Tote bags of pellets

[ste]

Is anyone using 1t tote bags of pellets? Just looking at how well they store?

Get through approx 6t/year in our domestic boiler, usually buy in bulk in the next couple of months so to avoid the high winter prices. Just looking at getting this years in tote bags to save on the amount of waste plastic bags we have. All will be stored in the boiler shed out of damp and weather.

 

[chickens and wheat]

just sit bag on a pallet, pellets can suck moisture out of a seemingly dry floor

 

[ste]

They would be on pallets.

Crazy thing is from initial pricing its cheaper to buy a pallet of 15kg bags than a bulk bag ????

 

[Collie lovers 2]

Is there a big saving through summer? We struggled to get any at all later in winter and think we ought to buy through the summer.

 

[Jim75]

Buy all ours in 1.5t totes. Crazy but it’s cheaper than getting them bulk blown.

 

[Collie lovers 2]

We are in aberdeenshire so would be interested to know what you buy and cost.

 

[Jim75]

We are in aberdeenshire so would be interested to know what you buy and cost.

Woodlets ex land energy Girvan although they come through our local machinery ring. They were hovering around 210-215/t but the last lot were up to 240 ish when pellets were going through the roof.

 

[sheepwise]

Buy all ours in 1.5t totes. Crazy but it’s cheaper than getting them bulk blown.

Same here. Picked up at plant at around £160/tonne

 

[sheepwise]

Should have said hellish things to transport,move about like a bag of water.

 

[Nearly]

@Dman2 has a bag / bin to sell.

 

[Collie lovers 2]

So is that ring link in elgin?

 

[Jim75]

So is that ring link in elgin?

HBS inverness

 

[Dman2]

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/biomass-wood-pellet-bag.219536/
open to offers
Only selling because we use @ 30t a year, and wanted something bigger to get a full load into over the summer

 

[smallholder99]

what value would dried out cattle muck and woodchip bedding have for use as biomass fuel

 

[TripleSix]

what value would dried out cattle muck and woodchip bedding have for use as biomass fuel

Good luck with that.

It's classed as waste incineration, needs to be at a minimum of 850*c
Feeding it into the boiler is also an issue.

I do a bit with a boiler running on poultry litter.
It's great fun

 

[smallholder99]

Good luck with that.

It's classed as waste incineration, needs to be at a minimum of 850*c
Feeding it into the boiler is also an issue.

I do a bit with a boiler running on poultry litter.
It's great fun

would a burnwell incinerator be suitable with an exemption for burning below 50kg/hr