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What's in the hopper?

Discussion in 'The Pellet Bag' started by IHATEPROPANE, Oct 1, 2016.

  1. gbreda

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    And so it begins. :eek:........

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    Fixed it for ya Jay :cheers:
     
  4. Luneyburg

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    Okay may be doing something sacrilegious but I am mixing some of the Vandy's I got from Skeeter with some MWP and even some GS. Burning like a son of a gun with burning hot and cleaner than if it were just MWP or GS. Liking this mixing thing feel like a Pellet Chef having fun mixing and matching !
     
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    Glad to hear you're having fun , keep experimenting and find out what works for you .
     
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    Today's mix includes 60% Lacrete,20 % Vandy's and 20% TSC WMP. Seems to be burning just fine , not as hot as the earlier mix but Im thinking its the stove that is the problem. Seems the convection fan is degrading and or heck who knows what burning at 450* steady .
    Actually still fairly warm not as warm as Wunder reads sure takes some time to update about 39-40*
     
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  7. Russell

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    Giving FSUs another try , $5.18 a bag .
     

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    Haven't seen any FSU's down this way this year .
     
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  9. Russell

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    It's Home Depot's only pellet in this area .
     
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    All we got is Chow , last year we had both .
     
  11. Russell

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    We also had both a couple of years ago I guess they decided to split them up. If I remember I did some research and I think they're the same pellet .
     
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    How they burning for you Russell ?
     
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    FSU is a hard/soft blend........Chow's are all hards. Although, the FSU's I have look like a hardwood pellet this season but that are leftover from last season during the fire sale.
     
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    Same here in Central MA . might grab a ton as they burn quite well and do not have much fines as well .
     
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    Just loaded a couple of bags of Blazers Skeet passed on graciously, so far so good burning hot and clean . Was holding off until I broke down and grabbed the P68 I want but kept seeing them each night I went down to screen and had to try them out.
     
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    So far I like what I see , little fines , nice sheen , seem durable and consistence lengths . I just cleaned the stove so we'll see how they perform .
     
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    That's the good stuff ! Props to Skeets - Nice cold weather pellet. :thumbs:
     
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    Thanks much - I don't even see bag sales @ the Keene HD this year - same deal, only carrying FSUs as well. * I'll ask at the Desk when I'm in tomorrow, want to give them a try here. :yes:
     
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    It's been very boring here, just roasting Satisfaction pellets.. * All the old stock is gone, starting to pickup 5 bags a day over the next few months, again boring.. :(

    I need to do some experimenting, makes the Beer taste better. :thumbs:
     
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    Yessir props to Skeeter these are burning quite fine and cranking out some heat, just installed new Convec fan painless in 10 minutes and its blowing some heat !