You know you've done your main responsibility in life (raising those 5 kids) right when they all come back for the holidays, even when they become adults. What a great family.
When all is said and done, what remains is our loved ones and friends, and the special memories we share together! Love seeing the family all together, hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving as always!
Heath, when I cut out the top of my burn barrel, I just let it drop into the bottom of the barrel which has actually extended the life of it. Have a great day 😊.
I Can remember when my mum and sister came home from the shops with these new fangled plastic bags. I remember saying that they will end up being a huge problem & stick to the ole brown paper bags , But remember how we thought that we were saving the trees back then . early 1970s.
Here in Australia. 1950s to 1990 ish the heavier gauged steel drums were for Super Petrol. the lighter gauge was diesel. Petrol was $6 for 44 gals, and diesel was $3 a 44 gal drum . We got 4 of each every month for the tractors and trucks/cars. One day dad was cutting the top off a petrol drum and the lid fell and cut the top of his foot badly Lucky that a nurse friend came up to buy some flowers at the right time and patched his foot up. We used the old drums for a chemical spray unit , on the tractor with a pump attached
We spent Thanksgiving much like you and your family did, together. I’m 70 now and enjoy these times so much. You and your wife are a great team providing Godly examples of respect, love and support. Watching the youngest two help mom carry firewood reminded me of my own formative years. Always had chores to do. So enjoy the content of your channel, thank you.
You know who the star of this channel is... Burn barrels are nice but that the delicious home cooked thanksgiving meal captured my attention.... Family gatherings are always so rewarding
Thank You so much for letting me into your house at Thanksgiving. I'm a french Acadian from New Brunswick Canada and our customs are so alike. Happy belated Thanksgiving.
I use a stainless steel drum from a dryer. Have it sitting on my back sidewalk. I haven't needed to cut any holes in it for ventilation and it doesn't rust. They do make stainless steel burn units but they can get pretty expensive.
Heath I live in Northern Arizona off grid and my buddy and I built 2 Gasifier burn barrels with a 50 gal drums and washing machine wash tubs that are covered with porcelin and When we burn anything the plastic burns so hot there is nothing left and the cans turn into powder. we each have one of these barrels
donaldk - he don, i've been thinking bout same thing. do those washing machine tubs fit into the 55 gal drums? do you have any tips on how to build? or maybe a link if you've found a good design? we spent over 2500 on a commercial barrel incinerator & the damn thing is so 'safe' it won't melt aluminum cans at our fish camp in alaska. i would love to build my own, are you using forced air like a leaf blower? i'm sorry for so many questions - but your reply is EXActly what i want. thanks heaps in advance. -barbie:)
Cedar and Heath, I watched this episode with much admiration as your older Kids came home for Thanksgiving; amind the hustle, bustle and mountains of good food was a loving, coheasive family who in their own way quite accurately reflect the best of the parents and ancestors who raised them. Cedar, your adult daughters must be very accurate reflections of who you were as a young lady; wholesome, self-assured grounded people who silently affirm what you taught and daily demonstrated to them; you both most be very proud. Your older son also reflects your family's qualities that simple can't be mustered up for the cámara. All the best to you and yours as you savor the holiday season.
55 gallon drums have been used for multiple reasons, and a burn barrel of sorts is the most common. Your burn barrel though, First Class! Love what you're doing ❤️
Cedar the food looked amazing I was eyeballing those mashed potatoes, that Ham and desserts Mmmmm Mmmmmm made my mouth water ! Hahahahaha 😂 Also the Christmas Tree looks great. Hope y’all had an awesome Thanksgiving and have a blessed Christmas and New Years to come. CC
Burn barrels tend to Rust from the Inside out. Cause people do not cover them up when not in use. So Rain water goes inside and ends up rusting the bottom out and some of the sides. So Might be worth either covering it up when not in use. Or perhaps even Building a Cover semi roof over it. Something like scrap metal roof that could at least keep the water from getting inside the barrel. Yes Oil Barrels are thicker. But Crude Oil Barrels are even Thicker. where they can be Inch to 3 inches thick Depending on which Maker and oil company they come from.
You're right about plastics not being recycled much. There is no way to sort PP, PE, PPE, PET, etc., to make new plastics. They could be pelletized and used in road construction like glass. Cellophane is an interesting one to ask your local recycling office about: it's biodegradable but not recyclable. So do you throw it in with food waste?
I remember our old incinerator we had back in the early 50's it was made of bricks a few doors middle & bottom stack on top... Too bad they don't have them anymore
Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving and your family with us. I like the Christmas tree tradition on Thanksgiving day. We had a natural gas trash incinerator in our basement. Bought it from the local utility company as they too installed it. Yes outdoor burn barrels were common in Indiana too.
