Ideas on a pellet hopper

[Jay Z]

I live in a farmhouse with limited access. I have a pellet furnace installed and have to bring 4 to 5 tons into the basement. I have built a slide to make the event easier. Has anyone thought of a hopper system? That way I could get rid of the bags and skids in my basement. I would fill from the outside and store in a drum or storage tank.

 

[Mt Bob]

Search the net,this forum,boiler forum for auger/hopper,been around for years.Look at pellergy

 

[AndrewChurchill]

Here's my Pellergy setup. I'm using a 5 ton bag bin to store my pellets and a flexible auger to deliver the pellets to the burner automatically.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/pellergy-install-with-storage.111061/#post-1550833

 

[Paste]

I'm using a 3T fabric bin to feed my pellet boiler.

Have you thought about building a bin from wood? You can blow the pellets in with a leaf blower or suck them in with a cornvac/kan-burn.

 

[chken]

I live in a farmhouse with limited access. I have a pellet furnace installed and have to bring 4 to 5 tons into the basement. I have built a slide to make the event easier. Has anyone thought of a hopper system? That way I could get rid of the bags and skids in my basement. I would fill from the outside and store in a drum or storage tank.

There are external grain silo-ish hoppers, too. And someone in this forum built an external PVC hookup where he pours pellets from the outside into a hopper inside. The system he built also removes fines, with a leaf blower, I believe.

 

[hoverfly]

If you are handy enough search grain silos and distribution systems under the category of agricultural. Then there are the aftermarket equipment for pellet stoves.

 

[iceguy4]

I live in a farmhouse with limited access. I have a pellet furnace installed and have to bring 4 to 5 tons into the basement. I have built a slide to make the event easier. Has anyone thought of a hopper system? That way I could get rid of the bags and skids in my basement. I would fill from the outside and store in a drum or storage tank.

Just remember to be safe, Your furnace has some system to deal with a hopper fire. My pellet boiler maintains an airtight seal . My Harman bulk hopper is sealed too. I'm sure the designer was thinking "no air...no fire"

 

[DZL_Damon]

Plastic barrel for now! 240lbs of usable pellets... probably 60-80 lbs of dead weight in the bottom. I got a 1 ton grain bag for free I'll setup soon instead. Farmers are not allowed to refill them due to possible disease contamination from their farms to others I'm told.... so.... freebies all around

 

[Lake Girl]

Could also try to source aggregate bags from local cement plant - likely the same type as used by the farmers.