secrets of getting wet brash to burn

[chestnut]

we always keep dead wood standing upright when it is cut - even the skinny bits - when kept vertical - no moisture gets into it - so we keep this and use it to start up our fires

 

we build up a stack of dead/dry wood and get it going - as soon as it is hot we slowly feed with easy burning stuff - when it gets established - anything will burn on it - the trick it is feed the fire slowly - not to over stack it

[3dogs]

Car tyre and some petrol . Put petrol in tyre - light petrol - then get trainee to kick tyre - Then spend all day laughing at trainee's singed eyebrows:lol:

[Ian Flatters]

Petrol and aluminium soap.

[liamjordan]

old school was a tyre stuffed with paper and covered in diesel

 

i cant see you getting away with that now though.

well you could, just depends whos snooping about aha

[Bolt]

Forget the tyre, too many silly bits of metal left behind.

 

 

Large innertube every time, and some UFA (universal fire accellerent) - sometimes refered to as sump oil in COSHH assessments.

 

If you havent got a blower, the cooling air / exhaust flow off a chainsaw works just as well (just don't singe your bar)

[Tom D]

Build a small fire with dry deadwood and build it up, light the fire on 4 streight lenghts of 4" timber to keep it off the ground at the start, wait for at least 30 mins. Trim your brash to 4' lenghts and add this once your fire is really going then wait some more. Once you have a 6'wide fire that is burning well then you can start chucking anything on it. It takes patience but it is quicker in the long run. Once going you can load it with a machine no porblem, I have burnt tons and tons of stuff this way.

 

Its better spending an hour first thing doing it properly then having to repeatedly unpick your fire, or even worse wasting fuel and tyres on it.

[Robert_S]

Says who?

 

i was under the impression that burning tyres now was a big no no?

 

obviously if no one knows or sees it then fine, a bit like your tv still works without a license

[Matthew Arnold]

Burning tyres is a massive no no. We caught a farmer burning approximately 2000 tyres. The smoke could be seen from miles away so we informed DEFRA and EA and they sent their guys out. The farmer was fined somewhere in the region of £150,000 for deliberately polluting the air, nearby ditches (from the molten rubber) and causing a nuisance to a nearby village.

[liamjordan]

Burning tyres is a massive no no. We caught a farmer burning approximately 2000 tyres. The smoke could be seen from miles away so we informed DEFRA and EA and they sent their guys out. The farmer was fined somewhere in the region of £150,000 for deliberately polluting the air, nearby ditches (from the molten rubber) and causing a nuisance to a nearby village.

well he cant of been the brightest spark in the world to think he could get away with burning that many

 

using one to get a brash fire going is fineeeeeeeeeeee ahahahaa joking

[Matthew Arnold]

How close is the nearest track/public highway? It sounds a bit daft coming from me but a volunteer last year put a tyre on one of our fires even tho we told him not to. I got smacked in the face by a piece of rubber as the flippin thing was still on the rim and full of air.