BJs Wholesale Club on Young St Tonawanda NY had 65 bag lots for $238 or so looked like they had two more of these after the one I just bought
Last pellet buy of the season Okanagans $184/ton
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smilejamaica
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Pellet-King
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Ladderlieu
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Pellet-King said:
Bought a pallet of Okies about a month ago from them and liked them. Does Squire's have an April sale every year? Did they discuss how much the might be selling for? This is the first year I've dealt with them.
smilejamaica
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rowerwet
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Ladderlieu
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smilejamaica said:
Squire Lumber is in Monson MA, center of town off Route 32. Great people to deal with. A few brands of pellets in stock (and more in their staging area). Had parts for the Harman in stock when I needed them.
Ladderlieu
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BTU said:
Ahhh... Remember the days when spring buy prices allowed us to buy ahead for the next year... Their January "sale" allowed me to buy for THIS burning season (yeah, I'm a late bloomer). If I remember correctly, the Okies in the clear bags were from a year or so ago and the "new" batch is in white bags? I'd be happy to pay their current price ($239 a ton) for newer pellets, although I had no complaints with the "old" pellets. Last time I was there they had tons of the clear bags still.
some pricing out at certain retailers now for Spring, I can imagine there will be more very shortly. Most pellet manufacturer's didnt start their new pricing till the first of March, or April. Squier's will be among the folks to come out soon with theirs. Im told there will be a new brand or two this year......Okies, etc.
Pellet-King
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Squires does have 2 yr old Oakie's they will be the ones that will be the cheapest, i will have to get some kind of flatbed truck to buy like 4 pallets, too far for me to make 3 or more trips.
correct me if I'm wrong, but two year old okies would have had to have been produced in early 2008, right? Are we all looking at this the same way?
Pellet-King
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CLEAR Bag OAKies were last years leftovers which means they were prob produced in the spring of 2008, if i bought more i would store them and by next winter be close to 3 years old.....to me AGE does NOT MATTER!!, even 20yr's old they will BURN!
hm....must be a mix, since the Okies I saw there this morning, at 11 am, were WHITE bags, not CLEAR.......maybe there were both?
Pellet-King
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At Squier's?, was hoping they had some clear bag's left, maybe they sold them all over 200+ pallets of 1.3 ton each.
Ladderlieu
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Didn't mean to start a new/old pellet debate here...
When I bought there in late January, they were selling the clear bags @ $219 a ton. When I picked up my last load 3 weeks later, the price rose to $239 a ton, and my truck was loaded with clear bags at that time as well. Were the clear bags at the store the last of the "old" pellets (made before June of 2009)? Who knows. There are no date stamps on the bags, so I can't tell if they were made May 30th of 2009 or Sept of 2008. All I know is the folks at Squire re-stacked them and took out all of the damaged bags so that the pallet I, and others, bought is good quality and dry. They burned wonderfully.
That being said, I haven't been there since roughly the beginning of February. If they're currently selling white bags of Okies (made June of 2009 to present), great! If they're still $239 a ton as their website suggests, even better! For all I know, I bought the last of the clear bags.
While it would be nice to buy pellets manufactured the week before I throw them in the Harman, that's impractical to think about when they're manufactured thousands of miles away and need to be ordered, shipped, off-loaded, re-loaded, un-loaded, placed in dealer stock, etc...
At $239 a ton as we speak, I'm probably going to order a pallet now to start next years stash. If Squires does have some sort of "sale" in April, I'll get a few more pallets worth. If not, I'll still probably get a few more pallets worth.
When I bought there in late January, they were selling the clear bags @ $219 a ton. When I picked up my last load 3 weeks later, the price rose to $239 a ton, and my truck was loaded with clear bags at that time as well. Were the clear bags at the store the last of the "old" pellets (made before June of 2009)? Who knows. There are no date stamps on the bags, so I can't tell if they were made May 30th of 2009 or Sept of 2008. All I know is the folks at Squire re-stacked them and took out all of the damaged bags so that the pallet I, and others, bought is good quality and dry. They burned wonderfully.
That being said, I haven't been there since roughly the beginning of February. If they're currently selling white bags of Okies (made June of 2009 to present), great! If they're still $239 a ton as their website suggests, even better! For all I know, I bought the last of the clear bags.
While it would be nice to buy pellets manufactured the week before I throw them in the Harman, that's impractical to think about when they're manufactured thousands of miles away and need to be ordered, shipped, off-loaded, re-loaded, un-loaded, placed in dealer stock, etc...
