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Eric Krewson:
Trying the oil drum stump removal method, today is the second go round, if I burn the barrel for most of the day the stump will smoulder for a couple more days and burn a good bit more of it away.
Once you get a good fire going in the drum it becomes a fire breathing dragon, I burned an entire tree up in it today that was 10" across the base and green, it only took about 1 1/2" hours to turn it into ash. I did prop the barrel up on bricks so I could get a good airflow from under the barrel.
The stump was almost at ground level after the first go round, today should finish it off.
YosemiteBen:
@PatB - I am 10 years older than you have been married. Many congratulations on finding someone who puts up with you. My wife and I will have 26 years on paper this year.
Pat B:
Keep it up, Ben. You'll catch up with me before you know it. :OK
That's a pretty cool idea, Eric. Never seen it before.
WhistlingBadger:
Congratulations on the Anniversaries, guys. That's a very big deal in today's world. I myself am headed toward 16 years with Mrs. Badger. I got started a little late.
Today, I sent off the final graphics and sound files for the CD I'm going to be releasing the 21st. If anybody's in west-central Wyoming, swing by the Carnegie Room--should be a pretty fun show.
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Eric Krewson:
I did round two on the stump burn yesterday, 5 or 6 hours, when I checked later in the day I only made about 3" of progress below the ground level.
I suspect the ash insulated the burning part of the stump, later I used a leaf blower to blow the ashes off the stump and get the coals hot. I put it to bed last night and will check today to see if I made much progress.
I think I am getting to a very wet part of the stump and it may take a round 3 to finish it off.
Once I get the barrel going it burns so hot and fast it roars. I put bricks under the base to get air flow
I burned this 10" tree completely up, top and all in a little over an hour.
This is after I blew the ash off the stump and got it blazing with air from my leaf blower.
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