

Jack Morrissey said:
Now to find some shoulder season pellets...

Waiting on a local garden store to get some corinth blend pellets at about 259 per ton which is a steal. That will be my shoulder pellet

bogieb · Jul 14, 2015

digitys said:
4 tons of pinnacle douglas fir and 2 tons of cleanfire pacific's. Douglas fir is for the coldest times and cleanfires in the spring and fallish times.

Never burned the douglas fir's though but we did only softwood's last year and I must say what a huge difference the heat level was and the amount of time I spent cleaning went down a LOT.

In the meantime, bring on the hot weather, winter can wait!

Where did you buy and what was the price? Local Agway has NEWPS on "sale" for $275/ton and no delivery unless you buy 3+ tons. My house can't hold that much and I ain't paying that much for a middling pellet - I can get FSU's for less at HD.

digitys · Jul 14, 2015

Bogieb - I ended up getting them from mcmanus heating fuels out of barrington. Paid a few extra dollars for the deliver but his Douglas was 349, cheapest I could get up here unless I wanted to haul all 4 tons from mass....which doesn't save me much.

Agway out of Belmont can get Okies Douglas but they are 369 a ton.

The clean fires were 285 I think which was a fantastic burn for us last year, I paid 330 mid season too!

Cory S · Jul 15, 2015

Just got a 3 ton delivery of Granules LG. They are gorgeous! Smell wonderful! $309/ton delivered.

Peterfield · Jul 15, 2015

Cory S said:
Just got a 3 ton delivery of Granules LG. They are gorgeous! Smell wonderful! $309/ton delivered.

From where?

Pete Zahria · Jul 15, 2015

Jack Morrissey said:
I bought a couple of tons of blazers,(douglas firs)

I have never seen Blazers state that their product is 100% Douglas Fir..
They have in their description, 100% natural wood product... and goes on to say
that they have incorporated Douglas Fir into their product.
If someone has read something from them that states they are 100% DF,
could you please forward it? I'd appreciate it...

If anyone made a 100% DF product, they would certainly brag on it..
The Olympus and Pinnacles that McManus has, has it on the bag..

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Dan

Cory S · Jul 15, 2015

Peterfield said:
From where?

Woodpellets.com

JRA · Jul 15, 2015

Pete Zahria said:
I have never seen Blazers state that their product is 100% Douglas Fir..
They have in their description, 100% natural wood product... and goes on to say
that they have incorporated Douglas Fir into their product.
If someone has read something from them that states they are 100% DF,
could you please forward it? I'd appreciate it...

If anyone made a 100% DF product, they would certainly brag on it..
The Olympus and Pinnacles that McManus has, has it on the bag..

Dan

I called west oregon wood products and they told me that the product is 100 percent df ( I know word of mouth isn't everything). I am in the process of emailing them to see if i get a different anwser in writing. Not sure what they say on the bag since I haven't received then yet. The website says pacific northwest douglas fir. As long as they burn as advertised and similar to reviews on this site I should be happy. 299 a ton isn't bad either. To bad McManus doesn't deliver to mass. Would have tried the pinnacles

Pete Zahria · Jul 15, 2015

JRA said:
Not sure what they say on the bag since I haven't received then yet.
The website says pacific northwest douglas fir.

See this is where I think it's a little 'unclear'.. It really doesn't say that..
The website says 'predominantly' Douglas Fir.. And any other species used is highly scrutinized.
It's up to you to define 'predominant'... I'm not going there..

Please don't get me wrong!! I am not slamming Blazers!! They are an awesome pellet!!
I would burn them any day.
But we found them to be similar in heat output to the better Northwestern pellets, like Lacrete, Platinums etc....
What I am saying is the opinion that they are 100% DF may be founded on people saying it so long
it has become 'fact'...

And if I were manufacturing a pellet that was 100% DF, I'd plaster it on the bag and descriptions..

Those that bought them for the same price as box store stock last year got one hell of a deal.
You will not see that again. I would have bought some for that price !!!

But if I was looking at a $310+ price tag for them this year,
I'd stick with the La Crete for $285.. or LG for $279..
But that's me...
If you are happy with what you use, no matter what brand,
that is the important thing..
And in full disclosure, yes, I do help McManus with their webwork,
and am an occasional yard rat, and lunch scrounge....

Dan

ttdberg · Jul 16, 2015

Pete Zahria said:
Those that bought them for the same price as box store stock last year got one hell of a deal. You will not see that again.

Not sure why you think that Dan? Blazers have been found at HD locations in New England for at least the past 5 heating seasons. In fact, they show up with a wider and wider distribution each year, last year they were found at HDs from, ME all the way down to PA - as reported on this very forum. Why do you think this year would be any different? Come September / October, I'm fully expecting to see the usual reports here from folks picking them up, just like previous years. Will they be $200/ton? No, those days are long gone. Looks like the low water mark this year at HD will be $269 in this area, but 10% off is real easy to do at HD so you're still getting a killer deal even if compared to $300/ton.

JRA · Jul 16, 2015

Pete Zahria said:
See this is where I think it's a little 'unclear'.. It really doesn't say that..
The website says 'predominantly' Douglas Fir.. And any other species used is highly scrutinized.
It's up to you to define 'predominant'... I'm not going there..

Please don't get me wrong!! I am not slamming Blazers!! They are an awesome pellet!!
I would burn them any day.
But we found them to be similar in heat output to the better Northwestern pellets, like Lacrete, Platinums etc....
What I am saying is the opinion that they are 100% DF may be founded on people saying it so long
it has become 'fact'...

And if I were manufacturing a pellet that was 100% DF, I'd plaster it on the bag and descriptions..

Those that bought them for the same price as box store stock last year got one hell of a deal.
You will not see that again. I would have bought some for that price
But if I was looking at a $310+ price tag for them this year,
I'd stick with the La Crete for $285.. or LG for $279..
But that's me...
If you are happy with what you use, no matter what brand,
that is the important thing..
And in full disclosure, yes, I do help McManus with their webwork,
and am an occasional yard rat, and lunch scrounge....

Dan

Burnt lacrete and lg last year about 15 bags each I thought the la crete burnt hotter. If blazer are comparable it would have come out to the same price for me. La crete are 359 for 1.2 ton wo delivery aeound here and I paid 299 for blazers. Don't get me worried now dan haha I hope these blazers burn hot in my stove already committed to three ton. Tell McManus to expand his buisness and sell in northern mass. I will be sure to purchase his 100 percent df product to compare to the Blazers I got this year.

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