PELLET PRICE SOMETIMES TO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

relxn88 · Mar 5, 2010

Thanks to this forum I saw a place advertising Dragon Mountain for $200 a ton. Fiqured, at that price, I'd stock up for next year. Planned on loading them individually into my trailer. When the plastic was cut open, I noticed the bottom bags broke open and sawdust flowing out. Started unloading some of the top bags and noticed the plastic bags seemed damp. Got down a couple of levels and the bags were still frozen solid(with ice chunks falling off the pallet). That's when I said "No Thanks" and got my money back. They were very nice and apologetic, but had I not opened that pallet, I wouldn't have found out until next winter that I had bought junk.
Dodged the bullet on this one.

newf lover · Mar 5, 2010

My guess is this will be happening a lot. Some places have pellets that have been sitting outside in the rain, sleet, and snow since the summer. I plan on buying from a place that has indoor storage, but that's not to say wherever they got them from didn't store them outside before that. Fortunately or unfortunately, I have to carry each bag to the back of the house and go through the bulkhead, but at least I think I'd notice if something was funky with the bags.

Fsappo · Mar 5, 2010

Could always do the unthinkable and buy pellets from a Hearth Shop. I'm guess this wasn't a Hearth Shop because I never heard of one selling the dragons. The losses involved with pellets are part of why I refuse to sell them unless I can make a good buck on them. Also, the fact that we only store them inside adds to the overhead as far as warehouse space. Even with that, we end up with busted bags, etc.

Anyhow, glad you found out before it was too late.

pelletdude · Mar 5, 2010

Franks said:
Could always do the unthinkable and buy pellets from a Hearth Shop. I'm guess this wasn't a Hearth Shop because I never heard of one selling the dragons. The losses involved with pellets are part of why I refuse to sell them unless I can make a good buck on them. Also, the fact that we only store them inside adds to the overhead as far as warehouse space. Even with that, we end up with busted bags, etc.

Anyhow, glad you found out before it was too late.

We also store our pellets indoors. I do sell Dragons and Oakies and they are stored indoors at the reload before we get them. I have only had a few pallets of Oakies with problems from last spring. They are all perfect now. We get some busted bags from the bottom of the skid and sometimes some seams are broken. Those are the stove shop pellets for demos.

We get horror stories from customers everyday about the pellets they bought that were in the snow and ice at the big boxes or feed stores.

tinkabranc · Mar 5, 2010

That explains the $200 per ton price on a brand that is close to $300 around here.
Good thing you caught it..if they still try to sell em, the next guy may not be so lucky tho.

Like newf lover, I have to break down the pallets and lug the bags into my basement one at a
time so I am able to catch bags with damage quickly. But, IMO no matter where you get them,
someone buys a pallet then waits till the next season to take off the weather cover to inspect
them is taking a chance.

Pellet-King · Mar 5, 2010

Maybe you jumped the gun, should of tried another pallet, those might of been mint, just a small hole in the outer cover can cause over time a big mess.

breklaw · Mar 5, 2010

I buy 3.5-4 ton/year here near Worcester, and have not been to a place that stored all indoors. They always have some tonnage indoors, but it sits outside for some time. I have only had a few bags randomly on the bottom be wet, never on the top of the pallet that was not condensation. Probably from piled up melting snow. They ARE usually pretty watertight. Damage from handling, nother story! I was going over to grab 15 or 20 bags tomorrow. This is my first year not buying tons. No room.
Ugh.

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