Incinerators in tree surgery

[liamjordan]

Sounds like a normal saturday night in Brighouse.

 

 

Rowden, what you want is an airburner.

 

http://www.airburners.com/

 

There are a few companies running them in the UK.

ha was just gunna post a link to this, you beat me to it lol

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo4K1dM2GH4[/ame]

 

steve bullman has already cornered the market...

 

thats the sort of thing we would do

[Mark T]

I've been using burn trailers for years on woodland renovation sites... get a good fire going and they can be as effective as a 6" chipper - also saves scorching the ground. Get the fire going in the morning, usually from yesterdays embers, burn what you need to burn then tow the trailer upto the next work site.

 

Word of advice... always have a dewy field at hand to drive around in case the tyres start smoking! Also, check the fire is out before driving down Newmarket High Street!

 

Seriously though, the old burn trailers were really useful bits of kit. I had no major concerns about safety - as long as you selected the right trailer base first - usually old slurry tankers bought for about £50.

 

I can't take credit for the idea, 10 yrs ago I was foreman for the same firm that Steve got the idea from! Good old 'dusty bin'!

[Rowden the cowboy]

ha was just gunna post a link to this, you beat me to it lol

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo4K1dM2GH4

 

 

thats the sort of thing we would do

 

That looks like the mutts nuts to me. what would be good is if you could get a smaller version of the air burner that could be towed behind a landrover. Then you could continuously feed brash in there. I seriously think that this could be a viable alternative to chipping even on urban sites, as they seem to burn so cleanly and quickly. then you have no chippings to dispose of, very little maintenance, and a quieter worksite. Think of the man hours that are spent ferrying loads of chip to your yard.

[renewablejohn]

Best arb incinerator I have seen so far. How many miles per tree you may ask

[Rowden the cowboy]

looking at the design of the air burner it looks like you could mount a smaller version on a 16' trailer and integrate a fan system with the incinerator: should be fairly easy to do. Only thing is, how would you stop the trailer tyres from melting?? still, anything is better than a noisy, inefficient chipper.

[liamjordan]

I've been using burn trailers for years on woodland renovation sites... get a good fire going and they can be as effective as a 6" chipper - also saves scorching the ground. Get the fire going in the morning, usually from yesterdays embers, burn what you need to burn then tow the trailer upto the next work site.

 

Word of advice... always have a dewy field at hand to drive around in case the tyres start smoking! Also, check the fire is out before driving down Newmarket High Street!

 

Seriously though, the old burn trailers were really useful bits of kit. I had no major concerns about safety - as long as you selected the right trailer base first - usually old slurry tankers bought for about £50.

 

I can't take credit for the idea, 10 yrs ago I was foreman for the same firm that Steve got the idea from! Good old 'dusty bin'!

nice pics!

 

tis a great idea, i think i may have found somthing to build over the summer

[Rowden the cowboy]

I've been using burn trailers for years on woodland renovation sites... get a good fire going and they can be as effective as a 6" chipper - also saves scorching the ground. Get the fire going in the morning, usually from yesterdays embers, burn what you need to burn then tow the trailer upto the next work site.

 

Word of advice... always have a dewy field at hand to drive around in case the tyres start smoking! Also, check the fire is out before driving down Newmarket High Street!

 

Seriously though, the old burn trailers were really useful bits of kit. I had no major concerns about safety - as long as you selected the right trailer base first - usually old slurry tankers bought for about £50.

 

I can't take credit for the idea, 10 yrs ago I was foreman for the same firm that Steve got the idea from! Good old 'dusty bin'!

So what would you do to make it burn cleanly? just wack a leaf blower on full blast behind it? A fire like that could probably do with two backpack blowers on it at all times.

[liamjordan]

So what would you do to make it burn cleanly? just wack a leaf blower on full blast behind it? A fire like that could probably do with two backpack blowers on it at all times.

thats a good idea

 

to make it burn (not clean) thinking more along the lines of a few tyres dont say you've never done that in the past ha

[Frank]

thats a good idea

 

to make it burn (not clean) thinking more along the lines of a few tyres dont say you've never done that in the past ha

 

I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT IN THE PAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUT MAY IN THE FUTURE.....HAHA (cheers for the idea.)

[jamesw]

In swansea clyne woods there was a disease that spread through the rhody collection and certain other trees and had to be incinerated on site. We knew one of the workers and they were using an incinerator on site. It was an incinerator that was used in the BSE, Foot and mouth no smoke and burnt very quickly. He also said that it was so hot that if we put a body in there it would all go! didn't mess with him.