Pellet Store

Don't see red this heating season...see green

Phone 845-687-4508 ~ Serving The Alternate Energy Needs Of The Hudson Valley & Catskills ~ Stone Ridge, NY 12484

WOOD PELLETS

With the overwhelming response to our pellets this past year, we will continue to bring in these pellets again this year as long as we can. These Turman Super Premium pellets outperform virtually all others in our area. They're a hardwood pellet produced from sawdust and chips from the Turman Hardwood Flooring plant. Because this sawdust is kiln-dried oak with no bark, they have less than .3% ash and are high in Btu's. Normally this low ash and high BTU content would only be available in a soft wood pellet. Not any more!

Turman Super Premium Pellets

In the past there where two recognized grades of wood pellets, Standard and Premium. The grades are determined by a multitude of factors such as ash, moisture, length, and certain chemical properties. For the most part the consumer should be concerned with the ash content and maybe BTU rating, although this should be taken with a grain of salt as readings are not always accurate. Standard pellets are rated as greater than 1% ash. These should be avoided, unless you have a biomass stove with some kind of ash management system, such as the Bixby or Cumberland units. Premium pellets are rated as having less than 1% ash, and are usually what's available in most stores and outlets. Less than 1% ash seems very small, but as you will see there's quite a span. Recently the Wood Pellet Institute developed a third grade of pellets called Super Premium, with ash content of less than .5%. You see, the Premium pellet with an ash content of .9% has three times the ash content of a Super Premium pellet rated at .3%.

What does all that mean to you? Well to start, that usually means that if you use Super Premium pellets you will be cleaning your stove about 1/2 to 1/3 as much. If you were cleaning every 3 days, that could go to 6 days or more. It doesn't stop there. Ash is not only your enemy, but also your stoves. Ash can coat the heat transfer surfaces of your stove, which decreases the stoves efficiency. Consequently you get less heat from each pound of pellets. So yes, Super costs a little more, but you'll be saving time and getting a more efficient burning stove.

One more thing to consider before you buy your pellets....Storage! Most pellet manufactures store their freshly made pellets outdoors, using a plastic cover for each ton. Although this is OK in the short run, it is best to minimize that outdoor exposure. It's too easy for a branch or stick or animal to puncture that plastic cover and allow rain or snow to contaminate the pellets and turn them into landfill. We store all of our pellets in a warehouse. We normally have an ample supply of both grades of pellets. Tailgate Delivery option is available. 1 YR. FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH EXCELLENT RATES. Call for pricing.