<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453058098741_2971" dir="ltr">A sawmill that makes pallets that I service has a field of slats that are waste to the pallet making operation. They have a market for bedding and grind a lot of slabs, but these are the near misses or defective slats and runners. They put them on pallets and most are air dried in the field. A lot has accumulated. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453058098741_2971"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453058098741_2971" dir="ltr">So I'm wondering, if I were to make chunks, about 3" long, would there be a market? What further processing would make hardwood chunks (no bark) into a high value product? Like toasting them? Any ideas or customers in the midwestUS? How about breweries? </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453058098741_2971"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453058098741_2971">Toby Seiler</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453058098741_2971">Seiler Technical Co. </div></div></body></html>