My two boys filled up the inside garage wall on Sunday. Not sure how they felt about it but we had a new wood furnace next to the new gas furnace, worked very well. It was ducted into the main heat duct so we heated the whole house with it; planning ahead works!.
Thank you for sharing the nice family pictures and Thanksgiving! Christmas will soon be here and then Spring! The TWO have become THE MANY! Always great to meet our replacements! Ron PTL USA🙂
You've done an awesome job with your children, one can just sit and admire your family. I'm really sick and watching videos like this make you feel some peace. In other words you add meaning to my very difficult life of being ill. I love ya'll for real. ❤️ You're so humble, really nice people. I've been sharing your videos with my family, it's soothing to watch your videos. I pray to God that I get a chance, one chance to visit Red Poppy Ranch all the way from Crawley, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 🙏
My burn barrel is a Behrens galvanized steel trash can with a ring of 0.5" holes near the bottom, the bottom has a 1" layer of cast in place refractory to protect the thin steel from the intense heat and a 3/8" thick steel grate a few inches off the bottom for good air flow. I just added 10 feet of 4" stove pipe to the center of the lid and the huge draft makes this thing roar. The cross-sectional area of the stove pipe is 4X the area of all the 0.5" holes so there is tons of high speed, turbulent air being sucked under the fire. I use hardwood get a decent burn, but I am picking up two bags of anthracite coal tomorrow. I will get a hot bed of wood coals and then add the anthracite to the hot coals to light it off and I should get an all day burn. Coal requires a draft either forced or by having a long stack so I think this will give me a damn fine burn
Seeing the family all,together for thanksgiving reminded me of my family. My wife and I, our 3 children nd their families, along with my 5 grandchildren and their families and the 5 great grandchildren. We are blessed. Be well and stay safe.
Incinerators work far better when you have an outer cylinder of steel to heat the air and feed it back into an upper smoke chamber, this secondary combustion process removes much of the smoke. Hopefully people will do some research before copying this old design because it doesn't work very well. Those venturi vent cuts are sort of the right idea, but you need a raised floor for them to work properly, otherwise ash just clogs them up. Using a couple of stainless washing tubs welded into a tall column is another idea as there are holes already made, but again you need an outer skin to direct the preheated air to the upper chamber
yep, the dual skin designs are way better, this is just his old burn barrel with a chimney? It's odd he's done it like this because I think his shop heater is kind of a secondary combustion type? I guess he has to call it "ultimate" so people will click on the video, but there are better ways of doing this
He's the guy that learns from experience rather than reading smt up. Double wall burn barrel how tos are all over YT but it would require some curiousness and the desire to learn. Harsh words, I know. Heath is like a good old 100W bulb. Burns bright but has horrible efficiancy. This barrel will get the job done. If that's your goal - mission accomplished.
I had an oversized stainless steel burn barrel made for me that I use at least once a week.... The barrel is now 22 years old and still in perfect shape.
I welded together 6 Dayton rims from an old truck and made a funnel and slide door on the bottom and all the ash falls into a pit that I might clean out someday but it burns so efficiently and hot that I burn Tegan and scrap wood on the same day off the month and it will hold up till after my kids are gone. Been using it for about 20 years now and still going strong.
The truth in your statement that we don't want to talk about!! Plastic, glass, metal, even the heavy plastic bags we put our trash in. And the some have the audacity to say we aren't leaving a footprint! Thanks for the basics made even better and useful!
Love watching you create things on your property. The next time you want to weld or cut a flammable tank you can run a pipe/ hose from your truck exhaust into the tank and let the exhaust run for some time to get rid of the oxygen need for a flame. I braised a gas tank in that manner and in still here lol. 3 things needed for a fire, fuel/ignition/oxygen this eliminates 1 .
Thank you for inviting us all your family Thanksgiving dinner I just had my roommate here in the hospital I'm in.. remind me how much I miss my family.. thanks for the journey .. I'm glad to see you got a Happy Thanksgiving.. Chris continue to journey Christmas and New years and these holidays are good for you God bless you.. and have a nice day
Great story and project. I love the family videos, something a lot of people have lost today. Sir, if I may make one suggestion... take a 'wheeled' magnet and run over the ashes especially in the driveway. Small nails and staples are sure to escape your raking and will play havoc with tires. 🙂 God Bless.
You could use a mix of perlite and portland cement to line the barrel and that will make it last about forever. Put just enough portland into the perlite to make it turn gray all over and mix it almost dry so you can putty it into the barrel at about two or three inches thick. I've used this mix on several projects. Not good for something like a blacksmith forge but should be great for a burn barrel.
