Your 100% right about a Hot Fire. Hot and it burns clean and doesn’t fill the air with white smoke. I wish more people thought about the air quality when burning. Keeping the stuff you wanna burn dry helps not fill the air with smoke
I hope you aren’t out working in all that heat you are having in the PNW. We are having the same heat in the SE.I have been running a fundraiser for the DAV over the we Forth. It was in the mid-90’s, yesterday, and that is hot even for here. I cranked up my 025, Sunday, and it was running real rich. I had put a new L4 lightweight Stihl bar on it and wanted to see how the chain and new bar lubed. It did a good job. Each of the links had a glob of oil on them and it lubed the rotary sprocket nice. Yesterday, when I got home from the fundraiser I was soaking wet and slot until almost seven this morning. Thank God, this is the last day of it. I sure would not want to be hanging out around a fire,like you. You can drill a stump and fill it with Epson salt and that will rot the stump out. I have burned stumps out but it sterilizes the ground for several feet adjacent to where you burned the stump, so nothing will grow there for several years. I now just drill them with a one inch wood drill and fill them full of Epson Salt. You can also fill them with old motor oil and it does the same thing.
I have been getting up early, and working till it gets hot out, then work in the shop where it stays fairly cool. I have been moving that big tree I cut up to it's final destination and into the wood shed. I use the barrel burning method I show in the video, as it burns out a stump and a good portion of the roots in a couple of days. I do this in areas that I want to clear out the ground in a quick fashion. I use the epsom salts on small stumps that are in area I can't get to them with the tractor to pull them out.
I built a stump burning barrel with a chimney pipe and even had a copper tube as a gas/oil drip from a give gallon bucket and it still took forever to burn 🔥 that stump. I’ve found it easer to cut them ground level and just mow over them.
I tried burning 🔥 one stump with drilling holes and pouring oil and gas and lighter fluid and covered with extra firewood 🪵 thinking it would burn down like a camp fire. That dang thing is still there. Maybe now a few years later it’s dry enough I’ll try it again. I have five acre’s of trees so I have plenty to try. A lot of them I just dig the roots out with my skidsteer and push them over roots and all. I heat the house with all I take down.
The method I use is for smaller stumps. I dig out under the stump, put wood and charcoal down there, sometimes drill holes from top to bottom, and sometimes drill hole from the sides I intersect with the upright holes, which creates a super hot draft, and burns them out. I let the stumps dry for a couple of years before burning them, which helps a lot. Definately many different ways to get rid of the stumps, but after trying a lot of different methods, the way I do the burn now has been the most effective for me.
I like that method, I’ll have to do that with my stumps. Great information you give out. Would like you to do a axe hafting video sometime. Be safe be kind and God bless.
the barrel makes all the difference in a burn, as it concentrates the heat where it is most effective I will be doing some more ax videos so keep tuned
I was about to ask you why there isn't some kind of air inlet, but you began talking about doing it for next time. I also was going to ask if you think using an old stove pipe connected to a hole in the barrow, with a leaf blower on the opposite end of the pipe, if that would work to speed up the burn, or if it would be too hot and melt the barrow? I was thinking using your ideal of lining the barrow with the wood, could protect the barrow from the high heat as well as reflect it back on the stump, would possibly work using the leaf blower. Just shut off the blower when the lining burns away, and add another lining, etc... I have a really huge stump to remove, it is about 5 ft diameter. That is why i am considering burning, otherwise i would just pull it. So i never burnt them out before, but i am thinking it will still work on a huge stump, just have to burn part of it at a time if i use a 55 galloon drum. But i was also thinking to build up a rock wall, or a block wall around the 5ft stump, this way i can burn all at once. I could do the same stuff, like line it with wood, use charcoal, diesel and oil, brush, logs, etc... but it will just be blocks not steel. And i will most likely have to try using the blower and stove pipe to speed it all up. But i could possibly put some fire brick to line the bottom of the wall where the high heat will be to reflect even more heat back at the stump. It is an attempt to do this for someone else, so i don't want to be needing to tend the thing for two weeks or anything. It is in an area a grinder or other tools like a bulldozer can't reach. So if i can speed up the burn and be there for only 2-3 days tending, it might work.
I havent burnt any real large stumps, so I dont have a lot of input on doing it. A blower will definately create a hot fire and burn the stump a lot faster. I have a stump that is about 3 feet in diameter, and I have a vintage stump blower from the early thirties with a B&S model Y engine, that I will do a video on next fall, so we can both see how effective it will be. Thanks for watching.
