Corn blended wood pellets at tractor supply

[Corydel2747]

I thought I was seeing things or these were just low grade pellets but without a doubt there is corn mixed in the wood before it's run through the pellet mill. This isn't just a few pellets they are all like this. Not that I care because I run a Harman but these are advertised as hardwood pellets. Anyone else run into this?

 

[miteclipse]

Can you upload a picture of the pfi label? My guess is that the mill must of bagged corn, switched to pellet production without proper cleaning. Definitely bring it to tsc attention. Could damage alot of stoves. Would also be nice to get the skus of your bag to see who made the pellets.

 

[Corydel2747]

Sure I can do that when I get home you just want a picture of the bar code correct?

 

[JRemington]

Does anyone know if corn ash is black?

 

[Lordtimothy200]

Yes it is.

 

[FirepotPete]

Is there any warning or anything mentioning that burning corn requires an exhaust pipe that is rated for burning corn? If not I wonder if they just don't know that or that the corn is treated in some way so as not to have that requirement?

 

[JRemington]

Is there any warning or anything mentioning that burning corn requires an exhaust pipe that is rated for burning corn? If not I wonder if they just don't know that or that the corn is treated in some way so as not to have that requirement?

It would be an awful liability for anyone to grind corn and mix it in. Although I have looked at 2 stoves this week where the ash was black and heavy. It was like sand. A company could probably pick up mouldy or immature corn for under 100 a ton. If it were run through the pulverize and blended in with wood fiber it would hide. Nothing would surprise me.

 

[Ssyko]

It would actually add a little bit more moisture and lignin to help with the pellet compression and binding. It wouldn’t surprise me if some did add corn.