What pellets do you like this year?

Tonyray said:

I prefer the lower Ash myself. My name is Tony and I am a softwood addict. I have been heavy ash clean for past 3 years.

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Yep. Heavy ash is just not emptying the ash pan. All that chit likes to filter its way in the stoves mechanical parts. For this reason alone, I burn hotter and less on DFs and my cleanings are kept at a minimum.

Barefoot in the small bags, easier for the wife to handle.

greg13 said:

Barefoot in the small bags, easier for the wife to handle.

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how big?

jerrieric said:

I've been burning the Home Depot pellets in Lowe's pellets for 10 years. I only need to clean my stove every 5 days and the glass is still almost clear. That's why I hav e a hard time justifying spending over 220 first a ton of pellets. I'm used to spending below $200

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Clean my Harman freestanding every 3 weeks. Ash pan is maybe half full. HD sells stove chows here.mega ash.

Burning Hamer Hot Ones...I've never seen so much ash from a pellet. Can't wait to burn them up and move on! I'll never buy these again!

I'm also on the Lowes/Home Depot train. Yes, there is a ton of ash but, if you time it right and can store pellets, you'll never pay more than $180-$190/ton. I go through 1.2 tons/month so the savings are worth the extra cleaning required.

The ones that are burning in my stove now! The only good pellet is a burning pellet. All other pellets be dammed.

dotman17 said:

how big?

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23 pound bags. I still buy full tons are just smaller. they are supposed to cost $5 more per ton, but my guy charges the same.

greg13 said:

23 pound bags. I still buy full tons are just smaller. they are supposed to cost $5 more per ton, but my guy charges the same.

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Smokin rockets

JR52 said:

I'm also on the Lowes/Home Depot train. Yes, there is a ton of ash but, if you time it right and can store pellets, you'll never pay more than $180-$190/ton.

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You'll never see that price around here....

Dan

Pete Zahria said:

You'll never see that price around here....

Dan

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I would think you would at Lowes/HD if you time it right. There are a couple ways of doing it. You can wait until the end of the season and try to talk to a local store about giving you a deal on a volume buy or even get HD corporate to give you a discount. I did that 2 years ago and paid $183 delivered. The way I did it this year was to buy from Lowes on Thanksgiving. Originally priced at $259/ton, you get 4% off for the ton discount, 10% normal Lowes coupon and they had 15% rebate on anything bought online on Thanksgiving. Came to around 189/ton delivered. If you are willing/able to hold a couple years of pellets there is almost always a deal out there to be had given enough time.

I think that I will stick with paying more for a quality pellet, $260/ton and buy from a local guy. I never have to worry about him not having any and he will work around my schedule. He's a local guy that has a big barn full of heat (pellets, coal & wood bricks) used to run the local pizza shop until his kids grew up and moved out. I just don't want to support corporate america any more than necessary.

greg13 said:

I think that I will stick with paying more for a quality pellet, $260/ton and buy from a local guy. I never have to worry about him not having any and he will work around my schedule. He's a local guy that has a big barn full of heat (pellets, coal & wood bricks) used to run the local pizza shop until his kids grew up and moved out. I just don't want to support corporate america any more than necessary.

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Completely get and respect that. To me, helping a local guy vs. big box wasn't worth the $100/month for 6 months year.

A lot of people don't want 6 ton or whatever, hanging around, for whatever reason.
Plus, our local guy is currently less, for much better stuff, than the Box stores, so like others,
buying local is nice. They need the business more than Lowes/Depot...

Dan

I'm wondering if these Golden Pellets are the same ones that everyone is talking about? The bags look quite a bit different.. These are sold at my local Lowes here in north Idaho for
$5.79 per bag. Roughly $250.00 A Ton.

Pete Zahria said:

A lot of people don't want 6 ton or whatever, hanging around, for whatever reason.
Plus, our local guy is currently less, for much better stuff, than the Box stores, so like others,
buying local is nice. They need the business more than Lowes/Depot...