Except Perlite & Portland cement is hydroscopic, and very alkali. The barrel sits outside in the weather. Lining it would accerate the metal barrel, rusting away.
I am old enough to remember life before single use plastic, when we still had a milk man deliver fresh milk in glass bottles everyday, toys were wood or metal (some bake light,) all food stuff was in glass, tin, or wax cardboard = autism was unheard of 🤔
love most of your content. I would like to help you with your welding when welding on thin metal do what is called back stitch welding it is when you go about 1" or 2'' ahead of where you just welded and weld back to the last weld. This helps with warping and burn-through. this will make for a much neater weld.
My burn barrel is raised 4” and has a single 3.5” hole in the middle of the bottom, I load it round a tube that goes through the hole, fire it with a handful of fine kindling and away she goes, smokes for a few minutes then burns clean and hot enough for the barrel to glow. I don’t burn household rubbish, it stinks.
If you make your chimney taller, the heat rising out of the pipe will form a better vacuum i the bottom. The taller the pipe/ the more time the heat has to rise in the pipe/ the more that heat and smoke will accelerate/ which causes it to pull in more air into the bottom. Add a chimney- at least 4ft or so. (plus it gets the smoke above your head and is more pleasant to be around).
No judgement, but FYI: Burning plastics can be especially problematic, with PVC plastic in particular contributing to high emissions of dioxin. Dioxin is a persistent, bioaccumulative toxin which means it isn't broken down into safer chemicals, and it is concentrated in the food chain. As dioxin in burn barrel smoke drifts away to eventually settle on nearby fields, it can be eaten by animals where it is concentrated in their fat. Some is then excreted with the milk while the rest remains in the animal's fat. When humans consume dairy products and meat they end up with the long-lived dioxin in their own bodies. The US EPA now considers burn barrels a major source of dioxin. They also consider that current dioxin levels in Americans, due to consumption of dairy and meat, are high enough to add a significant cancer risk, as well as other serious health risks.
I never thought old barrels would become a hard to find item, but they definitely have. I cannot recall how many I have used over the years for various products.
At 79 years, i have had numerous 55 gallon burn balls of all sorts. I would be most interested to learn if yours lasts longer than fours years. Even with drain holes the ashes sit in the bottom and soak up the rain and snow. Four years is a good lifespan.
I know it is only a sampling of what your Thanksgiving was like, but man, that's the type of family gathering that is straight out of a Hallmark Christmas movie. Good job.
I got a know that’s to feel proud about doing that bringing out the wood is the most satisfying thing you could possibly do even when I was a kid.. I had never had a problem with it except when I want to go play with my friends when I was a kid😂
You & your family are sure hard workers! Keep those excellent videos coming! Enjoy your vacation, see you when you get home! Cedar, I forgot how many children do you and Heath have?
Problem with the 55 gal drums is it's too small for my purpose and just don't last. I bought a XXL Pyro cage that has about a 3 ft opening on top. Problem is getting the ash out so it doesn't collect water and rust the bottom.
What a treat!!!!! I was all down Friday, Saturday and most of Sunday. On your last video you said you would not be posting for a couple of weeks and I was already missing my "visits" with your charming family. I am an old shut in whose two sons frankly despise her, so it was truly a blessing to see a real family celebrating Thanksgiving as it should be. It did not sadden me, but rather gives me hope for the future. Thank you for that.
All families aren 't perfect and what we dreamed and hoped for, but never give up caring about and praying for your children. Hoping you will have a joyous Christmas in spite of your circumstances.
@@bonniemoritz4199 Please do not misunderstand. I think my sons are fine men. I am the one who failed them, not them me. They were raised not to see color and to always reach out a helping hand. They were taught that there is nothing they can't build or make. If they want it badly enough. Both are honestly brilliant. Also, there is not a day that goes by that I do not pray that God will send His angel to watch over them and keep them safe. I pray for them to be healthy and happy, kind and compassionate, decent and moral. I pray they always have a roof over their heads and food to eat and thay will build a strong bond of friendship and brotherhood between themselves because this old world is a tough row to hoe alone. As for me I do a little project at Christmas called Christmas Magic. I get gift bags together for Vets, elderly and shut-ins with no one to remember them at Christmas. This year there will be 120 bags and the bags are filled with really nice things. That doesn't sound like many, but I am an old gal and I have to do it all from my home on the phone. I get the Scouts to deliver the bags. That it all comes together each year is truly magical and every year I am as excited and as happy as a kid getting a new bike the day all those gaily decorated bags go out. That is my Christmas gift each year and it is a truly wonderful one. I wish you and yours a truly wonderful Christmas filled with love and laughter and a heavy dose of Christmas Magic.
