It's tree removal time!
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JASTN70D
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Re: It\'s tree removal time!
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Varmintmist
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Re: It\'s tree removal time!
</font><font color="blueclass=small">( Something you could try that works well for me is to build a small hot fire next to the wet material first. Use what ever you would like to get it going and once it is burning hot push it in to the main pile. I have one of the torches from TSC and they do work but that and diesel will not get wet wood going in my experience. In fact I have used almost a full 10 gallon tank of propane and 5 gallons of diesel with no luck. But the small fire has worked every time. )</font>
Zactly my point.
I heat with wood also, check all of the outdoor woodburner threads. I would guess that I burn a bit longer per year than a texan /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif the weather being slightly chillier up here.
You need coals period. How you get there is the question. You superheat it with a tire, or burn wood and get a better base. If you START with a small fire you can burn big. There are no more hours in a day as you get closer to Canada as far as I know.
I never said you dont use a accelerant, you just dont need a 55 gal drum of fuel and a truckload of tires. You get a fire going then toss some oil on the green or not green to speed things up. Once its burning, its burning.
Whatever you want to do. I know a guy who couldnt burn a cigarette without torching a tire. He just wont be bothered building a fire. Heck, my father is almost that bad. He will oil and fuel a brushpile so much that if it had a motor he could drive cross country. Still cant burn anything harder than paper.
</font><font color="blueclass=small">( Something you could try that works well for me is to build a small hot fire next to the wet material first. Use what ever you would like to get it going and once it is burning hot push it in to the main pile. I have one of the torches from TSC and they do work but that and diesel will not get wet wood going in my experience. In fact I have used almost a full 10 gallon tank of propane and 5 gallons of diesel with no luck. But the small fire has worked every time. )</font>
Zactly my point.
I heat with wood also, check all of the outdoor woodburner threads. I would guess that I burn a bit longer per year than a texan /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif the weather being slightly chillier up here.
You need coals period. How you get there is the question. You superheat it with a tire, or burn wood and get a better base. If you START with a small fire you can burn big. There are no more hours in a day as you get closer to Canada as far as I know.
I never said you dont use a accelerant, you just dont need a 55 gal drum of fuel and a truckload of tires. You get a fire going then toss some oil on the green or not green to speed things up. Once its burning, its burning.
Whatever you want to do. I know a guy who couldnt burn a cigarette without torching a tire. He just wont be bothered building a fire. Heck, my father is almost that bad. He will oil and fuel a brushpile so much that if it had a motor he could drive cross country. Still cant burn anything harder than paper.
JASTN70D
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Re: It\'s tree removal time!
Sorry I must have skiped your post altogether. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Let me change mine and say Yea what Varmintmist says!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sorry I must have skiped your post altogether. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Let me change mine and say Yea what Varmintmist says!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Re: It\'s tree removal time!
Stevenf,
Yes I did post about the fan before. However, the on I used was a gas powered unit. It had a honda 5 horse that powered the fan. The fan itself was about 1 1/2 foot in diameter. I rented it from the local rental shop. But by all means, get the generator! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Stevenf,
Yes I did post about the fan before. However, the on I used was a gas powered unit. It had a honda 5 horse that powered the fan. The fan itself was about 1 1/2 foot in diameter. I rented it from the local rental shop. But by all means, get the generator! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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It was not a situation where it was just wood. The brush was trees, grape vines, grape post, rail road ties, rock, wire and a lot of soil. When we cleared the overgrown vineyards we took off about an inch or so of top soil at the same time to help level off the ridges from the grape rows. They all got pushed into a big pile. It took about a month to clear the 30 acres so when we were done we started the piles that we made first. Tossing one tire at the base of the pile allowed the fire to get real hot and we walked away. Once the wood started smoldering inside the pile, it burned itself thru. It took a couple weeks if I remember right for the fires to stop smoking. Once it was done we let the piles sit for a year then I moved the rest of the pile into bigger piles. The wire was completely gone as was all wood. All that was left of the piles was dirt. The only thing we did was when the main part of the brush had burnt down we took the dozer and pushed the rest of the brush into to pile to burn. These piles were about 60' long by 20' wide and 6-10' high at the highest point of dirt clumps. There were 7 piles that we burned as well as a lot more we just pushed into the brush. One of these days I will take some pics of the piles I have left and post them. Without even thinking I know there is well over 500 yards of topsoil just piled in a couple large piles.
It was not a situation where it was just wood. The brush was trees, grape vines, grape post, rail road ties, rock, wire and a lot of soil. When we cleared the overgrown vineyards we took off about an inch or so of top soil at the same time to help level off the ridges from the grape rows. They all got pushed into a big pile. It took about a month to clear the 30 acres so when we were done we started the piles that we made first. Tossing one tire at the base of the pile allowed the fire to get real hot and we walked away. Once the wood started smoldering inside the pile, it burned itself thru. It took a couple weeks if I remember right for the fires to stop smoking. Once it was done we let the piles sit for a year then I moved the rest of the pile into bigger piles. The wire was completely gone as was all wood. All that was left of the piles was dirt. The only thing we did was when the main part of the brush had burnt down we took the dozer and pushed the rest of the brush into to pile to burn. These piles were about 60' long by 20' wide and 6-10' high at the highest point of dirt clumps. There were 7 piles that we burned as well as a lot more we just pushed into the brush. One of these days I will take some pics of the piles I have left and post them. Without even thinking I know there is well over 500 yards of topsoil just piled in a couple large piles.
