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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2023
- In this video we will show you how to make your own charcoal kiln that will produce cheap clean charcoal.
Welcome to Tick Creek Ranch. This channel was created to show the daily ins and outs of life on a small ranch. We are a family of eight, our lifestyle has taken us from the deserts of Idaho to the wilds of Alaska and back to the lower 48. We followed our dreams and finally settled in the Ozark’s of Missouri. We have owned and operated our own businesses over the years, ranging from carpentry and excavation to commercial and residential landscape. The children and ourselves have developed a passion for learning new skills which include leather work, welding and fabricating, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, roofing, painting, equipment operation, timber sawing, blacksmithing, horseshoeing, flatwork and concrete, timber framing, cattle ranching, horse training, and many more. Please follow along on this journey as we build our new home and delve into the ways of regenerative ranching. So stick around and watch us create our dream using old world construction techniques and style reminiscent of an era gone by. Thank you and enjoy the journey. - Jak na to + styl
I have 20 acres of mesquite, oak, and pecan. This is a game changer for my grilling. Now I'll have my own charcoal and wood chips for smoking. Thank you!!
Algaroba? Interessante é uma espécie que não é nativa da minha região, sou do Brasil e sou da região nordeste onde está espécie de planta não é nativa, ela é usada para fazer carvão cercas com sua madeira e também como lenha para as padarias e também ela e bastante espinhosa ou seja tem a presença de muitos espinhos e tem que se tomar muito cuidado ao se trabalhar com ela pois se não souber trabalhar pode se cortar feio outra questão é que elas puxam muito a água do solo e quando é época de seca ela sempre está verde e viva pois durante este período de estiagens sem a presença de chuvas poucas plantas nativas ficam verdes e aqui a produção de carvão pode ser industrial ou natural aqui a produção natural e conhecida pelo menos na minha região como carvoeira e leva-se vários dias para o carvão ficar pronto.
Ton of pecan here in OK. Surfing YT on different ways to DIY some chunks & logs into charcoal.
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Wow, those flames at 5:00 from the gasification are impressive! That's so cool how it ends up heating itself. Great design, looks very efficient. I'm enjoying your channel, just found you on your root cellar/storm shelter build, which was excellent.
On a side note, your comments about learning new skills... I recently bought a small welder. I got a chance to use it to repair my Dixie Chopper Zero turn mower, the right steering arm boke off and a replacement is no longer available. I took my time and was able to get it welded and repaired! LOL, it wasn't pretty, but it's rock solid now and back in service. I felt proud of myself for getting it repaired, I'm looking for more welding projects now.
That’s awesome! Self improvement is something I harp on around here. Imho it’s our “abilities that define who we are”. It applies to life, love, work, play, relationships etc… Good on ya for learning a new skill. Now take on another one, keep it up 👍 Thank you for the feedback and watching. Hope to see you around in the comments Woolval
Thanks for getting into the details a bit. Looks like I got me another winter project!!
Hey Cuz! You’ll love it. All that orchard wood you have…oh yeah
I love how the thing heats itself after a while. Super based.
Best design on YT… doesn’t waste the heat content of the volatiles. The terpines and tars have no other value than as waste heat… well done!!!!
Thanks Phil
THAT WAS SO COOL …!!! never seen anyone do it like that...… how did you learn all this cool-man stuff? love every one of your videos so far and I'm just getting started on them... PLEASE, keep up the great work. also love that you're teaching your kids to work and know the right way to live
I’m just a guy who’s got to know how to do stuff. If we don’t know how we learn. In this day and age with technology is so easy to just google something to get a basic understanding, then keep practicing until you figure it out. Thank you so much for the support. Btw sorry for the untimely response. It’s been hard to keep up with them all👍
Great… super informative video. Your approach to making biochar/charcoal is completely different from everything else I’ve seen. Thanks 🙏 ✌️
Thanks Roger. Hope it helps
This is so cool, and so satisfying to watch!
Such a cool method! Thank you for sharing it
You are so welcome!
I've watched numerous videos on making biochar...yours is Brilliant! well done!!
Thanks Tim
Fascinating.
This is the best contraction for making charcoal I have seen nice keep up the good work
That was a great option build
Very informative video ! I will trying to make one of these .
