Burning brush piles

[BuckSutherland]

We had to burn 4 brushpiles up at the hunting shack last weekend. Our big pile went from a cigarette lighter flame to a 15 foot inferno in about 2 mins with no gas. Just some paper, cardboard and my gas powered leaf blower. Sure is a fun way to get it going and works damn fast. Our big pile was fully engulfed in about 30-35 mins and 75% gone in a little over an hour. We had a bunch stumps and other junk in there and it nuked everything. I also burned a couple smaller ones in the woods as an experiment. I feel totally comfortable doing that again. I was apprehensive to even try at first. Just have to cover my piles with a tarp and wait for a foot of snow. Hoping to maybe get some mushrooms to pop in this area next spring.

 

[BuckSutherland]

 

[chummer]

How long were they there before you burned them.

 

[BuckSutherland]

The 2 in the woods a couple years. One of them in the yard was made last summer, the other I made a few weeks ago during hunting. They all got covered with some type of tarp before the snow.

 

[4wanderingeyes]

Did you have to contact the local fire department, just so they didnt show up? I have a couple large piles I have been slowly burning in a fire pit, but it would be nice to have them gone for good, and quick.

 

[BuckSutherland]

^^^We stopped up town and tried to get a burning permit. They told us that when there is 3+ inches of snow on the ground we dont need any type of permit or to call anyone. We waited for ZERO wind and plenty of snow. Worked awesome.

 

[H20fwler]

I like having brush piles on our place, we make them on purpose lots of them. They are great for all kinds of wildlife and bugs/mason&leaf cutter bees as they break down. Fantastic cover for bunnies and deer like to bed up against them.

 

[DPx2]

Where's the hotdogs? Waste of a good fire.... Thanks for sharing - I have 3 or 4 I need to burn, been so long I have new trees growing up in them...

 

[4wanderingeyes]

I like having brush piles on our place, we make them on purpose lots of them. They are great for all kinds of wildlife and bugs/mason&leaf cutter bees as they break down. Fantastic cover for bunnies and deer like to bed up against them.

Inn the woods they will stay, I like piles of brush as well. But I had to clear a half acre lot for a septic system, I cut the logs from the pile, but have a lot of brush stacked up. I was going to drag it into the woods, and burn some in campfires, but it is near my building sites, and I still need to get a final inspection done on my house, and the brush piles are within 100 feet from the house.

 

[BuckSutherland]

I like having brush piles on our place, we make them on purpose lots of them. They are great for all kinds of wildlife and bugs/mason&leaf cutter bees as they break down. Fantastic cover for bunnies and deer like to bed up against them.

I like the diversity they bring other than porcupines hiding underneath them and mowing my damn oak trees.









These are the other two that I would like to get rid of next year. They are in the way, but I fully intend to make a few more in this area and let nature do its thing with them. Chased about a dozen grouse out of this spot the other day. I have plenty of junk trees I would like to mow down in this area yet. Filling in with cedars and spruce next spring.