Brush and debris pile burning in cold weather?

[TheJollyLogger]

Not if it's raining out. C'mon Bill.

Yeah, he's "betting", since he's never actually tried it.

 

[Joseph Acquisto]

Start a small fire with dry wood. If you need to add fuel use either diesel or kerosene. Once you can get a section hot and going it will burn even when wet.

Per you and Bill G, I may try again in a week or so. Right now the snow is a bit deep for me to trudge through and some weird rain and temperature swings are coming next few days. Lotta "melt" predicted. There may be a few drier sunny days next week.

 

[Bill G]

Seems some object to a little tire burning a time or two a year for brush disposal. Putting that rubbish in a land fill will create methane which is much more destructive to the environment than a few burning tires a year.

Hell the cities around her use tires in the brush piles yearly. You got to get them burning..............

 

[Bill G]

Methane isn't destructive,.......................

My son will start pumping the manure pit in the hog finisher Monday afternoon. Why don't you stop on by and see what you think of methane say...........about Wednesday. I think your opinion might change. I know the families of all the dead farmers who thought like you would disagree with your assumption.

 

[Bill G]

Per you and Bill G, I may try again in a week or so. Right now the snow is a bit deep for me to trudge through and some weird rain and temperature swings are coming next few days. Lotta "melt" predicted. There may be a few drier sunny days next week.

Sadly I have a feeling we are sending you some more heavy snow. That is what is looking like according to the weather pundits. You fine folks in New York get hit hard darn near every year.

 

[Bill G]

Maybe a foot, including the rocks "neatly assembled" along the rim.

Kind of an "intellectual matter" now, as there is at least a foot of snow as far as the eye can see. Maybe more to come as well.

You should not any draft issues then

 

[Bill G]

Not that I want to get involved in this "contest of manhood", but methane is a problem, it is 10 times as potent as CO2 as a "greenhouse gas".

But, I do oppose "open pit" tire burning as a common practice.

For those that think a burn pit can get hot enough to "neuter" toxic materials, please do a search on "veterans" and "burn pits" and see the issues with veterans of the Gulf War era. They might disagree.

We now return you to our regularly unscheduled slap fest.

Methane gas is a huge problem and it is a killer.

 

[Bill G]

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Wow blind squirrels do find nuts Now let's hear about your decades of burning experience

 

[Bill G]

Thanks for all the constructive advice, and the rather amusing rounds of diverting commentary.

My burning question, (!) will remain unresolved for some months, given the snow. Given the soil here, pretty sure I will have a small "lake" for a few weeks after melt as I did not provide a drainage path out of the hole.

A foot at least and still falling. And more to come later, they say. Oh well.

Going back to post #1 you said you dug a hole with your backhoe so can you just reach it and fish the brush back out? If you have a thumb that is great. Stack it up on some tires, let it sit a few days and burn it. If you do not want to use tires that is fine. Get some small square bales of straw from a local farmer. Soak them in used motor oil and then pack the brush on top. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

 

[Bill G]

Start a small fire with dry wood. If you need to add fuel use either diesel or kerosene. Once you can get a section hot and going it will burn even when wet.

Exactly!

 

[Bill G]

$125,000,000/yr in profits lol. 400+ end dumps a day is a lot …..


I don’t make a habit of throwing tires on brush piles. I do pile brush on tire piles quite often. A couple tires to get it going of a couple gallons of diesel …. Makes me difference to me. Burn it and make it gone.


Here is what it looks like to burn totally organic soybean hulls. Can’t be bad for to burn if it came from a plant. Oh wait …. Tires come from plants so it’s okay.

If it is just me on a personal job I generally just use on tire to get it going. If it is an excavator and dozer going on a customers job they are not paying to fiddle fart around.

Come to think of it why don't you tell these folks how you get rid of your chicken carcasses.......

 

[Bill G]

Page 1. You just confirmed you jumped into a thread without reading it... again...

Quote me.

 

[Bill G]

Not if it's raining out. C'mon Bill.

Did you even read what I posted or did you just try to make a funny?

 

[pdqdl]

Recursive conversations aren't my preference, Bill. I don't plan on revisiting the past conversation just because you don't keep up.

Go back, read it all yourself, and if it doesn't make sense to you, then don't worry about it. I'll be just fine if you think I wasn't paying attention.

 

[Bill G]

Yeah, he's "betting", since he's never actually tried it.

You are correct. I have plenty more work to do then work in the rain. Now the fine folks in the PNW do not enjoy that luxury and I commend them for busting their tails in the rain. You are not one of them fine folks though now are ya... Do not bother answering, the question was rhetorical.

 

[Bill G]

Recursive conversations aren't my preference, Bill. I don't plan on revisiting the past conversation just because you don't keep up.

Go back, read it all yourself, and if it doesn't make sense to you, then don't worry about it. I'll be just fine if you think I wasn't paying attention.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

You are correct. I have plenty more work to do then work in the rain. Now the fine folks in the PNW do not enjoy that luxury and I commend them for busting their tails in the rain. You are not one of them fine folks though now are ya... Do not bother answering, the question was rhetorical.

Bill, I have cut trees and burned piles in more conditions than you can imagine. 6 states, 3 hurricanes... fire and windstorm clean up... don't even start

 

[Bill G]

Bill, I have cut trees and burned piles in more conditions than you can imagine. 6 states, 3 hurricanes... fire and windstorm clean up... don't even start

Good for you. Would you now like a cookie?

 

[TheJollyLogger]

No, I'd like for you to go back to the political forum and stop giving bad advice... if you look at the tag line of the homeowners helper forum, it is a place where homeowners can ask pros for advice...

 

[Bill G]

No, I'd like for you to go back to the political forum and stop giving bad advice... if you look at the tag line of the homeowners helper forum, it is a place where homeowners can ask pros for advice...

So what defines you, I or anyone else as a "pro" ? Did you register with a resume' and 4 references?