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  1. whippingwater New Member

    joined: Jun 30, 2008
    64 posts
    Da banks of da Escanaba
    5 ton in the boiler room minus what I've burned so far for some heat and DHW. I'd like to get 2 more tons in before the snow flys and top off the propane tank.
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  2. roadrat Member

    joined: May 28, 2008
    55 posts
    Maine
    Got 2 ton's of pennington hardwood and hoping to try a ton of softwood after x-mas,and the oil tank is full.


    bill
  3. dupjay21 New Member

    joined: Mar 27, 2008
    16 posts
    Brewer, Maine
    I have 3 tons of Corinth softwood, purchased back in May for $214 a ton. Looking to get another ton sometime after the new year. Also going to top off the oil tank this week seeing as it around $3 a gallon. Sounds stupid to be happy about $3 a gallon but it sure beats $4. Hopefully that will get me though the season.
  4. jackovalltrades New Member

    joined: Feb 6, 2008
    35 posts
    Maryland
    16 tons here purchased back in May at the "early buy" price of $174/ton. Anticipate going through 8 tons this winter so I'll have 8 left over for next year.
  5. MainePellethead Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 9, 2007
    865 posts
    Southern Maine
    I burned the fireside ultras last winter....loved them! They burned very well for me and no fines. Couldnt find any this year so far :(
  6. buildingmaint Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 19, 2007
    459 posts
    Oil City PA
    6 1/2 tons ,paid 189.00 for 4 tons, paid $200.00 for 2 tons, had 1/2 ton left over from last year.
  7. PutnamJct Member

    joined: Feb 17, 2006
    171 posts
    now THATS a fire!
    We got 4 tons of Barefoot, a full tank of oil, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses :)
  8. Mr Whitfield Feeling the Heat

    joined: Feb 1, 2007
    311 posts
    Northern Cailfornia
    3 tons in the garage...
  9. trogers New Member

    joined: Aug 25, 2008
    183 posts
    Southern NH
    It's my first month burning with my new insert. I have 4 tons of Spruce Point pellets in the basement and I'm hoping that's enough for the winter...fingers are crossed. I've a had a few burns thus far and we love the heat that the unit generates.
  10. Chinkowski Member

    joined: Oct 1, 2008
    20 posts
    Binghamton, NY
    2 tons softwood, 2 tons hardwood. see what works better and buy that in the spring.
  11. Lorilooo New Member

    joined: Aug 18, 2008
    100 posts
    North Central CT
    NH Pellet Head...same here. Harman Accentra Insert & 4 ton in the basement. First year burning and love it! I agree with the heat output on this unit...very pleased! :p
  12. nailed_nailer Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 29, 2007
    704 posts
    Cape Cod, Ma
    Two tons stored dry in basement here on Salty Cape Cod.

    1 Ton NEWP Green Supreme softwood. Paid $309.00

    1 Ton Energex mixed wood. Paid $314.00

    Based off of last year's usage, I will need about 2 more tons. I am taking a wait and see approach to buying more.

    Since I repaired my stove (damper wasn't functioning) I seem to be burning about 1/2 of what I was last year. We'll see.

    ---Nailer---
  13. Jester New Member

    joined: Aug 19, 2008
    206 posts
    Seacoast Massachusetts
    You guys are killing me!
    I got 4 bags of Lignetics, 4 bags of whatever Lowes in Seabrook is selling...LMAO
    I got a ton of Corinth softwood coming Thursday.
    Plan is to try a few bags of each, see what I like best then buy from there.
    There isnt a hardwood pellet within 100 miles of me that isnt spoken for or being guarded with a shotgun.


    Pelletsales.com has been out of the cleanfire for three months, no ETA on any new stock of hardwood. I went to put in an order for the LG granules and kept getting a server timed out error. I gave up on it. I just got an email from them telling me that my order was cancelled (becase thier system kept timing out and giving me a page of code I didnt know it had been placed) and now I see they are out of everything in my area.
  14. buckscrape Member

