Does a bag of pellets have an expiration date on them

shafer14

Posted: 27 January 2012 08:41 PM

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Maybe a dumb question…..but gotta ask. Does a bag of pellets have an expiration date on them? Or how long is the shelf life?

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j-takeman

Posted: 27 January 2012 08:44 PM

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Only enemy to pellets I know of is direct contact to moisture. No age limit and I have personally burn pellets over 4 seasons old without a hitch.

Don’t let the bags get physically wet and you should be fin.

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SmokeyTheBear

Posted: 27 January 2012 08:50 PM

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Some reading

http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/88102/

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shafer14

Posted: 27 January 2012 09:01 PM

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Thanks again….

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smwilliamson

Posted: 28 January 2012 07:44 AM

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Only when it’s empty or wet.

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tony58

Posted: 28 January 2012 07:34 PM

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The ones I’m burning during this warm spell I bought in 2007.doing just fine…

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Snowy Rivers

Posted: 29 January 2012 12:22 PM

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Last fall we finally used up the lst few bags of Heartlands that we bought back in the winter of 1994

We just kept piling the newer stuff on top of them.

As mentioned, MOISTURE is the only bad thing.

If you think about it, we build houses out of wood and they can last centuries.

If the bags are kept dry and not beat around (can break the pellets up a lot of handled a lot)
these things could last nearly forever.

Snowy

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