[AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty (burning)

[Bruce Fallon]

Burning stumps and limbs any source of air works good I have an old squirrel 
cage fan when close enough for extension cords or a gas powered fan . Also 
putting an old hood or tin sign  sheet metal anything like that over the 
pile helps contain the heat and cook whatever you are trying to burn. You 
can burn some pretty wet or green stuff with containing the heat down in it 
and providing a draft.  It burns a lot cleaner less smoke and irritation for 
the neighbors with a draft.


Bruce Fallon
Freeland WA. 98249
bfallon at whidbey.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry & Barb Dotson" <dotson at loganrec.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty (burning)


George,
Funny you should mention the vacuum sweeper as an assist to starting
/burning a fire. At our "end of the year show" at Xenia
this year I found 2 little torpedo type car vacuum sweepers. One was 12
volt and one 120 volt. Gary, Gene and I  rigged them with steel pipe on
the exhaust end and ran the pipe through the side of my stainless steel
shop vac that serves as my fire place. With the vacuum, turned blower,
we were able to bring a bed of coals to life and a flaming inferno in a
matter of seconds. We could actually use it as a forge if we needed to.
Both units are now stowed away in the motor home and we can use either
12 or
120 volt blower depending on the available power supply at the site to
build a proper Dotson fire.

Larry Dotson


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