@@Ducelick Thanks for your reply. Your yearly Christmas project sounds wonderful and I'm sure it is magical to those who receive one of your bags. We all need to show a little kindness to others in need. Thanks for doing your share. Merry Christmas!
15:00 Tell Heath, instead of using a sanding disk on his grinder, use a poly disc. Its like going from dial up to 500 internets speed 🤣and tell him not to be a hero and put a guard when using the 1mm cutting disc, makes me gringe every time.
This is Heath in a nutshell. 100% heart 100% family 100% hard work about 65% in the homework department. I'm sure that it is good to have the improvement as it is. I am a little surprised to see you go with the "ultimate" UA-cam buzz words lately. Seems a little different than your typical style. These are positive words coming from a good place. Don't let the text on UA-cam be negative. Best of luck. Looks like a very special holiday.
Excellent content, Heath and Crew! Remarkably presented, too! The only thing missing from your splendid Fall Festivities would be the outdoor/indoor temperatures! That made it a horrible experience that left me wanting! You ruined my moment!!!🤣 J/K 🤣 Thanks, most enjoyable!
Growing up south of Denver in the 60s every house had an incinerator in the backyard. Made of concrete. Amazing what used to be done. Had a PhD student living with us who was focused on growing bacteria that were discovered in Japan that will break down some plastics and return them to their original petroleum components. Don’t be breathing those fumes from plastics, of course, as they are highly carcinogenic.
My Grandpa always used various 55 gallon barrels that the oilfield guys would bring him. All of us grandkids were surprised that people in the city did not have burn barrels. The city folk just added to the landfills.
yes, it's the same idea as a hot air balloon, the more hot air the more it pulls upwards. Therefore a tall chimney with a lot of hot air inside it, pulls a harder draft
I miss the 80s . You could buy a man stone backyard incinerator, they were garbage incinerator rocket stoves. a door keep dumping garbage in, open air holes on bottom, ash door on side, never rusted out. Now I use a $40 behrens trash incinerator, has holes everywhere and rarely needs a fan blower to burn clean. It has outlasted every 50 gal drum and chimney add on. And I don't have drill cut weld. Main thing is cover it up when not in use so no moisture rusts it out.
You know you've done your main responsibility in life (raising those 5 kids) right when they all come back for the holidays, even when they become adults. What a great family.
Exactly 🤍🤍👌🏻
When all is said and done, what remains is our loved ones and friends, and the special memories we share together! Love seeing the family all together, hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving as always!
Heath, when I cut out the top of my burn barrel, I just let it drop into the bottom of the barrel which has actually extended the life of it. Have a great day 😊.
I Can remember when my mum and sister came home from the shops with these new fangled plastic bags.
I remember saying that they will end up being a huge problem & stick to the ole brown paper bags ,
But remember how we thought that we were saving the trees back then .
early 1970s.
Here in Australia. 1950s to 1990 ish the heavier gauged steel drums were for Super Petrol. the lighter gauge was diesel.
Petrol was $6 for 44 gals, and diesel was $3 a 44 gal drum .
We got 4 of each every month for the tractors and trucks/cars.
One day dad was cutting the top off a petrol drum and the lid fell and cut the top of his foot badly
Lucky that a nurse friend came up to buy some flowers at the right time and patched his foot up.
We used the old drums for a chemical spray unit , on the tractor with a pump attached
We spent Thanksgiving much like you and your family did, together. I’m 70 now and enjoy these times so much. You and your wife are a great team providing Godly examples of respect, love and support. Watching the youngest two help mom carry firewood reminded me of my own formative years. Always had chores to do. So enjoy the content of your channel, thank you.
I love the relationship you have with your kids .
It looks like you all had a nice Thanksgiving. First one for the newly-weds. God bless you all through this season.
You know who the star of this channel is... Burn barrels are nice but that the delicious home cooked thanksgiving meal captured my attention.... Family gatherings are always so rewarding
I love the fact that your family unites together for the holidays. Amazing how well you have raised you children. You must be so proud. Blessings
Heath and Cedar;..what a great Family you have....!
Burn Barrel...what about a Plow Truck?
How wonderful to see you sit down as a family to eat again, and to see Al pray. What a wonderful journey you are allowing us to watch. God Bless.
Easy fire starter ,,,, in old egg carton put saw dust , melt wax over saw dust until filled . Works great
I use the egg cartons, dryer lint and then the wax. Works great. I'd use saw dust too if I had it. Everyone has dryer lint.
كل سنه وانتم بألف خير واسرتكم الجميله وسنه جديده سعيده عليكم أن شاءالله
Same to you!
