Pellets in short supply?

Left is from this morning....right is last seasons....

 

Just got back from running some errands and stopped at HD and grabbed 3 bags of Heat Resource. Never heard of them, but bag says premium grade, oak, from Arkansas. I'll have to check out the product key later. Anyone heard of em ?

Schoondog

 

Someone posted somewhere else that they grabbed some today too. I sent imacman an inbox telling him there might be some in his area.... Let us know how they are schoon......Oak pellet, should be good!!!

Website lists their ash percentage at not more than 1/2%.....

 

Seems to be a lot available around here. Two kinds at TSC I think I saw @$199. Saw Maine woods and greens t at lowes. I think there has been a more stable conversion to either pellets or wood from oil. Not the push from hell in 2008. There is now natural gas in the area, but no one in any rural areas will get that service even when the line runs right past their house. Most of those who will be getting it are now burning oil or propane. Those folks are taking major hits. All the schools, hospitals and commercial places are converting to natural gas. Oil remains as expensive as ever.

 

I was at Lowes Friday and I didn't see any MWP's. I saw GT and Maine Choice. Interesting, though, that HD doesn't have any MWP and are selling FSU's and AWF's.

 

It was Maine Choice Wood Pellets at Lowes , not MWP. TSC has MWP, My bad.

 

After today the bottom's going to fall out, so I'll definitely get a feel for them.

 

We sell Rocky Mountain Pellets where I work. They are apparently having to deny 17 loads until they get more material to make them with.... We may or may not get our next order. I guess... or was told it's because the lumber mills aren't getting the demand they need but, I can't say anything for sure.

 

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While I cannot agree that there is a shortage, I can say there might be localized shortages, depending upon how picky you are and where you live. We probably have somewhere around 5-600 tons of product on the ground of varying brands- 7 currently- and one or two brands are simply "sold out" due to either they just selling all their production, or, in the case of some other brands, their contractual commitment to the Big Boxes sometimes supersedes the lack of buying commitment to the hearth shops.
frankly, I'd like to have a little less product at this point, but its looking like a cold downturn is coming this week, and we'll sell em

I guess the fast answer is, there might be localized shortages, but if you cant find your regular brand and are willing to try another, you should be able to get product.

 

HD had Rocky's here about 4 years ago or so...bought a couple bags to try but my old pdvc didn't seem to like them (probably needed more air).......haven't seen them since.....

 

14 outside right now and 71 inside. Blower on max, heat level a little over 3. Ash levels good. With the temps we've got coming this week, I'm going to push them as far as I can.

 

Me too. Wish I could find them again.

 

I asked at HD today if they were having trouble getting pellets because the 2 brands they have, AWF and Heat Resource, I've never seen before. I was told they aren't having any problem getting pellets, just certain brands like FSU. I find it interesting, though, with 4 pellet mills in Maine, they're selling pellets from Maryland and Arkansas. I drove by their outside storage and saw 8 tons of the Heat Resource and maybe 50 tons that I couldn't identify. I was told they wouldn't run out of pellets but 60ish tons in inventory didn't exactly convince me.

 

Lowes in Maryland said they can not keep up with demand. We are having the coldest winter in years. They were out of presto logs, so we got pellets from Home Depot today, 5 people lined up waiting to be loaded with pellets. I am impressed, all the store are doing a good job with the demand. Lowes now has AWF, that is next on my list to try.

 

Hey all. Ran around today and stopped at HD in Poughkeepsie and Lowes in Kingston N.Y. Nooooooo pellets !!!!!!

Doggy