forest thinnings

crackcrack30

Guys,

Thinking of buying a lorry load of forestery ever green thinnings for my multi fuel stove (charnwood 3 with back boiler) hope to buy in bulk cut up and let dry, hoping for a few years burning................ will i be happy with the type of wood/heat ect - tanx

DoneDL

I would if the price is right. As long as the thinnings are of a decent size and well dried they should burn ok. All woods have a different CV and burn time.

emg74

We have some of these at the minute - we got them in log form. Cut and split them ourselves. We are burning some of them at the minute - I bought a moisture meter on eBay and it is giving a reading of between 16% & 20% moisture. There is more drying in a hayshed and more yet to be cut & split. It is a bit time consuming but once you are set up for cutting and splitting it doesn't really take too long.

They burn well in the stove. Lots of heat and very little ashes

DoneDL

What price and type was the meter.

emg74

It came straight from CHINA - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320646076182?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Works grand - took about 2 weeks to arrive

DoneDL

Thanks emg74, time for a bit of shopping.:)

emg74

It's a handy little gadget alright - We got some timber yesterday from a sawmill - It is just a load of off-cuts but they are soaking... measured at 38% moisture. They will be a while drying out !!

crackcrack30

EMG74 What moisture % were they when u got them and how long did it take to get them < 20%. Did they come direct from forest? Just ordered a metre at <8euro a real deal....:D
What width would u call decent for splitting and burning? and finally (sorry for Q's) do they last long or burn off quickly .............. ..........tanx for shared info.............cc30

emg74

when we got our logs they had been cut for a couple of years and had been left outside - they had probably dried to a certain extent but were not fully dry. Would say that they were maybe around 30% moisture but can't say for sure as I have only just received the moisture meter in the past couple of weeks.

Once they were cut and split they dried out quickly. When we cut them, we store them in an open shed - probably for about 6wks to get them below 20% moisture

We have cut them into 12" lengths. They ranged in size from about 6" to 10" in diameter - we split the smaller ones in half and the larger ones in quarters.

If you fill the stove (charnwood country 6) it lasts about 1.5hrs - there is a lot of heat generated quickly and then it settles. I normally have the bottom vents closed and then close the top one a bit when the fire gets going to slow down the burning.

Hope this helps

GY A1

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Guys,

Thinking of buying a lorry load of forestery ever green thinnings for my multi fuel stove (charnwood 3 with back boiler) hope to buy in bulk cut up and let dry, hoping for a few years burning................ will i be happy with the type of wood/heat ect - tanx

where do you get the thinnings cc30, or where in galway would i get them

GY A1

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Guys,

Thinking of buying a lorry load of forestery ever green thinnings for my multi fuel stove (charnwood 3 with back boiler) hope to buy in bulk cut up and let dry, hoping for a few years burning................ will i be happy with the type of wood/heat ect - tanx

where do you get the thinnings cc30 or where would they be got in galway area

crackcrack30

http://www.tottenhamtimber.ie/


Haven't yet but am talking to this guy, see 'firewood' thread in the forestry & farming forum (back about 5 pages today) I might try a smaller amount on trial before buying such a quantity.............