Fuel & Horse Bedding Pellets

Horse & Animal Bedding Pellets

Completely strip the stall of all pre-vious bedding and add 4 to 5 bags of pellets for an average 10x10 stall which will last over a week without re-bedding depending on your horse's excretion habits and how much time it spends in its stall. DO NOT add too much bed-ding in the beginning as pellets ex-pand greatly as they absorb mois-ture. Too much bedding will make it more difficult to clean and will not allow the stall to ventilate properly.

For cleaning just remove the solids and the wettest spot(s) with a ma-nure fork. You can mix the remain-ing wet areas into the rest of the bedding. The purpose of this is to have the drier bedding absorb the moisture. If the bedding becomes too dry or dusty, just sprinkle wa-ter as needed and mix thoroughly. The optimum moisture content is reached when the bedding feels slightly damp to the touch. Once this bedding process is started, you can maintain a comfortable base with an even consistency by adding more pellets to suit your preference.

Wood Fuel Pellets

An average 1,800 square foot home will require between two and three tons of pellets for one heating season.

Wood pellets are sold in 40 lb. bags and can be purchased either individually, or by the ton. A ton of pellets can be stacked in an area as small as four feet wide, long, and high - an area about half the space needed for a cord of wood. Two grades of wood pellets are offered for sale; standard and premium.

Standard grade pellet fuel (up to 3% ash content) is usually derived from materials which result in more residual ash, such as sawdust containing tree bark (which contains more impurities). Premium grade pellet fuel (less than 1% ash content) is usually produced from hardwood or softwood sawdust containing no tree bark. Ash content varies in premium fuels from about .3% for some western softwoods to about .7% for eastern hardwoods. Less ash means more fuel per pellet.

Premium pellets, which make up over 95% of our current pellet production, can generally be burned in stoves calling for either standard or premium fuel. Increased availability of standard fuel is anticipated as stove designs continue to improve ash tolerance. Ash content determines fuel grade because of its role in maintenance frequency. Expect the heat content for a pound of premium pellets to range between 8,000 and 9,000 Btu per pound, depending on the species and region of the country.