Alternative fuels? Horse bedding pellets....

[riff42]

I noticed at my local horse farm, their bedding pellets are made by AWF, who also makes wood fuel. They look exactly the same, smell exactly the same, and are lighter weight for some reason due to being kiln dried.
Does anyone know what the difference is? Is it possible to mix that in with normal wood fuel pellets to make sure I don't run out, since NO ONE in the area has wood pellet fuel! I doubt horse bedding is being sold out

ie: (broken link removed to http://www.guardianhorsebedding.com/pinepellets.htm)

 

[iceguy4]

I would try them ...except they cost more then "normal" pellets.

 

[Pellet-King]

Burned a bag few year's ago from TSC, they were very ashy and slightly bigger in size

 

[pell it]

I've burnt TSC horse bedding. Burns hot but ashy. May have to pay tax on it.

 

[Woody1911a1]

wondering why my reply got deleted

 

[iceguy4]

wondering why my reply got deleted

re-post it ...more then likely some glitch

 

[Woody1911a1]

it was just "throw them in and burn away " . even though i've never burned them myself , i've read many posts here about them .

thread showed that i'd posted , but it disappeared .

 

[Bioburner]

I am burning Marth products horse bedding. Aspen pine blend in the Elena and comes in a clear bag to show no fines. $4.89 by the bag. Burn very nice and smell good coming off the open hopper. The straight pine pellets are going for 5.19 and are a lot dust in the bags.

 

[Snowy Rivers]

I used a ton of them a while back in the Quadrafire and they worked fine.

 

[riff42]

Maybe if push comes to shove i will try. I didn't realize the cost until reading a thread about using stove pellets for horse bedding. I'll look around if the east has no more fuel!!
Ashy....meh, I clean everyday

 

[KodiakII]

Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed (my Christmas motto)!

 

[rich2500]

My brother has been burning the bedding pellets for a week now in his pdvc,he said they have more ash and its more black ash but he said they throw good heat and working fine .

 

[Brewer]

Picked up 15 bags from tsc last night to try 'em out.
So far so good, except the price, but hey, still chaeaper than oil.
Darker, finer ash, about the same heat as the awf.
Will buy more if no-one around here gets any pellets soon.

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

Local TSC was running a sale on their Equine Bedding Pellets this week, $3 per 40lb bag. Bag claims 100% pine, no chemicals, no additives. Picked up 5 bags for the hell of it. Brought them home and first thing the wife notices is the horse on the bag and inquires about what I bought thinking perhaps I made a mistake (as she often THINKS I do). I explained how while not exactly rated to run in a stove by the manufacturer, they will burn just fine. To seal the deal, I showed her this thread. This forum has saved our ass a few times already with our stove and saved us a ton of cash with the info available here.

Let me tell you as soon as I opened the bag and she smelled that pine, she stopped caring. Then after I put a bag into the hopper and saw the difference in flame and the amount of heat coming out, I no longer had any worries. Later when I opened the hopper (due to my pellet stove OCD as my wife says) the pine smell coming off the warm metal was awesome. Now she wants me to find only pine softie pellets! Damn it! LOL!

Quality of this batch is good. Almost no fines in the bags and no real noticeable dust. Why can't my actual stove pellets be this good?! LOL! I'm going back today to pick up 5 more bags and am going to mix them 50/50 with the Green Supremes I'm currently burning through to give them a little boost for the cold spell we're in right now and to stretch my stash out a bit more.

Thanks guys!

 

[SidecarFlip]

My wife had a couple bags in the barn (TSC, I think AWF) and I 'borrowed' one early this year (I like to experiment with roasting different stuff, must be my pyromaniac side)....

They burned okay, not as good as the Sommersets but ok. Definitely smelled wonderful though. No tax here in Michigan at TSC on bedding pellets but 'alternative fuel tax' on pellets for stoves here in Michigan. The ones at our TSC also come in clear bags and are dustless.

Conversely, no tax on shelled, cleaned corn for animal feed (snitched for the stove) as well.....

In a pinch, if the price is right, looks to be a viable alternative.

 

[bogieb]

Never thought of that, but will keep it in mind if things get tight. I ran to HD for FSU's at lunch today, but the are now out and only have Heatr'z. I went ahead got 6 bags of the Heatr'z to mix with the crappy Curran's.