Anthracite for Burning Out a Stump
I had a big hemlock fall down a couple of months ago. Today I was out cleaning the last of it up. I thought I would try and burn it out with some coal I had outside. It's still burning and seems to be working pretty good. I stuck a pipe in the center and have been using my shopvac to give it combustion air.
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C, ya bored?? I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe a little?freetown fred wrote:C, ya bored?? I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was more of having some coal outside with pine needles and rocks in it. I don't want to run that through my boiler.
Also the stump was already hollow so it looked a lot like an efm pot.
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I wonder how well that is going to work, very interested in finding out.... The one problem I can think of is the ash insulating it.
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Cool video! Great idea too! I hope this works. Ive used highly volatile items I wont name and the stumps never seem to completely burn. Ive got 2 huge stumps right now
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i THINK IT WILL WORK GREAT WHEN YOU GET THE STUMP ON TOP OF THE FIRE.... AT THE MOMENT IT APPEARS TO BE UNDER......
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That, is a great video! You need to make a longer version and post it on Youtube!cArNaGe wrote:I had a big hemlock fall down a couple of months ago. Today I was out cleaning the last of it up. I thought I would try and burn it out with some coal I had outside. It's still burning and seems to be working pretty good. I stuck a pipe in the center and have been using my shopvac to give it combustion air.
I was think'in of doing something like that but I knew the combustion air would be a problem. Nice to know that a piece of pipe and a shop vac makes an Awesome fire.
-Don
So far it has been a failure
The wood is still just way to wet. I had already cut it down under the level of the ground. I'm sure it would work if I wanted to wait until the wood dried out. Or if I wanted to put the time into it and the coal.
The wood is still just way to wet. I had already cut it down under the level of the ground. I'm sure it would work if I wanted to wait until the wood dried out. Or if I wanted to put the time into it and the coal.
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You wouldnt have had as much fun doing it another way Maybe next time!