Burning diseased Elm

[windfall]

Hi All,

 

Just looking for a bit of advice.

 

How do you guys get a hot enough fire going to enable you to burn diseased Elm?

 

I have not had a fire on such a huge scale before so any tips would be great.

[easy-lift guy]

Perhaps you may try Napam, although this could be extream it should do the job.

[Robert_S]

start small and build it up, once it has a heart you can burn anything.

 

20 ltrs of cherry and a tyre help

[Gnarlyoak]

Perhaps you may try Napam, although this could be extream it should do the job.

 

Blimey charlie, easy-lift guy!

 

Whilst we here in GB are well aware of the "gun" culture in USofA, with a gun shop on every corner, over here its a tad more difficult to "tool" up unless your a member of some kind of criminal fraternity. So trying to rustle up a jerry can of Naplam to burn some wood, would soon see you becoming the centre of attention from the local constabulary, Special Branch and M15.

 

You would attract more unwanted attention than if you were some mad mullah screaming death to all infidels whilst burning the Union Jack outside the gates of Buckingham Palace.

[ecolojim]

air curtain burner

[Mesterh]

Does it need to be burnt at a specific temperature?

 

Standing dead elm should burn quite well from what I here.

[Chris Sheppard]

Does it need to be burnt at a specific temperature?

 

Standing dead elm should burn quite well from what I here.

 

Standing dead elm makes some of the best firewood ever

[garth mc garth]

metal pipe going to the middle of the fire with a leaf blower on the other end works well for getting it roaring. we recently burnt acres of shoreline willow using that method in all weathers and couldnt fault it.

[treequip]

Hi All,

 

Just looking for a bit of advice.

 

How do you guys get a hot enough fire going to enable you to burn diseased Elm?

 

I have not had a fire on such a huge scale before so any tips would be great.

 

Diseased with what? DED?

Isn’t that a bit of a pointless exercise since the vector is already gone?

 

Keep the fire compact to start and get plenty of air, leaf blowers for a small fire or get a grain drying fan for a bigger fire, do it in a pit and blow air across the top for a virtually smoke free fire.

[windfall]

The Elm is not dead standing, there would be something wrong if i needed help burning that. lol

 

The Elms have DED.

 

We have strict rules on the Isle of Man that the diseased timber can not be transported, it must be burnt on site. If that site is a homeowners that has a fire/stove then great they can utilise the Elm but if not then it has to be burnt.

 

I am liking the pipe / leaf blower combination, i have some large steel scaffold pipes.