I actually purchased 3 ton from Menard's. I am waiting to schedule delivery because I'm a little bit worried about the AWF after last year. They claim they are better this year, I've burned one bag and it seemed ok. But last year after about 40 bags I started having issues with my stove.
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Sorry, Michigan Wood Fuels is what I had trouble with, but that's all the Menard's around me have. Where in MI are you?
I'm in Holland, that's where they make the MWF Pellets, it's all they have here and at the Menard's in Grand Rapds. Last year it's all they had to start out the year, then they got in Magic Spark, but only because the MWF were so bad. This year MWF claims they've resolved whatever made the pellets so bad. I'm just not sure I trust that.
DrewBoogie
Burning Hunk
I went to TSC in Leominster MA today and picked up a few of the white bags - I just tried iGepir and it came back as Maine Woods Pellet Company. I checked has the same bar code and SKU as the red bags.
Bar code: 852453003004
SKU: 3195163
Bar code: 852453003004
SKU: 3195163
DrewBoogie
Burning Hunk
I believe the SKU is theirs for the registers and all bags of pellets have the same SKU. The barcode will be different though.
Johnny_Fiv3
Feeling the Heat
Confirmed Ontario, NY TSC has their brand red bag premium hardwood in stock. Barcode came back as Lignetics. $5.49 a bag. They also have the blonde horse bedding pellets in stock. Last year there were 2 kinds at TSC. The blonde ones and some darker, almost grey ones. The blonde ones burn perfectly, the greys burn like crap. On sale for 2 for $11 till November 1st. They smell like straight pine trees. Grabbed 4 bags for the cold days and 6 of the red bags, also for the cold days since Liggies burn white hot.
Peterfield
Minister of Fire
linc1216
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MuchoBueno
Burning Hunk
I think this white bagged TSC pellets are better than I expected and I expected just OK out of them like the omalleys they had last year, but these seem to burn cleaner so far.
RyansCAB50
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I'm new to wood pellet stoves I went to tractor supply and I noticed this upc 711039328002 any help will be welcomed
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
burned a ton of O'Malley's last year..
never again... longest pellets in the universe and they left Super Hard speedbumps in the burnpot.. I'm talking chisel time..
Great heat though..
titanracer
Feeling the Heat
This UPC # you have listed from the bag are packaged/filled by Dry Creek Products.
Titanracer thanks I brought about a dozen bags tonight my nearest tsc store had 30 tons in their yard and 10 tons of the upc that people say is fake and they have different bags one is premium wood pellets and the other is hardwood blend
MuchoBueno
Burning Hunk
With the pellets I normally burn, carbon speed bumps come with the territory. I think the white pine soft pellets I burned last year were the only ones that burned clean but the amount of fines did not justify me buying more
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
these carbon deposits we're super hard...
harder than anything I ever burned from HD when I used to get pellets there..
millerized
Member
Crap pellets as far as a 'pellet' goes. You'll read the side of the bag that says "Hardwood "BLEND". So far, I've found everything from corn to plastic to large chunks of both corn stalk and wood chips in my bags so far. The first bag was nearly all dust, probably 1/2 of the pellets either got wet or didn't have enough binder to stay together. Pure dust, not the wet dust you usually get. That dust, it had the taste smell and texture of MDF...medium density fiberboard.
That said, (not including the dust bag) they burn very hot in my homebrew gravity fed stove. Hot as in 500-600F temp at the top of the burner where it enters the pipe out. Photo attached, corn and crap on the left, dust pellets on the right. 3 of the 3 bags I've burnt so far.
That said, (not including the dust bag) they burn very hot in my homebrew gravity fed stove. Hot as in 500-600F temp at the top of the burner where it enters the pipe out. Photo attached, corn and crap on the left, dust pellets on the right. 3 of the 3 bags I've burnt so far.
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Cedarjunki
Minister of Fire
What is the upc # on the bag? Or upload a pic of the upc. Im curious where those came from
Johnny_Fiv3
Feeling the Heat
The ones that say blend are crap. The ones that say 100% hardwood are made by Dry Creek (according to UPC) and are exceptional. Same looking bag so you have to read the side.
EDIT: Corn??!! Seriously?! LOL!
EDIT: Corn??!! Seriously?! LOL!
Cedarjunki
Minister of Fire
farmboy57
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currans suck bad, bought 1 ton of instan theat like night and day great heat and low ash, last time i will buy currans
farmboy57
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