Nearly 100 used pellet stoves for sale on Craigslist ,western Ma.

[MCPO]

OK, a few are duplicates , and some good buys out there and not all are the low end box store models. Are folks simply dumping their Harmans over the rising cost of pellets ?

 

[boo boo]

I would say no

 

[SidecarFlip]

I would agree with BooBoo. I think they aren't 'dumping' but rather 'feeling out' the matket to see if that can off the unit for a good price.

There are at least 30 in my local CL listing area and everyone is overpriced and/or beat to hell junk.

We'll let the China bank settle in and the ordinance fly in the Middle East and by this fall, pellets will look pretty good against 4 buck a gallon heating oil and 4 buck a gallon propane.

This time of the year, I'm on CL everyday because I'm offering hay for sale so I preuse the ads faily. I've seen nothing of interest yet far as stoves go. Lots of junk, buth the CL is all about junk anyway.

Hay is like pellets sort of. Equine hay users are never long sighted enough to plan for having hay in the early spring so they are on CL looking for hay...and I'm there selling it, for a price. I love this time of year, it's a sellers market and I have a gob to sell.

 

[Bioburner]

My nag has plenty of hay. But I have a couple tons of pellets and fifty or so bushels of corn too. Drooling over the post of a nice looking soapstone stove too. Just waiting for help to move it I think.

 

[SidecarFlip]

I'm out of corn until the frost laws come off and then I'll haver around 1000 bushel for my 'nags' that won't last all that long..... I always have plenty of hay for the steers and the wife's (nags), but I'm all about selling those dummy bales to horsepeople with not too much foresight... for a good price.

200 in the barn are already spoken for and paid for (I like pre-payment, works for me) but need to be picked up. Those 200 were bought last year just before January 15th. I have another 1000 or so that need to find a new home....

If I do anything stove wize, it will be a coal stoker or a chunk wood stove for the shop.

 

[rich2500]

I'm sure that between prices being higher and lack of pellet availability in some areas is reasoning for some selling their stoves.

 

[3650]

if pellet prices keep going up, pellet stoves will go the way of the delorean.

 

[ZBrooks]

I'd love to find me another deal on CL for a Harman P61a. The problem is that they just don't exist around here.

I need to find someone that will ship one to me.

 

[Don2222]

This guy in Weatern MA buys Harmans cheap
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/wan/4888168902.html

 

[Don2222]

I'd love to find me another deal on CL for a Harman P61a. The problem is that they just don't exist around here.

I need to find someone that will ship one to me.

I found a P61 and rewired it to make it a P61a and then got a new ash door with the scenic tile recess and the slim ash pan to make it a P61a-2

 

[moey]

Lots around me as well...

 

[SidecarFlip]

This guy in Weatern MA buys Harmans cheap
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/wan/4888168902.html

Obviously...he 'thinks' thats a good deal. I'm sure his workshop has plenty of room for new arrivals.

 

[SidecarFlip]

if pellet prices keep going up, pellet stoves will go the way of the delorean.

Won't happen. Maybe stand alone pellet cookers will evaporate but multi-fuel units will stay around. Myself, I'd love to have a Delorean. minor scratches fixed with a Scotchbrite pad......

...........back to the future...............

 

[OhioBurner©]

Yeah I wish I went multi-fuel. Though I don't have much into this unit so no biggie. Watching craigslist but haven't seen a decent one yet. Plus I'll have to re do my venting.

 

[SidecarFlip]

No, you don't. Normal Pellet only vent is fine for corn and other non-pellet fuels so long as you keep it clean and don't let the ash sit in it all summer. That long idle period with it being dirty is what corrodes the stainless liner.....and the stove itself.

 

[OhioBurner©]

Good to hear. Though I'd probably want to keep that info from my insurance company..

 

[KodiakII]

Won't happen. Maybe stand alone pellet cookers will evaporate but multi-fuel units will stay around. Myself, I'd love to have a Delorean. minor scratches fixed with a Scotchbrite pad......

...........back to the future...............

With the flux capacitor of course!

 

[SidecarFlip]

Good to hear. Though I'd probably want to keep that info from my insurance company..

I don't believe any insurance company has that much detailed knowledge about the aspects of pellet venting...unless of course you tell them....

 

[tjnamtiw]

100 used stoves on Craigslist guarantees 100 new pleas for help next fall!

 

[SidecarFlip]

100 used stoves on Craigslist guarantees 100 new pleas for help next fall!

Thats too funny and so true.........

 

[tiger]

Nearly 100 used pellet stoves for sale on Craigslist ,western Ma.

A while back I did a search for stoves (just for fun) in the Washington DC area. Three stoves.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Knowing CL, 2 are ptobably over priced (owners asking retail for used merchanside) and the third one in junk listed as 'like new'......... just say'in.

I see a lot of 'bombs' on CL all the time.

 

[Bioburner]

Was a Harman out of Janesville WS for $700. Sold in two hours.

 

[boo boo]

I don't believe any insurance company has that much detailed knowledge about the aspects of pellet venting...unless of course you tell them....

Code inspectors either
I had to show my town inspector the set up and he seemed to have no clue. I had to read the manual to him on the set up. He was just nodding his head and saying ok

 

[Bioburner]

I would be more worried that if there was a big widespread problem that the insurance companies and inspectors would get a lot more informed. It appears there is not much of a problem though we see installs shown on the mill that are horrific. The issue of illegal or improper taping of gas lines is far more common.