Excellent teaching video! THANKS.
Glad it was helpful!
All I saw at 5:00 was a half built engine lmao! That’s awesome
Thanks for sharing! Very good design.
Thanks Joe!
quite impressive
Bro REAL MAN IF GENIUS
I can’t wait to make one
It’s a fun easy project
Don't Worry that pot ash works great for Gardens too.
Thanks bro from nz
Pretty slick
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god damn 👏 that thing is impressive
Great job and great video, I can't weld, so its 2" pipe w/flanges,elbows,tee's
That will work great and faster too👍
Very nice! New sub thanks for the info! I have been looking at farms in missouri, I have a place on lake of the ozarks and a mini farm in southern overland park. Used to be country where I am but sadly everybody wants to live here. It's bitter sweet cause property value is up but the thought of leaving is tough. My property is so unique with some insanely huge oaks and sycamores and a beautiful creek. Something in me knows I belong on a big farm in the ozarks. I look forward to more of your content sir! Always learning is absolutely the best way to live, I hope my kids have the same mindset.
Welcome! Kinda sounds like the situation we had in Idaho before leaving. Sad. We love it down here. Pretty darn quiet other than the occasional car on the highway.
Thanks Max
Can you make another video on this and giving us more info and details for how to build it?
Some Irish guy on CZcams showed that an even better type is a triangle/pyramid kiln that is essentially an upside-down hollow pyramid that you slowly fill up as it burns. The oxygen is eaten up by the top few inches preventing the lower wood from burning.
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Very cool. I would like to try this myself. I wish there was a kit I could but to do this. I have no welding equipment or experience on how to use/build it. Thanks for sharing!
I’ll make a no weld version soon and share it 👍
Wow. That would be great! Thanks!
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Beautiful job yet you saved the most breathtaking at the end. You're daughter looked like she descended from Heaven like an angel out of light at the end.
Thank the Lord she takes after her Momma. Lol
@tickcreekranch9838 She must be a Catholic Saint if your daughter is that angelic. Congratulations you will never have to worry about your daughter having the pick of the litter.
Whomever she chooses to marry she definitely can find a successful, and lawful millionaire like a lawyer or surgeon.
@@bensantos3882 probably end up with a good ole country boy. Hard working and honest is just right👍
@tickcreekranch9838 Either is good as long he seeks your approval. A father should always consent to any suitor to his daughter.
I pray she finds the ideal man that keeps her close to God and walk the right path.
Amqzing
Ok, so let me make sure I understand how this works. The fire underneath raises the temperature inside the barrel to the wood's combustion temperature, releasing the combustible gas. But since there is no oxygen transfer in the barrel, the gas leaks out through the pipes and then combusts when it leaves the holes in the lower pipe and mixes with the oxygen. And once that gets going, the fire from the pipe keeps the barrel at the proper temperature, thus continuing the process. Is that what's going on?
Honestly, that's pretty ingenious, and I will be needing to make one for myself.
You got it bud! I love experimenting with this stuff. It’s how I feed my inner nerd:)
Whoa patriot! Subscribed. Hope you do some metalworking tutorials. I want to learn basic welding.
Thanks for the sub Bobby. We’re going to have a couple metal projects coming up next week. Keep an eye out for the vids👍
Is there a specific type of wood, favorable for "charcoaling" ? Ex: Fruit trees, sugar maple...etc...
Oh wow I could start a mini mesquite charcoal operation to sell it 🤔
Thanks!
Thank you for this video. I’ve been doing it the hard way. I use a 55 gallon drum myself just not burning efficiently like that. Biochar is getting big. I would recommend selling some of those. You’d sell a lot. Thank you again.
Wow! Thank you so much
Do you have the length measurements for the box tube? Thanks
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was the initial load of wood enough to get the retort self sustaining or did you have to put more wood on to get it to that stage? this is a game changer best retort of this type I've seen so far. Thank you for sharing
If the wood inside is dry, yes the first load is sufficient 👍
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Just found your channel... glad I did. We live in Idaho and are going to make the move this fall out your way somewhere... don't know where yet. Would love your advice on where you landed. We just did a short trip from KC to Springfield to TN. Any advice would be appreciated.
