Can I damage my pellets by stacking them too high?

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arcticcat1

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Nov 6, 2009
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Eastern Me.
With lower pellet prices this year I've begun to start hoarding for the 2011-2012 season and with limited space in my basement I'm having to stack them pretty high (12-15 high).Some of these may sit there till the end of next season&I don't want them to be sawdust by the time I get to burning them.
 
Since they double stack pallets at the manufacturers storage facilities I'd say no... I never had any problems and my dealer double stacks 'em.
 
BTU said:
cat900 said:
With lower pellet prices this year I've begun to start hoarding for the 2011-2012 season and with limited space in my basement I'm having to stack them pretty high (12-15 high).Some of these may sit there till the end of next season&I don't want them to be sawdust by the time I get to burning them.

The short answer to your questions is "No"....the longer version to the question is still "No".. See picture of pallets stacked 4 high right off of a MAJOR dealer's website located in CT.
Our standard pallet is stacked 13 bags high....so again, I don't see any damage to speak of stacking a little higher than you might otherwise
The picture answers my question with out a doubt & you will be happy to know that the pellets I'm hoarding are Okies.Thanks.
 
Because its the norm doesn't make it right. If you had a choice, would you want your pellets from the top or bottom? We have purchased 22 tons at work and I make sure I pick mine up before they get handled and stacked. They have to crumble the higher their stacked. Just my take
 
cat900 said:
With lower pellet prices this year I've begun to start hoarding for the 2011-2012 season and with limited space in my basement I'm having to stack them pretty high (12-15 high).Some of these may sit there till the end of next season&I don't want them to be sawdust by the time I get to burning them.

LG's are 15 row (1.5 ton) pallets.

The weight per square inch from a pallet of pellets on the bottom pellets is slightly less than one pound per square inch (on a 43" x 50" pallet of Cubex it is 0.9302 pounds per square inch for the one ton 10 row stack).

Your stacking won't cause any problems, just don't be rough when handling them.
 
I hand stacked 2 tons ibn a small area, after a week 30+ bags tipped over, thank god my car wasn't parked next them, it's a Focus which would of turned into a Festiva!!
 
handling would do more damage than stacking the pallets on top of each other
rough handling will break pellets
stacking them and leaving them alone
should have no affect
 
FWIW, I recently attended an open house at the NEWP Jaffrey location and they had plenty of pellets in their yard stacked 4 pallets high.
 
they usually put a piece of plywood/etc between each skid stack to spread the weight load as well, so keep tha tin mind.
 
Handling them too much does more damage than stacking them high.

I re-stack 14-16 high in my basement each year and the ones on the bottom
are fine when I finally get to them. First year I made the mistake of stacking
the bags all in the same direction and they fell over constantly. Now I stack
each row (3&2) like the mfr does, and they stay put.
 
if you do get crumbled pellets from stacking them too high I will dispose of them properly for you... ;-)
 
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