I find that smaller wood, cut in half to increase the surface (burn) area gives me a much hotter fire, and also fits down around the stump, which is what I want to burn out. I have tried a lot of methods, and this has worked best .
That's the way to go but that seems like way too much fuel for a stump that size. Plus it's been drying and soaking for two years, right? Getting rid of brush and stump is better suited title.
the type of tree I was burning does not like to burn except in an exceptionally hot fire, thats why it took a lot of fuel-- the other tree stumps I burned that were much larger, and of a different type of wood, and I didnt video, burned out in less than 36 hours and with only about a third amount of fuel-- every tree is different
You actually did a modified pyrolysis in using your stump to convert it first to charcoal and then by piling up a lot of unwanted branches you generated enough heat to burn the stump that had already been converted partially to charcoal itself. I have a suggestion. Cover your stump with a smaller barrel. Then use your branches around that smaller barrel. Then set the branches on fire to produce enough heat to convert your stump into charcoal. Now you have recovered your charcoal in the form of your stump. Try your next stump this way. It would be done overnight.
One thing is for sure, there are a lot of ways to burn stumps. The stump in the video you watched was to big to use my small barrell on. The tree stumps I am burning, require a super hot fire to turn them to ash, which is my main goal. I have a huge amount of tree debris, so burning a lot of waste wood is a benefit to us. I will try your method on my next stump, but it will probably be in the fall, as the rainey season is just about over. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
I buy the charcoal when it is cheapest, right before winter, and usually can get a bulk deal if I buy all the remaining stock. Once the fire is really hot no charcoal is needed, and since the charcoal provides so much initial heat I have a real clean fire very quickly. Cheap and clean, the perfect combination.
I don't know where you got the idea I was burning plastic. I started the fire with a piece of newspaper, and the only other things I used were charcoal and wood. Plastic burned properly is clean and hot though.
I have so much of this type of wood, dead trees, branches ,limbs etc. that I could never use it all for firewood. By using it to burn out stumps etc., I clean up the property, and get rid of trash wood that would otherwise sit on the ground and rot. It is the right thing to do for me.
If I were 25 years old I could probably do the same thing ! The thing that benefits me doing the stump removals the way I do is that I burn up all the junk wood from branches, tops blown out of trees and unwanted brush that is all over my property. Another benefit is that it burns up a fair amount of the roots also, then I can clean out around the roots at the burnt end and pull the remainders out with my tractor. The heat makes the soil nice and loose, so it is much easier to dig around them.
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 I am 62 now, I exactly know what to do to remove a stump, better than most younger men. Have you heard about biochar and "terra preta"? You can turn that slash into biochar, and the biochar improves the soil.
I do bio char at times, and use it where I want to do some gardening. I am unfamiliar with the term terra preta, so I need to do some research. The amount of trash wood debri on the property is massive, so I like to burn as much as I can, which also makes the place less of a fire hazard.
Many comments are questions about what I go over in the video, which means most watchers are not very focused on the content, so I have found that repeating the info finally sinks in to the less observant.
To much feeding... All that stuff and mainly the humongous amounts of ash is isolating the stump from the heat AND OXYGEN ! Better set the stump on fire/glow using a much smaller fire. Than force some air on the glowing stump.
Well all I can tell you is that you are completely wrong. When the fire finally burns out, I have only a small amount of ash left. The way I build the fire makes it extremely hot, so I can burn up all the trash wood I have laying around, and since it is so hot, there is very little smoke, which means I have a very clean and efficient fire. Using your method of burning the stump, I would have a dirty, smokey fire. By having charcoal top and bottom, the fire burns from the bottom up and also from the top down at the same time. I would recommend that you try it yourself, so you can see how wrong you are.
I liked throwing in the junk mail--very appropriate.
Your 100% right about a Hot Fire. Hot and it burns clean and doesn’t fill the air with white smoke. I wish more people thought about the air quality when burning. Keeping the stuff you wanna burn dry helps not fill the air with smoke
This video is my most watched video by far. Apparently there is an interest in having a clean fire.
I hope you aren’t out working in all that heat you are having in the PNW. We are having the same heat in the SE.I have been running a fundraiser for the DAV over the we Forth. It was in the mid-90’s, yesterday, and that is hot even for here. I cranked up my 025, Sunday, and it was running real rich. I had put a new L4 lightweight Stihl bar on it and wanted to see how the chain and new bar lubed. It did a good job. Each of the links had a glob of oil on them and it lubed the rotary sprocket nice. Yesterday, when I got home from the fundraiser I was soaking wet and slot until almost seven this morning. Thank God, this is the last day of it. I sure would not want to be hanging out around a fire,like you. You can drill a stump and fill it with Epson salt and that will rot the stump out. I have burned stumps out but it sterilizes the ground for several feet adjacent to where you burned the stump, so nothing will grow there for several years. I now just drill them with a one inch wood drill and fill them full of Epson Salt. You can also fill them with old motor oil and it does the same thing.
