Stash to stove?

I have an extended hopper on the P61A, so I climb a step stool and dump the bags in. The St. Croix won't quite take a bag, so a lot of time I will pour half a bag into the Harman, then pour the other half into the Hastings. Either way, it always comes straight out of the bag.

I have a 4 qt liquid pitcher..
I scoop the pellets up in the pitcher to fill the hopper till the Bag is half empty.
then dump the bag into the hopper. easier on my back to lift 20 lbs instead of 40 and also easier for the Mrs..

I trained Fido to do it for me... It's still a work in progress

TimfromMA said:

Scoop them out of a container?

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I haven't been shopping recently, but I wouldn't mind having a decorative container I could keep in reasonable proximity to the stove, maybe a brass barrel with a tight lid, something like that. 2-bag capacity would be nice. Anybody use one?

I lay the bag on it's side over the hopper and take a razor knife and run it along the bottom and let gravity take over.

Open the bag and away it goes. No muss no fuss.

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I thought about getting some kind of container and scoop, but it seemed like it would be twice the work...

I put them into a metal pale which holds half a bag and then dump them in so I don't accidently burn plastic. I have a corner install so this makes it easier.

I store my pellets in the basement so I empty the bag into 2 5gallon buckets. They hide under a little corner table near the stove and always full and ready to go. Makes it easier for the wife and kids to handle as opposed to a 40lb bag,

I use a coal HOD...

Keep it simple, dump from the bag

i also use two five gallon buckets for one bag at a time go from pole barn to house one trip a day some times two it about a 50 yard walk.

CTmedic said:

Open the bag and away it goes. No muss no fuss.

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This.

I made a wooden chest out of maple it will hold 7 bags use a 3quart feed scoop to fill the stove. This way you don't see pellet bags laying around,I can see what I'm putting in the stove, all the fines fall to the bottom.im not scraping up my finish or melting bags on stove,and the wife can fill it herself this way.works pretty well

Stainless steel milk bucket, holds 2/3 bag.

I'm bag dumping but it is messy with dust so i am working on getting the corner of the bag down in the hopper so less free fall and less dust plumm, may end up pouring into buckets on the porch and then move to the stove. usually pour a 1/2 to 3/4 bag at a time.

Dump straight in and if they don't all fit we pour the rest into the larger ceramic vessel you see in my profile pic. It has a scoop in it or we just pick up and dump when hopper gets low.

2 five gallon Home Depot buckets and I'm good for the day.sometimes x2

I'm in the "dump bag" segment of the pellet population. I burn way too many pellets to fuss with decanters and ornamental storage containers. It's fuel, not wine, after all.

Bag to hopper. No go betweens. Our pellets are stored in our back entry/porch, no stairs required. If I'm really lucky hubby has brought a bag in for me so I don't have to walk the extra 30ft, but I have no problem carrying the bags in, cutting them open and dumping them in. They sure weigh less then the rolls of fabric to throw over my shoulder to take to the cutting table for job #1, or the bins of auto parts at job #2.

The two plastic bucket trick works for me. My working stash is in the basement and stove is on the main floor. I went with plastic due to the glass hopper door. I figure there is less chance of breaking it with plastic buckets. The pour from bag to bucket also gives a quick look at the pellets in case of foreign objects in the bag.

Coal Hod. The big box stores call them ash buckets. It's a great thing to have for an insert with a narrow opening. Under $20.

Papelletman said:

I use a coal HOD...

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Same here. 4 tons stored in the garage. When I go out in the morning to feed the dog (his food smells like hell because its some natural BS so I feed him out there to keep the stink out of the house) I take the coal hod with me and fill it up and come in and dump. Keeps dust at a minimum, and the hod looks nice next to the stove.

open bag, pour into hopper.