Noticed on the bag under additives .10% soy oil by weight. Do you have this listed on the type of pellets you are using?
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Peterfield
Minister of Fire
Vegetarian pellets? Seriously, I recently took a tour at the NH plant and they said they didn't add anything. Can you tell if your stash is from the NH plant or one if the NY plants?
bogieb
Minister of Fire
Interesting as I thought I had read something about no oil additives should be used in pellets. Could be wrong, misremembering or making up my facts as I go along though 
fmsm
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JRA
Feeling the Heat
I used green supreme aka newp last year from the nh plant my first year burning and they were terrible. tons of ash, clinkers, and creasol build up in the stove. Not to mention when it got below 30 degrees out i had to labor my stove just to keep a somewhat lukewarm temp in my house. on thier bags I vaguely remember it stating contains soy oil or something along those lines, could be wrong though. whatever they use its not working and I would never burn these again.
Cedarjunki
Minister of Fire
Some form of oil is benefitial in the machines life aspect. If used at proper amounts it lubricates the die. Which makes for less wear and tear. At the same time it also acts as the binding agent in which most forms of material need to make a good pellet. But if too much oil is used it makes a crappy pellet. (Much less dense) lower heat output, falls apart, etc.
Then you get the plants that use scraps of anything including plywood, particle board, etc. And makes a horrible, nasty smelling along with extremely dirty burning pellets because of the glues in the material.
It is very hard to rely on any statement, even the ones saying 100% pure sawdust from wood flooring.. i find it hard to believe they have a never ending supply capable of producing the amount of pellets they put out. you have to wonder where the material is actually coming from.
(Im in a log home manufacturing bussiness and i see how much material is produced daily from milling. No way would i would be able to produce thousands and thousands of tons of pellets non stop without finding other sources of material.)
Then you get the plants that use scraps of anything including plywood, particle board, etc. And makes a horrible, nasty smelling along with extremely dirty burning pellets because of the glues in the material.
It is very hard to rely on any statement, even the ones saying 100% pure sawdust from wood flooring.. i find it hard to believe they have a never ending supply capable of producing the amount of pellets they put out. you have to wonder where the material is actually coming from.
(Im in a log home manufacturing bussiness and i see how much material is produced daily from milling. No way would i would be able to produce thousands and thousands of tons of pellets non stop without finding other sources of material.)
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