How to burn fresh wood

[Grassman]

What ways do you have of getting a decent burn of fresh timber brash?
I want to leave it till summer but the customer wants it gone sooner than later. Diesel,hay or straw is what I have used previously.
There is a lot!
Any ideas?

 

[neilo]

In a big heap, using what you have before. Once it gets going, that heat will dry and burn the rest.

Do not, under any circumstances, put any fertiliser bags, spray containers, baler twine, or plastic buckets on the fire.

 

[Gong Farmer]

At least leave it for a few days/a week if poss? Then need a good heart of dry wood - two or three pallets?

 

[Sid]

Do not, under any circumstances, put any fertiliser bags, spray containers, baler twine, or plastic buckets on the fire.

Correct , they are best placed UNDER the fire to really get it going well ???

 

[renewablejohn]

Make yourself a fire trailer. Simple skeleton trailer then place sloping side skip on trailer. Line with bricks on edge and flat to create airways. Start a dry fire and once hot will burn anything. Can be towed to next location as the hot box cools down.

 

[michael N123]

Heap it up and let the wind dry it out for a while don’t bother trying to burn it wet

 

[TheTallGuy]

Heap it up, but leave it fairly loose so that the wind can give it a bit of a blow dry for 2-3 weeks depending on the weather, then compress it down a bit just before lighting up, but leave a bit of space for air to draw in. A bit of straw or cardboard in the upwind side so that the breeze blows the fire into the heap. Definitely don't put any waste oil, plastic or tyres in because that is a very naughty thing to do!

 

[Clive]

why burn it ? its great habitat for insects that will feed birds and then eventually it becomes great compost

burning it just pollutes needlessly

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Bale of straw to get a smaller fire going then just keep adding more brash, never had a problem

 

[teslacoils]

why burn it ? its great habitat for insects that will feed birds and then eventually it becomes great compost

burning it just pollutes needlessly

Will be full of rats first. Needs burning.

 

[deleted user 837354]

A (dry) bale of straw and a good dose of diesel. Place brash on top. Pile of stuff like that is hopeless for habitat, be different if it was lengths of timber in a heap- this would form a habitat for bugs as it rots.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

why burn it ? its great habitat for insects that will feed birds and then eventually it becomes great compost

burning it just pollutes needlessly

It never rots

 

[Clive]

It never rots

everything rots given enough time and in the meantime its perfect wildlife habitat

 

[Northeastfarmer]

everything rots given enough time and in the meantime its perfect wildlife habitat

I had a heap heaped up for 10 years once and it never rotted a bit...was sick of looking at it so fired it

 

[Grassman]

why burn it ? its great habitat for insects that will feed birds and then eventually it becomes great compost

burning it just pollutes needlessly

It's a customers so not up to me. The field needs fencing and reseeding after. There is a massive amount. Over 500 metres. 40 years of neglect. Lots of blackthorn and self set hawthorn. Did consider chipping but a lot was pulled out so soil and roots included.

 

[Grassman]

 

[RAF]

Tyres and a dark wet night

 

[Barleymow]

Handful of straw few twigs usually works, take time and build it slowly will burn anything if your patient

 

[Still Farming]

What ways do you have of getting a decent burn of fresh timber brash?
I want to leave it till summer but the customer wants it gone sooner than later. Diesel,hay or straw is what I have used previously.
There is a lot!
Any ideas?

No birds nesting rules there then???

 

[farmerm]

chipper, compost it and apply as soil conditioner.... is what I think I should do... but I end up picking a day with a good breeze and some dry straw....