Just as you and HDRock say these, come across times where refuse was burned at someone's house we came to and my dad saw that this guy was burning a mattress next to a kids party. Dad and owner of the house went over to talk to him as he was just loading straight garbage out in his outdoor pit. Shoddy as it gets. I remember just getting the go ahead to play in the house and they dealt with him. What I can't imagine is that anyone would have a sense of smell after burning such stuff.
I used to have a neighbor who owned an auto repair garage; the place was started and ran for a long time with his father owning the place. His son told me that 'Dad' went through a phase of burning tires..... in a stove (I guess a wood stove). Hmmmm. I asked: didn't that stink? The son said 'Not so much inside.'. I can just imagine what the neighbors thought though. That is both and all at the same time. Brian
I really doubt that anybody is giving permits out to burn trash in the state of mass. I think most people just mind their own business and don't say anything. Some day the wrong person will see the green smoke coming out of his stack and he will have an issue I'm sure.
Gramps did so why can't I? I find firestones give the longest burn. Have a lot of back puffs with Coopers.
Well that particular gentleman 'seasoned' everything he had until it was moth-eaten squared. If he threw a pair of boots away (and the stove would be 'away') then you can bank on the fact that they were broken in, broken through and broken to 10% beyond the limit. Brian
I guess it depends on how thick his socks were..... The old guys used to have a saying about that- he would squeeze a nickle until the buffalo s-hi. Brian
My first air tight was Fisher Mama Bear. Great stove. Had no idea how to operate it. The only experience I had was w/an open fire place growing up. Got that Fisher installed and fired that moth'a up. Burning wood that was way to wet. Had a guy give me a stack thermometer that went out to 600F. He said he had "heard" that you should not burn hotter than that. Ok. Burned that baby like that for about 2 weeks. One night, I had a fire going, doors open to enjoy the fire. Had an empty pizza box. What the heck. Threw it on the fire. It immediately flamed up. 15 seconds later the single wall, w/two 45s going to the ceiling box lit up...cherry red. There was this kind of engine roar. I ran outside to see if I could see what was happening. I didn't have the cap on the stack. It looked like the tail end of a jet engine. It was blowing chunks of burning creosote 20' into the air. YIKES! I ran back in. Grabbed the fire extinguisher. It was the dry kind. Stood back about 4' and let it have a blast. The fire immediately went out....... and the living room was a cloud of dust. It was a good thing there was a few inches of snow on the ground. No harm, no foul outside. The next day I paid a visit to the library....remember libraries? Got a book on wood burning. That was my first, last and only creosote stack fire. Thanks! for the memory.
It's 31 out, bit of snow falling. Nice load of split T-poles and dried RR ties going right now. wait, whut? which friggen thread is this?...
I put a bunch of cardboard in my old stove it was cold but I put too much in there it flamed up, boy that pipe started stinking, everything got hot real fast, chimney was clean as a whistle so there was nothing in there to burn but I didn't do that again
Yep, got the pipe on mine red hot once too. Way more draft than I expected, & leaky air control on the stove. Had a nice load of really dry pine to make a quick hot fire & it worked.. Had to makeshift a piece to shut the air down, bout had a freakin stroke. Fixed the air control & put a damper in the pipe for safety. Haven't had a problem since. BTW I prefer RR ties, cut em in 1/2 & load her full. They stack great!
