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[mw10737]

OK... GUYS DONT LAUGH ME OUT OF HERE.. BUT HEAR ME OUT

WE CLEARED ABOUT 4-5 ACRES OF TIMBER OUT WHERE A NEW HOME WAS BUILT.  WE HAVE STUMPS THAT HAVE BEEN SITING FOR 2-3 YEARS.. ALL THE DIRT HAS BEEN SHAKEN OUT OF THEM.  BUT STILL SOME MASSIVE HUNKS OF WOOD.

IM THINKING OF BUILDING A OWB " STUMP BURNER " 

IM THINKING A FIRE BOX OF ABOUT 8' x 8'

1) HOW MUCH DO YOU GUYS THINK WATER JACKET WOULD NEED TO BE?

WAS PLANNING ON BUILDING A CONV. STYLE UNIT FORCED AIR

AM I OFF MY ROCKER GUYS?

I GOT AROUND 55 STUMPS AND TREES WERE 3FT  TO 4 FT AROUND


I KNOW IT MAY NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE IF I DID BUILD IT... BUT SURE WOULD BE FUN TO MAKE ONE.  I DID SEE A POST ON HERE OF A GUY THAT BUIILT ONE THAT WOULD HOLD A 1500 LARGE ROUND BALE.

  THAT WOULD BE BIGGER THAN WHAT IM THINKING.  BUT HE SAID HE COULD GO 3 WEEKS ON A FILL....  I WOULD LIKE TO GET A MONTH ON A FILL( OR A STUMP OR TWO!!!  LOL
LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS... OR IF YOU WANNA KNOCK SOME SENSE INTO ME'

[mw10737]

HERE IS PICTURE OF OTHER MEMBERS STOVE... HOPEFULLY ATTACHMENT WORKS

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[jnicol6600]

If you build it, They will burn

[Dragfluid]

Any progress on this project?
Interesting way to load the stove.  I hope that poor diesel is kept in the shed if it's only started once every week.

[LittleJohn]

Burning stumps, now thats an idea

A local tree removal company around my parts had a huge contract a few years back for a NEW road way mile of roads and lots of stumps to remove.  There solution, make a big old pile in the back yard, they pressure washed all the stumps as they pulled them off the tucks, let the stumps sit for about a year or so and then chipped them all for mulch.

[Wood Nutt]

We have been cutting up hedge trees here that were pushed out a few years ago into piles.  Most all of the dirt has now came off them.  We just cut them up with saws small enough to fit in the stove and burn them with our other firewood.

[Woodboiler]

You are not out of your mind.  I have been wanting to build a top loading stove for a couple of years.  Probably when my current stove fails I will build it.  Anyway, here is a video of Tom's top loaders.  LOG BOSS BOILER