At Frank Lareau Inc., reliable supply and product variety are the pillars of the quality and availability of our product. Constant monitoring of our wood shavings supplies enables our company to offer a variety of dry product throughout the year.

After unloading, the product is tested and sorted to satisfy market requirements. Four million cubic feet of warehouse space are filled towards the end of the summer, ready for the increased demand in fall and winter.

Selected wood shavings are then mixed according to your needs, or rather those of your animals! A loader then moves the shavings to the Top-Bedding production line where they are automatically processed and mixed again.

This operation ensures product uniformity, so that all bags in each trailer load contain the same mixture, regardless of the format or type of species used.

The mixture is compressed under pressure of more than 2,200 pounds before the bag is sealed. Each machine's output is constantly monitored to ensure quality control. The consistency and weight of Top Bedding's wood chips bags remain constant, distinguishing our product from that of the competition. All shavings used come from pre-dried wood. These moisture free shavings have superior liquid absorption to undried, green wood shavings. Green wood = green wood chips.

After leaving the machines, the wood chips bags are checked before being loaded on trailers or palletized. Once in the trailer, the bags are checked again to ensure they're properly packed, sealed and undamaged. Products not meeting the stringent quality requirements are removed, to ensure client satisfaction withTop-Bedding.

After processing, the bags can also be palletized. Frank Lareau Inc. will deliver your Top-Bedding products on pallets or load them directly on the floor. Once the product is palletized, another quality control check is made before the pallet is stretch wrapped in clear plastic. NB: A trailer loaded with pallets contains fewer wood chips bags than a floor loaded trailer.

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