Bear Bricks are made from a blend of douglas fir, cedar and hardwood sawdust, as well as forestry residuals harvested from sustainably-managed public and private forest lands located near our factory in Cascade Locks, OR.
12 Bear Bricks per tray, 81 trays per pallet, 972 total Bricks per pallet
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I bought two pallets of bear bricks for this 2013-2014 heating season at Costal; they do not look like pictures I have seen–six in a pack, no “bear” stamp. They are extremely loosely bound, flake apart and make a terrible mess; they are also absorbing moisture in the garage; when I burn them they “puff out” and soon become nothing but fluffy ash; they seem to have as much heat as a stove full of kindling, definitely not like harder wood; I have to treat them like “babies” overly gentle or pieces break off; also, they are pressed the long way instead of end to end and so you can really break a piece off and use it for starter; never will buy them again; apparently they use a looser pressing process then in prior years; will go back to press-to-logs: cleaner and more heat
I bought two tons of bear bricks from Costal Farm and Ranch from the Cornelius/Hillsoboro store. That included 99 x 2 packages of 6 bricks. One pallet was fairly tight, the other is very “flaky” with pieces crumbling off when I stack or move the bricks. They are definitely not “clean” to use, even if they are clean to burn.
With the senior discount, I calculated the cost of the “wood” at 12 cents per pound (including delivery) which compares to about 60 cents a pound on sale for products like Press-to-logs. (Price per pound is the only real way to compare their cost as far as I know.)
The bricks are much more loosely compacted than others I have tried; this means they start easier but burn quicker and come apart in the stove once they really start burning. I use them to get the stove up to temp before I put hard wood CAREFULLY on top of the coals. They save me from using up all my kindling warming up the stove. They do a good job, but they are a bit messy (but no bugs).
Save money and aggravation and buy wood..unless of course you enjoy sweeping and vacuuming sawdust constantly; as well as, this product burns at a faster rate than wood. We paid $300.00 for a pallet (one ton)and went through it quickly. Would not recommend.
I burned three tons of Bear Bricks last season, and had almost a ton left over. I started this year using up my seasoned firewood (a mix of alder, maple and fir) and just recently started burning Bear Bricks again. With this fresh perspective, I’d have to say Bear Bricks are superior to firewood in every way. Given the choice of buying a “dry” cord of wood or buying Bear Bricks, it’s Bear Bricks all the way.
Yes I live on the westside of Cleveland Ohio , were can these Bear Bricks fire Logs or Bio logs, be purchase in Ohio.
I live in Silverton, or. Where can I get the Bear bricks.
Bear Bricks at Parkrose Hardware best source on east side of Portland
Where can these be purchased? I live on the East side of
Portland.