telephone poles for firewood

[livewire]

It's this kind of bullsh*t that gives woodburners a bad rep.Just because it will burn doesn't mean it should be burnt.Time to grow up a little and be responsible.Just because you don't give a crap doesn't mean you should cause trouble for everyone else.:bang: :bang: :censored: :censored: :angry2: :angry2:

YUP!

The EPA doesn't need anymore examples for why we need limitations! STOP HELPING THEM!

 

[MS-310]

Use an OWb just like an indoor wood stove, clean and dry. The "EPA" there are here for us........lol sorry. But only burn good wood.

 

[ben14826]

WHOA...

I wouldn't even consider that. Forget air quality for a minute and consider the fine you will get if your local FD catches wind of those things burning in your OWB.

Okay now consider air quality; tar, rubber, and various other airborn toxins.
That crap is not good for the lungs. Dmn glad that guys not my neughbor!!!

I think he was kidding?

 

[Gologit]

I think he was kidding?

Let's hope so. Otherwise he'll be a candidate for the next Darwinism award.

 

[Kate Butler]

telephone poles

http://www.osmose.com/utilities/products/treatment/

I have a friend who worked for this company for years all around the country and you would not believe the toxcicity of the chemicals used in pole preservation. Not that the chemicals are inherently "bad" - they do the job. BUT, the job is to preserve the poles..... not to make fireweood.

 

[michael j]

Keep 'em comin'!!

Mike

 

[bassman]

people on this forum and others seem to think an OWB is in some way like a indoor woodstove.
well there not .
my OWB eats wood at 10 times the rate of my indoor stove and that SUCKS!!
I was lied to when i bought it and it was a last minute way to heat my wifes greenhouse.
the dumb idea i had was to run it to the house and make it pay for its self in 3 years .
well sure it saves on gas but when your wood pile gets low you get scared and will try anything.
I only burn good dry wood in mine but i have tried used cooking oil dumped on the wood and 1 tire .
the cooking oil seems ok and i think if i could get a pan type burner it would work real good but there is the design flaw of no complete combustion so no matter what you burn most of the heat goes up and out.
burn dry hard wood in a barrel and it dosent smoke much ....
the original post of poles sounds more like "hey what can i feed my woodpig as i am outta wood" to me.

 

[windthrown]

Burning creosote may not be a problem...

Creosote burns. It would seem to me that burning creosote may not be that big of an issue. Our OWB builds up creosote inside all the time. I sluff it off of the sides of the burn chamber into the boiler ashes and it burns fine. There are several companies in Northern California that burn creosote-only RR ties in boilers for fuel and they do not trip any EPA emmissions limits. The problem is if the poles are treated with anything *other* than creosote.

 

[windthrown]

Owb?

people on this forum and others seem to think an OWB is in some way like a indoor woodstove.
well there not .
my OWB eats wood at 10 times the rate of my indoor stove and that SUCKS!!

What kind of OWB do you have there? We do not seem to have a problem with huge amounts of wood burning here, and we burn about 5 cords during the heating season as expected. We love our OWB! But we only burn wood and paper and cardboard in there. Keeps the house and water nice and toasty.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

I was under the impression that the EPA had stopped them from using creosote to treat telephone poles because it was leaching into the soil. Any truth to it?

Ian

 

[turnkey4099]

I was under the impression that the EPA had stopped them from using creosote to treat telephone poles because it was leaching into the soil. Any truth to it?

Ian

It seemed to me to be more a batch of activists pushing for it until they finally bent over. No matter how much info was put out that any 'leaching' was minimal and a lot of drinking water naturally contains more arsenic than you could get from the wood (other than by chewing and eating it).

Harry K

 

[redprospector]

A better use for old power poles is to go over them with a metal detector, and mill them into planks for trailer floors. Be sure to wear a resperator when milling!

Andy

 

[kevinj]

Birthday boy.

Happy Birthday Red !
:bday:

 

[redprospector]

Haha, Thanks Kevinj.

Andy

 

[windthrown]

I was under the impression that the EPA had stopped them from using creosote to treat telephone poles because it was leaching into the soil. Any truth to it?

Ian

Actually the vapor from creosote will kill plants around it and leech into the soil. But there must be a billion poles out there soaked in creosote.

 

[olyman]

i agree with windthrown--creosote is a O I L derative---and there are plenty of waste oil burners heating shops---all around the country---so--its not the creosote--its what might be in it----and did you know--its not against the law to burn tires--some of the elec generating plants burn ground up tires--and their stacks have to pass emissions-----also--a tire in a woodburner--with the air on full----will burn a tire fairly clean---because your getting the tire hot enough to burn all of it--the black smoke from a open burn tire--is fuel that will burn if hot enough--which is what a wood burner is---

 

[musch]

Man I wish I could get my hands on 20 or 30 of em.
I need a good backstop for my shooting range.

 

[jhellwig]

In Iowa I think you are allowed to burn one tire in a brush pile. Any brush piles I have made burn so fast and hot that the tire doesn't have a chance to give out black smoke. I would not think of sticking one of the stinking things in the owb. The smoke from the thing goes through our yard and towards the barn most of the time.

 

[Bowtie]

I cant believe people would put creosote soaked poles or tires in any firebox. Use some common sense. Just the smell from creosote soaked poles or a tire is enough to gag a person. I dont care what anyone else says, it aint right.

 

[michael j]

I see I got some bashing for burning RR ties. Well, I was trying to answer the original question. It had no adverse affect on my stove. I didn't post it to be judged by people that weren't big enough to carry a saw in 1984. Yes in 1984 I burnt ties. Creosote which is a derivative of coal tar, not crude oil, was available to the general public at the local hardware store. I preferred ties to the coal alot of people burn because it burnt cleaner than smoking, soot spewing coal.
I also remember my Dad dusting the garden with chlordane, when it was the thing to use, and we ate the veggies. If you buy produce from Mexico today, you're probably eating it too. Don't bash me for answering a question. What I did was acceptable at the time.I really don't know why I'm explaining myself anyway. I guess I just got a burr in my boot or something.
Rant off.

Mike