Maine Wood Pellets $197 per ton

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CrowBean

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Jun 30, 2011
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Cumberland, RI
found maine wood pellets 197 per ton at mansfield home depot. they have like 10 tons
 
I think bristol CT home depot has the same stack... just dropve by tonight and had the sign out (no brand) for 195 i think it was.
TSC has the 214.50 deal.

i'm stuffed full of pellets to the brim though :( need another garage to store any more :(
 
Ive read mixed reviews on maine wood pellets. any opinions?
 
I personally haven't burned them, but most things i've heard said they are pretty good for shoulder season;
 
CrowBean said:
Ive read mixed reviews on maine wood pellets. any opinions?

Opinions are like rectums...everybody has one.
I was a victim of the first season of this companies pellets...will never buy another product from them...enough said!
 
SparkyDog said:
Opinions are like rectums...everybody has one.
I was a victim of the first season of this companies pellets...will never buy another product from them...enough said!

Lots of peeps had issues with the 1st season growing pains from MWP. I had my doubts about them and Did another test on them(Not an opinion but actual visable results) last season. All I can say is they stepped it up and are far into the premium standards and Ash content was well below 0.5%! Many peeps burned them last season and did very well with them. Scored a pellet in the Super Premium range for less than $200/ton. They were one of the best deals on the market last season in the Maine area.

Lets face something here. Many pellet manufactorers had issues with first season pellets, We call it growing pains. Others had issues when all they changed was minor things within the process. Its happened to many a pellet maker. We squaked and they listened. All I can say is if you haven't tried the latest, You might be missing out on a pretty decent pellet at a reasonable price.

I sure wish some of the other MWP burners from last season would chime in and give us there thoughts on them????
 
Last ton of the year was MWP for me. They burned great in my PF100 furnace. They were as good or slightly better than Greene Teams or Stove Chow. Not as good as the Sommer sets .....call those White lightning in my stove. If I could find MWP at 197 a ton in my local area.....I would be sitting on 5 ton now :)
 
Check my sig line and remember I burned through 6 tons of two of the first several processes used by MWP and there is a huge difference between them and the ones I burned last season. Enough of a difference so I ordered an additional 11 tons this spring.
 
MWP are the best I have burned in my stove. And they are the best priced! I would add one word of caution. Like any GOOD pellet, there is a chance that someone may get pellets that may not live up to a good experience. I am talking about good pellets, which have been kept out uncovered on some hot parking lot. Might complain of odors, or not burning cleanly. Good pellets need to be stored in a way that their quality is not compromised.
I won't deny that there are better pellets. I just won't cough up the extra cash to get something that cost nearly half again as much when I can get very satisfactory results from these pellets which are made locally and sold to me by a small business man who take pride and care of his storage, handling, pricing, and then makes the extra effort of putting them in my garage where I don't have to move them again until I am ready to bring them in for burning.
 
How many different bags does Maine Woods use? I noticed that the ones at home depot dont actually say Maine Woods, but has the MWP logo. And they show a stove, not a cabin.....
Are they the same???
 
Had some MWPs last year and they were an OK shoulder pellet. I thought they were very ashy in my Castille. I am going to find some of their soft wood variety they now have for this year, in the fall and give them a shot. Hey, for $197, the MVPs you find now will burn.
My best score was a couple tons of Somersets @ $209/ton in February. In addition, I have a ton of Barefoots and a half ton of MWPs left. Just finished a new 16 x 16 shed and will buy my four tons for the 2012-13 season as soon as possible.
 
i'm getting 3 ton delivered tomorrow and the picture on the bag are the cabin..
these are this year's pellets..........
 
SparkyDog said:
CrowBean said:
Ive read mixed reviews on maine wood pellets. any opinions?

Opinions are like rectums...everybody has one.
I was a victim of the first season of this companies pellets...will never buy another product from them...enough said!

Everyone has one heart, one liver too ..... but why rectums? Just axein' ;-)

EarlyMan
 
i have burned mwp's since the first yr of operation. yes, the first yr was bad,but mwp acknowledged this and took alot of those pellets back and exchanged them.

over the past 3 yrs, the product has become steadily improved. dont know much on the technical side of things , such which pellet produces more heat or ash.....i shut my stove down once a week and clean it and dump ash.

all i know and care about , is my house is a constant , steady 70 deg. and i can buy my pellets direct from the mill for $200 a ton more or less. i am looking forward to trying mwp's softwood pellets this yr as well.

hats off to maine woods pellets...keep on truckin'!
 
EarlyMan said:
SparkyDog said:
CrowBean said:
Ive read mixed reviews on maine wood pellets. any opinions?

Opinions are like rectums...everybody has one.
I was a victim of the first season of this companies pellets...will never buy another product from them...enough said!

Everyone has one heart, one liver too ..... but why rectums? Just axein' ;-)

EarlyMan

Hearts and livers tend not to stink.
 
AVIVIII said:
EarlyMan said:
SparkyDog said:
CrowBean said:
Ive read mixed reviews on maine wood pellets. any opinions?

Opinions are like rectums...everybody has one.
I was a victim of the first season of this companies pellets...will never buy another product from them...enough said!

Everyone has one heart, one liver too ..... but why rectums? Just axein' ;-)

EarlyMan

Hearts and livers tend not to stink.

So how do the MWP's compare to the Okies or Vermonters...if you added Cubex you would have covered all my favorite pellets.
 
From what I remember from the few bags that I burned last year, they are reasonably clean, and low ash, though they didn't feel to be quite as hot. The P68 happily ate them as usual.

I would defer to anything that j_takeman did as far as testing or actual objective data.

At $214/ton I think the value will be fantastic.
 
I see Maine pellets in a white bag at my Home depot also. New P-43, so I might just buy a ton, cant be that bad from what I hear.
 
out of all the stuff that I burned last year, they were by no means the worst.

They definitely out performed the Lignetics that I had and we won;t even talk about the Infernos.... I had to apologize to my stove after I burned those terrible things.
 
Has anyone seen any Maine's Choice, Stove Chow or Somerset's in southeastern MA. I've only seen Green Supreme's (mwp) around here.
 
So Lowes is selling Green Supreme and those are Maine Wood Pellets for $197? And Home Depot is selling Maine Wood Pellets which can be seen at the below site for $197/ton which is in a bag with a pellet stove on the front. My local dealer is also selling Maine Wood Pellets at a higher price, in a different bag. Are the Home Depot and Lowes MWP the same as the ones that appear to have a decent review in this thread, or are they a lower grade pellet?

Thanks!
 
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