    5 tons here @ $209 ea. ton, less three bags already used, just for fun.....hope not to use it all, have a 1/4 tank of hho...may purchase another 100 gals. when price goes below $3 a gallon....!
  15. pelletfan New Member

    joined: Jul 24, 2008
    154 posts
    NY
    got 2tons at home and just called to top of my oil tank (current price $2.80/per gallon)
    Will see if this will bring me over the cold times. First season as a wood pellet user
  16. Bushbuck New Member

    joined: Oct 6, 2008
    78 posts
    NH
    8 ton here in my garage.
  17. Catfishjack New Member

    joined: Sep 11, 2008
    83 posts
    Northern NY
    5 ton @ 230.00 per/ Full 275 gallon tank of kerosene from last August @ 2.79 gallon...prepaid 300 Gallons of propane a7 3/09 per gallon...Winter sucks...........
  18. MikePelletier Member

    joined: Feb 26, 2008
    40 posts
    Wilmot, NH
    I've got about 6.5 tons of Green Supreme NEWP and Cubex, and another 6 tons of LG. (I had Cleanfire but wasn't real happy with them and they swapped 'em out with LG for me). I'm using a P61 for the basement and a PB105 (just installed) for the rest of the house. So far, so good!
  19. Souzafone Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 12, 2007
    305 posts
    Freetown, Massachusetts
    6 tons in the basement next to 275 gals of HHO aka diesel. Almost 2 years worth of pellets, probably a decade of HHO going by my last 3 years consumption, or 13,750 miles in the TDI.
  20. TboneMan Member

    joined: Mar 20, 2008
    252 posts
    Central NY
    5 1/3 tons NEWP ($199/ton early bird sale back in May). 400 gal. of propane (80% full 500 gal tank).
  21. eernest4 New Member

    joined: Oct 22, 2007
    603 posts
    ct
    No wonder there is a pellet shortage here in new england with all you pellet pigs
    hording 4 ton 5 ton and 8 ton stashes.

    I spent all afternoon & 1/4 tank of gas going to 4 stores just to hear sorry we are all sold out & we dont know when we are going to get any more or what the price will be when we do. And I was only planning on buying 15 or 20 bags.

    You pellet pigs should be ashaimed of yourselves.

    I have 1/2 ton of assorted pellets, twenty five bags, 15 of which were left over from the ton I bought last winter & 10 bags that i bought this year.

    Its a good thing that I have 4 cords of fire wood split ,stored & seasoned or else I would be in big trouble. I am just going to have to run my secondary burn wood stove a lot more & my pellet stove infrequently to make up for all the pellet hogs overstocking & hoarding the pellet supply.
  22. Xena Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 30, 2005
    2,436 posts
    South Shore MA

    Pellet pigs? Lol. Have to laugh but I don't see that being the case
    at all if you do the math.

    According to what I've read, the average New England homeowner
    "uses 850-1200 gallons of oil to heat their home during the winter".
    (Quoted from: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ma10_delahunt/liheapne.html)
    That's an average, some may use more, some may use less..

    Now, from what I've read here on the forum, a ton of pellets
    is equal to approx. 120 gallons of oil. You do the math.
    4 tons is about average consumption for my 1400 sq ft home
    and I'm not even heating the entire place with that 4 tons since
    I have one large room closed off.
    Someone who has a 4000 sq ft home and 2 or 3 stoves is certainly
    going to need more pellets to heat the place.

    One ton last year? Hardly makes having a pellet stove worth it imo.
    Can't imagine your half ton and 15 bags that you were trying to get
    would have carried you very far to begin with.
    Why not get rid of pellet stove, get yourself a used wood stove and just get
    a couple more cords of wood since you already deal with wood anyway.

    As for you not being able to get pellets that's a bummer but honestly
    where have you been the past few months? You should have bought
    your 15 bags in the summer.
  23. tinkabranc Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 23, 2007
    1,636 posts
    South Coast MA
    eernest4 did you get evicted from the hearthroom again? ;-)
  24. muss Feeling the Heat

    joined: Feb 26, 2008
    277 posts
    Embden, Maine
    Hey Eernes4, Know what they say " you snooze,you lose" . Oh, by the way, i have 5 ton i prebought in May at $219
  25. Shooter New Member

    joined: Feb 17, 2008
    123 posts
    Michigan
    I've started this thread so I could get a feel for the amount of pellets the ordinary home would have in their storage. Personally, I just put up my first ton yesterday. It's not difficult getting a ton of 225.00+ price range....I want the 169.00 stuff that was paid for this first ton.

    Now I know why you cant just walk in an area store and get a few bags (we have 3 locations here in town). Wow.
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