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EddieWalker
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Re: It\'s tree removal time!
Thanks for all the good information and advice on starting my fire. I've done just about everything mentioned, but not to the degree necessary to make it work.
I have this huge fear of losing control of the fire if it spreads to the surrounding trees, so my pile isn't as big, or thick as it needs to be. I'll fix that first.
I started a smaller fire, that I had burning all day long withouth results. I even had a few tires in it to get things going, but nothing ever did. With a bigger pile, I should be able to do better.
I used just a one gallon jug of diesel to spike up the fire. Next time I'm bringing five gallons AND a garden sprayer. I like the sprayer idea!!!
I haven't tried to start the fire since my last failure at it.
I'm still looking for a logger to take some of the marketable timber I have on the ground. The problem I keep running into is finding a logger who doesn't have a bad reputation and who will work with me and my needs. Making money of timber is secondary to preserving my remaining trees.
Yesterday was the last day of nice weather for awhile, so I concentrated on grading a road, installing an culvert and cutting drainage for the rains.
Afterwards I started knocking down trees when I got an oil preasure warning light. There is oil all over the side of the engine! I need to take off the side panels to get a look at what caused this. I'm hoping it was a hose to an oil cooler, but I don't know for sure if I even have an oil cooler, just hoping I do. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
When the rains stop, I'll figure it out. No point doing it now since I can't get much done in the rain anyway.
Anybody familiar with the Case six cylinder engines? I know most of the Case engines in the 80's were Cummins, but this one is definiatley a 1989 Case 1550 Case dozer with a Case engine.
One bright spot to breaking down. I had about an hour of daylight left, so I grabbed my rifle and walked the clearings I opened up.
Over the weekend, with my girlfriend, her kids and the dogs, we saw six wild hogs. Yesterday I had a dozen cross a creek in front of me and stand broadside in the trail 30 feet away. I took a nice 100 pound sow.
Thanks for all the good information and advice on starting my fire. I've done just about everything mentioned, but not to the degree necessary to make it work.
I have this huge fear of losing control of the fire if it spreads to the surrounding trees, so my pile isn't as big, or thick as it needs to be. I'll fix that first.
I started a smaller fire, that I had burning all day long withouth results. I even had a few tires in it to get things going, but nothing ever did. With a bigger pile, I should be able to do better.
I used just a one gallon jug of diesel to spike up the fire. Next time I'm bringing five gallons AND a garden sprayer. I like the sprayer idea!!!
I haven't tried to start the fire since my last failure at it.
I'm still looking for a logger to take some of the marketable timber I have on the ground. The problem I keep running into is finding a logger who doesn't have a bad reputation and who will work with me and my needs. Making money of timber is secondary to preserving my remaining trees.
Yesterday was the last day of nice weather for awhile, so I concentrated on grading a road, installing an culvert and cutting drainage for the rains.
Afterwards I started knocking down trees when I got an oil preasure warning light. There is oil all over the side of the engine! I need to take off the side panels to get a look at what caused this. I'm hoping it was a hose to an oil cooler, but I don't know for sure if I even have an oil cooler, just hoping I do. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
When the rains stop, I'll figure it out. No point doing it now since I can't get much done in the rain anyway.
Anybody familiar with the Case six cylinder engines? I know most of the Case engines in the 80's were Cummins, but this one is definiatley a 1989 Case 1550 Case dozer with a Case engine.
One bright spot to breaking down. I had about an hour of daylight left, so I grabbed my rifle and walked the clearings I opened up.
Over the weekend, with my girlfriend, her kids and the dogs, we saw six wild hogs. Yesterday I had a dozen cross a creek in front of me and stand broadside in the trail 30 feet away. I took a nice 100 pound sow.
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Re: It\'s tree removal time!
<font color="blue"> Thanks for all the good information and advice on starting my fire. I've done just about everything mentioned, but not to the degree necessary to make it work.
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I've had luck starting smaller brush piles with charcoal. Light a couple bags of charcoal up. It heats up damp and/or green wood to the point the wood starts to burn. It's not instantaneous however you could multi-task and have a fresh pork bar-b-que while you're waiting for the brush pile to ignite.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Don
<font color="blue"> Thanks for all the good information and advice on starting my fire. I've done just about everything mentioned, but not to the degree necessary to make it work.
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I've had luck starting smaller brush piles with charcoal. Light a couple bags of charcoal up. It heats up damp and/or green wood to the point the wood starts to burn. It's not instantaneous however you could multi-task and have a fresh pork bar-b-que while you're waiting for the brush pile to ignite.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Don
JASTN70D
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Re: It\'s tree removal time!
Eddie. I have never had the chance to taste wild hog. How is it ?
Eddie. I have never had the chance to taste wild hog. How is it ?