Yeah its been a slow morning, and youtube has shown me pictures of wood processing stuff. One of then was home made machines that the guy was ,for the lack of a better word, chipping branches into chunks about 4 to 6 inches long. I have to assume that there is some kind of wood burner that uses chunks that small to burn. Anyone ever see something like that?
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My woodshed is about full..another cord or two. Then top off next years seasoned stuff. Never ending. Then..we call them pick up sticks or odds...collect the stuff on the ground, branches etc. We burn those in the woodstove during the shoulder season until the snow comes. Keeps us warm and keeps the fuels out of the woods. Fire season here skeets, So dry I do not want to run the chain saw. Scary dry!
I am old at least in body and it sure takes a lot longer than it used to.
Hope you find an "odds burner". Takes forever to get a cord of that stuff.
I am old at least in body and it sure takes a lot longer than it used to.
Hope you find an "odds burner". Takes forever to get a cord of that stuff.
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Chunkers. They seem to be popular in Eastern Europe.
I haven't come across any burners or stoves. I'm thinking they could be handled like coal or even in some sort of gassifier.
But more likely the stuff is poured or placed into anything that will burn them .
A Culvert Queen down draft might be "the hot ticket". ;-)
tractor content: ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KAaABlfojc
Chunkers. They seem to be popular in Eastern Europe.
I haven't come across any burners or stoves. I'm thinking they could be handled like coal or even in some sort of gassifier.
But more likely the stuff is poured or placed into anything that will burn them .
A Culvert Queen down draft might be "the hot ticket". ;-)
tractor content: ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KAaABlfojc
Well no wonder why they aint got no big trees they keep choppin up the little ones,, yes that was one but I was wondering about the stove they would e useing and how it was fired,, maybe like an old coal furnace a screw auger or something
I've been wondering the same for a couple of years. I haven't found anything on the net.
I guess those people are proud of their choppers more than the stoves that burn the fuel.
Buy the way, I've seen a video of what might be called "commercial harvesting".
It's a lot like chopping corn, only takes bigger horses. ;-) The fast growing "trees" are planted in rows and the rig takes four or five rows at a time.
Must be some sort of "soft" deciduous species.
Did a tour of an outfit that built biomass boilers. Interesting stuff. Chunks were 1" and smaller. Boiler had multiple chimneys and auger flyting inside that turned at preset intervals to clean the heat exchangers. Designed to run at specific temperatures to keep from corroding firebox and boiler walls. Found it fascinating.
European wood processing equipment is out of this world.
European wood processing equipment is out of this world.
Mixed species
http://www.downloadvideoyoutube.net/video/OQVIbaM6yZc
Till no pics or mention of burners, but it must be some sort of gassifier.
http://www.downloadvideoyoutube.net/video/OQVIbaM6yZc
Till no pics or mention of burners, but it must be some sort of gassifier.
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Looks like stoves with grates
https://kaminova.com.ua/en/kratki-stoves-poland
Poland just by translation .
Such a fuel system would make sense , as most material that size get's chipped and blown back on the forest floor.
Looks like stoves with grates
https://kaminova.com.ua/en/kratki-stoves-poland
Poland just by translation .
Such a fuel system would make sense , as most material that size get's chipped and blown back on the forest floor.
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Small size is for fire starting most likely. Also maybe for smaller Rocket Stove.
I burn in a small wood stove. About 2 ..14" logs is all it will take. But I set it up with two 7" front to back... and one 14 across the top for better breathing. Once 14 begins to break down I push in another across top. Often have to shovel out hot ash just to make room. Have a closed ash can (oxygen burns off fast.. kills combustion.. keeps Carbon Monoxide at bay)
I burn in a small wood stove. About 2 ..14" logs is all it will take. But I set it up with two 7" front to back... and one 14 across the top for better breathing. Once 14 begins to break down I push in another across top. Often have to shovel out hot ash just to make room. Have a closed ash can (oxygen burns off fast.. kills combustion.. keeps Carbon Monoxide at bay)
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From the presence of the postings for the "chopping machinery" on the internet, the process is for more than "fire starting". More like the presence wood splitters have here in North America.
Some links show piles of material being processed (truck loads)
Mesh bags filled. stacked and covered.
It would be interesting to understand the full effort. Just for perspective.
Me? I grab a good size log to hold fire overnight, and save the small stuff for starting the stove and short evening "chill chasers" before bed time.
If you do a search on woodstoves in Germany you can get an idea of what they use to heat with. Friends of mine have one that looks like a small barrel and you drop the wood in standing on its end. It will only take one piece at a time and one piece is appox 12 inches long and that lasts all night. Where they live the temp rarely gets down to 20. I think it is Belguim that uses the chucks like in the video posted.
When I was in Germany a couple years ago and he added wood to the stove I told him how much I added a day in my outdoor furnace and he said that would last him a month. I threw some woodchips from the tree trimmers in mine and they were over a bed of coals. Two scoop shovels full lasted all day. New Holland makes a machine that harvests wood growing in rows. There is or was a vid on the internet about it. The way I take it they chop it up and then later it is compressed into small bales to be burned
When I was in Germany a couple years ago and he added wood to the stove I told him how much I added a day in my outdoor furnace and he said that would last him a month. I threw some woodchips from the tree trimmers in mine and they were over a bed of coals. Two scoop shovels full lasted all day. New Holland makes a machine that harvests wood growing in rows. There is or was a vid on the internet about it. The way I take it they chop it up and then later it is compressed into small bales to be burned
A bit of relief from the smoke. getting a bit of a nip in the air! My wood crib is just about full and starting on next years. Never ending.
