The practical application is as you said to even out the heat through out the night as a thermal mass and can be used in a similar fashion of the old soap stones used in the 1800s for bed warmers or just to slightly regulate the heat of the room. The draw back is the size depending on the room size if you have a large room this will not regulate much but if you are camping and have a small cabin this may heat a room for a few hours.

That is excellent to hear! This one splits great so far!

I will have to check that out!

I will have to keep an eye on that, thank you for the heads up. So far the only problem is the hydraulic oil was over filled and when heated up it leaked out the vent.

They are great!

Yes it is

Bio char update is coming shortly!

Do you have good turnover of the engine when you try to start it? If not I would check the battery and the electric emergency cutouts to make sure you do not have a blown fuse or broken wire. If you do have good turn over I would blow clean the air intake and check the air filters. Double check the oil level (and fuel level, Yes I have done that before too) Anymore information on what it is and isnt doing when you turn it over will be help full.

Auto mechanics hate those things with a passion. Easy to get hurt on them while working on a vehicle. I agree. Take them off unless actively towing. Plenty of room behind the seat or in the trunk/truck bed for that thing.

That sounds great!

Flooding the wicking bed saturates the soil and drives out and unwanted critters such as ants that may have gotten in the bed, if you flood it long enough in the spring just after the last frost it helps inhibit the growth of weeds and similar for the autumn. Flooding it turns it into a similar ecosystem to that of a shallow pond so you don't have to put a cover on it that can blow off. Also if you add bio char to the soil this will fully saturate the bio char with water.

My copy of the user manual does not say but I use regular universal hydraulic fluid from Tractor Supply.

my brother in law is blind, so this device suits him. he has the job of making kindling as his da is 82 and we live 2 hrs away.

I still do, but this is great for kids, older people or anyone whom does not have the hand eye coordination to use one safely.

I will give that a try

How did the alcohol work for ya

Haven't used it yet, the fire has not been out long enough to need to reheat the chimney. I will post a video once I have a chance to try it!

Great can't wait to see it.

They have both 24/7, at certain times throughout the day, they just get talkative.

It's a carbon sink used in soil basically like a fertalizer or soil prep

Thanks you

Yes

Glad to hear it!

No major issues so far. There are some that pop up with the wrapping system if using string that I will put a video up about when I do the full yearly maintenance. I have not used the netting yet but may try that next year. The one key thing I have found is have a slightly bigger (more HP) tractor than needed. I currently am pulling it with a 65 HP tractor and it works well. I absolutely love it. It is saving me so much time from doing the small square bales by hand.

The bio char is for the garden but it is first used in the chicken and duck coop to add grit to their intake which is needed for chickens which have a gizzard. Also the bio char absorbs the ammonia smell in the coop when mixed with the sawdust. At the barn it is mixed in with the compost and manure. After letting it charge and decompose for a year it is mixed in with the garden and produces a very rich dark compost. Also is excellent for wicking beds due to its water retention, a pound of dry bio char can hold up to 8 pounds of water. How is it a waste?

@@Circle_J_FarmI didn't realize you had the chicks, if you were only doing it for the garden it would be, though original capture of the heat used to "cook" the char would be good. Wonder if this would turn well with a sand battery? Sand battery water heater? What's your climate like? Maybe you could tie in coop warming with a scheduled burn time? Sorry, it is very interesting, I have become jaded from the very wasteful shorts I see. The point is to use and capture as much as efficiently as possible, not just make bio char for it's own sake

I understand completely. With a little bit of semi flexible pipe a coil of copper pipe could easily go around the top barrel and provide heat to any number of systems, a sand battery, an off grid house hot water, a hot tub, if designed in to it it this could be put inside a green house for extending the seasons as well. I am not sure what the final encompassing build will look like. I need to get the system working as well as it can be then i can get heat measures and a time lapse of how hot for how long and then implement it as best as possible. I am defiantly open to suggestions and ideas.

@@Circle_J_Farm man, I so want to sit here and jam on this stuff with you. So many things I want to talk about. Copper would be good, I did see a video, by nighthawk I believe, where he captured the wood gases for future use.

Nice! I will have to look into those! Got any pictures?