Brad DeMille is advising his customers with pellet stoves to stock up on wood pellets before winter sets in.
After Pinnacle Renewable Energy in Armstrong in 40-lb. bags due to a mechanical breakdown and safety concerns, the DeMille91裸聊视频檚 Farm Market owner has been feeling the heat. While the store sells Pinnacle91裸聊视频檚 pellets by the ton, contained in plastic totes, Brad DeMille said they are a 91裸聊视频減ain in the butt91裸聊视频� to deal with.
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The buyer of one of these totes must have a vehicle capable of lifting 2,200 pounds safely, and a dry place to store the pellets once home. These circumstances make this kind of bulk purchase inaccessible to many of his customers who live off the natural-gas grid said DeMille.
DeMille has found another source of pellets which poses its own set of challenges. While DeMille91裸聊视频檚 has some stock from Pinnacle leftover, the majority of pellets now come from La Crete Sawmill in Alberta. The cost of the transportation has pushed the price up but against his accountant91裸聊视频檚 wishes he wants to continue selling them at as narrow margins as possible as he considers it a community service.
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DeMille said the only other source of wood pellets he found was Clean Burn in Tacoma, Wash.
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While he doesn91裸聊视频檛 see a solution in the near future, he thinks one will be found eventually.
91裸聊视频淧eople are pretty ingenious that way. I think they will find a solution, but I91裸聊视频檓 a little worried about this winter,91裸聊视频� he said.
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DeMille91裸聊视频檚 was stocked with 70 pallets, each with 65 bags of pellets. DeMille91裸聊视频檚 said he usually sells four to five pallets each day and estimates he has 15 days worth of pellets left, with his next shipment coming from Alberta in 30 days.
There are various other places to buy the pellets in town though. Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚 Rona location has more than 3,000 bags on hand with a steady supply from Eagle Valley Fuel Pellets coming from Princeton. The lack of supply from Pinnacle caused Rona91裸聊视频檚 individual pellet bag price to rise by 25-30 cents.
Home Hardware also sells pellets from Clean Burn in Tacoma, Wash. The change in supplier led to an increase of $60-$70 per tonne, but the hardware store also has more than 3,000 bags in stock. Canadian Tire91裸聊视频檚 Canwick pellets did not see an increase in price and has not experienced an issue with supply. Heading into the winter months the company expects to establish a service that can drop off large quantities of pellets to remote areas.
Cameron.thomson@saobserver.net
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