I have been getting up early, and working till it gets hot out, then work in the shop where it stays fairly cool. I have been moving that big tree I cut up to it's final destination and into the wood shed. I use the barrel burning method I show in the video, as it burns out a stump and a good portion of the roots in a couple of days. I do this in areas that I want to clear out the ground in a quick fashion. I use the epsom salts on small stumps that are in area I can't get to them with the tractor to pull them out.
thank you for posting that, 1st class as always! stay safe out there! regards alan.
This is like the best tutorial.
I built a stump burning barrel with a chimney pipe and even had a copper tube as a gas/oil drip from a give gallon bucket and it still took forever to burn 🔥 that stump. I’ve found it easer to cut them ground level and just mow over them.
That works !
I tried burning 🔥 one stump with drilling holes and pouring oil and gas and lighter fluid and covered with extra firewood 🪵 thinking it would burn down like a camp fire.
That dang thing is still there. Maybe now a few years later it’s dry enough I’ll try it again.
I have five acre’s of trees so I have plenty to try. A lot of them I just dig the roots out with my skidsteer and push them over roots and all. I heat the house with all I take down.
The method I use is for smaller stumps. I dig out under the stump, put wood and charcoal down there, sometimes drill holes from top to bottom, and sometimes drill hole from the sides I intersect with the upright holes, which creates a super hot draft, and burns them out. I let the stumps dry for a couple of years before burning them, which helps a lot. Definately many different ways to get rid of the stumps, but after trying a lot of different methods, the way I do the burn now has been the most effective for me.
I like that method, I’ll have to do that with my stumps. Great information you give out. Would like you to do a axe hafting video sometime. Be safe be kind and God bless.
the barrel makes all the difference in a burn, as it concentrates the heat where it is most effective I will be doing some more ax videos so keep tuned
I cut a waffle pattern into the stumps and burn. Works pretty well
I do the same on many of the stumps I burn.
I even put a small chunk of magnesium in one stump thinking it would burn hot but not. 👎
Thanks! 👍
Thanks for watching
I'm gonna try this on my Mulberry tree stumps
You will be happy with the results !
Yes, learnt something useful
I use charcoal lighter and diesel for my big burns. Starts without the shock and awe, but it’s effective.
That looks like a good alternative to the way I light my stump burns
Where can a person get a couple of burn cans like those?
You need to find a place that sells used barrels in your area, and then cut out the ends.
Home Depot sells barrels.
I’ve read that you can also wrap sheets of metal aound a stump and hold them in place with pegs or wire-cheaper than a barrel.
Thank you
I was about to ask you why there isn't some kind of air inlet, but you began talking about doing it for next time. I also was going to ask if you think using an old stove pipe connected to a hole in the barrow, with a leaf blower on the opposite end of the pipe, if that would work to speed up the burn, or if it would be too hot and melt the barrow?
I was thinking using your ideal of lining the barrow with the wood, could protect the barrow from the high heat as well as reflect it back on the stump, would possibly work using the leaf blower. Just shut off the blower when the lining burns away, and add another lining, etc...
I have a really huge stump to remove, it is about 5 ft diameter. That is why i am considering burning, otherwise i would just pull it. So i never burnt them out before, but i am thinking it will still work on a huge stump, just have to burn part of it at a time if i use a 55 galloon drum. But i was also thinking to build up a rock wall, or a block wall around the 5ft stump, this way i can burn all at once. I could do the same stuff, like line it with wood, use charcoal, diesel and oil, brush, logs, etc... but it will just be blocks not steel. And i will most likely have to try using the blower and stove pipe to speed it all up. But i could possibly put some fire brick to line the bottom of the wall where the high heat will be to reflect even more heat back at the stump.
It is an attempt to do this for someone else, so i don't want to be needing to tend the thing for two weeks or anything. It is in an area a grinder or other tools like a bulldozer can't reach. So if i can speed up the burn and be there for only 2-3 days tending, it might work.
