How do you store your pellets?

[Augmister]

I very much want to be a pellet HOG. But space is an issue. I have three tons crammed in my garage but that real estate is too expensive for pellet storage. No cellar for storage. I have a 9x17 shed but that is crammed with other man cave stuff. Need to build a pellet shed to keep 'em high and dry. Does anyone have a designated pellet shed. My wife thinks I am nuts (probably right!)

 

[CygnusX1]

Mine go in my cellar, if I wanted to go out get wood in a foot of snow, I'd have a wood stove.
Yup, I admit it, I'm lazy.

 

[BadDad320]

Yes..... I have a shed that is filled with only pellets......

 

[jtakeman]

I can get 4 tons in my basement. But wouldn't mind having a shed to store some. In the years that the deals come in(like this year). I would buy up to 2 seasons worth. Then when the prices climb(you know they will) you have reserve to fall on. I prefer to have more than needed for 1 season anyway. As soon as I have room in the basement(as the pellets are burnt) I usually go shopping for a deal around February. By April the tanks full for the following season. I am a 1/2 full refill if possible. Same with the gas tank on the vehicle.

 

[save$]

Have mine outside in the detached garage. Have space enough. IF the space wasn't taken up by 5 tons of pellets, most likely would be filled with junk I don't need. Now have a ramp so I can pull it to the house and up into the porch. I can go get 7 or 8 bags when the weather is good and keep them in the glassed in porch. Don't mind the exercise a bit except when I have been lazy and didn't have a bag left so I had to go out when it was cold, wet, dark, or snowing.

 

[hossthehermit]

I keep 'em in the cellar, right next to the stove. On pallets. Piled just about to the ceiling. If I was taller, I'd'a put in another ton.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Mine are in the garage along with a ton of other stuff and if I do a bit of re stacking and a bit of moving I could easily get three times what is in there now.

 

[tinkabranc]

I store my pellets in the basement. Currently have 6 ton sitting on 4 pallets.

 

[DAKSY]

Bottom of an 80 ft driveway. 4 tons worth of Cleanfires.
Still on the pallets wrapped in plastic, shrink-wrapped
& covered with a big ole blue tarp...20 feet from the front door.
They'll be there til they're brought in.
Not in a 24/7 mode yet, but when we get there, we each (GF & I)
bring in a bag every time we come home from work.
Generally keep 10 bags in queue near the P43...

 

[gbreda]

Store in the basement, next to the stove. Got 1.3 ton there now and 2.5 sitting in the garage wating for me to carry and stack in the basement. Some think I'm nuts, but I would rather work hard for 2 hours once than carry one at a time as needed.

Now, I just need that motivated Sunday to do it :smirk:

 

[telegirl]

We store ours in garage on pallets and covered. We keep our stock for burning in the basement.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Store in the basement, next to the stove. Got 1.3 ton there now and 2.5 sitting in the garage wating for me to carry and stack in the basement. Some think I'm nuts, but I would rather work hard for 2 hours once than carry one at a time as needed.

Now, I just need that motivated Sunday to do it :smirk:

Motivation to move tons o stuff, I have that same problem, only thing is my tons o stuff is soil and various combinations of rotted stuff called compost. I'm good for at most 21 wheelbarrows full a day, after that I need a cold beverage and a nap ;-).

 

[Nicholas440]

I have 5 tons in my 2 1/2 car detatched garage. Im only using part of it for my car and some shelving so it works out well for me.

 

[mpcm]

I've got a ton on my front breeze way at the moment, waiting to be transferred onto my back porch, which already has a 1/2 ton left over from last year. Debating if I can stack another ton in there should I see a decent deal.

 

[Oilhater]

3 tons in the basement on skids. Smells nice and wife doesn't have to go outside to get em'.

 

[ct_administrator]

This is the first year I'm putting mine piled high against one wall in my finished lower level, out with a armoire and in with the pellets.

