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Splitter "tailings'' clean-up [ with a fire :-) ]

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  1. bogydave

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    Raked up the tailings
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    Rolled up the carpets
    Had a high moisture fire, proving wet snowy wood will burn.

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    So you think the tailings would make good kindlin? I'm yet to save the stuff, but many here drop a tarp which is a good idea.
     
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    Any splitter trash I get I save...Waste not want not in my book...:)
     
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  4. bogydave

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    Yea,
    but I have birch, the bark is fire starter
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    Have had a fire for 24/7 for over a month now, no need for kindling
     
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    usually my tailings are mostly bark and just get tossed back in the woods.
    Sometimes I'll save wood splinters in a barrel for starters.

    Lately I've been burning some and the ashes go in the garden. Old school fertilizer.

    I have too much pine - it's fairly easy fire starting fuel.
     
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    We usually rake up the tailings after they've dried for a good bit. Then throw the bigger stuff (bark mainly) in a bin for the shop stove. The small stuff gets tossed into a cut open oil tank laying on it's side for further drying and kindling throughout the season.
     
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    Nice. Beautiful stacks and scenery. I burn up my bark and tailings too. Have a full fire pit of bark right now that I'll probably light up as I'm working around the yard today.
     
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    Most of the time I don't worry about tailings or bark. It gets picked up only if my wife is around. :D But the wood piles are not in the yard either.
     
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    Splitter trash , I burn some and keep some
     
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    Gotta keep the area presenatable for pictures

    Today , 10:45
    Sunny, 23° , calm
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    Doing a fine job at it too!
     
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    & with
    Snow forecast for this evening
    That'll cover up what I missed :)
     
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    Gold rush
     
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    When gold mining, un used stuff off the end of the sluice
    Just started calling them tailings, unused stuff off the end of the splitter
     
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    I save the bigger pieces for kindling and throw the small stuff into muddy tractor ruts.
     
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    I just threw a bunch of bark and crap into a hole in the woods.
     
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    :MM:Burn pit is close, lots of birch bark in the tailings
    Even being wet , it
    Burns pretty good once it gets going
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    Temp in the 20s, a good fire feels good :fire::fire:

    I just
    Love a good fire :yes:
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    I throw all the tailings into a pile along with bark and other unwanted wood. When the pile gets big enough I haul it to the local compost. I use a lot of kindling but I make mine out of lodge pole pine.
     
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    You cutting dead standing .?
     
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