A new stove season and time to get the shells in.

[Snowy Rivers]

The weather has been on and off heavy rain, so getting shells has been on hold until yesterday.

I have to get help now, so it involves getting a good weather window, help and then having the plant ready with shells.

Yesterday was a goody, and it all came together.

The help showed up and got the dumpster all loaded on the trailer and strapped down, and off to the plant we went.

We filled the dumpster til it ran over
We had right at 2500 pounds on board when we pulled over the scales.

Home we went, then the fun begins.

The kids all pitched in to help fill barrels and this made it go quick.

The old method when we had the dump truck was sooooo much faster.

Buttttttttttttttttttttt, with the dumpster we do not have any extra that we can't barrel up, so none goes to waste.

Many times in past years we might have 1000 pounds or more that ended up being dumped in the field.

The kids made short work of the job and got the stuff all stored

We will likely do this again within a couple weeks and just roll the dumpster off the trailer into the shop.

The cost was still the same at 1.5 cents a pound, which makes the extra hassle of handling it multiple times not as much of a PITA.

We are thinking about getting a second dumpster to allow us to get nearly all we need in one shot.

The season will be done by Feb or early March and so we need to have enough to finish the season plus get into the next fall.

Here are a couple pix

Staying warm

Snowy

 

[tjnamtiw]

Hi Snowy, glad to see you back this season and I'm glad you got the help. I hope your health is improving. It's great to have kids willing to help out! That's getting more rare every year.
I still marvel at the cost.

 

[MarkSJohnson]

I need to have kids.

Who knew being childless was going to be so much work?

 

[Mark_ms]

I need to have kids.

Who knew being childless was going to be so much work?

(Book Worthy!)

 

[lightyear]

I'm just curious how can you use peanut shells and is it more cost effective?

eather has been on and off heavy rain, so getting shells has been on hold until yesterday.

I have to get help now, so it involves getting a good weather window, help and then having the plant ready with shells.

Yesterday was a goody, and it all came together.

The help showed up and got the dumpster all loaded on the trailer and strapped down, and off to the plant we went.

We filled the dumpster til it ran over
We had right at 2500 pounds on board when we pulled over the scales.

Home we went, then the fun begins.

The kids all pitched in to help fill barrels and this made it go quick.

The old method when we had the dump truck was sooooo much faster.

Buttttttttttttttttttttt, with the dumpster we do not have any extra that we can't barrel up, so none goes to waste.

Many times in past years we might have 1000 pounds or more that ended up being dumped in the field.

The kids made short work of the job and got the stuff all stored

We will likely do this again within a couple weeks and just roll the dumpster off the trailer into the shop.

The cost was still the same at 1.5 cents a pound, which makes the extra hassle of handling it multiple times not as much of a PITA.

We are thinking about getting a second dumpster to allow us to get nearly all we need in one shot.

The season will be done by Feb or early March and so we need to have enough to finish the season plus get into the next fall.

Here are a couple pix

Staying warm

Snowy[/quote]
Wow. Looks like a pretty good gig. Why shells? Justmcurio

 

[tjnamtiw]

At 1.5 cents per pound or $0.60 a 40 pound bag, I would put up with more ash!! A LOT MORE ASH!

That's $15 for a ton!