After last winter who is going into Ultra-Pig mode this year?

[oliveone]

Big papa I would say yes but I have not received the dues, an for me it is a bottle of Captain Morgan.

I have 11 tons of sets on hand. 3 stacked in house, 2 in shed, 2 in car port, 4 left of driveway to be moved yet.
I will get one ton of shoulder pellets an save sets for cold days.

Last winter I supported many local pellet burns that could not get pellets.

 

[Big papa]

Ur the man 11 tons would probly due me 3 years no wounder there was a pellet shortage last year you soaked up all of them captain Morgan is in the mail

 

[WNCBear]

6.0 tons in basement.
1.5 tons in garage.
6.5 tons in warehouse (on my property).

...all Turman.

A few winters worth in hand by design. I came dangerously close to running out last year, and think pellet pricing and availability is going to be a crap-shoot over the next couple of winters. Lots shaking in the pellet industry and volatility in supply/demand.

I'll rest easy for a little while anyway.

 

[RhodyPelletRook]

WNC Bear and Oliveone collectively have 25 tons people- Turman and Sets! That deserves a hearth standing ovation. Good night folks! Enjoy the rest of the next few mild weeks of fall.

 

[Boomer Sailor]

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP! (one for each ton, you piggies!)

 

[oliveone]

I have had a pellet stove since 1997. learned early to by ahead to be coved. It is like the old days of wood. you always cut 1 year ahead to give the wood time to season.

 

[mepellet]

I have had a pellet stove since 1997. learned early to by ahead to be coved. It is like the old days of wood. you always cut 1 year ahead to give the wood time to season.

Yup. I always buy more than enough pellets for the upcoming winter in the spring right after shutting the stove down for the year. Then I buy more than a years worth of cord wood for the winter 2 years from then.

Gonna have to buy both so why not save money and buy pellets at the cheapest time and buy green cord wood to let it season properly.

 

[MikeNH]

I do the same as mepellet...buy in spring when prices are a little lower. We buy in May, then starting in June we budget a little out of each paycheck and put it aside for the following year's pellets. Makes it less painful. This year for me, the spring buy on Ambiance was $15/ton lower than it is now. Not a huge savings but for me it's more about preparedness ala ant and grasshopper. Most people these days are conditioned to think that you can always get what you need when you need it. They don't learn lessons from events like the 2008 ice storm...sometimes bad things happen. Money is tight in my house this year but heat gets a priority.

 

[TimfromMA]

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP! (one for each ton, you piggies!)

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

I have had a pellet stove since 1997. learned early to by ahead to be coved. It is like the old days of wood. you always cut 1 year ahead to give the wood time to season.

Only one year?

 

[RKS130]

I have a couple test bags of Olympus Cascade 100% DF pellets from Home Depot (new product for them and me). At $239 per ton, thinking about using them instead of Golden Fire next year

Hey Smokey.... nice to see you. Before you ask (as I know you will) madame DeFarge is well and as ornery as ever. Got to love her!

Getting ready for the season and I will buy an extra ton this year. Still the best heat I have found!

Catch you later.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Hey Smokey.... nice to see you. Before you ask (as I know you will) madame DeFarge is well and as ornery as ever. Got to love her!

Getting ready for the season and I will buy an extra ton this year. Still the best heat I have found!

Catch you later.

I see you are learning and she who shall not be named be praised for teaching you survival skills.

Will the rest of the pellet burners learn or will there be cries of anguish when the big boxes decide it is BBQ Grill selling season along about December 26th.

 

[MikeNH]

Will the rest of the pellet burners learn or will there be cries of anguish when the big boxes decide it is BBQ Grill selling season along about December 26th.

I'm going with weeping and gnashing of teeth, but I think it'll be more like Jan 15th when people realize they've used more than half their stash and there's more than half a winter left.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

I'm going with weeping and gnashing of teeth, but I think it'll be more like Jan 15th when people realize they've used more than half their stash and there's more than half a winter left.

But, but the big boxes have their BBQ Grills where the pellets should be 20 days before Joe and Jane six-pack develop a clue .

 

[TimfromMA]

I plan on taking advantage of shortages by selling my surplus to ill-prepared locals and a significant mark up.

 

[Boomer Sailor]

I plan on taking advantage of shortages by selling my surplus to ill-prepared locals and a significant mark up.

OUCH! I will hate to see what you'll be charging for Okie DF's by then $$$$$$ I could probably get a pretty penny for my LaCretes then too!

 

[MikeNH]

I plan on taking advantage of shortages by selling my surplus to ill-prepared locals and a significant mark up.

I'm telling ya....if you're gonna do that, buy about 50 shovels now too, and a few generators.

 

[Boomer Sailor]

I'm telling ya....if you're gonna do that, buy about 50 shovels now too, and a few generators.

OMG it's always such a laugh when the first snow comes (and is falling) and people are ransacking HD and Lowes for shovels! I mean, unless you just moved here from Florida or Arizona, etc., how the heck could you NOT have a shovel?? I'll be warm this winter and ready for when I have to fire up the Ariens (with heated handles of course!) down in the garage

 

[dlavigne7324]

That's what I did and it paid for this years stash !!

 

[TimfromMA]

I'm telling ya....if you're gonna do that, buy about 50 shovels now too, and a few generators.

Snow shovels, snow blowers, generators, roof rakes and ice melt.

 

[BrotherBart]

I'm telling ya....if you're gonna do that, buy about 50 shovels now too, and a few generators.

Worked for me. When Sandy was headed up the coast I was in the Aldi grocery store and noticed two generators on sale for half of what HD was getting for the same one. Had'em put both of them in my truck. Got home and listed one on craigslist. In around six minutes a guy five miles down the road emailed me demanding that he get it and offering twice what I had it listed for, what I had paid for it. So two hours later he had a generator and I had a free one.

But I spent a week getting nasty emails from people that didn't get it. One wanting to drive 40 miles to pick it up.

 

[BrotherBart]

Snow shovels, snow blowers, generators, roof rakes and ice melt.

Ice melt is where I screwed up. A few years ago I bought a whole pallet of 50 pound buckets of the stuff at a bankruptcy auction. Been giving it to the neighbors every year for free since then.

 

[TimfromMA]

Some bad ice storms rolled through our area a few years ago. Many people lost power for weeks. I, luckily, was not one of them. My mother in law, who was living with us bought a generator because she got paranoid. When she moved out into senior housing, she left it behind.

This free generator was brought to you courtesy of old lady paranoia.

 

[MikeNH]

Ice melt is where I screwed up. A few years ago I bought a whole pallet of 50 pound buckets of the stuff at a bankruptcy auction. Been giving it to the neighbors every year for free since then.

Heh...in 2008 when the ice storm hit, my generator was ready...if only I had gas for it. Gosh that was a long ride to find a gas station with power. The other 60 people in line thought so too. Can't do that again.

 

[BrotherBart]

We lose power at least once every Winter for at least a day and often more and Summer for a day. I buy 30 gallons of gas in October every year and then in Spring rotate it into the cars and yard gear and get ten fresh gallons for the Summer "whoops". Rinse and repeat every year.