Burning A WHOLE TREE In My OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER!

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Жыл бұрын

HI everyone we are going to do our annual WHOLE TREE burning video in our central boiler CL 6048! This machine is a non gasification boiler so we can burn almost anything! If it grows in the woods I can burn it!

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@noel3065 Жыл бұрын

I think Al is right your the happiest firewood guy I've seen, Get your belt sander and enjoy restoring axes. Its a great hobby. keep the video's coming

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

I will indeed my friend! I will stay the course as thats who I am! Thanks for the positivity!

@aldiminico6513 Жыл бұрын

Morning Jay. I watch a lot of firewood videos and I have to say, you are the happiest guy on KZfaq. Don’t ever change!🙏🏻

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Hey Al! What you see is what you get I convey how I am! Im glad you enjoy!

@Andyrob323 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a bowling pin dropping! I’m 3 months into running my boiler and absolutely love it! I don’t see myself going back to a wood stove for more than ambiance ever again. It’s so nice to have the mess outside and not worry about log length

@tyharland1906 Жыл бұрын

You're gonna be happy my friend. Welcome to the life of big ugly firewood. A fellow doesn't feel too bad about cranking the thermostat when he knows the heat throughout the house came from his saw, splitter and hands. What do you have for a boiler?

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Those are all good things indeed! The wood stove in my shed is nice and cool but if I had to keep up with that 24/7 I think id be more tired lol

@timthompson6338 Жыл бұрын

That's not a bad burn time especially with pine. I think a couple more pieces would have given you your 24 hr burn. Stay safe my friend

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Indeed we could have made it if we added the other pieces about 8 hours in once it burned down a bit!

@jefflandon9125 Жыл бұрын

Nice to be able to get out and cut wood keeps me young cut lots of Ash and Maple to feed my parents central boiler

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Best therapy indeed

@Barton_Motors_Ltd Жыл бұрын

Nice big burn!

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Yes it was!

@healyfamily4 Жыл бұрын

The annual whole tree 🌲 burning 🔥 One of the best holidays of the year! 😂

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Hahah its a national holiday LOL

@chrisrussell1584 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Got to love pre seasoned soft wood but it burns up quick compared to ash. Or maple. But heat is heat . It all burns. Until the next one jay .

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Indeed my friend! It served its purpose in the woods and was now ready for firewood! Any longer it would have turned punky and just rotted to nothing! Glad we found it and used it!

@f150bft Жыл бұрын

Never tried to burn a whole tree....now I want to. Keep it up Jay!

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

You can do it!! LOL

@jimbo5056 Жыл бұрын

23 hrs fm one tree you spent a couple hrs dropping n cutting up, then stacking by your boiler? Win/win! That was neat Jay! 🙂

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Haha yes indeed it was fun to see how it behaved with a full load now I have another video to do on that topic because I learned a few things!

@larrykluckoutdoors8227 Жыл бұрын

Nice going

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@pyroman6000 Жыл бұрын

That was a nice find! The free wood has been so plentiful, and come in so relentlessly this year, that almost nothing i have is truly seasoned... i need the space, so dry enough to not get moldy or attract bugs is the best i can do. Mostly it burns well enough, just slowly and smokily, lol. Plenty of hissing, too. Thank goodness so much of it is Ash- which burns regardless- and silver maple, which dries at warp speed. Its just a grill/firepit so no creosote problems. The beighbors may not always be happy about the smoke, tho...

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Hey Pyro! Thanks for watching and this tree was a nice find indeed! We dont have any immediet neighbors so smoke aint an issue but this log was very dry and didnt smoke a whole lot! Thanks for watching!

@northcountrytrapper5607 Жыл бұрын

Hey, I couldn’t help but notice at your 1:30 AM check on the boiler the damper wasn’t opened and when you opened the door the fire was burning a bit much for the damper being closed you my friend have an air leak! door seals or damper doors. That’s one of the biggest problems with the classics! But I love mine!

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Hey North, The damper just closed right before (literally) I turned the camera on so it was just running thats why it seemed like it was really cooking! Timing is everything LOL

@DanishSpeakerChannel Жыл бұрын

Burning a whole tree would take me perhaps 1 month with my little fireplace haha!! But Jay can you test Red Stone hardwood firewood bricks from Tractor Supply in the Jotul burner you got, they cost around 5 bucks and you get 20 pounds of firewood that’s super dry! I tried them and they’re good enough for me but I would like to hear your opinion

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Hey there! I do not need to really try those as I use hot coals from the boiler to get the stove going but if I happen to come across a TC ill look for them!

