When you buy pellets from retail stores ask them how they store their pellets prior to your sale. Ask them how long they have had the pellets and how were they stored. Ask them where they get their pellets from and how that place stores their pellets.
When large stores buy pellets they get them during the summer months when the pellets are the cheapest. They take delivery of the pellets and store them outside. Very few locations can store 100-200 or more tons inside. The pellets will sit outside for a few months getting abused by the weather. I know some pellets come wrapped but moisture and humidity plays a part.
Please remember that some pellet mills store their pellets outside for a period of time.
If you are buying from the big stores there is a good chance that your pellets have been outside from the day they were bagged and placed on pallets.
Ask questions prior to buying three to five tons of pellets.
When large stores buy pellets they get them during the summer months when the pellets are the cheapest. They take delivery of the pellets and store them outside. Very few locations can store 100-200 or more tons inside. The pellets will sit outside for a few months getting abused by the weather. I know some pellets come wrapped but moisture and humidity plays a part.
Please remember that some pellet mills store their pellets outside for a period of time.
If you are buying from the big stores there is a good chance that your pellets have been outside from the day they were bagged and placed on pallets.
Ask questions prior to buying three to five tons of pellets.
