How Do You Open Your Pellet Bags?

Utilitrack said:

Hey Tinkabranc-

When was the last time you saw a swamp donkey (avatar) on the South Shore of MA?

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Haven't seen one around here lately, but I am not originally from here either. ;-)

tinkabranc said:

Utilitrack said:

Hey Tinkabranc-

When was the last time you saw a swamp donkey (avatar) on the South Shore of MA?

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Haven't seen one around here lately, but I am not originally from here either. ;-)

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We see them down here all the time! Some folks call 'em politicians, but that is way over the top....

Augustine said:

tinkabranc said:

Utilitrack said:

Hey Tinkabranc-

When was the last time you saw a swamp donkey (avatar) on the South Shore of MA?

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Haven't seen one around here lately, but I am not originally from here either. ;-)

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We see them down here all the time! Some folks call 'em politicians, but that is way over the top....

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Don't be pickin on my avatar now ;-P

redblur said:

Our hopper holds 2 bags worth. Gotta love the Avalon Astoria

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Yep, it's a wonderful thing...I can get a little over 2 1/2 bags in if I fill every nook and cranny around the outside edge of the hopper....it's so nice not having to look at it for a couple of days.

i wheel my 32 gallon(or so) heavy duty Rubbermaid trashcan out into my attached garage(my stove is in my basement and i have access to the garage). then i park the can near my 4 ton stack of pellets i have along the wall and proceed to cut the bags one by one and fill the trashcan(holds 7 bags, which is about what i burn in a week) after wards i wheel the can back into my family room and park it next to the stove. i only have to fill the can once a week and then each day i use a spouted bucket like this one:
http://www.americanchimneysweeps.com/brass_coal_hod.htm to top off the hopper, except mine is from my grandfathers' old farm and is just an old metal one. my setup is perfect for me and i couldn't be happier with my stove.

You guys sure seem to like handling them pellets lots of times. Where I come from it's known as "fondling".

hossthehermit said:

Where I come from it's known as "fondling".

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We LOVE our pellets!

Cut the top about 6 inches worth, dump the pellets in buckets, store the bags and reuse in summer to hold ice for trip to the fishing boat.

I poke a hole in the top corner. My hubby cuts corner off with scissors. But we learned not to leave bags at dogs reach - they chew holes anywhere on the bags - bad dogs (I'm sure they were only trying to help as usual). We dump pellets into a Homer Bucket from Home Crapo, then pour into the pig - watch for foreign objects better this way than direct dump.

coffee said:

I poke a hole in the top corner. My hubby cuts corner off with scissors. But we learned not to leave bags at dogs reach - they chew holes anywhere on the bags - bad dogs (I'm sure they were only trying to help as usual). We dump pellets into a Homer Bucket from Home Crapo, then pour into the pig - watch for foreign objects better this way than direct dump.

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What sort of "Foreign objects" are ya watchin' for????????

I do the same thing I once found a piece of metal in a bag of pellets,it looked like it was used to press the wood pulp but had broken off and fell into the pellets,pellets to me are just like corn you should always see whats going in your hopper or just find it when your auger jams.