@shayn4220 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done almost made 24 hours , u still got to do the video one round green and one round dry to see the burn time

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Indeed! Next tree that comes down its going in to compare LOL

@traviscover7002 Жыл бұрын

Wow this was a good video this was nice fire going and your outdoor wood stove love your video buddy 🔥

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@gregj2647 Жыл бұрын

It’s nice to have some snow, but enough is enough! Feed the boiler as it tough getting around in the deep snow. We’ve had above average snowfall here in east central Minnesota this winter. I keep plowing but I’m running out of places to put it. Luckily the sun is getting higher and some has melted although we got another 4” last night. We’ll have snow well into April

@dennishayes65 Жыл бұрын

Greg J : Same here in SW Minnesota.

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Yeah this snow has hit NH wild the last week! We got two storms in 5 days. Im allset with it too haha lets move on!

@donhinchey9148 Жыл бұрын

Why do those OWB all seem to send the smoke out the door instead of the chimney when being filled ?

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Just a design flaw when loading. The smoke rises inside the machine and with the rear baffle wall lower than the door opening obv the smoke goes in the direction of least resistance

@tyharland1906 Жыл бұрын

Hey can we talk about at what point we start cleaning/shoveling our ashes out? Level with the door?well below the door? There doesn't seem to be any standard or guidance on this.

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Id say about just shy of the door level. Once they are level with the door you loose a lot of heat transfer. Remeber their is water under the bottom of the boilers so having 8 inches of ash is limiting heat transfer to a degree

@truckdriver7721 Жыл бұрын

I think the most I've gotten out of 1 burn in my wood stove is about 12 hours.

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Thats still a good run!

@ericaken3338 Жыл бұрын

Your wood boiler looks lots like the one that my dad have up in Minnesota but he has a Motion whites on his

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Motion lights?

@ericaken3338 Жыл бұрын

@@HomesteadJay yes and know my spelling is little bad

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

@@ericaken3338 Just making sure! Motion lights do help I need to replace mine i had out there!

@EZBoilerUser Жыл бұрын

Here come all the you can’t burn pine comments…lol

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Hahaha I love those lol

@MrRickoscar Жыл бұрын

Nice .where do you live.?

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Beautiful NH

@ChadNuesmeyer Жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm thinking about a wood fired boiler for our build in MT. I've heard is that boilers fueled with pine require more wood which translates to more 'feeding' sessions. Also that pine produces more creosote, and beds more cleaning. This is a curiousity to me because our lot is all Doug Fir pine, this would be our most accessible timber. If the primary fuel is Doug Fir pine, should we skip the wood fire boiler and go with another source? Attn: @homesteadjay

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

Hey Chad! Theres more to an OWB than you described. Generally speaking in a wood boiler pine can burn great seasoned HOWEVER it doesnt leave any coals and also sucks up whatever coals you have in there. Now doug fir is a great pine wood as its dense but as you can see if you go back in my video the pine (almost any pine) will burned down to nothing but ash. When I burn pine in my machine I have to mix it in with hardwoods or I have to use hardwoods in it after to get the coal bed back. With boilers cycling off and on they rely on a good dormant coal bed to get the fire back up and going when it calls for heat. You also have to consider are you there regularly? Is this a camp or seasonal place? Can you get access anywhere (locally, FB market place, etc..) for some hardwood?

@ChadNuesmeyer Жыл бұрын

@@HomesteadJay it would be our home, we would be there most of the time - not seasonal usage. I don't know about the access to hardwood. Nothing immediately available, would need to network my way into something. Got plenty of pine out of the gates. Am I over simplifying to say that it would require more feeding sessions so as to not lose the coal bed?

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

@@ChadNuesmeyer Pine regardless of the species I.E. Doug fir, ponderosa, red, white, hemlock etc just doesnt leave coals like any other hardwood. Its just the nature of the beast. So you would have to technically fill it "more often" than if you had hardwoods. What machine were you thinking of installing? That plays a roll in it too. Some machines are picky with pine I.E. if its a gasification unit or not etc...

@ChadNuesmeyer Жыл бұрын

@@HomesteadJay no decision on the machine, just looking for advice to this end.

@HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

How big is the property? heating multi buildings? How big is the house? These are things you need to consider too. If you can get away with a large wood stove maybe thats a better route?