Spring pricing came out a few days ago from our local pellet house. He is apparently not carrying Platinum, Northern, Hammer, Dry Creek, and North American Hardwood and Blend this year. Or at least at this time. Barefoot Hardwood Pellets $239 -- 1 Ton/50 bags New England Blend Pellets $223 -- 1 Ton/50 bags Allegheny Hardwood Pellets $229 -- 1 Ton/50 bags La Crete Softwood Pellets $256 -- 1 Ton/50 bags $307.20 -- 1.2 Tons/60 bags
That is exactly where I think pricing should be from a pellet house. I dont think you can go wrong with any of those at the prices shown.
I found Dry Creek worked well for me. Unfortunately, their price went waay up (at least in comparison to other brands andbtheir increases (imo)).
Haven't burned them in several years. They used to be REAL GOOD, but then with the fiber shortages, quality went way down, and $$ was up. I know a few houses stopped carrying them.
No kidding, those prices look great! Sure hope the local stores around here offer pricing in that same range! OST how do these prices compare to last year, if you kept track?
Muhollands in Greenfield Center Not certain if I will get anything more for myself this year, (about 8.5 ton on hand), although I am debating a pallet of Lacrete with the Mrs for daughter and sil. Pretty tapped out with the cost of previous buys for them and us plus the installation of the oil HW system and major rehab of the Burb I just completed.
IIRC -- He was 299 a ton for Lacrete (359 for 60 bags) last year -- Barefoot were 284 -- NEWP 259 -- He did not carry Allegeny in the past. He did carry Hammer, Okie, Platinum, North Country, Curran. I do not know his plans for those at this writing but will be talking to him sometime next week cause I need to rent a stump grinder.
Those Blackstones must be at a very cheap price leaving the factory. Art has then priced fairly low too.
Blackstone's have been selling at a tire warehouse here for less than that for the last 2 months. Owner assures another forum men=mber he's not losing money (although that could mean he's making $0.50 for all I know). Thinking that mill has found a way to reduce costs or be more efficient.
you know when fuel did the big jump up, so did the cost of pellets. Fuel impacted their cost at all levels, just as it does for everything we use. But when when went way down, the saying was their savings was even "lunch money". Then they say they can't get material. Yet around here, there have been several paper factories closed because their is a lack of sales due to low demand and cheaper competition. They all need to sharpen their pencils just like the rest of us. when it is cheaper to burn oil, how does a pellet company expect to sell pellets a premium prices. selling pellets at 30% higher than average for up to 6% better performance just doesn't add up. As for ash, I found that running the stove on room temp resulted in clean burns for about any brand. It burns hot, settles down, turns off, then back on and over and over. results is a clean stove that I only get into about once a month.
