LG Granules for $5 per bag on Craigslist being sold for bedding????

[jamesdjs]

Wood Pellets Super Condensed Shaving For Bedding - $5 (Palmer MA)

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Date: 2010-08-31, 11:31AM EDT
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40lb bags of Softwood Pellets for Horse Stall Bedding. These wood pellets are a super-condensed form of fine shavings. A 40 pound bag of wood pellet Horse Bedding is equal to 1.5 - 2 bales of traditional shavings, Wood pellet bedding sifts so you are only disposing of wet bedding and manure, your disposal volume will reduce by 30 – 50%.
Ready to use
100% soft wood fiber
Heated to extreme temperatures to remove tars, oils, hydro-carbons, and other potential allergens
Highly absorbent (wet spot actually clumps)
Reduced disposal volume by up to 50%
Consistent
Fine textured to sift easily
Low dust is achieved through our extensive dust extraction process
Composts quickly and efficiently

$5.00/40lb Bag for up to 20 bags. Better pricing available for bulk sales call 413-364-2438. All Proceeds from the sale of these wood pellets go towards care for the rescue horses of Blue Star Equiculture


•Location: Palmer MA
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[BrotherBart]

http://www.horse-journal.com/sample/Best-Horse-Bedding-Using-Pellets.html

 

[jtakeman]

Seems like a waste of a good pellet to have a horse pee on them, But they have been using pellets as bedding for years now. I even burned some in my quad when pellets got scarce one year. Some brands have a warning on the bag because they contain black walnut and I guess a horse can get sick from them!

I was at the local shelter looking at cats to rescue and they have someone donating pellets for cat litter. They were getting the ripped and patial wet bags from somewhere. I didn't ask where though. Being a pellet pig I just felt :sick: about it.

 

[Kittery]

Not for nothing; but perhaps these pellets have gotten wet. I purchased 3-1/2 tons of LGs for last season from a "well known to all of you" dealer only to get "damp" pellets that had a very old manufacture date on them and they burned like crap. A "little bird" told me he knew that the dealer stored them outside for all seasons. I bought them on good faith as I had them a few years ago from a different supplier and they were the greatest (I know this was discussed in a thread here somewhere as I was not the only one in New England to have a bad experience with them).
Buyer by ware! If it looks like too good a deal, it just might be!
Have Fun!!

 

[timss13]

I use my pellets for cat litter. Much less expensive than pellets marketed for litter and they do a great job.

 

[mascoma]

My local feed store has a trailer full of pallets of pellets from maine marked BEDDING on the shrink wrap, seems some mill had some issues with quality last year and is pushing the 2nds as animal bedding this year.