Not likeing Curran Hardwood in 25/26

[SESZOO]

Been a while since I posted ,still running my old Lopi AGP, It's been a workhorse all these years ,Up North here in NY , Northern St Lawrence /Franklin cty area , Have been burning Curran Hdwood pellets , so far this year , and haven't been getting the heat from them that I think I should ,along with them burning pretty fast, and hhaveing to clean the stove more often , Has any one else been haveing problems with them ? Don't have a moisture meter ,but a lot of the bags fon't seem to be sealed as well as their softwood blend has been in the past which is what I usually burn , It's about all I can find up here at a reasonable price 253 tax included ,a ton , Bought 1 ton to see me through until I can find another brand , Plus I had to pick it up ,took 2 trips in the old S10 from the local hardware store , Looking for a better pellet before too much longer as winters about set in , any ideas on anything better ? If I can find the soft wood blend I'll probably g back to that for the price , But wasn't really pleased with them last year

 

[Whitenuckler]

Been a while since I posted ,still running my old Lopi AGP, It's been a workhorse all these years ,Up North here in NY , Northern St Lawrence /Franklin cty area , Have been burning Curran Hdwood pellets , so far this year , and haven't been getting the heat from them that I think I should ,along with them burning pretty fast, and hhaveing to clean the stove more often , Has any one else been haveing problems with them ? Don't have a moisture meter ,but a lot of the bags fon't seem to be sealed as well as their softwood blend has been in the past which is what I usually burn , It's about all I can find up here at a reasonable price 253 tax included ,a ton , Bought 1 ton to see me through until I can find another brand , Plus I had to pick it up ,took 2 trips in the old S10 from the local hardware store , Looking for a better pellet before too much longer as winters about set in , any ideas on anything better ? If I can find the soft wood blend I'll probably g back to that for the price , But wasn't really pleased with them last year

What about Green Supreme? Home Depot? I burn something called Eastern Embers 100% premium softwood but I don't think you have them down there. They are made in Nova Scotia

 

[sandpipe]

, It's about all I can find up here at a reasonable price 253 tax included ,a ton , Bought 1 ton to see me through until I can find another brand , Plus I had to pick it up ,took 2 trips in the old S10 from the local hardware store , Looking for a better pellet before too much longer... I'll probably g back to that for the price , But wasn't really pleased with them last year...

Here in Western Mass. mediocre pellets go for around $350 per ton. Decent ones are close to $400. It's been around five years since pellets were anywhere near $253. in my area. Wood and Sons are $395. Okanogan are too. It may not be worth the savings to by pellets that have lots of fines, or low heat, or too much ash, but these prices are ridiculous.

 

[SPUD]

Currans used to make low quality pellets. Probably still do.

 

[weilycoyote]

I’m late to the party, but I’m also in NNY/St Lawrence County.

I’ve got a Harman P68 and an Englander CB120. The Harman will burn anything I throw at it, but the Currans definitely produce more ash—and seemingly blacker ash, not the nice light fluffy stuff I expect.

The Englander hates Curran pellets. I pretty much exclusively burn Ambiance from Agway in it. It’s a bummer because Currans are $290/ton whereas Ambiance are like $365/T. Right now I have a ton of each.

 

[SESZOO]

Which Agway , we have one in the town near me, Potsdam , and rght now all I have is the Currans , blend and a few bags of their Hd wds , I
I've bought cyrrans the past few years , The price was good ,but this year is the worst , total black ash and have to scrape the burn pot every 12/15 hrs of burn and empty the ash bucket , ,otherwise the ash lays heavy and shuts it down , Been Burning My Lopi AGP for about 15 yrs and always kept it clean , So want to try some other brand ,if for nothing else than to get me through this next cold snap this weekend .

 

[SESZOO]

Which Agway , we have one in the town near me, Potsdam , and rght now all I have is the Currans , blend and a few bags of their Hd wds , I
I've bought cyrrans the past few years , The price was good ,but this year is the worst , total black ash and have to scrape the burn pot every 12/15 hrs of burn and empty the ash bucket , ,otherwise the ash lays heavy and shuts it down , Been Burning My Lopi AGP for about 15 yrs and always kept it clean , So want to try some other brand ,if for nothing else than to get me through this next cold snap this weekend .

 

[weilycoyote]

Which Agway , we have one in the town near me, Potsdam , and rght now all I have is the Currans , blend and a few bags of their Hd wds , I
I've bought cyrrans the past few years , The price was good ,but this year is the worst , total black ash and have to scrape the burn pot every 12/15 hrs of burn and empty the ash bucket , ,otherwise the ash lays heavy and shuts it down , Been Burning My Lopi AGP for about 15 yrs and always kept it clean , So want to try some other brand ,if for nothing else than to get me through this next cold snap this weekend .

Potsdam Agway has Ambiance and Energex. I wasn’t a huge fan of Energex but they seem to have good reviews.

I’ve bought Curran from Triple A and Bicknell Building Supply in Potsdam, both hardwood and softwood blend. I agree 100% about tons of black ash. In my Harman, it’s annoying but not a dealbreaker. In my Englander, they just jam constantly.

I’ve also bought Dry Creek from Kinney Drugs in Potsdam…but they don’t have a forklift so if you buy a ton, you have to manually move 50 bags onto your trailer, which is inconvenient at best.