Matra Premium Softwood Pellets

[Lerxst]

Anyone have experience with these?

For the past 2 years I have been using Platinum Pellets (from Canada)

Matra is a soft wood from Maine. I'm having a tough time finding customer reviews. Figured I'd check here.

 

[doghouse]

How much a ton? Where in Maine? Been burning for 13 years and I'd use softwood in a heart beat; providing they were reasonably priced.

 

[Lerxst]

I am in RI, I don't have many options as to where I can buy from. I do have someone that would let me borrow a trailer to pick up, but I prefer that my pellets get delivered, so that cuts my options further. I can get these Matra pellets for $289 a ton, most likely on 1.2 ton pallets. I would get 3, for a total of 3.6 tons. I consider this reasonable for my area. Oh yeah $60 delivery fee for the whole order.

 

[rich2500]

Being a White Pine pellet I would think they will burn good My favorite pellet is AWF white pines.

 

[Lerxst]

Thanks rich
I went with a friends recommendation, and bought 4 tons of "Down East" pellets also from Maine.
I use a Harman P43 it can usually burn anything.

 

[PelletFiend]

I am burning them now. Probably the cleanest pellet I’ve ever burned in nine seasons (2-3 tons per season).

They are not the hottest I’ve run, but pretty good. I think that while a pound of softwood might have a higher bru, they may be longer pellets and therefore don’t fit a lot in the auger tube to get dropped into the burn pot, so net not a lot of pellets per hour, and slightly lower heat.

My bags say they are from Canada, not Maine.

 

[Tonyray]

I am burning them now. Probably the cleanest pellet I’ve ever burned in nine seasons (2-3 tons per season).

They are not the hottest I’ve run, but pretty good. I think that while a pound of softwood might have a higher bru, they may be longer pellets and therefore don’t fit a lot in the auger tube to get dropped into the burn pot, so net not a lot of pellets per hour, and slightly lower heat.

My bags say they are from Canada, not Maine.

 

[Tonyray]

Exactly my take on them...
went from burning EZBlaze softwoods[small pellets] at a feed rate of 2-3, to having to up the feed rate of Matra's to #4 and our heating area was till a few degrees lower than the blaze......
very clean, zich ash, great smell but not as hot as I exspected...

 

[Pete Zahria]

Near DF quality, for around 50 clams less...
Extremely clean burning.. nice whitish flame.
Zip on the ash...
(in my application..)

Dan