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Pellet/chip store with cladding

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Now with the plastic coated steel cladding to keep out the rain. This store has worked very well and stayed beautifully dry no matter how violent the storms have been. The next stage is to make an automated transport system to get the pellets or wood-chips from the store to the boiler. I'm not a great fan of conveyor belts besides, I believe there is a much simpler solution - more on that later. Any pellet or wood-chip store must be away from where the chips are burnt for obvious reasons. Ideally there should be at least two 'drop-zones' to inhibit the passage of sparks or flames and prevent the possibility of fire reaching the larger store.