Ash is a pretty dry wood, at least green or black ash. It is known for being burnable off the stump, though obviously the dryer the better. But it is fairly low moisture content to start with.
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Hello wayne,
be careful with the oak, and also the chestnut tree, these are two species of wood that have pyroligneous juice excrementally corrosive, in Europe they say tannin, attached a photo of cooler and filter of a gasifier all rusted, so the owner only used oak from falling from the construction of his furniture, but mixing softwood and oak is a good, less problem and in addition the gasifier makes less vault.
Anyway, in the coal part when the gas passes for cracking, it must be greater than 850 degrees, to get there, I use the exhaust in a wood dryer to finish removing the water wood, the ideal is that there is no more water, in Europe we call it the red wood, and there you will be amazed at the temperature rise of the gasifier and its performance.to torrify the wood, do not to exceed 270 degrees to keep all the noble products of the wood, it is the grain size of the wood which determines the residence time in the dryer.
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Excellent report FrancoisPal
Only one word that did not translate well: “vault”. Would this mean less fuel bridging in the hopper?
Regards
Steve Unruh
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Thanks very much Francois .
I may go ahead and experiment using the oak and see how long the components will last. Then make a decision if dealing with the pine tar is easier.
I think best might be as you suggested, mixing soft wood with the oak.
Thanks
Wayne
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Thank you FrancoisPal; Very interesting information. We all need to dry our wood. The idea of drying it with temperature just under 270 makes since and I hope some of the more ingenious people will take on the task of figuring a way to do this for the common folks. TomC
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Hi Wayne…I have been burning almost 100% oak since my build. I have not been driving the Dakota as much as I used to but still fire it up and drive maybe once a week. Still on the original build with no major problems. I have plans to tear it down just to do some good inspection of the components it seems like I don’t get near as much condensate in my rear tank as I used to for some reason. Well got to get back to work, good to see you are doing well. Hope to see everybody again someday.
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Hello Gary .
Great to hear from you !!
Stay in touch .
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Hi Dan,
I grew up in northern Vermont, so similar climate to yours. Try splitting that gnarly stuff when its -10F. I think you’ll like it.
Rindert
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Honestly I dont like doing much of anything when it is -10. Lol. But yes frozen wood snaps apart much easier. But honestly my little bidirectional wood splitter does a great job.
I was looking for a photo but don’t seem to have one and it is too cold and windy to go out back to take one.
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A few days without rain and the wood is drying good.
First picture is wood drying.
Next wood has been bagged.
Third wood is spread thin for another batch to dry.
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I usually use a simple 20 inch box fan at one end of a batch of wood when I dry stuff inside. Seems to help a lot.
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Hey WayneK,
I really like your roll-in; roll-out, wood drying.
You just too practical man!
Best Regards
Steve unruh
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Thanks Steve .
This wood pile will replace several gallon of gasoline 
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Oooh, wonderful pics. Can’t wait getting into the chunking business.
I’m almost half way into my winter storage. If I’m lucky I can start replacing it in March-April.
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Thanks for the comment JO .
It may sound strange but I enjoy chunking wood.
I like burning it even better
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That doesn’t sound strange to me at all.
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Noting like a little inspiration to warm your toes on a cold winter day.
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every time some one posts a video, I loose about an hour of time. YT gives recommendations at the end and there is always one or two that I can’t resist watching in addition tto the posted one. Days when I have nothing in mind, I go to YT and can’t find a thing to watch.
TomC
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Talked with cashier at Walmart . She said she heated house with wood pellet stove , This year they are using wood pellets last year they used corn . She also said they had inverter back up power for pellet stove . I am using propane , used up wood already , electric bill has gone up solar panels covered with snow . Most people can’t afford solar panels ,
I used to heat with wood and natural gas , it stretched my paycheck .
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