Detroit Michigan area Pellet co-op

[biketony]

I am wondering if anyone would be interested in starting a pellet Co-op.

I live in Plymouth Michigan. My options for pellets can be very slim. Although the big box stores carry pellets, it is never a brand that I want. And I do love softwood pellets, which are never available in my area.

Today I traveled 120 miles away to get a ton of Uncle Jeds Cold remedy soft wood pellets.
(my wife says I am nuts and is tottaly making fun of me for this idea)

I have two stoves and just bought my 6th ton of pellets for this winter.

So, My idea is to see if anyone else in the area has the same mental obsessioon to find the hottest burning and lowest ash pellet available. With that said,

Would anyone in my area want to go in with me to purchase a truckload of quality pellets (Uncle Jeds Cold remedy soft wood pellets). I have a friend that owns a nursery in the Plymouth area that the pellets could be unloaded at, and stored at. He would charge $10.00 per pallet to load (with a forklift) into a truck when being picked up. Pellets could be picked up a ton at a time. Pickup would only be on Saturdays. The price would still be less per ton than buying at the store.

A truckload of pellets would be 24 tons. I would be in for 7 tons. A friend of mine would be in for 4 tons. That leaves 13 tons.

We would all have to pay upfront. This last part about payment would take a level of trust that I am just not sure if Americans have any longer (or if I do....lol), But what the heck, I thought I would throw the idea out and see if anyone was interested.

Please respond to the tread if interested.

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Peter Hackett]

I am wondering if anyone would be interested in starting a pellet Co-op.

I live in Plymouth Michigan. My options for pellets can be very slim. Although the big box stores carry pellets, it is never a brand that I want. And I do love softwood pellets, which are never available in my area.

Today I traveled 120 miles away to get a ton of Uncle Jeds Cold remedy soft wood pellets.
(my wife says I am nuts and is tottaly making fun of me for this idea)

I have two stoves and just bought my 6th ton of pellets for this winter.

So, My idea is to see if anyone else in the area has the same mental obsessioon to find the hottest burning and lowest ash pellet available. With that said,

Would anyone in my area want to go in with me to purchase a truckload of quality pellets (Uncle Jeds Cold remedy soft wood pellets). I have a friend that owns a nursery in the Plymouth area that the pellets could be unloaded at, and stored at. He would charge $10.00 per pallet to load (with a forklift) into a truck when being picked up. Pellets could be picked up a ton at a time. Pickup would only be on Saturdays. The price would still be less per ton than buying at the store.

A truckload of pellets would be 24 tons. I would be in for 7 tons. A friend of mine would be in for 4 tons. That leaves 13 tons.

We would all have to pay upfront. This last part about payment would take a level of trust that I am just not sure if Americans have any longer (or if I do....lol), But what the heck, I thought I would throw the idea out and see if anyone was interested.

Please respond to the tread if interested.

Thanks,
Tony

I am up for this idea. I am the 4 ton guy.

 

[tlc1976]

Not softwood, but Pro Pellets / Magic Spark is what I use.

(broken link removed to http://www.fiberby-products.com/downloads/Quality%20Analysis.pdf)

Every time I've gone into a store that sells pellets this winter I've taken a pic of the specs. Pro Pellets say 3.5% moisture and .5% ash. Every other pellet I've seen in stores has around twice that.

Not interested in the group buy, but the info might help your search. Good luck.

 

[jim2074]

I am not located near you but I do burn Uncle Jed's soft wood pellets which are really Bear Mountain. They are the absolute best pellet on the market. I do like your idea. Good luck.

 

[biketony]

Not softwood, but Pro Pellets / Magic Spark is what I use.

(broken link removed to http://www.fiberby-products.com/downloads/Quality%20Analysis.pdf)

Every time I've gone into a store that sells pellets this winter I've taken a pic of the specs. Pro Pellets say 3.5% moisture and .5% ash. Every other pellet I've seen in stores has around twice that.

Not interested in the group buy, but the info might help your search. Good luck.

Tic1976.
I apreciate the heads up. I use pro pellets as my hardwood option. They are avalible in Chelsea MI from a very good supplier. Which is only 30 mins from me.
(I posed in another thread that Pro pellets gave me problems, But it was "premium pellets" that I have had problems with.)
I use the softwood pellets in the colder times (below 20 - 25 degrees).

(This part is just what I have experienced)
Softwood pellets burn hotter, but faster. Hardwood pellets burn not quite as hot, but last longer in my stoves.

So I burn hardwood in the warmer winter days, but softwood when it is super cold out.
Thanks for replying