The last couple of years I had them on a raised pallet with framed walls out of old 2x4's and tarp's over them out in the yard. Brushing off and digging away the snow gets really old quick. Besides when I would get snow or freezing rain and then the sun hits it a big mud pit developed around my pallet. This became a hassle, so I opted to go the indoor route.

I am planning a large shed, but we will see, I've got neighbors who think they work for the town and like to call down to town hall whenever I do anything, so I have to jump through all the planning and zoning hoops first

 

[imacman]

here's my stash.

 

[LIpelletpig]

Augustine I feel your pain.. Storage is a real issue! I too have no basement but I have pellets everywhere there is empty space that my wife isn't using. I have 1.5 tons stored in Pennsylvania. Yes, Pennsylvania! I live on Long Island but frequent PA for work often and pack 10-15 bags in the car for the ride home. I have a 8x12 shed I store about 1 ton. I store about another 1.5 tons in the garage stacked up on one wall next to the oil tank and car. The rest are stored in a storage facility about a mile away from the house. I must admit I don't pay for the storage facility the space the pellets are stored in. It's tuff to find the space. The best set-up would have to be to have a a ton or two stored at the house and when you need another ton just call up the pellet distributor and have them dump a ton when they're in the area making another delivery. That is that you pre-purchase before the start of the season. A Storage shed is ideal especially if your going to store more then just pellets. Good luck!

 

[blueshawk1]

Storage is definitely an issue for me, I could never be a "pellet pig" because I have absolutely no place to put them. Garage is too small, just big enough for a car and stuff like the lawnmower and snow-blower, etc., (and yes, the car has to go in the garage because we have two vehicles and the driveway in front of the garage is just big enough for one vehicle). Yard is too small for any kind of a good size shed. Basement could probably take a couple tons, but I'd have to carry it bag by bag in the house and through the kitchen to get it down there. So I'm out of luck for buying up deals, the only saving grace is that our house is small, so we don't need as much to keep it toasty.

 

[ohbix]

5 tons stored in 8ft by 12 ft shed; along w/ leaf blower and other odds and ends!

 

[gbreda]

Now, I just need that motivated Sunday to do it :smirk:

I'm good for at most 21 wheelbarrows full a day, after that I need a cold beverage and a nap ;-).

Hmmm, 5 bags into the wheelbarrow, out the garage, across the front lawn, down the side embankment to the walk in basement. 21 trips should about do it with very little left over. I'll provide the cold beverage...Come on by ! :cheese:

 

[Vinelife]

4 Tons in my Garage and still can fit two cars ... Going for 1 more ton of somersets here soon...

 

[abrucerd]

here's my stash.

I am extremely jealous of your shed.. I have a garden that abuts my driveway that neither my wife or I maintain (previous owner)... I want to dig it up and put a shed just like that there.

Did you build it yourself?

As for question... I keep mine in my detached garage.

 

[magsf11]

I very much want to be a pellet HOG. But space is an issue. I have three tons crammed in my garage but that real estate is too expensive for pellet storage. No cellar for storage. I have a 9x17 shed but that is crammed with other man cave stuff. Need to build a pellet shed to keep 'em high and dry. Does anyone have a designated pellet shed. My wife thinks I am nuts (probably right!)

you are in the same boat as me I, store 4 ton on 2 pallets. one of these yrs i might build a shed, along with all of the other "honey to do things".

 

[Taperbill]

Some great ideas there..but..

Has anybody had them stolen yet?

For those of us "out there" in the country without benefit of other watchful eyes ....in hard times stuff can walk away.
I now lock my outside fuel tanks and keep my valuables under lock and key..
I also deploy a Bushnell trophy cam on the driveway.Great to see raccoons..deer and the occasional bear..along with cars and trucks that come into the yard.

1 ton of corn..
1 ton of pellets next..all under lock..
St. Croix Greenfield.. 5 years of 24/7