A little bird told me that Tractor Supply will be starting their season pre-buy the day after Independence Day. They will allow you to purchase outright or buy on a 3 month lay-away program (wow, haven't heard that term in years) where you buy them and they give you 3 months to pay for them while they store them inside. The local Derry, NH Tractor Supply carries Instant Heat (hardwood) and a "premium wood pellet" that is an 80/20 blend of hardwood/softwood from Maine (MWP possibly?). Pre-buy should last about a month and I am not sure if this is a nation wide sale or just local to the New England region. Prices I have been told will be about $215 a ton!
Tractor Supply Pre-Buy starting Tuesday July 5th
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My original post said $205, but I meant $215 per ton. I just corrected it. My bad! Still a good price considering my local Lowes is pricing their pellets at $298 per ton. Really not sure how things are going to look this year.
smilejamaica
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Pellet-King
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smilejamaica said:
What TSC around CT sell's those???, all we ever get in Enfield is InstantheatLESS, i'll PASS!
If you see pellet's wrapped in a light brown plastic, keep on driving, there Instant's
Dougsey
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Vinelife
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The local TSC around here is doing it also, but they are only going to be getting Michigan brand.. I may as well put Feline Pine in my stove ...no way will I pay top dollar for Michigans...blah..
Rumor on the forum has it that the Green Supreme are actually re-bagged Dragon Mtn.....if that's true, they are VERY good pellets.NateM said:
Maybe shoot a PM to our resident pellet guru Jay Takeman (j-takeman) and ask him....he will probably know.
BTW, was was the asking price on them at TSC?
jtakeman
Minister of Fire
imacman said:
These new Green Supreme's are not the old softwoods variety of the past! They have nothing to do with the BC softwoods. They are now rebagged NEWP's of today. Hardwood blend to be exact. Same pellet as the NEWP's and Warm Fronts of today! This is NEWP's way of getting there product in the bigbox store and not tick the NEWP dealers off.
FYI from a pellet insider, Mr. warm wanted me to post this info just to straighten this out. And to stress that they definitely are not BC softwoods.
imacman said:
They were $229 last weekend. Maybe they jacked the price up for the coupon of $25 off per ton special they have now...lol
They had a lot of these in the back, I might just make some room right now for my annual 7 tons if I can get them at $204 per ton.
So are these NEWP a quality pellet? I never tried them in my avalon astoria.
NateM said:
The reviews of them vary, partly due to the manufacturing plant that they come from. The pellets from the Schuylerville, NY plant have been a middle-of-the-road pellet (at best) recently, although there has been talk of improving quality control recently, so, who knows. The pellets from the Jaffrey, NH plant have been better overall, though.
In addition, the new Deposit, NY plant is now up & running. If I were you, go check the bags and see where they were made.
Here's some news about the Deposit plant:
www.wbng.com/news/gallery/Wood-Working-in-Deposit-123577684.html
http://biomassmagazine.com/articles...t-largest-wood-pellet-plant-in-northeast-u-s/
As always, I highly recommend NOT buying any large quantity of ANY pellet before you can test burn them, although that's tough to do now, and the prospect of getting them at $204/ton DOES make it very tempting.
I DID burn 3 tons of the Schuylerville pellets in my Avalon Astoria when I first got into pellet burning, but that was 3 heating seasons ago. They burned fine back then.
Cincinnati Kid said:
somerset makes a quality pellet. Their raw materials come from their own hardwood flooring operations. I had a few tons of them and thought they were one of teh best brands I had evere burned. Consistent length, very few fines, pallets were well wrapped and protected and good heat output. At $200.00 a ton, that's a great deal.
iceman
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My only question is this: it appears as if tsc is selling 205-229 nationwide.... Various brands.... So where are they coming from with that price when all of the "name brands" are already 250+. Is this left over inventory or price wars again? Lowes and depot gotta match and beat by 10%
I wonder where this will take us price wise... NEVER WOULDA THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE THESE PRICES IN JULY this year! Lol I might go get a ton regardless just for Oct/nov
I wonder where this will take us price wise... NEVER WOULDA THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE THESE PRICES IN JULY this year! Lol I might go get a ton regardless just for Oct/nov
GrahamInVa
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chrisasst
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j-takeman said:
Are you possitive? I got some green's last season and they burned great. Way better than any NEWP that I burned......Unless green's switched over this year.
Looks like the $215 per ton pricing is accurate for Southern New Hampshire at least. Derry, Hooksett, and Milford stores reporting they carry InstaHeat and MWP. The Merrimack store is reporting they carry InstaHeat and Hardwood Heat. Hope the pricing for Somersets is also good.
Now let's see if Lowes and HD will price match their Greene Team and Old Dominion pellets.
Now let's see if Lowes and HD will price match their Greene Team and Old Dominion pellets.
Just stopped into the Winsted TSC and there price is now $239.50 per ton. coupon would bring it down to $214.50 for this sale up to 8 tons and they will store them inside until you pickup before 10/1. They require a 25% deposit for this price.
Hi.....Im a newbie here.....just thought id state that my local tsc told me the same thing 239.50 with a 25.00 coupon off that the company mails to you..although they never offered the free storage up to me either???..I bougth lignetics from them last year...but I have not recieved any coupon as of yet? they say they have no coupons in the store to hand out.........they also stated they have cheat river pellots????? any one know anything of these type of pellots?
briansol
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i burned a few TSC instant heat last year (late march when i ran out).
Kinda dirty, but ok as a shoulder pellet IMO. Probably wouldn't want them for january though.
Kinda dirty, but ok as a shoulder pellet IMO. Probably wouldn't want them for january though.
My local tcs had lig's last season...which ive had good luck with.....seems like all the tsc are carrying different brands.....what ive read on here seems like all the brands boasted are not available to me in these parts...
iceman
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Just called enfield ct store, .... Get this- guy says they have instant heat and 2 other unkowns... Wouldn't go and see cause he said when they put them out on display we will know .... If you do layaway no choice of pellets its whatever you get when you finish paying ... You can choose if you pay and take them same day
tsc in taunton ma has sign outside says $214.50 a ton.they have 120 tons or so sitting out back.they are uncovered,instant heat and sad to say,inferno.three no-nos for me so will have to look elswhere.i've never burned the newps but can get those for $230 a ton and $40 delivery for up to 3 ton.will call tomorrow to see what plant they are from.
iceman
Minister of Fire
This is gonna be price wars again..... I found a email from June 22. It was from Greene team telling me 3 lowes stores around me were getting shipments on July 6 ... I can see lowes asking 249 or more but as long as they honor tsc price I will be happy to buy a ton!
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