Yeah....I'm guilty. Back in 2006, I bought a 23 ton truckload thinking that I was much smarter than I really was. I heard that they were really hot and I heard that they were really low ash. So, I marketed them as being such. It was a miserable, frustrating time in business. People would buy 4 bags, and return 3. If they bought 2 bags, they would return 1. When I burned them in my XXV it looked like a freaking snow globe inside. Life this season was far from a bowl of cherries.Had a guy give me a bag of cherry pits to try,,, havent burned em yet,, anybody ever try them?
Nah, snowy burns nut shells. I don't think anyone has burned pits on a regular basis.
Tom, your losing your memory...
you have no idea to the amount of trucks i have access to
Part of the problem is that these pits can be dried, but they cannot be compressed. Therefore, the bulk density of pits is subject to, and at the mercy of, mother nature. They are rather "light" and when you hold a 40 lb. bag of pits, it is actually about one and a half times the size of a bag of wood pellets. Pits have a bulk density of about 27-29lbs./cubic foot where pellets have a buld density rate of about 42 lbs/cubic foot. Therefore, If your feedrate for pellets is set to 3, and you keep the pits on the same feedrate, it is in essence, equal to feeding pellets at the rate of 2. As I posted above, I hate pits. That damn ash was light and fluffy, but as I said, my stove was a giant snow-globe.They don't burn to badly in my stove but I just can't get the feed rate up enough to get a good fire. The temp runs about 75 - 100 lower than wood.
Daaaaammmmnnn....The ash doesn't bother me that much but the other problem I am having is the 3/8" stones
Oh absolutely, I'd be surprised if anybody infers that you are bashing them from your post. Pits are an optimal fuel for consumers in the midwest and Pacific Northwest, where the cherry pits originate. (especially Michigan) In the Northeast hers, you can expect to pay anywhere from $150-$180 per ton for pits. Understand that it costs about $90-$110 per ton just to truck them in from Michigan into the Northeast. In Michigan, those $150/ ton Pits would cost about $70-$80 per ton less. Now for THOSE numbers, who wouldnt burn them. Its just that here in the Northeast, the price difference isnt significant enough to justify that.I'm not trying to bash a product, I'm really not..... I think that we're here to share our experience so people can make an informed decision.
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