Landed 2 bags of Packsaddle pellets... review later.

With age you'll come to appreciate the smaller bags, 33 versus 40 isn't a big difference. The 20 or 22's sure would be a back saver. Shipping a bag to us to try would be cheaper

 

51 here and I have a lot of 40lb bags left in me. But if I'm to be honest, the 33 pound bags were easier to deal with and Rich250 is right. There are literally 10 bags more a pallet. It's more loading but not that much more loading into the hopper. It's simply a matter of getting your system down. I am considering buying the Packsaddles for this very reason. It's the smaller things in life... that taken in sum can make a difference. Again, my only complaint is if I bought 2 tons of them, it'd cost me roughly $100 more for a very similar pellet. So that convenience isn't free.

 

Forgot to mention that the Packsaddle bags are easier for my wife to handle -- so there's that to consider as well.

 

Now you're getting my point
You were getting your point across, I totally agree with everything said above

 

The 33 lb. bags must be new this year because I've yet to see anything other than the 40 lb. bags. I'm burning through last year's holdovers before I get any more.

 

33 lb. is a European thing. 15kg. Might be exporting.

 

The 33# LG Super bags are VERY popular here. We get a lot of people that just love them,
for various reasons.. Backs, women, and they are just a really nice pellet...
A great seller.

Dan

 

I sorta liked them too. But I'm not sure if they are worth $50 -60 more a ton. I kind of want to do it -- just because. I'd like to have the experience of burning them for at least part of a season.

 

What makes them $50-$60 more per ton?

 

They are competing against a different supplier that I can constantly get a ton of DF pellets for about $50 less. Honestly, buying pellets here is boring. I always buy the same brands from the same company. Great financially but a bit boring. You guys back East have it going on.

 

I do the same thing with 25lb bags. A lot of people like the smaller bag.
They cost more because the packaging is much more expensive. As a side-product, we have to bag it by hand so there's increased costs for labor and materials. If everything was in the 25lb bags, it would be automated and the extra cost would be just the packaging.

 

Oh yeah... pushing 400 for Douglas Fir...


Dan

 

You realize that's almost twice as much as what I can get them for on select days. Egad. No doubt DFs are a better fuel, but they're not $200 or $4 a bag better.

 

Not splittin' hairs... but good stuff here is at least $250... DF's can be had for $350.
So they are 2 bucks a bag more.. The ones that buy them don't care. They just want them.
It doesn't matter "here" what "you" can buy them for..
It just pizzes us off...
But then, you can't buy a Maine lobster for 3 bucks a pound..

(Geography 101)

Dan

 

Definitely. It's all about local economies.

 

Which brand of DF do you normally buy? There are a lot of options here, as well.

Packsaddle is only sold locally by an individual out of his own residence. I used to buy every year from him, but his prices are now in line, or higher, with the local stores, so I started trying different brands.

 

The Oregon outlet Coastal Farm and Ranch sells Golden Fire and Bear Mountain at like $230 - $235 a ton but quite often they run sales for $20 off. They also sell a local brand $10 less than that and after some investigation turns out to be Olympus. So I can get a ton of those on sale around $205 or sometimes less.

I was surprised at the prices in the greater Boise area. I thought they would be cheaper. They even sell pellets at Costco and they were around $250. Not sure why that market is more. The Red Canyons? made in your state were $250 in McCall. I would think some retailer over there would sell them in bulk at good prices.