PRICES AND AVAILABILITY OF WOOD PELLETS

[PJT]

I usually buy it by the ton at a local Agway in Lancaster. They are pretty much out for the next few months. I did stumble across pellets at Wal-Mart. Yes, the evil Wally world had them at 3.79 a bag. They had a few pallets that were spoken for already but I was able to snag 20 bags from what they had in stock. I know they have the pellets at Northboro, West Boylston and Framingham. Get them while you can. I believe the guy said that they were getting a shipment in yesterday so get going.

[ProfessorM]

Never seen pellets that cheap 1.69. Usually about 4 bucks a bag. Sure glad I got 40 bags left over from last year have not even thought about buying this year guess I will have to get motivated. Install the thing yourself 4 grand is awful high. It is simple and have it inspected by the building inspector so not to void your homeowners ins. It's worth a try. Good luck. Paul

[alocke]

Thanks to all who responded.
You'll never know how helpful you are.And your right we never bought pellets for $1.69 per bag, they were $169.00 per ton last year if you bought them in the summer on contract. What did teacher say about decimal points?
Also the stove is a fully automatic model at 40,000 btu's.Whitfield 30 fs.with 3 tons of pellets with installation its complete.
Kindest regards
Al

[Raven]

the perfect fire starter substitute
if you don't have (dry) kindling

after some experimentation.......

my solution is: filling a carboard egg carton
with pellets and starting it off with a little
newspaper to get the carton lit on fire
and it hasn't failed ...yet... it's perfect!

[teaser]

Pellets at Home Cheapo as of yesterday ... $5.89 for a 40 lb. bag, Dartmouth Home Cheapo that is.

Don't look like the price is going to come down any in the future either as I was told that they can't even keep enough in the store at those prices.

[Diamond Tackle]

unreal,
so has anyone done a cost analysis between Oil, gas and pellets, I saw a chart once. I'm guessing pellets are more expensive than oil at this point, unless the time and effort in locating, gathering, loading , unloading, and then feeding the hopper pays less than min wage. Do they at least deliver if you buy a ton at a time?

[ProfessorM]

Yes they deliver. I just bought a metric ton yesterday. 2400lbs. 60 bags about 5.50 a bag. Paid 330.00. That is as cheap as anywhere I have found and it is a good quality pellet. There are some crap pellets out there, lots of fillers. The guy is right down the street from me. He is going to try and make a go of it selling only pellets. 8400 BTU's per pound. Wood is anywere from 200 to 350 a cord. Not sure how it stacks up against other forms of fuel but I figure since I got my stove for nothing I am ahead of the game. I got the guys number if you need it, unfortunately Tinman the delivery charge would kill yeah. P.