Economical size pellet tins.

I dont know why our local pellet suppliers (shops and importers) dont get the big 500 tins...???
It works out so much cheaper, but instead you have buy two 250 tins for 30% more than a 500 tin would cost...
Very frustrating.
And the price of pellets just seem to go up and up!
Someone should look into bulk importing pellets for us forum members.

So as an exercise I started an order for 19 tins of pellets from Krale.

Check out what level in the the tins the most damage happens pauly.
Ive got sneaking suspicion that between containers being lifted of the ship, forkhoists lifting and loading pellets on and off trucks the vibration of road trip that the 500 pellet tins are going to be damaging the bottom pellets more due to extra weight on them. Approx 2x that of a 250 tin.
As tr6 said the thinner the skirts the worse it will be.
Better not forget shop handling either, i had one idiot throw a tin of pellets on the counter then get his nose out of joint when i told him to swap it for a tin that that hadn't been tossed from the shelf to the counter.


Edited by kruzaroad - 25 Feb 2025 at 9:27am

You'd be better off chosing your transport company.
Mainfreight tend to be owner operators and have trained forklift operators who are responcable for loads they put on. Places like daily freight in auckland ive seen bored freight handlers kicking boxes into loose parcel bins.
Also want to get a company who does direct freight to where ever the town they are getting sent to goes to.
Its not uncommon for freight to go to one place to be unloaded to go another truck that is heading to your town.
Example i know of would be a parcel from auckland to hasting.
Loaded Auckland to Wellington,unloaded to get loaded onto a early truck going to palmy north, then unload at palmy to get loaded onto a truck going to hastings. Unloaded and then picked up by courier
That's why some companies just have in transit and no details.
Nor do you want it sitting in a depot over the weekend, monday morning is hella busy and theres lots of freight needs to be got on trucks,in a short period of time. Also usually some shuffling around as stuff arrives at depot on the friday, sat morning but isn't leaving till mon.
Even buying pellets now if i order on a friday i ask them not to send it till monday.

Did you look at the shipping costs