It's been cold.....pellet usage is way up

Just did a count on what I'll have used this past December, adding 2 bags to my total to account for the remaining 2 days left in Dec. I'll have used 41 bags.

Last year the total was 28, and in '11-'12 season it was only 23.

This isn't shaping up very well. Maybe Jan. - Feb. will fool me, but I might have to do some "adding to the stash".

Global warming my a**

 

I'm into about 53-54 right now, unfortunately I didn't really keep a true count last year......though I think I burned 2.5 or so last year....

 

Same here...pellet usage is way up so I have been adding to the stash....looking at 50+ for Dec

 

I've been using more, too but I have a hunch some of it is because of the pellets I'm burning.

-19F is our forecast for tonite! Yikes!

 

It is colder, lots more winds, ice etc. I've burned 1.5 tons. Did let the furnace run with the stove on those very cold days, and again to warm the house back up after the power was off for a few days.
We have one of the kerosene heaters going now to get the house extra warm. High probability that we may loose power again tonight.

 

Please be VERY careful with that!

 

Bag # 53 in the hopper right now , just about the same as last year . total was 3 ton for the year . Stash is down to 1/2 ton time to reload .

 

It made -16F this morning… 68F upstairs… 74F in the living room. The stove is on #3 and the NG furnace is set @ 70F. Kinda surprised that we didn't use any NG overnight… with the versa-grate now working, and no clinker build up in the burnpot, I guess we have a few more btu's!

 

Will....grab a 10% off Lowe's coupon and hit up MacArthur Rd.!!!

 

I'm over 2 tons used and it hasn't been all that cold...

 

Where do you get the coupon??
I just picked up 15 bags of PTL's $4.48/ bag

 

Ebay has them cheap and you can print them out. Also, a coworker went to customer service and told them she didn't receive her movers coupon (which she didn't) and they still honored her entire purchase.

 

Thanks Steve, just finished loading them in the garage , stash back up to 40 bags put 1 in the hopper and now I'm gonna put some Beer in my hopper

 

I hope those PTL's burn as good for you as they did for me. Are they the lighter or dark colored pellets?

 

They are dark.

 

2 pic's with and with out the flash , but a whole lot darker than the ones you reviewed, just looked back at your post same bar code on the bag.

 

Whoh...those are definitely way darker than what I had gotten....hope they burn just as good though!

 

They are burning right now, stove was clean only put the 1 bag of Hamer's through it . I think they'll be fine I'll let you know if I have any issues.