Fire at the NEWP plant in Jaffery

[Drivr]

There's a fire at New England Wood Pellets in Jaffery right now.
http://www.wmur.com/news/29544721/detail.html

 

[jtakeman]

Whoa! Not good. Seems we see this way too often. Couple a mills a year.

 

[vgrund]

Yeah, IIRC this is the second incident at this plant.

 

[jtakeman]

Explosions heard! That can't be good! Hope everyone is OK!

 

[richkorn]

Pallets of pellets stored outside in that video. No different than TSC, HD, Lowes, Agway etc.

 

[smoke show]

Pallets of pellets stored outside in that video. No different than TSC, HD, Lowes, Agway etc.

Those poor pellets, they're probly completely junk by now. :lol:
I can't seem to get on the don't buy outside pellets bandwagon.

 

[Harman Lover 007]

Didn't know which of the three threads to put this in but here is NEWPs press release. They expect to be fully operational early next week.

http://pelletheat.com/images/stories/NEWP_Fire_Press_Release.pdf

 

[mascoma]

Pallets of pellets stored outside in that video. No different than TSC, HD, Lowes, Agway etc.

Those poor pellets, they're probly completely junk by now. :lol:
I can't seem to get on the don't buy outside pellets bandwagon.

NO PLANTS HAVE ROOM TO STORE PELLETS INSIDE! NONE!

 

[IHATEPROPANE]

Pallets of pellets stored outside in that video. No different than TSC, HD, Lowes, Agway etc.

Those poor pellets, they're probly completely junk by now. :lol:
I can't seem to get on the don't buy outside pellets bandwagon.

IF they are wrapped well they are as good as indoors

 

[jtakeman]

Pallets of pellets stored outside in that video. No different than TSC, HD, Lowes, Agway etc.

Those poor pellets, they're probly completely junk by now. :lol:
I can't seem to get on the don't buy outside pellets bandwagon.

NO PLANTS HAVE ROOM TO STORE PELLETS INSIDE! NONE!

Eric Kinsman says ProPellet does. 100% all indoors. Delivered in covered wagons even.

After hearing both sides to this story. I guess I would only be leery if the outer wrap has visible damage. I am going to ask a mill contact to do a little experimenting for us. I suggest he check moisture of the pellets right at the bagging station. Then let that pallet sit outside for some time(nicely wrapped of coarse). Open them up and do another moisture test. Be nice to see actual increase, "if" there is any.

Sometimes we must be our own mythbusters!

 

[FyreBug]

Wonder how much ashes they have to truck away

 

[Salty]

Wonder if they got any klinkers

Wonder how much ashes they have to truck away

 

[rowerwet]

so I wonder if NEWP will be showing up at Building19, ocean state job lot, big lots, after the insurance co. settles with them.....

 

[Ohio P43]

Maybe they'll have a sale on the damaged pellets

 

[Don2222]

so I wonder if NEWP will be showing up at Building19, ocean state job lot, big lots, after the insurance co. settles with them.....

Maybe like these Pennington's Nature's Heat that were in Walmart's dumpster last year in Hudson NH. I managed to get 4 good bags. LOL !!

The manager said he did not want to take a chance with this ton of Nature’s Heat so he told his associate to dump it!

1st pic is Walmart’s Dumpster

 

[jtakeman]

My mill contact was way ahead of my little test(see below)!

I am going to ask a mill contact to do a little experimenting for us. I suggest he check moisture of the pellets right at the bagging station. Then let that pallet sit outside for some time(nicely wrapped of coarse). Open them up and do another moisture test. Be nice to see actual increase, "if" there is any.

Sometimes we must be our own mythbusters!

Will keep him anonymous. He has already done this for a long time. Here are some bits of the PM.

As long as the cover was intact, there was no significant change in moisture. I’ve tested pellets left on a counter too and they don’t absorb atmospheric moisture. But, if I grind them up first (dust) and leave them on the counter, then they will absorb some.

The problem at the stores isn’t that they store them outside. It’s that the kids driving their forklifts are inexperienced and they tend to smash open the pallets.

The pellets don’t absorb moisture from the air, they have to be physically in contact with the water.

I have a ripped open pallet of pellets that’s been outside since May. I took a sample from one of the wet, ripped bags - a worst case scenario. I reached in the bag and got a hand full of pellets from directly behind the wet mush that were still intact. They tested out at 7.19% moisture (up from the original 5.8% an increase of 1.4%). So they’ll still burn fine but I wouldn’t recommend buying ripped open pallets.

Interesting and hope it helps the outside storage argument.

I don't know about y-all. But I have found a few bags here and there that did get wet. I scooped of the damaged/swelled pellets and dumped the rest in the stove. I really didn't notice much difference in them. Seemed to burn and throw heat. I used to get them for free, So as long as half the bag seemed untouched. I would gladly take it of there hands.

Our buddy Don had a post on some where he dumpster dove to get em! Thats a pellet pig there!

 

[jtakeman]

oops! double post!

Mod can delete please.