Dan

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Well, they are currently less because of timing, like I said was the key if you want to spend $180-190/ton. Glad you support local, I just can't justify it.

george255 said:

I'm wondering if these Golden Pellets are the same ones that everyone is talking about? The bags look quite a bit different.. These are sold at my local Lowes here in north Idaho for
$5.79 per bag. Roughly $250.00 A Ton.

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These aren't available in most of the northeast, but I've heard they are great.

george255 said:

I'm wondering if these Golden Pellets are the same ones that everyone is talking about? The bags look quite a bit different.. These are sold at my local Lowes here in north Idaho for
$5.79 per bag. Roughly $250.00 A Ton.

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Golden Fire Pellets are made by Bear Mountain in Oregon -- which has merged with Liggies. They are basically the same pellet as Bear Mountain except they have a little bit cedar in them to make the flame "golden". Yes, a very good Douglas Fir pellet.

greg13 said:

I think that I will stick with paying more for a quality pellet, $260/ton and buy from a local guy. I never have to worry about him not having any and he will work around my schedule. He's a local guy that has a big barn full of heat (pellets, coal & wood bricks) used to run the local pizza shop until his kids grew up and moved out. I just don't want to support corporate america any more than necessary.

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I agree 100%.......don't mind spending a bit more for good softwoods..my neighbor spends that 100.00 month or more on fancy Starbucks drinks [with nothing in return like warming his house].. guess it all boils down to priorities OR AFFORDABILITY..I know a couple guys who buy Easy Heat pellets around here because of the cheaper price... doesn't matter that they are close to Ole Roy's Dog food in quality].. to each his own...

JR52 said:

Well, they are currently less because of timing, like I said was the key if you want to spend $180-190/ton. Glad you support local, I just can't justify it.

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They also may be less because of your location....
The lowest I have seen is 199 when there was a horrendous glut at the Box stores a couple of years ago.
They were 219 if you bought 6 tons earlier this spring.
If they get down to 189, I will certainly post it here..

Dan

Yeah I think the days of the sub 200 / even sub 220 is over. I'm hoping by the end of the season round March April the big box stores will still have enough and I'll buy 4 or 5 ton if price is right. Home Depot doesn't give a 10% veterans discount on pellets like they used to so I'll probably get them from Lowe's

Lifeline25 said:

I’m nearly half way through my first ton of Hammer Hot Ones and I’m not sure how I feel about them. They put off a ton of heat but the ash build up is very interesting. I have to empty the ash pan about every 4 bags.

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Me too. It’s my first go ‘round with a pellet stove, and this is what my dealer sells. The ash seems excessive to me, but the heat seems to be pretty good.


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Pete Zahria said:

They also may be less because of your location....
The lowest I have seen is 199 when there was a horrendous glut at the Box stores a couple of years ago.
They were 219 if you bought 6 tons earlier this spring.
If they get down to 189, I will certainly post it here..

Dan

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I checked out where my parents are in Manchester and they are the same price as here ($259 base / ton). Again, it's all about the timing if you go that route but everyone could have got the same $189 deal I got on Thanksgiving.

jerrieric said:

Yeah I think the days of the sub 200 / even sub 220 is over. I'm hoping by the end of the season round March April the big box stores will still have enough and I'll buy 4 or 5 ton if price is right. Home Depot doesn't give a 10% veterans discount on pellets like they used to so I'll probably get them from Lowe's

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I've bought 4 years of pellets over the last two years for less than $190 so I don't believe this is true. I randomly checked a few places around the country and it seems to be steady pricing across the country. I'll make sure to post here next time I see a good big box deal. Make sure to get the 10% off if you use Lowe's.

JR52 said:

I've bought 4 years of pellets over the last two years for less than $190 so I don't believe this is true. I randomly checked a few places around the country and it seems to be steady pricing across the country. I'll make sure to post here next time I see a good big box deal. Make sure to get the 10% off if you use Lowe's.

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I live in Maine and the lowest price that I can find in the whole state is Home Depot 219 a ton if you buy 6 tons and that is not delivered