Just looked at Lowes website there $250, HD is $239, gues the $209/$219 days are long gone around here in Ct.
Box stores prices Up
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TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
My pellet dealer price's have gone also up by about that same amount. I'm guessing it's industry wide.
mepellet
Minister of Fire
Pellet dealer I use has same prices on the pellets I use (mwp blend) since last spring. Didn't check out the price on the waste of money pellets... I mean.... "super premiums" because the cheaper stuff burns just fine for me and it is a locally made other. Can't beat that....
It won't be just pellet industry wide, but all manufactured commodities will increase in price. The cost of electricity is causing problems for manufacturers everywhere. Many of the industries that didn't shut down last winter operated at a loss because of electricity at 8 times the price it should be. On one day, if we hadn't shut down here, it would have cost over $200/ton just for the electricity to make pellets. The rates that day peaked at 20 times the current rate. Factories all over the state of Maine were shutting down last winter because of electricity costs.
Manufacturers of any product can't operate at a loss for very long so the prices on everything will rise. Inexpensive electrical power is critical to national economic power. Right now, the electric rates have returned almost to the normal averages. It is still a bit high from 2pm to 10pm every day. But all it takes is the threat of a little warm or cold weather and the price will shoot right back up.
$250/ton does seem a little high though.
Manufacturers of any product can't operate at a loss for very long so the prices on everything will rise. Inexpensive electrical power is critical to national economic power. Right now, the electric rates have returned almost to the normal averages. It is still a bit high from 2pm to 10pm every day. But all it takes is the threat of a little warm or cold weather and the price will shoot right back up.
$250/ton does seem a little high though.
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Stove chow at Home depot last season was 196/ton in north jersey. 239 at home depot yesterday for the same stove chow.
sportbikerider78
Minister of Fire
Where do you guys typically buy from? How do you find local suppliers?
I was late to the pellet game last year and bought 3T from HD. They burned ok, but I didn't have anything to compare them to.
I was late to the pellet game last year and bought 3T from HD. They burned ok, but I didn't have anything to compare them to.
Actually just called two dealers and prices on Hamers and Okie's are the same as last year.
TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
I live in central Maine where you buying your mwp blend? How much a ton?
midfielder
Feeling the Heat
Yup - FSUs 239 here at HD. Year before last was 199, then 219 last year... 20 bucks every year. Went to cord wood and a Woodstock cat stove for the main house (because the wife can't take the sound of the pellet stove) and put the Jamestown in the studio. Maybe a good thing after all with cord wood at 210 here. Hm....
ScotL - Thanks for sharing that insight. The cost of electricity, and the fact that it can have such a tremendous impact on the overall cost of the pellet production process is honestly something I never would have considered.
mepellet
Minister of Fire
I buy from wood pellet warehouse in jay. His current price for blend is $224/ton plus a relatively small fee for delivery. Friendly service, small Maine business selling Maine pellets.
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
Box stores don't even have pellets yet around here outside Phila....
no biggie.. Have 4 tons of Energex premiums 250.00 ton already tucked away in my basement since May..
no biggie.. Have 4 tons of Energex premiums 250.00 ton already tucked away in my basement since May..
Bioburner
Moderator
Talked to a pellet jockey and still offering blended pellets for same as last season but figures prices will bump up $10 to $15 a ton come October.
mik_kane
Feeling the Heat
Bioburner
Moderator
They went above $4 a long time ago around here. A lot of sales of pellet burning fire pits as there is a ban on transport of Ash and couple others due to beetle infestation.
They had been $4.50 for about 8 weeks. They had been going 3.99 max for the last couple years.
With corn hovering around $140/ton I'll probably be burning that again.
Bioburner
Moderator
Probably want to get your corn in asap as I see good probability of corn going back up after USDA report Monday. I am readying the hopper this weekend. Lots of flooding in WS and MN making for poor corn conditions and with cool weather the quality isn't there.
I hope you didn't fill your wagon up. Market tanked after the report. Go figure. I'm still hoping for dry corn out of the field and skip the middle man all together.
Wildo
Minister of Fire
Bioburner
Moderator
Nope, I was waiting for the report. If it was bad still had the rest of the day to pickup the corn as elevator trades on previous day market. 18 cent drop. Crop is still not in the bin though and tomorrows high temp is supposed to be only 62! May have to fire up a stove to work in the shop. I thought Ohio had more crop land. Took a look at acreage reports and more ground is planted this year than last few years. If weather cooperates could be interesting but China probably will cash in.
Pete Zahria
Minister of Fire
I work with a small dealer, and his suppliers are showing signs of concern...
One manufacturer is not taking any more orders, as they are at the point
where their production projections are equal to their orders..
Others are talking about the autumn slam.
Our sales have quadrupled over the same period last year.
Don't expect to sell more, for the year, just that a lot of the customers
are heading the advice.. Buying now, while the yard is full.
My suggestion, no matter where you buy.. don't wait.
If you look at a place that has pellets up the kazoo, get them.
Don't assume they will have plenty later on.
Dan
One manufacturer is not taking any more orders, as they are at the point
where their production projections are equal to their orders..
Others are talking about the autumn slam.
Our sales have quadrupled over the same period last year.
Don't expect to sell more, for the year, just that a lot of the customers
are heading the advice.. Buying now, while the yard is full.
My suggestion, no matter where you buy.. don't wait.
If you look at a place that has pellets up the kazoo, get them.
Don't assume they will have plenty later on.
Dan
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