Thank You so much for letting me into your house at Thanksgiving. I'm a french Acadian from New Brunswick Canada and our customs are so alike. Happy belated Thanksgiving.
only a Canadian would say "belated"! LOL Hope you enjoyed the holidays
I use a stainless steel drum from a dryer. Have it sitting on my back sidewalk. I haven't needed to cut any holes in it for ventilation and it doesn't rust. They do make stainless steel burn units but they can get pretty expensive.
That's a good idea
Heath I live in Northern Arizona off grid and my buddy and I built 2 Gasifier burn barrels with a 50 gal drums and washing machine wash tubs that are covered with porcelin and When we burn anything the plastic burns so hot there is nothing left and the cans turn into powder. we each have one of these barrels
donaldk - he don, i've been thinking bout same thing. do those washing machine tubs fit into the 55 gal drums? do you have any tips on how to build? or maybe a link if you've found a good design? we spent over 2500 on a commercial barrel incinerator & the damn thing is so 'safe' it won't melt aluminum cans at our fish camp in alaska. i would love to build my own, are you using forced air like a leaf blower? i'm sorry for so many questions - but your reply is EXActly what i want. thanks heaps in advance. -barbie:)
@@8barbies779 Yes they do.
Cedar and Heath,
I watched this episode with much admiration as your older Kids came home for Thanksgiving; amind the hustle, bustle and mountains of good food was a loving, coheasive family who in their own way quite accurately reflect the best of the parents and ancestors who raised them.
Cedar, your adult daughters must be very accurate reflections of who you were as a young lady; wholesome, self-assured grounded people who silently affirm what you taught and daily demonstrated to them; you both most be very proud. Your older son also reflects your family's qualities that simple can't be mustered up for the cámara. All the best to you and yours as you savor the holiday season.
I get such a chuckle how often the leaf blower makes it into the videos. Milwaukee should sponsor RPR!
55 gallon drums have been used for multiple reasons, and a burn barrel of sorts is the most common. Your burn barrel though, First Class! Love what you're doing ❤️
Cedar the food looked amazing I was eyeballing those mashed potatoes, that Ham and desserts Mmmmm Mmmmmm made my mouth water ! Hahahahaha 😂
Also the Christmas Tree looks great. Hope y’all had an awesome Thanksgiving and have a blessed Christmas and New Years to come. CC
Sounds like giant popcorn !!
Burn barrels tend to Rust from the Inside out. Cause people do not cover them up when not in use. So Rain water goes inside and ends up rusting the bottom out and some of the sides.
So Might be worth either covering it up when not in use. Or perhaps even Building a Cover semi roof over it. Something like scrap metal roof that could at least keep the water from getting inside the barrel.
Yes Oil Barrels are thicker.
But Crude Oil Barrels are even Thicker. where they can be Inch to 3 inches thick Depending on which Maker and oil company they come from.
MY FAVORITE IDAHO OFF GRID UA-cam FAMILY !!!
😁👍
We aren’t doing Christmas this year.. not enough money or time. Glad to see you guys enjoying the season.
You're right about plastics not being recycled much. There is no way to sort PP, PE, PPE, PET, etc., to make new plastics. They could be pelletized and used in road construction like glass. Cellophane is an interesting one to ask your local recycling office about: it's biodegradable but not recyclable. So do you throw it in with food waste?
Thank you for the invite to your family's Thanksgiving. Oh how big everyone has gotten. Love an prosperity to all.
I remember our old incinerator we had back in the early 50's it was made of bricks a few doors middle & bottom stack on top...
Too bad they don't have them anymore
Hoping that you and your family had a healthy and Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing your new burn barrel inventions. Blessings to all.
Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving and your family with us. I like the Christmas tree tradition on Thanksgiving day. We had a natural gas trash incinerator in our basement. Bought it from the local utility company as they too installed it. Yes outdoor burn barrels were common in Indiana too.
You have so much to be thankful for. Wonderful family. Happiest of Thanksgiving to you all.
HEY! Hello Red Poppy and thumbs UP!!
Prayers... no alcohol... Modelling godly behavior. Blessings to you and your family.
Beautiful decorations Cedar!!
My two boys filled up the inside garage wall on Sunday. Not sure how they felt about it but we had a new wood furnace next to the new gas furnace, worked very well. It was ducted into the main heat duct so we heated the whole house with it; planning ahead works!.
In Sweden, there is a sales freeze on single-use plastic parts, perhaps something for the US to follow suit.
