{"id":3160,"date":"2017-11-03T18:40:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodpellets.com\/blog\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2017-11-13T19:53:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T19:53:47","slug":"safely-re-stacking-bags-of-wood-pellets-takes-patience-and-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/03\/safely-re-stacking-bags-of-wood-pellets-takes-patience-and-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Safely Re-Stacking Bags of Wood Pellets Takes Patience and Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you store your pellets inside a garage or outside, 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 if the placed dimensions are inconvenient to you, re-stacking the wood pellet bags by hand is how you can maximize limited space.<\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2420\" alt=\"Hand Stacking Wood Pellet Bags in a Small Space\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/woodpelletsstacked.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/woodpelletsstacked.jpg 265w, https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/woodpelletsstacked-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each layer of bags will be reversed in formation, but will have the same layout of 5 bags vertical and 4 bags horizontal. If you plan out your layer configurations ahead of time, it&#8217;ll make the whole process easier.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The five vertical bags fit the six foot width, but the 4 horizontal bags will need a bit of adjusting. 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<p>The next layer is the same formation &#8211; 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<p>Seventeen of these 9-bag layers, beside the top layer of 6, will make up the full 3 tons of pellets.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Important Re-Stacking Tip<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>No matter how you&#8217;re formatting the bags within your space, be\u00a0sure to <strong>maneuver the bags in your front row to build up more bulk. This bag molding method makes the front row a little taller, making the stack lean a bit towards the wall as you layer up.<\/strong> This will help prevent an unfortunate (and potentially dangerous) toppling of your bags. See the photos below, provided to us by a customer with his warning of &#8220;Don&#8217;t shortcut&#8221; during your stacking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3162\" alt=\"Pellet Bag Re-Stacking\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/StackingFall.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/StackingFall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/StackingFall-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Still need to order your wood pellets for this heating season? You can always order online at Woodpellets.com, or call 1-800 PELLETS to speak to an expert!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you store your pellets inside a garage or outside, 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 if the placed dimensions are inconvenient to you, re-stacking the wood pellet bags by hand is how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[238,237],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160"}],"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=3160"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3173,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions\/3173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}