How's Your Tonnage??

[MikePelletier]

Greetings!

Wow! This is a tough crowd! Pellet Pig! Why does he say it like it's a bad thing! I thought it had rather
a nice ring to it. All I have to say in my defense is "oink-oink". Seriously, it's great that we can maintain
a sense of humor despite tough times.

Good luck getting you pellets, eernest4! Does pelletsales.com have an affiliate down that way? I've been
buying from them for two seasons. They're a class operation and great to work with.

Have a great day!

Mike Pelletier

 

[Craiger13]

4 tons of Ozark in my garage. Another first year burner here so we'll see how it goes. Will be topping off the oil with about 150 gal this week.

 

[lessoil]

:ahhh:
PELLET PIGS???
Please do not beat around the bush, tell us how you feel.
What is your opinion of Exxon's profits etc....

We as a group are not hoarding.
We as a group are quite a bit larger than last year.....maybe 400%.
That is why the stock of pellets dried up.
That is why we PIGS had to wait 6 months to get a stove.
That is why we PIGS had to wait 6 months for pellets.

We were looking at $4.85/gal for this year vs $2.69/gal last year.
That is why we jumped onto the PIG wagon so we could try to keep our heads above water.
By the way, we just had 4 tons delivered today which may or may not last the Winter.

 

[MikePelletier]

Hi Lessoil.

What kind of pellets did you buy? (hardwood or softwood) How long were
they on order?

BTW.. my impression was that eernest4 was joking with his "pellet pigs" remark.
I don't think anyone took it personally. We're all in the same boat when it comes
to exploitation by big oil..

Mike

 

[lessoil]

Hi Lessoil.

What kind of pellets did you buy? (hardwood or softwood) How long were
they on order?

BTW.. my impression was that eernest4 was joking with his "pellet pigs" remark.
I don't think anyone took it personally. We're all in the same boat when it comes
to exploitation by big oil..

Mike

If he was joking, then he got me real good!
We got 4 tons of pellets from Athens, Maine.
Had our names in 3 different places.
Corinth Pellets, New England Pellets Jaffrey NH and Athens Pellets.
First order was placed in June for Corinth.
The other 2 were ordered in August.

 

[MikePelletier]

We waited a while for ours, too. I placed my order during the pre-buy in April. They delivered
6 tons in May, the rest in September. This is my first year with a pellet boiler so I wasn't real
sure how much it would consume. I'm planning on 6-7, with the P-61 using the rest. Guess we'll
see! It still beats heating with oil.

Mike

 

[90durham]

Two tons of Lakewood premium(seem kind of crappy except when burning on high) stored and my dealer has two more tons of La Crete(hotter burn and much cleaner) saved for me in his storage.
I am a new burner but can't say enough good things about my dealer, he has terms available, 20 yrs experience, didn't try to upsell me and will store your pellets throughout the season for you to pick up and pay for as you go as not everybody can shell out the bucks or has the room for tonnage. Nice guy.
Here in Southern Ontario there are NO pellets available, none, Depot and all the other chains either are out or have not gotten delivery.
Strange thing is, my dealer had 160 tons come in last month and is getting another 2 trailer loads next week with no upcharge.

 

[swalz]

I picked up four Tons of Hardwood Heat at TSC for $239.50 a Ton in mid August to add to the just under one Ton of Greenway from last year. So I have a little under five Tons in My shed. My body was hurting for a couple of days after I picked them up and loaded into my shed. Just about 90 feet from the end of my drive to the shed and I did the first three tons myself and my brother help with the fourth. A wheelbarrow helps a lot to move them but it's still a lot of trips.

 

[hossthehermit]

I've got 2 ton of Energex and 2 ton of Nature's Heat in the cellar right now. I'd love to be able to keep 20 bags at at time there, sure would free up a lot of room. Unfortunately, as soon as snow flies, the cellar is a non-access area, gotta have it there before snow, or it don't get there. Call me a hog if ya want, been called a lot worse.




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Oh, yeah, BTW, $224 / ton in June.

 

[gw2kpro]

No wonder there is a pellet shortage here in new england with all you pellet pigs
hording 4 ton 5 ton and 8 ton stashes.

I spent all afternoon & 1/4 tank of gas going to 4 stores just to hear sorry we are all sold out & we dont know when we are going to get any more or what the price will be when we do. And I was only planning on buying 15 or 20 bags.

You pellet pigs should be ashaimed of yourselves.

I have 1/2 ton of assorted pellets, twenty five bags, 15 of which were left over from the ton I bought last winter & 10 bags that i bought this year.

Its a good thing that I have 4 cords of fire wood split ,stored & seasoned or else I would be in big trouble. I am just going to have to run my secondary burn wood stove a lot more & my pellet stove infrequently to make up for all the pellet hogs overstocking & hoarding the pellet supply.

Pellet pig here. 6 tons in the basement. Highest I paid was 220 per ton. Lowest was 195. Was done stocking up by the second week in June, pellets were for sale everywhere in April and May and they were cheap, I bought a ton at a time and hauled them home in my trailer on my way home from work. No way I'd be running all over the place in October looking for pellets. And I'm going to do the same thing next year, I absolutely guarentee you that by June I will have 6-7 tons of pellets in my basement again.

Good thing you are a firewood pig (4 cords????) or else you'd be forced to pay $300 per ton like anyone else out looking for pellets at literally the worst possible time of year to be shopping for them.