A delightful surprise! Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Thank you for sharing the nice family pictures and Thanksgiving! Christmas will soon be here and then Spring! The TWO have become THE MANY! Always great to meet our replacements! Ron PTL USA🙂
Love your Family, I hope you had a wunderful thanksgiving :)
You've done an awesome job with your children, one can just sit and admire your family. I'm really sick and watching videos like this make you feel some peace. In other words you add meaning to my very difficult life of being ill. I love ya'll for real. ❤️ You're so humble, really nice people. I've been sharing your videos with my family, it's soothing to watch your videos. I pray to God that I get a chance, one chance to visit Red Poppy Ranch all the way from Crawley, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 🙏
My burn barrel is a Behrens galvanized steel trash can with a ring of 0.5" holes near the bottom, the bottom has a 1" layer of cast in place refractory to protect the thin steel from the intense heat and a 3/8" thick steel grate a few inches off the bottom for good air flow. I just added 10 feet of 4" stove pipe to the center of the lid and the huge draft makes this thing roar. The cross-sectional area of the stove pipe is 4X the area of all the 0.5" holes so there is tons of high speed, turbulent air being sucked under the fire. I use hardwood get a decent burn, but I am picking up two bags of anthracite coal tomorrow. I will get a hot bed of wood coals and then add the anthracite to the hot coals to light it off and I should get an all day burn. Coal requires a draft either forced or by having a long stack so I think this will give me a damn fine burn
I’ve found tossing a couple logs in helps with fully burning products all the way through as well as helps a lot with smell
Seeing the family all,together for thanksgiving reminded me of my family. My wife and I, our 3 children nd their families, along with my 5 grandchildren and their families and the 5 great grandchildren. We are blessed. Be well and stay safe.
Wow Callie is getting so tall and grown up now.
Your pretty good flying the drone! Enjoy y’all videos so much !
Incinerators work far better when you have an outer cylinder of steel to heat the air and feed it back into an upper smoke chamber, this secondary combustion process removes much of the smoke. Hopefully people will do some research before copying this old design because it doesn't work very well.
Those venturi vent cuts are sort of the right idea, but you need a raised floor for them to work properly, otherwise ash just clogs them up.
Using a couple of stainless washing tubs welded into a tall column is another idea as there are holes already made, but again you need an outer skin to direct the preheated air to the upper chamber
yep, the dual skin designs are way better, this is just his old burn barrel with a chimney? It's odd he's done it like this because I think his shop heater is kind of a secondary combustion type? I guess he has to call it "ultimate" so people will click on the video, but there are better ways of doing this
I made the double barrel one, found the design on hackaday. Burns without smoke if everything is dry
@@bobbob-jy5li a washer tub works great inside a barrel...... but a taller smoke stack will help draw more air and create a hotter fire too......
Ya, i have thought for years he needs to build a smokeless burn barrel and was hoping this video would be him doing that. Maybe next time!?
He's the guy that learns from experience rather than reading smt up. Double wall burn barrel how tos are all over YT but it would require some curiousness and the desire to learn. Harsh words, I know. Heath is like a good old 100W bulb. Burns bright but has horrible efficiancy. This barrel will get the job done. If that's your goal - mission accomplished.
Your skills and try anything attitude is worthy of emulation. That is some fancy burn barrel!!
Best place for old oil drums trend to be Mechanic shops, they mostly use recycled oil to heat the shops with used oil heaters around here.
I had an oversized stainless steel burn barrel made for me that I use at least once a week.... The barrel is now 22 years old and still in perfect shape.
I welded together 6 Dayton rims from an old truck and made a funnel and slide door on the bottom and all the ash falls into a pit that I might clean out someday but it burns so efficiently and hot that I burn Tegan and scrap wood on the same day off the month and it will hold up till after my kids are gone. Been using it for about 20 years now and still going strong.
The truth in your statement that we don't want to talk about!! Plastic, glass, metal, even the heavy plastic bags we put our trash in. And the some have the audacity to say we aren't leaving a footprint! Thanks for the basics made even better and useful!
Wow! What a spread😃 Yummy!!
Love watching you create things on your property.
The next time you want to weld or cut a flammable tank you can run a pipe/ hose from your truck exhaust into the tank and let the exhaust run for some time to get rid of the oxygen need for a flame.
I braised a gas tank in that manner and in still here lol.
3 things needed for a fire, fuel/ignition/oxygen this eliminates 1 .
Thank you for inviting us all your family Thanksgiving dinner I just had my roommate here in the hospital I'm in.. remind me how much I miss my family.. thanks for the journey .. I'm glad to see you got a Happy Thanksgiving.. Chris continue to journey Christmas and New years and these holidays are good for you God bless you.. and have a nice day
I have fond memories of the incinerator at our elementary school growing up. During recess we kids would melt crayons on the side of it.