I havent burnt any real large stumps, so I dont have a lot of input on doing it. A blower will definately create a hot fire and burn the stump a lot faster. I have a stump that is about 3 feet in diameter, and I have a vintage stump blower from the early thirties with a B&S model Y engine, that I will do a video on next fall, so we can both see how effective it will be. Thanks for watching.
How about cut up tires to heat it up.
I find that smaller wood, cut in half to increase the surface (burn) area gives me a much hotter fire, and also fits down around the stump, which is what I want to burn out. I have tried a lot of methods, and this has worked best .
That's the way to go but that seems like way too much fuel for a stump that size. Plus it's been drying and soaking for two years, right? Getting rid of brush and stump is better suited title.
the type of tree I was burning does not like to burn except in an exceptionally hot fire, thats why it took a lot of fuel-- the other tree stumps I burned that were much larger, and of a different type of wood, and I didnt video, burned out in less than 36 hours and with only about a third amount of fuel-- every tree is different
You actually did a modified pyrolysis in using your stump to convert it first to charcoal and then by piling up a lot of unwanted branches you generated enough heat to burn the stump that had already been converted partially to charcoal itself. I have a suggestion. Cover your stump with a smaller barrel. Then use your branches around that smaller barrel. Then set the branches on fire to produce enough heat to convert your stump into charcoal. Now you have recovered your charcoal in the form of your stump. Try your next stump this way. It would be done overnight.
One thing is for sure, there are a lot of ways to burn stumps. The stump in the video you watched was to big to use my small barrell on. The tree stumps I am burning, require a super hot fire to turn them to ash, which is my main goal. I have a huge amount of tree debris, so burning a lot of waste wood is a benefit to us. I will try your method on my next stump, but it will probably be in the fall, as the rainey season is just about over. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Wow. That’s a great idea!!!
Move that wood ash into your garden & you'll have a bumper crop next year.
I mix wood ash in my compost before mixing it in the soil. Works really well.
I don’t think he used enough charcoal 😂
That got expensive with all that good charcoal
I buy the charcoal when it is cheapest, right before winter, and usually can get a bulk deal if I buy all the remaining stock. Once the fire is really hot no charcoal is needed, and since the charcoal provides so much initial heat I have a real clean fire very quickly. Cheap and clean, the perfect combination.
Why not just cut the small stumps below ground level with a saws all? 5 minutes those tiny stumps would be gone.
I don't have a sawzall.
Won't have a 'nice clean fire' burning plastic!
I don't know where you got the idea I was burning plastic. I started the fire with a piece of newspaper, and the only other things I used were charcoal and wood. Plastic burned properly is clean and hot though.
what a waste of good fire wood.
I have so much of this type of wood, dead trees, branches ,limbs etc. that I could never use it all for firewood. By using it to burn out stumps etc., I clean up the property, and get rid of trash wood that would otherwise sit on the ground and rot. It is the right thing to do for me.
Give me 1 hour, and I remove that stump, just with an axe, a hoe and a shovel.
If I were 25 years old I could probably do the same thing ! The thing that benefits me doing the stump removals the way I do is that I burn up all the junk wood from branches, tops blown out of trees and unwanted brush that is all over my property. Another benefit is that it burns up a fair amount of the roots also, then I can clean out around the roots at the burnt end and pull the remainders out with my tractor. The heat makes the soil nice and loose, so it is much easier to dig around them.
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156
I am 62 now, I exactly know what to do to remove a stump, better than most younger men.
Have you heard about biochar and "terra preta"? You can turn that slash into biochar, and the biochar improves the soil.
I do bio char at times, and use it where I want to do some gardening. I am unfamiliar with the term terra preta, so I need to do some research. The amount of trash wood debri on the property is massive, so I like to burn as much as I can, which also makes the place less of a fire hazard.
To many repeats of the same stuff!
Many comments are questions about what I go over in the video, which means most watchers are not very focused on the content, so I have found that repeating the info finally sinks in to the less observant.
To much feeding...
All that stuff and mainly the humongous amounts of ash is isolating the stump from the heat AND OXYGEN !
Better set the stump on fire/glow using a much smaller fire. Than force some air on the glowing stump.
Well all I can tell you is that you are completely wrong. When the fire finally burns out, I have only a small amount of ash left. The way I build the fire makes it extremely hot, so I can burn up all the trash wood I have laying around, and since it is so hot, there is very little smoke, which means I have a very clean and efficient fire. Using your method of burning the stump, I would have a dirty, smokey fire. By having charcoal top and bottom, the fire burns from the bottom up and also from the top down at the same time. I would recommend that you try it yourself, so you can see how wrong you are.