investor7952 said:
Under there name. They are called winter warmth or winter heat pellets.The bag say Manufactured for home depot Alabama. Premium pellets. Nowhere does it say hard or softwood. Nothing about ash. Nothing on back of bags.They dont say who is bagging them or what brand.Same price as other 4.98 a bag. There was a bag ripped open and I have to tell you these pellets are no more than 1/4 long !!They had 15 tons sitting there .Also had stove chow and fireside ultras for same price. Honestly something needs to be done in the pellet world to grade these pellets a little better or put them into catagories. I wouldnt mind buying crappy pellets if they were half the price. I just bought Lignetics last week at a local TSC for 255 a ton !!What is going to give these better pellet makers the incentive to continue to make a great product when they are selling for the exact same price as the crappy pellets. Just makes no sense at all .Anyway I didnt buy any becuase I have spent enough on experimental bags I already can tell are garbage.Like I said I would buy cheaper pellets that I know arent great for a lower price but why would anyone pay top dollar for crap when for the same money they can get some of the best. Just my year end rant !! LOL HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL !!
Don't know who is doing this for HD, but if it is a mill in Alabama, most likely it is a southern yellow pine product, which is technically a softwood, but really is more like hardwood. There is a grading panel that the PFI has published, but as most of you know, the specs are wide enough to drive a dump truck thur. Just about ALL pellets will fall under the "premium" category and that means stuff that is very good to the garbage...So having "premium" pellets doesn't tell you anything. From our standpoint, the incentive to making a better pellet is simply having so much repeat business once a dealer establishes a client base for them. Never having to handle them twice, few if any complaints and repeat business year after year. There will always be a place for lesser qualitly product on the market, just as there is with just about anything....so buyers have to be aware of what they are buying. Just reading this forum for any length of time will point you in the right direction most of the time.
Yellow pins is a HARD wood. I have been installing yellow pine floors for years and it is classified as a hardwood.
Just remember..."If you want good, fresh, clean oats, you have to pay a fair market price, but if you can settle for oats that have already been thur the horse...they come a little cheaper"
Happy New Year to you ALL and keep warm...burn more pellets, we will make more for you..