(06-01-2021, 06:24 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(06-01-2021, 05:35 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I've got some poison ivy/oak in my "back yard" on our property.  I usually rip it out of the trees with a skid steer and put it in the burn pile.  So far (knock on wood) we haven't had any contact with it and no effects from it.  I'm hoping that we get some rain this week so I can do some burning.  I have lots of brush/trees piled up that I need to get rid of.

Have you burned poison ivy/oak/sumac before? I've read that you shouldn't because the fumes from the burning oil can actually do damage to your lungs. My husband's uncle did it once and it jacked him up pretty bad for a bit. Wear an N95 mask if you have one. I assume that will help some. Might want to read up on that.

I burn it all the time.  I'm pretty selective as far as when/how I burn.  I've held off the past couple of weeks because it has been so dry.  After assessing today, I'll light up another pile early tomorrow morning.  Keep in mind, it is mixed in with lots of other brush/trees that burns very hot and very fast.  I have to stay up-wind of the fire as I'm feeding it so that I don't catch my skid steer on fire.

For the most part I stay out of the smoke from my fires and because of the heat, it all goes almost straight up anyway.

I wish that I was set up to sell firewood right now.  I have so much that is split and "ready to burn" right now and a ton of logs that need to be split.  I've gotten to the point to where I'm just burning trees just to get rid of them.  This is all mainly Oak and Hickory with a few Pines mixed in.

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