Is there a pellet shortage already!

[NE WOOD BURNER]

http://www.nh.gov/oep/energy/energy-nh/fuel-prices/index.htm


So you could pay up to 414.06 per ton to break even at the current oil price.

 

[briansol]

I have never had an issue just picking up the phone and calling BT to place an order. They will also match delivery prices of competitors if you ask.Maybe give up on the email and just call them...you know, like how you called CT pellet and got immediate action in responce.

I didn't call CT. They called me.

I followed BT's instructions ,

It is best to send an email with your best daytime # and someone will call you to assist you with your request as our lines are EXTREMELY busy and email is always available.

and

When submitting a request please leave the best number to be reached at between 8:30-4:00pm. Often customers leave a number that they can not be reached at or leave a voicemail and submit a contact form.This produces more calls therfore tying up the already busy lines. We sincerely ask that you please only do one or the other to help us be more available to you. Our phones are extremely busy therfore 1 of our 3 lines will come up as blocked call so if you are expecting a call please be sure you leave a number that we will be able to reach you at in order to expedite this process. It is our goal to get you your pellets before the cold weather arrives. We always respond to you contact form within 24 business hours (office hours) therefore that is the best way to get your request in for us to contact you as the contact form is always available.

so i did... and they didn't and i just don't care any more. thx.

 

[briansol]

worse case scenario, my local price chopper has some junk out front for 229 a ton. I could stop in every day on the way home from work and grab 5 bags in my car if i had to

 

[OhioBurner©]

Success! Got my first load of pellets. 3T of Somersets I picked up yesterday:



Now I atleast have these, with my other local options I may now try picking up a few bags of different kinds to see how this new stove likes them and if I can save any money compared to Somersets without excessive ash or loosing heat.

The truck and I were a little sad to be hauling bagged and manufactured product, but I'm having fun this week also cutting up several cord of dead standing ash so its all right. Going to be a bit of a workout to unload it all. Oh how I wish my loader could pick up a whole skid that would be so slick. But I'll have to do the bag by bag method.

 

[briansol]

worse case scenario, my local price chopper has some junk out front for 229 a ton. I could stop in every day on the way home from work and grab 5 bags in my car if i had to

And I don't have to do that, because I have 3 tons of Oakies headed my way in a couple weeks or so. The chow's will hold me over until then.

 

[yvillanz]

210 a ton for Allegheny pellets 240 for country boy white lightning here in northwestern pa

 

[LGTWhit]

Love coming home to this!!
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[bcpellet]

There is a severe shortage in pellet supply. Demand far exceeds production at the moment. Several issues, more pellets going to Europe and Asia. Extreme trucking problems, Although most of us find it hard to believe the economy is tmuch better, there are less truckers available to haul loads. Many truckers were fighting for loads over the last four years, just to stay alive. no longer the case. There are rumors that one major supplier is so far behind on third quarter shipments they are not honoring orders for the 4th quarter. Just a rumor but I've checked several reliable source and there is smoke. Not sure it's going to erupt into a fire, but beware. So the downside risk is maybe $ 10, the upside risk far exceeds the downside. I talk to 10 different pellet mills and none have no excess production for sale. I've been in the pellet game for 8 years and have distributed well known brands in the northeast. Please buy what you can, whatever pellet you prefer. I've been beating this drum for awhile. Even though hossthehermit told me to shut up cause "I make no sense" Might have to change his handle to hosstheostrich. lol

I guess the smoke became a full fledged fire with the New England pellet news.

 

[Rickdnh]

No, seriously, is there a pellet shortage already? I live in Salem, NH and can't find pellets for delivery unless I spend $375/ton for the Okanagan Douglas Firs! Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions!?
I'm starting to get frustrated and nervous! I've been calling all local dealers for a week and nobody seems to have anything!

Try pellet sales.com . They are out of Goffstown

 

[Peterfield]

Try pellet sales.com . They are out of Goffstown

Try various Lowes. Just ordered 2 tons of Maine's Choice (Green Supreme) Monday, being delivered tomorrow at at $239 plus $65 delivery charge.

 

[Harman Lover 007]

I guess the smoke became a full fledged fire with the New England pellet news.

What news is that? I knew they sold the company, but is there more?

 

[NE WOOD BURNER]

"Approximately 1.5 million tons of wood pellets are consumed annually in the U.S. Northeast. According to independent forecasts, wood pellet consumption in the region is expected to increase at an annual growth rate of 7% through 2018. Customer demand for wood pellets in this market exceeds available regional production."

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[pelletdude]

From a local dealer in Central Connecticut

 

[Harman Lover 007]

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From a local dealer in Central Connecticut

same with Pellets Direct. As of yesterday, of the 15 brands they sell, they only had Corinth. Nah...there's no shortage.

 

[oliveone]

Should interesting to see how this turns out. but you Know what they say fu@$ them I got mine. Think it will be fine once all the preseason push is over.

 

[whitetailscout]

My local dealer is quoting a 3-4 week wait for pellets right now.

 

[bill3rail]

If I stay inside and read nothing but impending doom, I will start to believe it!
I saw Blowes had them a few weeks back and the threat of a shortage had already started online. I bought 1 ton yesterday, and will buy 1 ton today, then on to individual bags to top off the pellet shed to capacity.

Bill

 

[ducker]

Anyone who's picked up pellets from Lowes and used a 10% off coupon, where did you get your coupon from? (feel free to PM me if you don't want to post)

Thanks.

-mike

Right now wishing I bought pellets back in the end of summer

 

[iron stove]

I guess the smoke became a full fledged fire with the New England pellet news.

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Fess up. What the new news ??

 

[Harman Lover 007]

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Fess up. What the new news ??

Post 238 above

 

[NHcpa]

Dealer quotes "national pellet shortage"...???

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[iron stove]

Post 238 above

Im not dumb, but don't get it. So they were sold. Are they stopping selling in the Northeast ?

 

[Pete Zahria]

Dealer quotes "national pellet shortage"...???

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perhaps not the most accurate description, but in his area, it doesn't matter.
National or regional or local... he doesn't have any.....

 

[Peterfield]

Love coming home to this!!
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Truck just left after placing two tons of the same brand of pellets into my garage. My GWF are actually rebranded Green Supremes that folks on the waiting list for "the real" Green Supremes wont take and continue to wait for their pellets to arrive at the store. Go figure, but I'm not complaining. Now going to supplement this stash with 5-10 bags of three or four other brands to see what my stove does with them. I'll eventually need two more tons but I'm in no rush.

 

[richkorn]

Truck just left after placing two tons of the same brand of pellets into my garage. My GWF are actually rebranded Green Supremes that folks on the waiting list for "the real" Green Supremes wont take and continue to wait for their pellets to arrive at the store. Go figure, but I'm not complaining. Now going to supplement this stash with 5-10 bags of three or four other brands to see what my stove does with them. I'll eventually need two more tons but I'm in no rush.

?, But "real" Green Supreme's are actually "real" NEWP's...