TonyVideo
Feeling the Heat
I am 54 and lifting up a 5 gal. pail is getting harder for my wife. I can see this with a scoop and a bucket that holds 20 lbs would make life easier for her as well as me.
Pellet Bags/true or not..
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LordmetalZ28
Minister of Fire
My pups have 40lb bag of dog food shipped to the house all the time vaccum sealed well and everything. It may be possible but then the price would shoot up
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
About 54 or 55 is where it begins. But I got to tell you I never could dream the difference from 60-65. Actually even from 62-65. I really started feeling the difference in many things I thought nothing of doing, between those years was the limit for me with my work and ended up retiring from my job. I had a huge upsurge in my work energy in my late 50's but that faded fast in my 63rd year and on. It not only was harder to lift, twist , push etc but it hurt too and then you realize no this is foolish. Well for me as a heavy truck mech anyway.
bogieb
Minister of Fire
Those are probably foil lined bags too - which definitely would make the price go up.
I too heard the holes were for letting the excess air escape. I think it may have been covered here many moons ago IIRC. There was also something that might have related to residual heat, But I'm old and can't remember Chit!
I also liked the windex thread you recently posted. Interesting! What is "This other forum" you speak of?
Off gassing caused by the residual heat (I believe OM) was also one of the reasons for the holes IIRC but I too am very old and further I am actually trying to forget stuff I once knew so I can pass a lie detector test when I tell folks I don't know when I used to. Maybe one could ask ScotL (a member here) as he sort of actually operates a pellet mill.
I have a 2Qt plastice pitcher and I scoop and dump till about half way empty... maybe 7 scoops.
then pick up and dump the rest at 20 pounds and not 40..
then pick up and dump the rest at 20 pounds and not 40..
You need a coal hod or a younger wife.
Don't do the younger wife, I can tell you its not all its cracked up to be. I am intrigued by the vacuum sealing of pellet bags. As fragile as they are, I wonder if too much negative pressure inside the bags would crush the pellets..or, could the act of vacuuming draw some fines out with the right filter? Could the bags be formed in a way that they could end up being stacked post vacuum?
I think the holes are put in by tree hugging ecoterrorists with ice picks. Just cuz...
The key word is 'vacuum', which would give you a tightly compressed 'brick' of pellets until you broke the seal. Same as a 'brick' of yeast. Some coffee is packed like that in a cube.
Unless they're bagging by hand, the bags aren't pre-made. They are bought as rolls of printed film folded in half with the fold on the bottom. The bagging machine reads the eyemarks on the film to determine where the impressions are. It cuts and welds the sides and at the same time perforates the film with needles. Then it's filled and the top sealed then palletized then covered with a hood. I linked a video so people can see how it works. Some baggers, like the one in the video, also seal off the bottom corners of the bag so they aren't pointed.
Err..... umm.......gee.......uhhhh....... never mind, I gotta leave that one there, brother !!
lagger
Feeling the Heat
which ones ?? BP, Exxon ? Haliburton ... so many to choose from
I did see Webbie huddled in a hoodie outsite the NEWP plant. Its all adding up.
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