I just talked to a gentleman at East Coast Lumber in Hampstead, NH. I was going to order 2 tons of New England Wood Pellets and 2 tons od Okanagan Golds. The NEWP's were $279/ton and Okanagan Gold's were $299.... Both were sold out today. The gentleman at East Coast said that 3 tons of Okanagan Douglas Firs would last as long as 4 tons of the other two.... So he said the $375/ton would average out because of the quality of the pellet. I've had bad luck in the past with other so called super premium pellets....Anyone have an opinion, preferably based on experience with any or all of these brands? Thanks....
Okanagan Douglas Fir
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Kind of surprised ECL is sold out of NEWP and the Oakie golds. I was at ECL all day this past Thursday, and although the inventory looked like it was down a bit, there still looked to be quite a bit of each. They did have a pretty massive amount of Douglas fir. I'd bet around 100 tons. Never tried them and probably never will at that price.
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I know they are expensive and hot... I burned a couple bags last year out of curiosity. My thing now is if 3 tons of the Douglas fir will last as long as 4 tons of NEWP or Okanagan Gold? That is what the guy at East Coast Lumber told me. I know it depends on a ton of variables...... My stove is always clean, and usually burn on the same setting all the time.... I'm saying if all things are equal with variables, what is the opinion of the masses?
Where did you get these at $345/ton and do they burn as long as I've been told. Do I only need 3 tons of these as opposed to 4 tons of NEWP or Okanagan Golds?
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mepellet
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Check out the BTUs/$ and that week show you that 3 tons of df will clearly not equal 4 tons of newp.
Phoenix Hatchling
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Three tons DF equal to four tons of others?? Don't quite believe that. I have found some premiums burned hotter than others, and some producing less ash. My favorite all time pellet ran around 280 per ton, and burned hot and clean. But I would never say that I got 33% greater yield from them. A bag didn't last 8 hours longer than the other brands, nor did they put out 12k BTUs compared to my other 9k brand. Justify a $95 bump in price per ton? Nope!
I tried some of these last year because it was all they had left and like others I was curious. It was at Royal Fireside in Mendon as well. I brought them home and I wasn't all that impressed. I know I'm in the minority but for the price I was expecting a WOW moment and not at all. The one thing I was VERY impressed with was the ash content, I mean there was NO ash at all after 2 bags were burnt. However, the heat they put out wasn't any more heat than the heat I was getting from the Timer Heat pellets I got at Lowes and the Timber heats were $180 a ton cheaper. There is NO WAY the douglas fir is worth all that extra money, IMO. As for him telling you 3 tons is like 4 tons of any other pellet I don't believe that all... maybe you'll save a little and burn less but certainly not 50 bags less. I don't feel like the Douglas Fir is worth the price they charge unless you're rich or you REALLY hate cleaning your stove because you could probably go a month without emptying the ash.
mepellet
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I usually go with the Maine Woods which I love but I can only find them at Dodge Grain in Salem. They charge $30/Ton for delivery
I live 3/4 mile from them... I'm not paying $120 for them to deliver 4 tons not even a mile. Other places charge between $39-$85 to deliver up to 75-80 miles!
What's up Dodge Grain?
I live 3/4 mile from them... I'm not paying $120 for them to deliver 4 tons not even a mile. Other places charge between $39-$85 to deliver up to 75-80 miles! What's up Dodge Grain?
Let me rephrase. I have an insert which does not have much of an ash pan.. If I go 3 nights without cleaning my stove I consider myself lucky. With the DF, i could probably go a month.
Maybe 9 tons of DF = 10 tons of Green Supreme? I need pellets and only live a couple miles from ECL but I seldom buy from them. I bought some Okie gold and Okie platinum from them last year to test. They were OK but too expensive for what you got. If I could get Fallon's to answer the phone I may be getting a ton or two this weekend.
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Oh we understand. One advantage of a stand alone stove instead of an insert is the ash pan size.
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