Thought I was Gonna Set the Forest on Fire!!!

[Gypo Logger]

Man, fire is a real scary thing! This one almost got away from me! Good thing I had a rake!
Sweating like a bugger, running around putting out fires, thinking the worst, tripped over the rake, lost the rake. Then like bad nightmare it's over.
Good thing I was cool, calm and collected!

 

[Trx250r180]

Thats a heck of a way to dry your firewood ,Glad things did not get out of hand .

 

[Gypo Logger]

I have a permit not that that helped. The fire hazard is low, but should be changed to at least moderate. My mistake was in trying to burn too large of piles. Just put out a fire that caught 40 ft away.
Am I suppose to stay here all night!!?

Thats a heck of a way to dry your firewood ,Glad things did not get out of hand .

 

[windthrown]

Why are you burning firewood source size logs as slash? Makes no sense to me.

 

[chucker]

^ like wise !! just another one of them little devils that will try and wreck your day/project.. good thing you were watching your back!

 

[windthrown]

I have burned slash piles as big as my house in Southern Oregon. Nothing in them was larger than 4 inches in diameter, unless it was grand fir. Had to burn when it was cool and not apt to flare up, and not during fire season. I preferred burning slash in October because this time of year you burn a snag like that and the roots will smolder for weeks or even months under ground and catch something on fire in summer.

 

[chucker]

I have a permit not that that helped. The fire hazard is low, but should be changed to at least moderate. My mistake was in trying to burn too large of piles. Just put out a fire that caught 40 ft away.
Am I suppose to stay here all night!!?

as long as there are open flames and a thought of fire danger "YOU ARE RESPONSIABLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS" !! day or night as well as weekends/holiday's!! you stated your permit....

 

[slowp]

Not everybody wants to keep slash lying about, or piled, while waiting for firewood cutters to cut it at their leisure. Roads might need to be closed, units need replanting, etc. Also, firewood cutters can tear apart nice piles and make the piles less burnable.

Fall burning is just as risky. I have been on a few escaped burns in October and November. Folks get antsy and burn after the first Fall rains then we get east winds and off they go.

Springtime broadcast burns are easier on the soils because there is so much moisture in the soil at that time, and yes, you do need to check the areas for a couple months afterwards for the smoldering root thing.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Why are you burning firewood source size logs as slash? Makes no sense to me.

Lol, I wasn't. It caught all on its own.

 

[Gypo Logger]

I cleared a 100' x 70' foot hunk out of the bush for a guy. About 500 trees cut into 4' lengths and piled. Took me 8.5 hours. Then I offered to burn, but no more! I'm **** scared of this stuff. Lol
It's 41f here and frost 6" below the surface, but the ground litter is drier than a popcorn fart.
The wind is picking up.

 

[windthrown]

Lol, I wasn't. It caught all on its own.

Ah ha! I see... that is one hell of a leap. I have seen fires leap really long distances in wildfires in California. I saws some amazing stuff burning slash in Southern Oregon as well. I left some unintentionally fire scarred trees at my ex's place. You think things are going fine, and then WHAM! In most cases a root or patch of grass or leaves would catch fire and smolder and then the fire would flare up 20 feet from where my tidy slash pile was supposed to be contained.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Lol, I left one green tree for the customer as I liked it and so did he, but the flames climbed up almost to the crown,
That's when things started to get hot and scary. I hope the tree makes it.
I won't charge anything for the day as it was all very unprofessional of me.

 

[windthrown]

Burning slash is required by law here in Oregon. Landowners are responsible for any fire that starts from a slash pile, regardless of cause. Even if it is started by lightening, your neighbor illegally welding a fence during fire season, a chainsaw, or by kids with matches. Last year there were several forest fires that were started in Oregon in January by slash piles being burned legally. It had not rained much that month, it was warmer than normal, and it was dry enough. Rarely happens, maybe every 50 years or so.

 

[SliverPicker]

"Stuff" happens. No blood no foul.

 

[windthrown]

No burns, no foul. I would rather bleed than burn myself.

 

[Gypo Logger]

The only good thing that happened today was a got to dump a dead 20" spruce away from the fire. Lol

 

[Gypo Logger]

I bucked up the burning logs and threw them on the fire. Note the trusty 372 and the pecker bill hat. Lols

 

[Trx250r180]

So i take it you have no machine to push stuff in the pile ? ,My beater skid steer works good for stuff like this .

 

[windthrown]

I used my trusty 4WD Kubota with a bucket fitted with a tooth bar on it to do that stuff in Southern Oregon. My wedges all look like the one you have on the left there on that stump! Orange and thrashed.

 

[Gypo Logger]

I couldn't go near it even with a piece of equipment, just too hot! Those green needle go up like gas.
Fighting that fire totally exhausted me. Never again! Lol