 

[gw2kpro]

duplicate

 

[jawquin]

Thank goodness for multi fuel stoves.

 

[imacman]

OINK OINK

 

[sparkydog00]

Have to agree with the pellet pig panic buying in New England this year. I am guilty of it myself....but I burn 3 tons to heat my 1600 sft house to a toasty 70 degrees...i have for the past 8 years with a couple of different stoves. I burn 24/7 except during the cleanings.
I think someone will have a problem burning 8 tons of pellets in one stove. Do the math here. 8x50 = 400 bags. If you started burning Ocober 15 and stopped April 15 that would be 182 days. You would have to burn 2.2 bags a day to use it all. Maybe if you had the stove cranked the entire time. But wouldn't your house get too hot?
That said I am sure that I have enough pellets to keep my family warm this winter.
3 tons of Athens Maine Pellets.
Harmen Accentra Insert.

 

[akakii]

Sign me up as a charter member of the Pellet Pig Club. I have three tons in my garage and one sitting out in the driveway waiting for me to make some more room to store them. Last year was my first winter with pellets, so I had no idea how much I'd burn. I'm glad that supply wasn't a problem since I ended up buying a ton here, another ton there. By the end of the season I'd gone through just over four tons to heat my 2000 s.f. home. Corinth burned the best in my stove, Energex the worst. This year I have Maine Woods and have no idea what they're going to be like. I waited too long to buy and ended up paying $275 a ton, delivered. Still better than whatever oil is going to cost this season.

 

[Xena]

Holy hoss-poop Hermit! That picture spreads into the next county! Resize.

 

[birdbrown]

5 tons and we have been burning here for the last 3 weeks Zero degree last night. Been burning a bag every 12 hours for the last 2 days. Will try to get 2 more toms as we dont know what we will go thru this year.

 

[MainePellethead]

No wonder there is a pellet shortage here in new england with all you pellet pigs
hording 4 ton 5 ton and 8 ton stashes.

I spent all afternoon & 1/4 tank of gas going to 4 stores just to hear sorry we are all sold out & we dont know when we are going to get any more or what the price will be when we do. And I was only planning on buying 15 or 20 bags.

You pellet pigs should be ashaimed of yourselves.

I have 1/2 ton of assorted pellets, twenty five bags, 15 of which were left over from the ton I bought last winter & 10 bags that i bought this year.

Its a good thing that I have 4 cords of fire wood split ,stored & seasoned or else I would be in big trouble. I am just going to have to run my secondary burn wood stove a lot more & my pellet stove infrequently to make up for all the pellet hogs overstocking & hoarding the pellet supply.

I agree on the pellet pigs!! My God....buy what you need.....not what you think you'll need for a holocaust. lol lol

However.....I know for a fact....that HD AND Lowes are doing the exact same thing.....bought MASSIVE amounts and only metering them when they feel good and ready at THEIR prices. A friend is the boss for the contractor desk near me and he stated that exact thing when I approached him with what I saw a couple weeks or so ago. I asked HD if they had pellets....NOPE was all I got and I asked when they would get some.....they said a couple weeks. So I took it at that. I began to wander in the heaven of homeowners(HD) and I was in the siding area....I saw the overhead door nearby open....so I was glimpsing outside....I noticed there was many many pallets of pellets. Hmm.....so my blunt upfront personality kicked in and I asked the guy on the forklift moving about.....are those the pellets that you guys are currently selling....the guy said "Yeah....but those arent for sale". I was like.....what do you mean their not for sale...are they sold or taken? He said....."nope, just not ready for the floor yet" So I just made a comment to him......."waiting to see where oil prices settle huh?" He just looked at me with one of those looks like he wanted to say....."of course". I was a little bothered.....I said fine......I'll buy mine at Lowes! lol....not that they had any either but it felt good to say it. lol

Oh well.....

 

[fishpole]

I bought 14 tons with my neighbor. 7 of those tons are in my pig pen. Paid $200 delivered back in May.

 

[flamegrabber]

3 tons.

2 Lignetics and 1 Maine Woods.

Should take me through March.

FG.

 

[missrobo]

First year with the accentra, bought 2 tons of bare foot this summer for $265/ton plus $55.00 dedlivery charge, have half a tank of oil, may get some more oil since the price is down, just in case. Don't think 2 tons will be enough, I'm now addicted to being warm, what a nice feeling.

 

[imacman]

I bought 14 tons with my neighbor. 7 of those tons are in my pig pen.

OK, now we're rollin.....more and more members of the Pellet Pig Club.

And Mr. Jitters, you need to sign up too, with your 7 tons.

Calling all Pellet Pigs OINK OINK

 

[Flammam]

5 tons of Pike pellets in the yard. Just started burning last weekend and am real happy with the pellets. Bought in june for 225.00 ton.

 

[eric_s]

4 1/2 tons in the garage - 1 Energex, 1 Ambiance, 2 Big Heat and 1/2 ton assorted.

 

[wb2bhc]

All you whiners..was it a surprise that it was gonna get cold this year and you were
gonna need pellets to keep your tootsies warm this winter. Scurrying around like field mice
trying to find pellets. If you had early bought there would be no problem and the price would have been right,
this is especially for you pellet guys who have burned in past seasons. This is my first season with a stove and I knew that you need fuel for the fire.
I have enough "EARLY BUY" to get me through the winter so you don't have to worry about me buying out the big box stores
I truly hope that you all have a warm and toasty winter
I'm done venting(not direct vent) let the pummeling begin.

Jay