Is there an age limit to this feeding bags of pellets thing?

Don't stop. Lugging those bags will keep you young!

I'm 63 & 8 months ................. my wife can luggem just fine .............

hossthehermit said:

I'm 63 & 8 months ................. my wife can luggem just fine .............

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I`m 72 next month and went thru 2 back operations and 2 total knee replacements .
I quit lugging wood 10 yrs ago but I have no immediate plans to quit lugging pellets. I do things a lot smarter now than when I was younger though.
When the day comes I can`t lift 40lbs of pellets I`ll have to have my wife do it.

7O this year. Had 6 tons delivered to the garage last month. When the time comes that I can't lift the 40# bags twice a day, I'll split the bags in half.

I'm 42 and getting tired of it too.

Very happy to say my Grandson at age 11 last year was strong enough to lug them in, I'm going to build (or buy) 2 pellet hoppers this year so he can fill them up every week and I can simply pour the pellets in from a coal hog or bucket. This should cut down on the dust as well.

61 here. Moved 4 ton in the garage by hand, still cut my firewood off the stump, trim it, cut it to length, split it stack it and lug it in the house to burn when ready.
Don't need Viagra, Cialis or any other drugs.
I will ride my Harley until I can't get my leg over the saddle anymore. Been doing it since I was 16.
Life is good!

Never too old to work! I went the route of pellets instead of wood stove because I was thinking ahead in that I would NOT want to cut/split/stack/move wood for a stove. I can place bags of pellets in the basement if bad snow is incoming and I can fill two buckets with 20 pounds each or 4 buckets with 10 pounds each. There are options to reduce your muscle usage.

Bill

Hdhogger said:

61 here. Moved 4 ton in the garage by hand, still cut my firewood off the stump, trim it, cut it to length, split it stack it and lug it in the house to burn when ready.
Don't need Viagra, Cialis or any other drugs.
I will ride my Harley until I can't get my leg over the saddle anymore. Been doing it since I was 16.
Life is good!

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67 here. 2 tons by hand to the basement. Currently cutting and splitting several cords (Oak, Ash, Hickory). Have plenty of Oak & Ash already seasoned. I just signed up for Medicare. The folks were shocked when I said I take no drugs. My 'drug' is a warm house in the dead of winter.

TimfromMA said:

I'm 42 and getting tired of it too.

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Come back in an other 40 and tell those that are still here all 'bout it.

64 here and other than an occasional NSAID to quell a throbbing wrist pain (don't slip on the ice dummy [reminder to self]) or a brew or two I'm still running around in the woods scaring NEWB pellet burners.

SmokeyTheBear said:

Come back in an other 40 and tell those that are still here all 'bout it.

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By then, I hope to have my own personal fusion reactor that can run 10,000 years on a gallon of sea water.

I'm sure that it is different for everyone. Sometimes things like old injuries, arthritis etc. get in the way of our life.
Personally at retirement age and slowing down a bit. This week we are taking corn out of a gravity box, cleaning it and putting it in containers that are manageable to me.
10 years ago I would have done the process in a day, now it's done in easy steps, 2 or 3 barrels a day and soon it will be in my basement.

Dang all this thinking and typing It's time for my nap!!

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Stop posting that picture of me. Although I'm not to sure who's head that is.

velvetfoot said:

My first experience with pellets was moving 4 tons from the driveway to the walkout basement via lawn tractor and cart, carrying through door, and putting them on pallets and moving them into place with a pallet jack. I've processed a lot of firewood, but with firewood, you don't have to lift the rounds too high and you can split as small as you want for high stacking. The 40 lb sacks is a new wrinkle, so to speak, for me.

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Trust me it is easier than 50 pound bags of chicken feed or 48 oval cans of sardines, or cases of can covers (read boxes of metal), or 60 pound bags of concrete mix, and my number one favorite 100 pound sacks of rock salt with one foot on the dock and the other on a boat.

m159267 said:

My 'drug' is a warm house in the dead of winter.

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And maybe a bourbon or two.

SmokeyTheBear said:

64 here and other than an occasional NSAID to quell a throbbing wrist pain (don't slip on the ice dummy [reminder to self]) or a brew or two I'm still running around in the woods scaring NEWB pellet burners.

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So you're still on the look out for pellet heists? Those pellet pigs never quit!

Divide your ages by two and you get mine.

I'll try to stay off your lawns, gentlemen.

Earl

I was used to 5 gallon buckets of coal at a time which is close to 40 lb but with a handle ! The sacks/bags was a new hitch last year but by the end of the burn season I was just tucking them under my arm to carry them in. I'm 64 now and find it's not the weight it's the gripping power ( I have mild onset of carpel tunnel). As to dust, I found that the most dust is let into the room when crushing up the bags, it gives a big blast of dust. So I'm more careful about that now and take measures to aid in not letting the dust escape in the first place..

earl764 said:

Divide your ages by two and you get mine.

I'll try to stay off your lawns, gentlemen.

Earl

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haha... I won't mention that my age starts with a 2...


I have a long pellet burning career ahead of me