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  1. oldmountvernon Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2011
    2,157 posts
    SE Mass
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  2. mepellet Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 10, 2011
    1,489 posts
    Central ME
    Do it! I think you are running low....;)
  3. smoke show Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 17, 2008
    4,607 posts
    Pittsfield, Wi
  4. jtakeman Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 30, 2008
    12,722 posts
    Northwestern CT.
    Ifn I had two grand to toss around, I'd buy it! More of a play toy though. Don't expect to go into the pellet business with it. If you have lots of free time you can put a dent in your fuel supply. Doesn't have a lot of power to make really dense pellets, Still could be a fun hobby though!
  5. tjnamtiw Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 9, 2009
    2,614 posts
    North Georgia
    You still need a hammer mill! And binding agent, and cooling racks, and cement mixer to blend the binding agent to the wood particles, and empty sand bags to put the pellets in once they are cool, and a good supply of wood chips to hammer mill. I was THIS close to doing it................... Then reality set in.
  6. jrsdws Feeling the Heat

    joined: Feb 9, 2011
    428 posts
    Central Illinois
    LOL...this discussion comes up often with my pellet burning neighbor. While it'd be a fun hobby trying to pelletize yard waste, etc., the economics of it just don't work when we can buy good commercial wood pellets for under $4 a bag regularly. It'd be great to be self sufficient like that and all, but it'd be difficult to produce as good as we can purchase....and the headaches the inferior pellets bring with them...yeesh!
  7. thepaulmc New Member

    joined: Jan 2, 2012
    61 posts
    N.E.PA
    I think I will just let someone make them for me..
  8. kinsmanstoves Minister of Fire

    I would rather spend the $2000 on cocaine and prostitutes than attempt to make a pellet mill.

    Eric
  9. imacman Minister of Fire

    ;lol
  10. SmokeyTheBear Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 10, 2008
    11,436 posts
    Standish, ME
    What not on beer?
  11. kinsmanstoves Minister of Fire


    Sure would need a beer or twelve in there.

    Eric
  12. Millsk Member

    joined: Sep 12, 2011
    169 posts
    Eastern ct
    I would think you'd spend more than $4 in diesel fuel per bag.
  13. tjnamtiw Minister of Fire

    joined: Mar 9, 2009
    2,614 posts
    North Georgia
    About a quart an hour.
  14. bill3rail Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 12, 2012
    293 posts
    LI, NY
    I spent more than that last year, maybe another hobby of making pellets will curb my prostitute habit.

    Bill

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