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MOUNTAIN TIMBER WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC.
Mountain Iron, Minnesota
Mountain Iron, Minnesota
Mt Timber, Animal bedding pellets are
the answer to a premium absorbent
animal bedding need. Animal owners
are looking for a product that performs
as well or better than straw or wood
shavings and can be composted to
produce a superior, marketable
finished compost product. Mt Timber
Wood Products animal bedding wood
pellets achieve these goals and will
soon become the next generation in
horse bedding nationwide.
the answer to a premium absorbent
animal bedding need. Animal owners
are looking for a product that performs
as well or better than straw or wood
shavings and can be composted to
produce a superior, marketable
finished compost product. Mt Timber
Wood Products animal bedding wood
pellets achieve these goals and will
soon become the next generation in
horse bedding nationwide.
Bedding the Stall with Wood Pellets
There are a number of ways to set up a stall with wood pellets;
however, the following series of steps seems to work quite well
in most situations:
Clean out the stall down to the floor (dirt, wood, concrete,
rubber mats).
Place the contents of three to five bags (40-pounds each) in
the center two-thirds of the stall, and spread the pellets out to
an even depth of roughly 2 inches. Alternatively, you may also
locate the bedded area where the horse prefers to “go”. The
number of bags used will depend on the size of the stall,
climate, horses’ habits, and personal experience from working
with the bedding.
Next, lightly moisten the pellets with 2 to 3 gallons of water to
initiate their opening to a "fluffy" consistency. (I think this is the
secret to success with wood pellet bedding.) The water serves
to break down the resin sheen on the sides of the pellet. The
amount of water used will depend on the humidity of your area
and may vary at different times of the year.
For deeper bedding, you may choose to add one or two more
bags on top and again moisten with 1 to 2 gallons of water.
Deeper bedding is not always advantageous, and therefore
some experimentation is appropriate to optimize product use.
Because they are highly absorbent, it’s OK to be stingy with
wood pellets.
Within 20 minutes of wetting, the bedding will expand to
approximately 3 to 4 times its original depth and it will take on a
much softer texture and a whitish color. It will continue to “grow”
somewhat over the course of the first week.
Approximately once a week, up to 1 bag of new pellets will need
to be added to compensate for the amount of manure and
saturated bedding taken out of the stall. Note: these new pellets
should be scattered evenly and do not need to be wetted down
when they are added to the mix. Many horse owners who use
pellets strip the stalls once every two or three months, instead
of weekly, thereby saving a considerable amount of waste
volume and significantly reducing the cost of bedding and labor.
Because the solid manure separates so easily from the fine
wood fibers, very little of the bedding is actually removed from
the stall. The urine saturated areas should be removed entirely,
leaving only dry to moist bedding (Key: Do not scatter the
saturated bedding, as some brands suggest, as this will lead to
ammonia odors and necessitate mucking out the entire stall
before the material has been fully utilized).
There are a number of ways to set up a stall with wood pellets;
however, the following series of steps seems to work quite well
in most situations:
Clean out the stall down to the floor (dirt, wood, concrete,
rubber mats).
Place the contents of three to five bags (40-pounds each) in
the center two-thirds of the stall, and spread the pellets out to
an even depth of roughly 2 inches. Alternatively, you may also
locate the bedded area where the horse prefers to “go”. The
number of bags used will depend on the size of the stall,
climate, horses’ habits, and personal experience from working
with the bedding.
Next, lightly moisten the pellets with 2 to 3 gallons of water to
initiate their opening to a "fluffy" consistency. (I think this is the
secret to success with wood pellet bedding.) The water serves
to break down the resin sheen on the sides of the pellet. The
amount of water used will depend on the humidity of your area
and may vary at different times of the year.
For deeper bedding, you may choose to add one or two more
bags on top and again moisten with 1 to 2 gallons of water.
Deeper bedding is not always advantageous, and therefore
some experimentation is appropriate to optimize product use.
Because they are highly absorbent, it’s OK to be stingy with
wood pellets.
Within 20 minutes of wetting, the bedding will expand to
approximately 3 to 4 times its original depth and it will take on a
much softer texture and a whitish color. It will continue to “grow”
somewhat over the course of the first week.
Approximately once a week, up to 1 bag of new pellets will need
to be added to compensate for the amount of manure and
saturated bedding taken out of the stall. Note: these new pellets
should be scattered evenly and do not need to be wetted down
when they are added to the mix. Many horse owners who use
pellets strip the stalls once every two or three months, instead
of weekly, thereby saving a considerable amount of waste
volume and significantly reducing the cost of bedding and labor.
Because the solid manure separates so easily from the fine
wood fibers, very little of the bedding is actually removed from
the stall. The urine saturated areas should be removed entirely,
leaving only dry to moist bedding (Key: Do not scatter the
saturated bedding, as some brands suggest, as this will lead to
ammonia odors and necessitate mucking out the entire stall
before the material has been fully utilized).