At $239 a ton as we speak, I'm probably going to order a pallet now to start next years stash. If Squires does have some sort of "sale" in April, I'll get a few more pallets worth. If not, I'll still probably get a few more pallets worth.
What's the different if pellets are a year old or not? As long as they are kept dry and the material the pellets are sourced from are relatively the same who cares?
While we are talking about pellet bags. I find the Okanagans bags are pretty weak, nearly every bag was either ripped, had puncture holes or split while moving them, thank goodness for duct tape. Seems they need a little thicker plastic. Some other bags you can literally throw them down without the bag splitting. But the pellets burn good so no major issue and I got 65 bags for what we usually pay for 50
While we are talking about pellet bags. I find the Okanagans bags are pretty weak, nearly every bag was either ripped, had puncture holes or split while moving them, thank goodness for duct tape. Seems they need a little thicker plastic. Some other bags you can literally throw them down without the bag splitting. But the pellets burn good so no major issue and I got 65 bags for what we usually pay for 50
Hopefully BJs buys Okanagans again next year. Funny thing is right now they are selling penningtons for the full price $5/bag but discounting the Okanagans. Definitely isn't a quality concern. Must be one of two things they werent selling well due to people here seeing softwood as NY is hardwood country(just ask any old time wood burner like my father) or they payed a premium for the penningtons and dont want to lose money on them.
treehackers
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Ladderlieu said:
I bought 6 skids - close to 8 tons a little while ago at $219, all clear bags. LOTS of fines and LOTS of wet "puffed out" pellets in almost every bag. I know Okies are usually a good pellet but I've now gone through 1 whole skid and I wish I didn't have the 5 other skids left. Opening the next skid today so we'll see...
tinkabranc
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derrickp said:
$238.00 for a 1.3 ton skid?? Wow- nice find if they are in good shape. I would have bought all 3 of em...OINK ;-)
There are still alot of clear bagged Okies out there in addition to Squires but have not seen any near that price.
I could care less if I got the "old" vs. the "new" bags as long as they are dry and in good shape.
Half the time I have bags in my stock that are 2-3 years old by the time I burn em anyway.
BTU. Where the okies sold to Bjs in Northeast in clear bag 1st quality product?
Besides the misprinted bags that is...
Besides the misprinted bags that is...
Well I cleaned out the last 3 skids at my local BJs this weekend at $3.99 a bag so thats what, $199.50 per ton, great deal indeed. Manager said he was not sure they would stock pellets next season because they had a hard time selling them until the last few weeks after they discounted them.
Already ran about 3 bags thru the stove and they burn great. Super low ash, good, heat.
I was asking becuase there are alot of fines in bags, it's dusty when you pour them into hopper, and they seem to crumble pretty easy, alot of pellets are split lenght wise.
One of the 3 skids had moisture damage, wierd thing was that there was no damage to outside of skid wrap and it was the inside edge of the bags that had issues not the edge at the outside of the skid as I have seen in the past. They were stored inside at BJs not sure how they got there. Returned 26 of 65 bags on one skid and reworked another 5 bags at home another skid with smaller issues.
I am quite happy to deal with this at $199 ton but if this is the normal product not sure I would want the extra hassle at full price.
Oh and you are correct, your bags stink.
Already ran about 3 bags thru the stove and they burn great. Super low ash, good, heat.
I was asking becuase there are alot of fines in bags, it's dusty when you pour them into hopper, and they seem to crumble pretty easy, alot of pellets are split lenght wise.
One of the 3 skids had moisture damage, wierd thing was that there was no damage to outside of skid wrap and it was the inside edge of the bags that had issues not the edge at the outside of the skid as I have seen in the past. They were stored inside at BJs not sure how they got there. Returned 26 of 65 bags on one skid and reworked another 5 bags at home another skid with smaller issues.
I am quite happy to deal with this at $199 ton but if this is the normal product not sure I would want the extra hassle at full price.
Oh and you are correct, your bags stink.
Pellet-King
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iceman
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wow! it was 239 last time i saw... now 259!... looks like no more long trips out there!.. gotta shop around now
.......but i know they are nice people though, so the price musta gone up big time for them!
they have omalleys will go to try those the 219 price is right! thank god the harman can eat anything!
.......but i know they are nice people though, so the price musta gone up big time for them!they have omalleys will go to try those the 219 price is right! thank god the harman can eat anything!
Pellet-King
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Dust is the only problem with the Oakies, and only time i see small clinkers in the front corners of my burnpot is with them...not a big deal for the heat they produce.
Tried a bag of Hamer's and there up there and low dust.
Tried a bag of Hamer's and there up there and low dust.
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