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Bulk wood pellets
Bulk wood pellets
come in a few different ways. The most common
way being in a one ton canvas carrying sack on
a pallet or skid from the mill. If you have a
dry means to store wood pellet sacks by the ton
in this manner than you may save just a few dollars
from the typical 40lb plastic bags used.
Another way to store
wood pellets in bulk is to install a mini silo
and have a local bulk truck fill it once a year
for you. Such bulk units are made of metal installed
outside the dwelling while some other are installed
indoors with a sack and rack method. Bulk services
like this are very limited around the USA. With
the silo in place, you would only need to dispense
enough pellets for a daily fill of your wood pellet
stove hopper or for the wood pellet boiler user
there are also automatic feed auger systems to
install between the wood pellet storage silo and
boiler.
Left above: indoor
pellet silo - Right: Outdoor pellet silo come
in varies sizes
When storing pellets
by bulk in a silo unit you should avoid any homemade
clear plastic storage units like modified water
tanks. Sunlight collected in such units and extremes
in temperature change can cause condensation moisture
within the bulk unit causing permanent damage
to your bulk pellet purchase. A wet pellet is
a no good pellet.
Some bulk wood pellets
being sent overseas are exposed to the long sea
air journey resulting in damage when arrived at
port from the humidity.
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