Anyone have any experience with these? Their website only lists hardwood pellets; Ambience, Orford. Hmmmm....?
I have a ton of Ambiance and have burned a few bags with the recent cold weather - so far they are excellent. Very good heat and low ash. Nice consistent burn. Where are you finding your Orfords and how much are they?
Is that the one in Keene?Nice Agway $250. I talked to the owner and he said it shouldn't be a problem getting more when it's pig out time...which is always. He said they're one of his main distributors for other products he sells.
If you look a little closer you'll see the Orford brand is made with Douglas Fir fiber. Should be hot and clean if they got the good stuff(fiber)!
Is that the one in Keene?
Hoping so. I'm psyched like a true pellet head should be. Like I said, their website only listed Orford and Ambience in 100% hardwood so no info is listed for the softies. Nothing listed on the bag either. Only specifics are 100% softwood, Ash less than 1%.Fines less than. 5%. They seem to specialize in x-mas trees so maybe these pellets are all the Charlie Brown trees no one wanted.
Here's another thread on them and a link to a pellet dealers listing
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/anyone-try-orford-wood-pellets.92485/
This place is listing as Doug Fir.
http://www.cjspellets.com/Products/Orford-Wood-Pellets/30
I'll keep digging on them. I'll post what I find
True - the Ambiance are hardwood, mostly oak, hard maple, and cherry, according to their website. They smell like oak - low dust and almost zero fines; very low ash. I'm really happy with them - I'd say they're at least the equal of the Vermonts. I have a couple of tons of them too and burned a ton last year. I live near Lebanon so Keene isn't too bad a drive - Peterborough a bit worse. Because the Ambiance are so good I'd love to try the Orfords, and even though I'm stocked for the winter, if they have them in Keene maybe I'll go snag a few bags this weekend. Just out of curiosity, did you notice the price of the Ambiance?
Haha - good for you! I think you won't regret that.Test over...after a whole hour
Unloading the other 49 bags from the pallet.
True - the Ambiance are hardwood, mostly oak, hard maple, and cherry, according to their website. They smell like oak - low dust and almost zero fines; very low ash. I'm really happy with them - I'd say they're at least the equal of the Vermonts. I have a couple of tons of them too and burned a ton last year. I live near Lebanon so Keene isn't too bad a drive - Peterborough a bit worse. Because the Ambiance are so good I'd love to try the Orfords, and even though I'm stocked for the winter, if they have them in Keene maybe I'll go snag a few bags this weekend. Just out of curiosity, did you notice the price of the Ambiance?
I'm surprised I have a pellet that JT hasn't burned...YET.
I just found some Northeast pellets from the Ashland plant. I haven't seen them in 3 years or so. I grabbed a couple bags before the hogs swooped in!
Nice thanks. Brat about the same as Keene for me but Walpole is decent. Will look into that.
The same guy also owns Agways in Brattleboro, VT and Walpole, NH. Both are a little closer to you.
I'll be all ears on this one. The 100% Recycled Wood thing scared me away. All I can picture is demo material. Besides, I can get the MWP blend AND softwood for less $$$. I went by their plant this summer but didn't see much activity. I talked to a couple of stove shop owners while I was up there and they didn't have much good to say about them. Everyone up there swears by the NEWP's out of the Jaffrey plant.
Everyone up there swears by the NEWP's out of the Jaffrey plant.
Wow how things change. The Northeasts were pretty decent for a local pellet some years ago. The recycled wood doesn't sound good to me either. Tell you the truth, I didn't even read the bag yet. I saw them and just grabbed a couple. If I open them up and they smell like Inferno's, I probably will pass on the review. By the way TSC is where I saw them.
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