Smaller bags for pellets?

Bkins said:

I think there are a lot of people out there who would buy 20 lb bags. Not everyone has a good back anymore and most of us have wives that are not body builders. I had asked BTU about smaller bags and he said he would check but just flat out dropped it. Yes it is more handleing on the bag count. I would pay more money for smaller bags as I have had 4 surgeries on my back and still want to burn pellets. You younger pups should be asking for 80 lbs to put us on a even footing.

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25lb bags would cost at a minimum $20-$25 per ton to produce….extra bags/handling and labor……but the big resistance has come from the dealers themselves. We did a survey and 99% of the dealers didn’t want the extra inventory, didn’t have the space, didn’t want to tie up extra work capital on something that probably wouldn’t move as fast and thought the limited demand with the higher cost would make it prohibited…….remember this is a business that everyone has to make a profit at to stay in business…..somebody might want the smaller bag, but the truth is that most (not all, but most) don’t want to have to pay any more for it and it just can’t happen……another words the numbers just don’t work……….many have tried this and have come to the very same conclusion. It’s one of those great ideas on paper that fail in the real world…

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Glosta said:

When it comes to smaller bags of wood pellets......be careful what you wish for.

Remeber when yogurt went from an 8oz. cup to a 6oz. cup. How about ice cream going from a 64oz. half gallon to a 56oz. package. More recently, Orange Juice going from a 64oz. carton to a 59oz. carton.

How many of those downsized packages reflected a downsized retail to consumer? None. Consumers are still paying the same "full size" retail for less product and manufactuers are putting those extra "cost per ounce" penny's in their pockets.

Don't for a second believe that pellet manufactures are still going to charge you the same "cost per pound" if they reduce the bag size to say 35lbs.

You'll still be paying $3.74 or $4.09 per bag at the box stores, but you'll only be getting 35lbs. per bag.

40lb bag divided by $4.09 = $0.11 per pound.

35lb bag divided by $4.09 = $0.12 per pound.

Guess who's keeping that extra penny?

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krooser said:

I was watching a video recently that showed a woman from Scotland loading her pellet stove. The bags that her pellets were in were long and round...kinda like 'tube sand' that you can buy from your local hardware retailer to use for winter traction.

Since I'm old and decrepit I kinda like the idea of a 25 or 30 lb bag instead of those 40 pounders... what say you?

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