Dead Horse
Platinum Member
I note that no matter how careful, splitting wood always generates a significant amount of slag (small bits of wood and bark). I hate the fact that there be labor in those bits and that I can't use them. I know some guys put them in a wood stove or fire pit right next to where they are splitting, for warmth and such, but My splitting chores are designed to be done by the end of October so there is no point in doing this.
I have often thought if I could bag up the stuff in burlap sacks I could then toss them into my outside wood fired boiler. At some point in time I may make up some sort of contraption with a plastic barrel to do just that.... right now I am only dreaming about it. I pitch fork the rakings up into the tractor loader and dump them where they can turn into mulch and are not in my way.
What do you guys do with your slag.
I have often thought if I could bag up the stuff in burlap sacks I could then toss them into my outside wood fired boiler. At some point in time I may make up some sort of contraption with a plastic barrel to do just that.... right now I am only dreaming about it. I pitch fork the rakings up into the tractor loader and dump them where they can turn into mulch and are not in my way.
What do you guys do with your slag.