What brand of pellets are you burning? I used to burn Bear Mountain but soon I’ll be burning Golden Fire since Lignetics bought out Bear Mounrain Forest Products, along with a few other firms, namely Clean Fire, Green Supreme, New England WP. I get my pellets at Coastal Farm and Ranch in Auburn WA. Last time I called to see if they had any Bear Mountain in stock they told me they don’t carry them anymore. They said the only carry Coastal (Sierra Supreme, Olympus & Cascade), Golden Fire and Packsaddle. My heart stopped, I couldn’t believe it. Bear Mountain made Golden Fire so I guess I’m not missing much. I’ve never heard of Packsaddle. I found a post from last year where Oregon folks talked about them.
Bear Mountain states a BTU of 8350 and Golden Fire states 8700. I doubt I’ll be able to tell the difference. I pain $316 ton, with tax, for both Bear Mountain and Golden Fire. I expect the Golden Fire price to go up. The Coastal Farm house pellets are blond in color and from the pictures I’ve seen so are Packsaddle whereas Golden Fire/Bear Mountain are a brown color. Both state Douglas Fir so I don’t know why the color difference, perhaps manufacturing. Anyway I don’t like the Coastal brand, they darken my glass within a day and have too much ash. I know there are other brands up here in the PNW just don’t know how many. I won’t burn Clean Burn. They’re oversized.
Here is the Ligentics Group web site:
lignetics.com
It seems odd they don’t list Ligentics Pellets.
Bear Mountain states a BTU of 8350 and Golden Fire states 8700. I doubt I’ll be able to tell the difference. I pain $316 ton, with tax, for both Bear Mountain and Golden Fire. I expect the Golden Fire price to go up. The Coastal Farm house pellets are blond in color and from the pictures I’ve seen so are Packsaddle whereas Golden Fire/Bear Mountain are a brown color. Both state Douglas Fir so I don’t know why the color difference, perhaps manufacturing. Anyway I don’t like the Coastal brand, they darken my glass within a day and have too much ash. I know there are other brands up here in the PNW just don’t know how many. I won’t burn Clean Burn. They’re oversized.
Here is the Ligentics Group web site:
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It seems odd they don’t list Ligentics Pellets.