Great story and project. I love the family videos, something a lot of people have lost today. Sir, if I may make one suggestion... take a 'wheeled' magnet and run over the ashes especially in the driveway. Small nails and staples are sure to escape your raking and will play havoc with tires. 🙂 God Bless.
You could use a mix of perlite and portland cement to line the barrel and that will make it last about forever. Put just enough portland into the perlite to make it turn gray all over and mix it almost dry so you can putty it into the barrel at about two or three inches thick. I've used this mix on several projects. Not good for something like a blacksmith forge but should be great for a burn barrel.
Except Perlite & Portland cement is hydroscopic, and very alkali. The barrel sits outside in the weather. Lining it would accerate the metal barrel, rusting away.
Amazing to be in a place filled with laughter and joy that you built with your own hands. Congrats buddy!
I am old enough to remember life before single use plastic, when we still had a milk man deliver fresh milk in glass bottles everyday, toys were wood or metal (some bake light,) all food stuff was in glass, tin, or wax cardboard = autism was unheard of 🤔
Same here. Cheers from Spain.
Not really we once used glass for every and that is more recyclable than plastic.
love most of your content. I would like to help you with your welding when welding on thin metal do what is called back stitch welding it is when you go about 1" or 2'' ahead of where you just welded and weld back to the last weld. This helps with warping and burn-through. this will make for a much neater weld.
Great video!
Thank you for being ready to help others this is so kind of you.🤍
Watching from the uk 🇬🇧 👍👍👍👍
My burn barrel is raised 4” and has a single 3.5” hole in the middle of the bottom, I load it round a tube that goes through the hole, fire it with a handful of fine kindling and away she goes, smokes for a few minutes then burns clean and hot enough for the barrel to glow. I don’t burn household rubbish, it stinks.
Incredible Heath!! 💪🏻
You might have to think of making a trash burner out of cement blocks and rebar from now on. Those barrels are becoming very scarce.
I was thinking an old heating oil tank. I have seen people make big BBQs out of them. Would probably be really good incinerator stood up on its side.
If you make your chimney taller, the heat rising out of the pipe will form a better vacuum i the bottom. The taller the pipe/ the more time the heat has to rise in the pipe/ the more that heat and smoke will accelerate/ which causes it to pull in more air into the bottom. Add a chimney- at least 4ft or so. (plus it gets the smoke above your head and is more pleasant to be around).
No judgement, but FYI:
Burning plastics can be especially problematic, with PVC plastic in particular contributing to high emissions of dioxin. Dioxin is a persistent, bioaccumulative toxin which means it isn't broken down into safer chemicals, and it is concentrated in the food chain. As dioxin in burn barrel smoke drifts away to eventually settle on nearby fields, it can be eaten by animals where it is concentrated in their fat. Some is then excreted with the milk while the rest remains in the animal's fat. When humans consume dairy products and meat they end up with the long-lived dioxin in their own bodies. The US EPA now considers burn barrels a major source of dioxin. They also consider that current dioxin levels in Americans, due to consumption of dairy and meat, are high enough to add a significant cancer risk, as well as other serious health risks.
this family is awesome
I never thought old barrels would become a hard to find item, but they definitely have. I cannot recall how many I have used over the years for various products.
At 79 years, i have had numerous 55 gallon burn balls of all sorts. I would be most interested to learn if yours lasts longer than fours years. Even with drain holes the ashes sit in the bottom and soak up the rain and snow. Four years is a good lifespan.
and great wishs for the holidays to you and your family too....GOD Bless America..
That barrel would make an awesome indoor wood burner !!
I know it is only a sampling of what your Thanksgiving was like, but man, that's the type of family gathering that is straight out of a Hallmark Christmas movie. Good job.
When I was around ten years old my grandfather had me cutting the lids out of burn barrels with a hammer and chisel... a sawzall is a lot more fun.
The place looks amazing. You and your families hard work over the years has paid off.
Hope you guys are well as we approach Christmas
I got a know that’s to feel proud about doing that bringing out the wood is the most satisfying thing you could possibly do even when I was a kid.. I had never had a problem with it except when I want to go play with my friends when I was a kid😂
Does chimney height matter? I recall reading that a minimum of 3 feet was required for an effective "draw".
You & your family are sure hard workers! Keep those excellent videos coming! Enjoy your vacation, see you when you get home! Cedar, I forgot how many children do you and Heath have?
Problem with the 55 gal drums is it's too small for my purpose and just don't last. I bought a XXL Pyro cage that has about a 3 ft opening on top. Problem is getting the ash out so it doesn't collect water and rust the bottom.
What a treat!!!!!
I was all down Friday, Saturday and most of Sunday. On your last video you said you would not be posting for a couple of weeks and I was already missing my "visits" with your charming family.
