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  1. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    What would cause this type of build up?
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  2. Dgopetactical Member

    joined: Nov 22, 2012
    153 posts
    York County, Pa
    Is it soft and scrape off easy? Or ist it hard and stuck?
  3. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    Soft and Easy, just how she likes it ;lol sorry :p
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  4. subsailor Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 8, 2011
    1,315 posts
    Winthrop, Maine
    It must be the Sets:p
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  5. letsblaze Feeling the Heat

    Yup, Inferior sets. I'll be by to take them crappy pellets off your hands for 1/2 off.
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  6. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    All of them? you were first to offer so their yours
  7. letsblaze Feeling the Heat

    I think I will need a semi or two.
  8. SmokeyTheBear Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 10, 2008
    11,442 posts
    Standish, ME
    What setting are ya burning on OMV?
  9. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    Using the Softwood setting Auto its running medium for the most part
  10. DexterDay Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 11, 2010
    9,058 posts
    NE Ohio
    That looks odd??????

    Do you have an OAK? Is your R/H pretty high (relative humidity)??

    I would love to poke blame at the Sets :)

    But I Effin no better ;)
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  11. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    That was my first thought moisture, but no OAK 74 F in here dry as a bone
    sure hope i didnt catch a bad load of sets lol
  12. farmboy New Member

    joined: Nov 5, 2011
    55 posts
    eastern va
    I had this exact same thing when I cleaned my stove today,burning green label lignetics.
  13. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    Well to be honest i been playing around switching off some MWP and a bag of GS so cant totally say Sets but mostly Sets
  14. DexterDay Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 11, 2010
    9,058 posts
    NE Ohio
    Maybe they finally made a chitty batch ;em

    I had better come get all of them off your hands. As my furnace burns the chittiest of pellets :)
  15. letsblaze Feeling the Heat

    Dear Sir,
    Please step away from my pellets. Please see post 4 or 5 as I have already claimed them. :)
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  16. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    well i have 1 ton of the original sets not from my load. gonna have to compare
  17. DexterDay Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 11, 2010
    9,058 posts
    NE Ohio
    With all due respect....... I'm closer ;)
  18. jtakeman Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 30, 2008
    12,726 posts
    Northwestern CT.
    I get this with most of the good hardwoods that an amount of oak in them. Cubex and Turmans to name a couple. Had a batch of Hamers do it too. Think the oak has a sticky sap like the softies in its fiber and when the embers fly out of the pot they stick to the cast iron. I also get some stuck on my fire grate above my burnpot liner. Swipes right off and is nothin big to deal with. A small price to pay for all the heat they give off! As long as they aren't clinkering, I wouldn't worry!

    I too will take them off your hands if you don't like em. ==c
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  19. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    OK you all can thank Jay, they are staying here now
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  20. stoaf88 Member

    joined: Oct 19, 2009
    232 posts
    RI
    its not your sets.

    im burning them in my stove right now and i got nothing like that.

    your stove may be plugged up from the other brands you were using.

    give the stove a good clean, load in the sets and enjoy
  21. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    Stoaf you got the other batch, Since it was raining i gave you the ones out of the garage Not from the full load in the tent
    But im hoping that's the case mixing the other junk pellets
  22. DexterDay Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 11, 2010
    9,058 posts
    NE Ohio
    Ha.....

    Clean yer stove OMV!!!

    Been burnin'em. But aint been cleanin it. Figures ;)
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  23. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
    Full clean on Friday always once a week
  24. stoaf88 Member

    joined: Oct 19, 2009
    232 posts
    RI
    Yea dont worry about different batches. Ive been burning them for 5 years and they have always been consistant.

    This problem is from other pellets or dirty air passages in your stove for sure.

    But of course i can stop by tomorrow and take the rest of the sets off your hands for 100 a ton if you want.

    I can be there with a trailer around 9 am
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  25. 343amc Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 23, 2005
    295 posts
    West Michigan
    I get those when my stove runs on low too long, except they look more like cocoons or mud tubes in my case.

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