O.K. people. It's time to get ready for Winter.We were at Sam's and the wood pellets there were $4.88 a bag!
Anyone seen any bags cheaper?
Are any other stores putting them out yet?

That's over a 100% increase from last year!

I usually get mine from Solliday, now Home Adventures; but I haven't priced them yet. They're located on Wilson Blvd in Hagerstown.

I'll soon need to be getting some.

I think I saw ads for $177 a ton in the HM. Sound right?

That's probably a reasonable price, Snoop. Do ya' remember the merchant?

Sorry, no I don't. Could have been Central Tractor, not sure. I'll ask a friend who buys them where they got theirs this year and for how much. They buy by the ton. Stay tuned...

My friend bought theirs from Agway in Waynesboro, and paid $165 a ton, and an additional $20 for 1st ton, $10 for other 3 tons for delivery. They usually use ~ 3 tons a year.

That would be a trip for us.Especially hauling it back!
We havn't been no place else to look. We bought the stove over in Ringgold and havn't been back to check on their pellet prices. Guess I could call,but then again I'm heading into town on Friday so maybe I'll hit them and Lewis'

Just talked to a good friend of mine, he bought from Home Adventures a couple weeks ago for $185/ton.

Delivered or pick-up?

$35 delivery on the first ton and $10 or $20 on the second and third tons.

So, that would have been a pick-up price.

Well, it's easier than wood heat, but even if you buy your wood it's probably more expensive than wood heat. If you cut your own wood it's much cheaper, but MUCH more work. But, and this is a biggie for me, if the electricity goes out, you're SOL with a pellet stove. Unless you have a generator to run long enough till power is back on...

well,of course we have a generator.everyone should ya know.

Yoss-is it Home Adventures thats on Wilson? never heard of them.who /what are they?

WVD, it's the old Solliday Oil company, sorta next to Minnich Funeral Home, right at the railroad track between S Potomac and Frederick. Mr. Grove sold Solliday and the new owners are calling it Home Adventures. I think they have a store also, out on the Dual Hy across from Martins near the Red Horse Restaurant.

I think they sell hot tubs and pools too.

WVD, I looked up an old bill I had:

The Home Adventures Co.
327 E. Wilson Blvd.
Hagerstown, MD
301-739-2555

hmmm...thanx.Might have to stop there and see whats-what.

Wish I knew how clean those pellets burn tho. The ones we got last year at Sams did great. We didn't have to empty the ash pan in the stove all Winter! That was somethin after fooling with firewood for 24yrs.

They sell Lignetics brand - a product of wild and wonderful West by-God Virginia!

I've never heard of not emptying the ash pan. I burn my stove only to provide supplement heat on extremely cold days. Maybe go thru one or two bags a week, and clean it out every weekend. Get maybe a cup or two of ash. Vacuum it out real good with a shop-vac. Plus I use a grill cleaner to wipe down the inside and clean the glass front.

A friend of mine goes thru about a bag a day and he has to clean out his stove a couple times a week.

Lignetics burns pretty hot, and it's fairly clean. Not much soot to clean off the inside.

The ones we got last year were called Bio-something or other .I'd have to go out and uncover them to get the name.We seemed to have gone thru only 2 1/2 ton last year. But,I'm not big on an extremely warm house. I prefer between 65-70 degrees. Thats plenty warm for me.Hubby thinks I'm nuts.Of course I am! I sit outside in Winter with just long sleeved t-shirt and drink my coffee.
Maybe thats why the pan wasn't that full.We didn't burn it that high.I dunno know.Maybe cause it's a big a$$ pan.We did the vacuming every week too and cleaning the window.
I've got to say that the house was alot cleaner too using pellets.Although when we dropped one or two the cat would bat them around and I have to chase her to get them away from her.
Guess I'll just have to do some comparetive shopping this year. I can't believe how high the price jumped in one year! I hate greed/greedy people.(except for OUR greedy-weedy that is )

My friends used Lignetics, too, and said there was very little ash - FWIW.

WVD -- I don't think the price did jump much in a year, at least according to my friend.

We paid about $3.58 per bag last year at Sam's and this year they were up to $4.88 per bag. I think that a big jump.And why did it jump to begin with?I know,I know, gas prices,or theres a saw dust shortage,or theres SOME kind of shortage SOMEWHERE in the world. It's becoming a convenient excuse for greed IMO.

A little off topic, but if you think the price of things is going up, wait a little while until they start rebuilding New Orleans. My guess is the price of dimensional lumber, drywall, and other building products is going to be astronomical.

But we should have plenty of sawdust to make the pellets.

At $180 a ton it's $3.60 a 40 pound bag right now. That's similar to last year's price, so I'm told. Sam's may charge more due to the by-the-bag price always being higher, or maybe they just aren't competitive on this item.

Shortage will always, always, cause price to go up, WVD. There's no way around it. If you find one, let me know. After all, would you sell me your house for what you paid for it plus the passbook savings interest rate for the years you owned it? If not, is that greed? Not IMO. But if it is in your book, let me know and I'll go mortgage shopping right away!

wtf's a passbook savings interest rate thingy!???? STOP TALKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE!

I didn't say that shortage wouldn't make a price go up hun.I just think that people are taking advantage of all the "shortages" and "gas prices". It's greed IMO. Thats all.

If you go to the bank and say you want to open a "regular" savings account, that's a passbook savings account. Whatever interest rate the bank pays for your savings account is what I meant.

Lets' pretend you wanted to sell your house. So, say you bought your house in 2000 for $150,000 and the passbook interest rates for each year from 2000 to 2005 were, on average 5% (it was probably less). I'd pay you the $150,000 you paid plus interest at 5%, and even give you a $2000 premium so you could take a nice vacation.

Would you sell me your house for that amount, or would you instead sell it for what the appraisal was or what you could get as the highest offer from all interested buyers? In reality, your house probably doubled in value over that time due to "shortages" based on supply and demand. By your logic, selling at that fair market price is "greed".

no.

No what?

no.

just drop the morgage lesson.i never understand the crap and my eyes glaze over and it's like those math problems with the 2 trains leaving different stations crap. i never could figure those stupid things out.
let it go. i still say the prices were jacked for greed and ya ain't gonna change this stubborn local's mind.

the hubby of the secretary at my hubby's work,actually works at Southern States and he says that the price is going up again there next week.So if ya know anyone who buys at SS tell them to get there this week. I'm making calls today for prices.
Ya know what gets me? Sam's won't give ya better price on thiers for buying tons at a time.I always thought they were in the "bulk" business.

Where's Tom Fiery when we need him. He probably has a research report on wood pellet futures!

Hey WVD...who's Max Hoffman?




Ooops, sorry, I'm off topic!

then you deserve a spanking....


ooops, I'm off topic too...

guess I deserve a spanking too...

Hey BMIC -- this seems to be up your alley, seeing as you've mentioned hitting people before. You available to administer spankings?

Actually, I was kinda hoping it would be Heather... in her Halloween costume...

Bend over and bite down on the leather strap. It's going to hurt.

Only to members of the oppoite sex. Please send a picture and I'll let you know if I'm willing.

I pm'd ya the answer.

OK Yoss, you spank me, then I'll spank you




Now, back on topic. I wonder what Max uses to heat his house?

Who knows Naomi.Maybe he chops his own firewood,and keeps in shape that way!*fantasy*mmmmm........










ok,I'm back now!

We get our pellets at Wal-Mart. We were surprised; they burn better than the ones we got at other places. Last year they were something like $2.89 a bag. Haven't looked yet this year.