I am an old shut in whose two sons frankly despise her, so it was truly a blessing to see a real family celebrating Thanksgiving as it should be. It did not sadden me, but rather gives me hope for the future. Thank you for that.
All families aren 't perfect and what we dreamed and hoped for, but never give up caring about and praying for your children. Hoping you will have a joyous Christmas in spite of your circumstances.
@@bonniemoritz4199 Please do not misunderstand. I think my sons are fine men. I am the one who failed them, not them me.
They were raised not to see color and to always reach out a helping hand. They were taught that there is nothing they can't build or make. If they want it badly enough. Both are honestly brilliant.
Also, there is not a day that goes by that I do not pray that God will send His angel to watch over them and keep them safe. I pray for them to be healthy and happy, kind and compassionate, decent and moral. I pray they always have a roof over their heads and food to eat and thay will build a strong bond of friendship and brotherhood between themselves because this old world is a tough row to hoe alone.
As for me I do a little project at Christmas called Christmas Magic. I get gift bags together for Vets, elderly and shut-ins with no one to remember them at Christmas.
This year there will be 120 bags and the bags are filled with really nice things.
That doesn't sound like many, but I am an old gal and I have to do it all from my home on the phone. I get the Scouts to deliver the bags.
That it all comes together each year is truly magical and every year I am as excited and as happy as a kid getting a new bike the day all those gaily decorated bags go out.
That is my Christmas gift each year and it is a truly wonderful one.
I wish you and yours a truly wonderful Christmas filled with love and laughter and a heavy dose of Christmas Magic.
@@Ducelick Thanks for your reply. Your yearly Christmas project sounds wonderful and I'm sure it is magical to those who receive one of your bags. We all need to show a little kindness to others in need. Thanks for doing your share. Merry Christmas!
Maybe use a dirt hole with the same tubes and a lid if you can later to see if it works then it stays clean outside
15:00 Tell Heath, instead of using a sanding disk on his grinder, use a poly disc. Its like going from dial up to 500 internets speed 🤣and tell him not to be a hero and put a guard when using the 1mm cutting disc, makes me gringe every time.
Beautiful scenery you have there
Bottle rockets where cool!! Like a large pop corn barrel. Great Video!!
Ola
Could sure use one of those right now lol. Here in the UK if you can get one, we use old used oil drums with holes in the sides.
You win, best looking turkey day spread I saw this year and I saw 100+
and a real fine looking bunch except that one fella.
This is Heath in a nutshell.
100% heart
100% family
100% hard work
about 65% in the homework department. I'm sure that it is good to have the improvement as it is.
I am a little surprised to see you go with the "ultimate" UA-cam buzz words lately. Seems a little different than your typical style. These are positive words coming from a good place. Don't let the text on UA-cam be negative. Best of luck. Looks like a very special holiday.
Growing up in rural PA in the 50's and 60's, we burned our trash in a wire basket. This really took me back in time.🙂
Great episode 🙂
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Hello from Memphis
Excellent content, Heath and Crew! Remarkably presented, too! The only thing missing from your splendid Fall Festivities would be the outdoor/indoor temperatures! That made it a horrible experience that left me wanting! You ruined my moment!!!🤣 J/K 🤣 Thanks, most enjoyable!
Happy thanksgiving xxx
wow your kids have really grown i remember when you moved to that house and they were so young yet where has time gone !
Growing up south of Denver in the 60s every house had an incinerator in the backyard. Made of concrete. Amazing what used to be done.
Had a PhD student living with us who was focused on growing bacteria that were discovered in Japan that will break down some plastics and return them to their original petroleum components.
Don’t be breathing those fumes from plastics, of course, as they are highly carcinogenic.
My Grandpa always used various 55 gallon barrels that the oilfield guys would bring him. All of us grandkids were surprised that people in the city did not have burn barrels. The city folk just added to the landfills.
Lovely family
Would that help better if you make the chimney higher for more suction?
yes, it's the same idea as a hot air balloon, the more hot air the more it pulls upwards. Therefore a tall chimney with a lot of hot air inside it, pulls a harder draft
Happy Thanksgiving 😊
I miss the 80s . You could buy a man stone backyard incinerator, they were garbage incinerator rocket stoves. a door keep dumping garbage in, open air holes on bottom, ash door on side, never rusted out.
Now I use a $40 behrens trash incinerator, has holes everywhere and rarely needs a fan blower to burn clean. It has outlasted every 50 gal drum and chimney add on. And I don't have drill cut weld. Main thing is cover it up when not in use so no moisture rusts it out.
Didn’t think we would see you for a few weeks