Warwagon
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I have been looking for an on line source for brush fans but so far no luck. Anyone have any ideas. I need to get a couple for my burning piles this fall.
Kevin
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And a 'brush fan' would be - what? ?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Junkman
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When I first read this, I thought it said "Bush Fans"..... The eye sight isn't what it used to be a week ago.. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Are you talking Hair, Tooth, Toilet, Wire, or Paint?
PineRidge
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Are you talking about something to stoke your fire? /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
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Kevin, I did a quick search with a couple of suppliers that I used to buy from when I was doing reforestation....looks like brush fans are getting to be a rare commodity...I didn't find any either...seem like with all the burn bans and environmental considerations, nobody makes them anymore /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Are your slash piles big enough to justify a brush fan...of could you do like I do lately and just use a gas powered leaf blower???
Are your slash piles big enough to justify a brush fan...of could you do like I do lately and just use a gas powered leaf blower???
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I believe he is talking about the large fans we used to use to prepare the land to be replanted in pines....
It is a large fan a lot like the ones that drives airboats, with diesel injectors on it...blows vaporized fuel into the pile at something like 120 to 150 mph....we used 'em to burn slash piles 50 foot wide by sometimes a half mile long to fine ash in a couple of days....
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It is a large fan a lot like the ones that drives airboats, with diesel injectors on it...blows vaporized fuel into the pile at something like 120 to 150 mph....we used 'em to burn slash piles 50 foot wide by sometimes a half mile long to fine ash in a couple of days....
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Holy Hot Wheels Batman!
Why not find a good used jet engine on e-Bay? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Why not find a good used jet engine on e-Bay? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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That's interesting. Sounds like a Govt. project to me. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
MicroPilot
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I remember being on a construction site once where thay had dug a long trench, 20' wide or so and about 60' long and 10' or 12' deep, where they pushed all the trees and brush in to be burned. They had a huge diesel powered blower connected to a pipe, probably 3' dia. and had a slot cut all along the bottom and ran the length of the pit. The slot in the pipe directed air from the blower down into the pit on the fire to keep/make it burn.