How To BURN GREEN Firewood!

Hi everyone here is a trick to burn green/not so seasoned firewood in your outdoor wood boiler! My machine is a Central Boiler CL 6048 Classic wood boiler and this method works great if your wood supply is not the fullest and you can "Dry" out not so seasoned wood before you actually burn it!

[@Andyrob323]

If I have to burn higher moisture content wood or even green, I’ve found the key is to split much smaller than you normally would. Keep a coal bed going and feed the burner more frequently. Your method works too, so to each their own! Good idea for sharing this video for someone with little to no wood supply.

[@HomesteadJay]

That was kinda the idea the low "seasoned" wood supply you can keep this "preheat" method going to help get ya by. I dont do this often but have had to years prior. I never realized I never shared this method lol

[@oviduran]

Thanks Jay. That was a big drop in moisture with the green wood. As you know, I had a delivery of green logs at my place last week and I plan to use some of it later in the heating season. Now, I know how to get some of that moisture out. Thanks again for the tips and I will surely be doing this.

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Ovi I think splitting it at least once will help for sure! The full round did dry out but (no surprised) the split piece dried better! I want you to try it and see what you think and make a video on it hah

[@oviduran]

@@HomesteadJay Will do Jay. Thanks!

[@robertm5969]

I have a fireplace insert. When I get firewood that isn't quite seasoned I sit it upright in front of the fireplace, about a foot away from the glass. It dries out in a matter of hours. Helps with staging wood before it goes in the fire.

[@HomesteadJay]

Yes seen guys do that with wood stoves. They stack it close to the iron but not too close LOL

[@VicsYard]

I noticed American chestnut on that list. I’ve never found one yet in the wild. Upstate NY.

[@HomesteadJay]

Neither have I! Deff a rarer tree for sure

[@Glock2201]

Lol I have never though about drying my gloves on that front lip like that. Knowing my luck they would end up in the boiler. I am fortunate enough to have wood cut up for at least a year ahead now so I only burn green wood now out of convenience. I tend to burn some of the pine limbs right up so I don't have to handle them again. If I do I usually just make sure I have a really good coal bed or fill it up a little with dry wood on the bottom. When I did and if I have to burn green wood I would tend to spit it up smaller to help it out a little. It is one of the reasons I don't like to burn much of it. Not only is it less efficient because it is green it takes longer to process and load it.

[@HomesteadJay]

Haha they dont take long to dry let me tell you that! Maybe a min or two LOL. I agree with you if I burn green wood I load good wood on the bottom and try to split the greener stuff but as you said it may get you out in a pinch but its more work lol

[@Firewoodguy-t6m]

can you fill up the outdoor boiler with wood and than fill it up with antrack coal chunks

[@HomesteadJay]

I don’t see why not pl

[@user-hn9qg5qm3o]

Jay you have invented the “Kiln Boiler”

[@HomesteadJay]

Haha I thought id share lol might as well take advantge of the heat/gasses versus smothering the coals with wet logs haha

[@user-hn9qg5qm3o]

@@HomesteadJay I have an outdoor wood boiler, and although I know most absolutely croak to hear me say it, but I frequently burn green wood in mine and haven’t had any major problems. I think as long as it’s not sappy wood and you have a very hot coal bed it isn’t a big deal.

[@HomesteadJay]

Yes you can do the same in these units but it kills your coal bed (pending how good your coals are) so I like this way cause its like a "preheat" not hurting anything sitting back there baking lol

[@user-hn9qg5qm3o]

@@HomesteadJay Yea I will have to try that. What you said makes sense. It’s like a kiln there in the back haha

[@HomesteadJay]

Prob cook a pizza back there LOL

[@Firewoodguy-t6m]

can i do same in wood stove

[@HomesteadJay]

Maybe?

[@robertjones4200]

Thankyou

[@HomesteadJay]

You’re welcome 😊

[@jimmieburleigh9549]

I bet a dollar you'd of gotten a lower reading if you let the wood cool off because that meter was picking up the wet from the steam. You can also put a couple green sticks on top the burning pile and should be fine by the time it starts to burn and not affect coal bed.

[@HomesteadJay]

Yes you prob right hence cracking it open and steam coming out hahaha

[@jimmieburleigh9549]

@@HomesteadJay 👍

[@brianczuhai8909]

Green/wet/large wood will burn at a slower rate. Just use it to moderate and lower the output temp of the furnace. Or offset the green/wet/large wood by also using smaller/dryer wood. Where’s the rocket science on this? Wood “A” burns slower, has less heat. Wood “B” burns faster, has more heat. Adjust accordingly to what you have on hand.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I grew up in an area with lots of lumber mills. This is just like kiln drying lumber, really.

[@HomesteadJay]

indeed

[@shayn4220]

Put some ass behind that axe , lol

[@HomesteadJay]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Bradmurphy13]

Doesn’t this mean you’re at wood supply negative ? Or just put 10 x green wood ?

[@HomesteadJay]

If you dont have enough seasoned wood to get through a season you can "bake" the green wood down in the back of the machine via (pizza oven method) and at least have a fighting chance of making it through a season.

[@HomesteadJay]

Maybe I misread what you said?

[@tyharland1906]

That ain't green, it doesn't have leaves on it lol. I throw in about 40% wet stuff when I can,on top. After a couple heat cycles it's dried out in my opinion

[@HomesteadJay]

Same idea. This is just using the "pizza oven" idea instead of direct on coals

[@HomesteadJay]

It had leaves 36 hours ago lol

[@smorefirewood]

definitely can't burn it in our wood stove.

[@HomesteadJay]

deff no lol

[@5roundsrapid263]

Not unless you want your flue clogged with creosote!

[@xxrice]

How can anything have more than 100% moisture content.

[@HomesteadJay]

Hahah right? I thought the same thing