Me and the wife went and bought our first ton of pellets for the winter today. We bought at our local ranch store (Cal Ranch) and we got Eureka Premium Pellets for $219 per ton. We bought a few bags a couple of weeks ago and tried them out before we bought a full pallet. They seem to burn pretty clean so far and leave no clingers that we have noticed. We tried to buy at Home Depot but they pulled the old switchero. When I called earlier in the week they said that they had the Eureka Premium Pellets for $209 per ton. When we showed up today with the trailer all they had was Heat'rs for the same price. Having never tried Heat'rs brand we opted to go back to the ranch store and pay the extra $10 per ton for the Eureka's.
We also wrapped up the swamp cooler for the season. We should be in the clear as far as cooling goes.
We are hoping that buying a higher quality pellet that we will burn less this year. Last year we went through about a ton and a half of cheap, horrible pellets. We bought at a local place (White Flame) and were cleaning the stove out every other day. The clingers drove me nuts!! Apparently White Flame recycles pallets into pellets and does not do a good job (if any) of removing the screws and nails from the wood prior to making the pellets. That was a hard lesson to learn! I'm looking forward to no clingers this year!
Here's to a great season of happy burning!!
We also wrapped up the swamp cooler for the season. We should be in the clear as far as cooling goes.
We are hoping that buying a higher quality pellet that we will burn less this year. Last year we went through about a ton and a half of cheap, horrible pellets. We bought at a local place (White Flame) and were cleaning the stove out every other day. The clingers drove me nuts!! Apparently White Flame recycles pallets into pellets and does not do a good job (if any) of removing the screws and nails from the wood prior to making the pellets. That was a hard lesson to learn! I'm looking forward to no clingers this year!
Here's to a great season of happy burning!!