Green Tree pile that didn't burn !

[rrmccabe]

Well this Saturday is attempt number 2 at burning my pile. I borrowed a skid loader and pulled all the 4 inch and larger mulberry out and cut it to firewood length and hauled it to a wood pile on north part of land.

And cut a bunch of dry stuff into 1-3 foot lengths and loaded center of pile with that and came clear out to edge. I also cut a bunch of the green stuff up and let it fall so I would have more end grain.

SO... the only thing I am dumping on the pile is a mix of 25 gallons of kerosene and 10 gallons of used oil.

Have a big weed burner/torch ready to go as well !

Tired of looking at this pile. Lets hope she goes

Its hard to tell from picture but that dry wood is about 15 foot wide and goes 15 feet into the pile.

 

[Scooby074]

35 gal of fuel!!! You might want to mix a couple of gal of gas in it. Kero isnt super flammable. With that much fuel,she better go

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Just say no to Gasoline. That is just asking for trouble I think. Kerosene may be slow burning which beats the heck out of a huge fireball with someone getting burned..
I do hope that your pile burns now.

 

[rrmccabe]

I think the Kerosene will burn fine. As I said I have a big weed burner hooked up to a propane bottom to get it going. That Kerosene will burn once you get enough heat to it

I will keep the gas in the tractor

 

[dangerdoc]

I think the Kerosene will burn fine. As I said I have a big weed burner hooked up to a propane bottom to get it going. That Kerosene will burn once you get enough heat to it

I will keep the gas in the tractor

That is way to much kerosene. If you pour that much on, all you are going to do is contaminate your soil.

All you need to do is get a good hot spot going then you can keep moving the brush into that spot until there is enough heat to move the fire deeper into the pile. It will get too hot to mess with for awhile, when it cools enough to get close, use a long handled tool to keep moving the peripheral stuff into the coals.

If you have a tractor with a loader, you can use that to pushe the edges of the brush pile towards the center.

Eventually, you will need to get in and manually stack the most green stuff and rake the coals around it to get it to burn completely.

Try the flakes of hay soaked with kerosene. It burns hot and long enough to get the wood burning.

 

[/pine]

That is way to much kerosene. If you pour that much on, all you are going to do is contaminate your soil.

All you need to do is get a good hot spot going then you can keep moving the brush into that spot until there is enough heat to move the fire deeper into the pile. It will get too hot to mess with for awhile, when it cools enough to get close, use a long handled tool to keep moving the peripheral stuff into the coals.

If you have a tractor with a loader, you can use that to pushe the edges of the brush pile towards the center.

Eventually, you will need to get in and manually stack the most green stuff and rake the coals around it to get it to burn completely.

Try the flakes of hay soaked with kerosene. It burns hot and long enough to get the wood burning.

very good advice

 

[studor]

Looks like it will burn this time
I would try it with the weed torch first, maybe use the motor oil just to get rid of it and save the kero for other uses. Let us know what happens!
regards

 

[Jimbrown]

One of my neighbors tried to burn some brush back in March. It wound up like this.

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[dangerdoc]

Just say no to Gasoline. That is just asking for trouble I think. Kerosene may be slow burning which beats the heck out of a huge fireball with someone getting burned..
I do hope that your pile burns now.

When I was a kid, my dad was lighting a brush pile using gasoline. He was standing about 15 feet away and lit a match to throw onto the pile. Whoosh, the flame puffed up around his legs, shot over to the brush pile and about 50 feet on down the hill.

He stood there for about a second with the match in his hand then looked down the hill. He just said, "boy go put out that fire" pointing to the burning grass down at the property line, a long way from that brush pile.

Nobody got hurt, the grass got put out and I never saw gasoline anywhere near a brush pile again.

 

[RobbieBones]

I have burned piles about half that size by mixing all my old engine oil with gasoline. Usually about a 50/50 mix. Becareful when you light it and mindful of the wind direction. Gas fumes are dangerous so you need to light it quick before they spread! WHOOOOOPH! I Usually cover my piles with a tarp to keep it dry for a few days then wait till after a rainy day take the cover off and then spread the mix. If you run out of matches and have to run to the house and come back you will be standing in the fireball when you try to light it again WATCH THE WIND!