Yes Kristijan, I get what you are saying. Just watched a Youtube on that method or similar one. The guy had a small overlap, he started his weld strictly on the top piece then let the weld bleed over to the bottom piece.
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This one for the charcoal guy’s 
On my way home from work i stopped by the local skiing/offroad bicycling club, they burn a charcoal “mound” every fall, local forest companies donates thinning wood, the club sells the charcoal for barbecue in the spring/early summer, and gets a good amount of money for their economy.
This “mound” is of the chimney type, where smoke and gasses runs to the bottom, out the chimney.
This one is in the second stage, where the most explosive pyrolyzis gasses has passed.
The benefits of chimney type is: better control, less risk of small explosions, which throws of the dirt, and can cause fire.
Faster run, little less than a week, instead of almost two.
If the charring is uneven, the dirt has to be lifted, and wood put in to fill hollow spots.
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Salmon are running good and now I have a coho bearing stream less then 3 miles from my house, time to start stacking for winter! Picked these 2 up tonight
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That is very interesting. Id like to see the process start to finish… building,lighting, and then how they separate final product from the dirt.
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IS that dirt method supposed to make more charco per emount of wood used or do it make less smoke- or just a bigger batch with a little more smoke,??? THANKS INTERESTING CHAR MAKER INDEED.
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Maybe i should start a thread about charcoal making in large scale?
I got some info about them old-time methods, both stacks/“mounds” and owens.
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Anytime we can record information for others present and future, is a plus in my book!
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göran, a documentation of charcoal making would be very nice!!!
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Here in Slovenia, making a charcoal heap covered with earth is traditional,…
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I found my great grandfather John Abel Ormand’s gas ration card, with stamps! Says it was for a 1938 Chevrolet.
Sorry the pictures might be sideways.
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With the new government world beast system, soon gas rationing will happen all over again just by using the new digital money that we will be forced to use, And ai will be tracking and controlling where you go and what you buy? Do you use gasoline? Switch over and drive on wood, or charcoal. That’s what some people did in world war II. This is the reason for this DOW site.
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Ya but they might behead us if we DOW in the name of our savor jesus–with all the polititions selling us out to comunist buyers. 
This country just looks to far gone with all the woke ideals agenda laws passing-SCARY.But we know not to fear,as we were told what the end times WILL increase EVIL-abounding.LOOKING like freedom of religion is only if its for there dark side woke ideals.
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Recovered the crane arm from the woods.
I think it’s actually a hay spike but I’m not sure. I don’t do the hay harvesting in the family. Definitely has enough load capacity for an engine hoist.
This Kubota has about 3310 Hours on the clock. We’ve owned it since new.
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Weeks off food! Hts off.
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the pumpkins on the foto is only a little part of the harvest…
but compliments to my wife…
she is the experienced gardener, i am only a newbie, for 30 years now…
i am more on metal work, woodwork , stones…
the sevent gasifier is not ready yet…!!! so i lern never gardening, always other things…but maybee next year…
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Nice looking garden food- man you caint beat home grown food- i got to get me a few more garden tools-- all i got so far is 50 --5 gallon buckets and a shovel. not sure how good bucket’s work.
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I’m agreeing with Kamil, giorgio. Having your wife carrying the load of garden work is a wonderful thing. My wife only grows flowers. I use to say " if we can’t eat it we don’t need it" but I softened up in my old age and enjoy a cup of coffee sitting in her creation.
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Me and you, @tcholton717 , we are on the same board. My wife spent her week salary for flowers seedlings, but our house looks like heaven’s garden.
Update with pics. Asked her to share some.
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