Wood pellet disposal

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Ginge Crosby

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Hiya - been along time since i've posted on here so bear with me!

I'm looking to save some money this winter (who isn't.....) and considering substituting my current shavings bed for something else.

Problem is...... i'm on a livery yard who stipulate in the contract that I can only source my bedding and roughage from them, and I can't buy in my own stuff. Last winter, we were on shavings at £7.50 a bale (which is actually cheaper than our local tack store), but even so I was using about 6-8 bales a month. I've since had the opportunity to invest in rubber matting, and have halved the amount of shavings i'm using the last couple of night's he's been in.

So i'm interested in these wood pellets that expand when you water them..... but I don't know how easy it is to dispose of them? That will probably be the deciding factor for the YO's who are farmers, not horse people (they hire an AI to run it as yard manager).

So can anyone offer some insight as to price, longevity, disposal etc, or offer some alternatives that I could put to the YO's?

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There is a lot less waste because you mix some of the wet back in.
It is supposed to rot down much quicker, I think something like 6 months later it is ready to put on as soil conditioner.

Definitely LOADS less waste than shavings.
 
My yard has restrictions on what bedding too.

If shavings are allowed, then wood pellets will be too. They are both wood.

My horse's beds produce less waste than the rest of the yard's.
 
I won;t have shavings on my yard becasue they won;t break down quick enough, however we all use wood pellets, they break down so fast - in 3 months they are black compost and are spread on the fields. fantastic fertilise. I also in Autumn pile a load of my muck heap directly on my cottage garden to increase soil quality
 
I know this is an old thread but thought I'd use it rather than start a new one. I imagine a lot will have changed since it was originally posted. I was wondering how people dispose of their wood pellets, what issues (if any) they have, what environmental impact/benefit they may or may not have, how pellet disposal compares with disposal of other types of bedding, any other thoughts etc. etc. etc.
 
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