Making tar out of tree stumps

I have a pile of pine tree stumps in my backyard. I have been thinking of how to make use of them, and making tar came to my mind. Traditionally tar is made of very special old stumps that contains lots of tar. Anyway I had those younger stumps so I wanted to see if it makes any sense to use them.
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My friend's channel: / kultainenmarja

[@EokaBeamer69]

I love tar making because you get 2 useful products at once. The wood turns to charcoal or some of it to kindling but all is coated with some tar, so great for firemaking. And tar has so many uses from waterproofing wood, to being boiled down into pitch, useful as a glue.

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

So good to see the process. Thank you. I always think natural is best. 💖🥳

[@MrPlasterbrick]

I think stumps of naturally, standing-dead trees are the best. The resin has time to sink to the bottom. If you have some land, you can sacrifice a tree or two: ring bark it and wait a couple of years

[@shawno3681]

This was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I learned something new today.

[@nightsong28540]

Ingenious way of making it...stay safe, be careful, take it easy and keep warm and dry.

[@nena4215]

I didn’t know about that, worth all the time and effort, excellent work!!!

[@carolburns8667]

Thank you for sharing the amazing process. 🇨🇦❤️

[@firstlast-xs2dn]

That was a strategic commodity for navigation for many centuries.Spaniards were experts at extracting Tar!

[@davidhensley76]

The coast of North Carolina was a major source of "naval stores" during Colonial times. Among the "stores" was tar made from pine trees.

[@paulmachak9853]

An excellent vid in all aspects. Thank you.

[@yozy4996]

Absolutely excellent video..Theank you for the lesson, and sharing it..

[@ilkkasaarinen9812]

Kunnon vähäpuheista sisupuuhastelua... Sopivasti draamalisää tuolla moottorisaha atakilla juureten kimpuun...Opettavainen tupetus. Kiitos.

[@matthewharvey8755]

Good video of pitch harvesting.

[@vonHannersdorf]

I missed you, my finnish friend. Nice video, good job. You can use charcoal and rest of wood too, so it is not so bad, that you have only two liters of tar. Take care and good luck in future projects!

[@joseamilcarsalgadolainez3586]

Excellent

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

Wow! I thought tar came from oil. Thank you. And thank you for the ride in your car. I’ve not seen Sweden before.

[@greego5952]

You might be thinking about creosote which is often nicknamed tar. creosote is made from oil and that's the nasty stuff.

[@fragwitz8898]

@@greego5952 creosote is the stuff sticking in your chimney after burning logs.. it's why you need a chimney sweep every year. (the stuff burns..) The tar made in this video is called wood tar. "tar" is generally made from oil. (named bitumen) it's used on roofs and roads.

[@CaponeCabin]

I have never heard or have seen anything like this!

[@mariaenesson9066]

Waw estoy impresionada con tu habilidad eres de verdad increible yo creo que la teson y la capasidad de reto a si mismo y no descansar hasta lograrlo es algo muy comun entre Finlandeses y Chilenos , una vez mas mis mas grandes felicitaciones por tan hermosa casita !!!

[@charlievanor]

Thanks. Very interesting.

[@urzmontst.george6314]

Cool.

[@miarena111]

wow, i had no clue about that. thanks !

[@stephanwei9654]

Do not waste it for painting😄. Made Tar-liqueur from it (Terva).

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Hyvää työtä!

[@murtoman9207]

Pelkästään videoinnin vuoksi nautittavaa katsella. Sisältö on sitten plussaa päälle 😊

[@rpeterson223]

That’s a lot of work, but a good education..think I’ll just buy some at local hardware store

[@FinnishPlayground]

Remember not to complain about the price :)

[@ivan55599]

Uhraus oli viisastumisen arvoinen asia.

[@deseed]

amazing. thank you for sharing. how do you use it to protect wood? what do you thin it with? it is pretty viscous to my knowledge. does tar protection keep stronger/better than linseed oil (BLO) coating?

[@FinnishPlayground]

Thanks! Conifer turpentine is good for dilute. I think tar is stronger and better than linseed oil what comes to protection, but I haven't really compared them.

[@StephenMarks-yn1js]

You spilled some

[@WrongWayProspecting]

Throwing shade at Sweden by using a Stihl 😅

[@pystykorva7114]

I'm sure you edited a few curse words out of the video ;)

[@toddtangen6750]

"Perkele!"

[@FinnishPlayground]

Well I admit that the stumps were pretty tough...

[@jasonlowery1369]

Nice. How many times would you have to do this to fill up your tar barrel?

[@FinnishPlayground]

Too many 😅 I should use some old stumps that has much more tar in them. I actually found much better stumps, but didn't have time to try again yet.

[@drasiella]

I heard that Finns use tar for wellness and healing, can anyone tell me more about it?

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Do some research on 'pine tar'....so many beneficial uses, albeit Big pHARMa has tried to demonised it as they do all herbal remedies. 💕

[@gennyromeril]

The indigenous people of Canada used birch tar. My great grandmother used it as a healing agent.

[@drasiella]

@@gennyromeril But how? Is it applied topically, tincture, or is it injested?

[@FinnishPlayground]

I know it is used in some medicines, but I don't know much about that. I use it only to protect wood.

[@gennyromeril]

There is an article written about my great grandmother, who was Cree and French (metis) and was considered a medicine women up in the Peace River district of Alberta, Canada. The article states she put a black substance on an open wound to help it heal. This black substance was birch tar.

[@mariaflorcabajes7621]

Can tar be use as anti-termites?? I hope you will notice me it's for educational purposes only

[@FinnishPlayground]

I have no idea. We don't have termites here. It is multipurpose though so I wouldn'd be surprised.

[@KultainenMarja]

Kaikkinensa hillitön homma 😅 mutta olihan meillä mukavaa 💪

[@matsopp]

Very nice 🙂 The resin-rich wood in the bottom was maybe sheltered a little too much by the sand? We used a slightly different approach and built the unit on rocks where the fire heated also the lower part of the resin wood barrel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJa0m2eAiKyDapo

[@FinnishPlayground]

Good work there. I think in our case the biggest mistake was that the raw material was not optimal. But it was fun :)

[@fragwitz8898]

do you boil off the water later to get the thick tar?

[@FinnishPlayground]

No, it's pretty thick already because I didn't take the first tar that came out. Later on it's pretty pure stuff.

[@renadenison6759]

I got to go back and look at the commentary or something... I just don't see how you extracted actual liquid tar from the wood? God bless thanks for the video

[@FinnishPlayground]

Sorry if the explanation wasn't clear. Basically the wood is in a closed barrel and the fire is made around so that the wood starts to heat. When the wood heats up it starts to release gases and liquids and turns into charcoal. The key is that there's no oxygen in the barrel so the charcoal won't burn. There's only a little outlet pipe for liquids and gases to go out.