Yes pellets have gotted very expensive and I would not buy a stove either. I also burn wood. I got mine for free from a family member. They just didn't allow for how the pellet stove buissness was going to take off. They can't produce enough pellets to supply all the stoves, but they are building the manufacturing facilities as fast as they can. Sounds sort of like the oil buissness doesn't it. Not enough refineries. They learned well. Hopefully in the future there will be more competition and prices will fall.
Raven I think it would work, worth a try anyway. You just need to get the jelly type starter fluid that you put on pellets to get them going, like starter fluid. I just use pine to start my fires. People always are trying to get rid of it and I find it to work perfect. I have a cord of pine and I just use it for starting the wood stove. P.
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