{"id":2411,"date":"2015-11-16T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodpellets.com\/blog\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2017-08-25T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T20:17:30","slug":"how-to-safely-hand-stack-wood-pellet-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/16\/how-to-safely-hand-stack-wood-pellet-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Safely Hand-Stack Wood Pellet Bags in a Limited Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dimensions of Wood Pellet Bags and Pallets<\/strong><\/p>\n

A skid, a pallet of stacked wood pellet bags, is 48 by 40 inches. A 1-ton skid of fifty 40-pound bags is about four feet tall, and a 1.5-ton skid of 75 bags is about six feet tall.<\/span><\/p>\n

You might have enough space available to keep the pellet bags on the pallet just as they were delivered. If you only have a smaller space available, or the 48×40 inch\u00a0dimensions are inconvenient to you – re-stacking the wood pellet bags by hand is your best bet to maximize limited space.<\/p>\n

The approximate length, width and height of a standard 40 pound bag of pellets placed horizontally on the floor is 27 x 18 x 5 inches. These measurements can adjust a bit with some maneuvering of the pellets within the bag.<\/p>\n

Read >> How to Prepare Your Storage Space<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stacking Wood Pellet Bags in a Small Space<\/strong><\/p>\n

We successfully placed 3 whole tons of wood pellets (150 bags) in a 6 foot wide space using a very simple hand-stacking technique, described below.<\/p>\n

\"HandStart by laying down a few layers of cardboard in case water is spilled nearby. Each layer will be reversed in formation, but will have the same layout of 5 bags vertical and 4 bags horizontal.<\/p>\n

The five vertical bags fit the six foot width, but the 4 horizontal bags will need some maneuvering. You can push these bags a little closer together to get them to lay at the same width as the vertical bags.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next layer is the same formation – but with the five bags in front and the four in back.\u00a0With each bag placement, make sure to smooth out each bag to make a flatter surface for the next layer.<\/p>\n

Also, it’s a good idea to mold the bags in the front for a little more bulk. By building the front row a little higher (bulkier), the stack will lean a bit towards the wall in order to avoid the risk of toppling over.<\/p>\n

Seventeen of these 9-bag layers (except for the top layer of 6) will make up the full 3 tons of pellets.<\/p>\n

Do you have any pellet stacking techniques to share? We’d love to hear them!<\/em><\/p>\n

Still need to order your wood pellets? Buy online or call 1-800 PELLETS to speak to an expert!<\/h3>\n

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Dimensions of Wood Pellet Bags and Pallets A skid, a pallet of stacked wood pellet bags, is 48 by 40 inches. A 1-ton skid of fifty 40-pound bags is about four feet tall, and a 1.5-ton skid of 75 bags is about six feet tall. You might have enough space available to keep the pellet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3109,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/3109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}