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Need to get rid of Sawdust

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  • 20-06-2012 6:46pm
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    Kerrydude1981
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    Hey guys,as the title says I need to get rid of some sawdust,its all off a planer thicknesser and in a fully enclosed trailer,a lad near me that has horses used to take it but he stopped because it was making the horses cough,tried a few pet shops but they need it vacuum packed and sterilised,was thinking about asking a few local farmers but its probably the wrong time of the year for asking them

    So guys who else would need sawdust?

    Mods feel free to move this if I have posted in the wrong Forum


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    ANXIOUS
    Registered Users Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭ANXIOUS


    Burn it?


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    Hogzy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Keep it for winter? If When the Ice comes back it will give a bit of grip to your driveway.


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    woodturner
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    Try people who have chickens. Or buy a pot belly stove or make one to burn the shavings.


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    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users Posts: 14,193 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    woodturner wrote: »
    Try people who have chickens. Or buy a pot belly stove or make one to burn the shavings.

    Cheers for all your suggestions guys
    I have a homemade stove alright that I used to burn some of it but it takes a while to burn,never thought of the Poultry farmers,sound for that


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    recipio
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    ;) Sawdust is hard to burn. If you dump it into a stove it will put it the fire out.
    I have a sawdust burning stove marketed by 'hotspot' in the UK.
    It really just has a tube extending to the middle of the sawdust and allows it to burn. I'd imagine any welder could make one.
    Failing that , if you mix it with grass clippings it makes compost but takes about a year.


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    karltimber
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,919 Mod ✭✭✭✭karltimber


    Hi

    I was think about this before - in using one of those paper brick making units and some type of eco-friendly glue/agent to bind the shavings together.

    not sure if it would work though - I know wood pellets are compressed together but do they have some binding agent in them ?

    K


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    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users Posts: 14,193 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    I have a barrel for burning like suggested above,its along the lines of the clip below,I dont have a smaller barrel inside the big barrel though,I was talking to a local poultry farmer he said he would take some off me so happy days

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdRRhVJorY


    I can use the rest to make fry ups :)


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    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    Kerrydude1981 wrote: »
    Hey guys,as the title says I need to get rid of some sawdust,its all off a planer thicknesser and in a fully enclosed trailer,a lad near me that has horses used to take it but he stopped because it was making the horses cough,tried a few pet shops but they need it vacuum packed and sterilised,was thinking about asking a few local farmers but its probably the wrong time of the year for asking them

    So guys who else would need sawdust?

    Mods feel free to move this if I have posted in the wrong Forum
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73751323


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