Had enough of Idaho being ruined? We grew up in the treasure valley. The Idaho we knew is gone for good. The Ozarks are beautiful and the taxes are low. Good people (most anyways) Bible Belt, low crime, affordable land, lots of ticks:) We live in a town of 800 30 minutes from a town of 12,000…perfect. My only advice would be to assimilate, the folks here don’t want change and they won’t. It’s a different way of life here. Kinda reminds me of small town Idaho 35 years ago. Good luck on your endeavors
5:25 that little calf said "I'm not having it!"
Nice job… can I ask, I have a ton of thick beef bones. Do you know if it’s possible to turn the beef bones to “brittle ash” from this method? Thanks loads. Great channel 👍
I sure would assume so. From what I understand, about 1800*f is required. I’m pretty sure this will get that hot. You could put the bones into a canister to keep them separated from the charcoal. Honestly I have no idea if it would work but, it sounds like a great experiment. Maybe we’ll make another video testing the theory 👍
I’m not finding a no-weld version among your videos. Can you please link to it?
How's the heat shield at 4:06 made?
I'm like the other guy I have another project to do I watch not going to like it lol 😂 so can you show us how to make a kiln to go to the top.
How many times can you reuse the barrel?
Good looking design but like most cool looking stuff on screwtube I will wait to see the follow up report. I suspect the barrel will burn up because some really intense heat is all being applied at one point.
Awesome simplicity for sure, hope it lasts!
If it burns up I’ll just put another $10 drum on it👍
How much time did it take since you started the fire till the end?
Dear Mr, you don't make a hole or pole for air fuel come out?
question, how long does the wood has to be on fire? for it to be charcle ready?
Looks great! I'm still a biochar newbie. Is this an original design? Does the charcoal tinkle when you hit the pieces together? Does it sink or float in water? Thank you for the video!
I saw something similar somewhere before but this is my take on the subject. The charcoal is extremely light and very brittle but, that all depends on cook time. The final product is easily adjusted to preference. Thanks
So because all these lumber scraps were soft woods like conifers the charcoal produced from them will only go into biochar and you're saving the hardwoods for cooking charcoal?
You can cut a 16 inch wide hole down the side of the barrel. And burn the wood right in the barrel. No waste of wood.
Is there much difference in how the lighter charcoal burns compared to the heavier stuff? Im interested for both cooking and particularly for blacksmithing (professional smith in the UK, the govt is putting a ban on coal and buying charcoal here is stupidly expensive)
I haven’t burned enough of both to say. Most of this was made for Biochar
In the current location I am in right now, it costs 15$ for a barrel sized bag full of charcoal...I have a farm full of tree's and we need to cut most of them to make way for farming land. I'll probably tell my mechanic or show him this and fix me 5 barrel's....thanks
Where do you live and what are you farming?
Is heavy or light coal obtained with this method?
@TickCreekRanch my husband just recently found your channel and is loving your content so first - thank you very much! Yesterday he replicated your barrel burner and we put it to the test last night. It didn't go perfectly but we did end up with charcoal. It looks like you have your gasket on your barrel lid as your placing it, can you confirm is this the original rubber gasket if we really are seeing it there? He got a little impatient awaiting the water to first evaporate out of the oak we used so it seems he got the fire going a bit too hot and it took off like a rocket ship THANKFULLY without blowing 😂 can you just let me know about your gasket? Thank you very much!
Thank you! There is no gasket. If there was it would most definitely burn up. As long as the barrel is properly vented there shouldn’t be any risk of rupture. The drier the wood the faster it will begin the process of pyrolysis. We appreciate the support Grammy👍
Does it matter if the chimney/exhaust is on top or on the bottom like your design. Does it make a difference?
If it’s on the bottom it will burn the combustible gasses underneath helping to “fire” the drum and make the process more efficient 👍
How to get the lid off? Did that barrel come with that ring to hold it on?
Yes
I subed when I seen this, I gotta few questions, what makes it activated? Can you process it for water filtration? If you can, can ya make a vid on that?
Activated charcoal/carbon typically goes through a chemical process that erodes the surface to create more surface area, hence making it more efficient (to my understanding anyway) Although people have been using basic charcoal for filtration and the like for a millennia.
@@tickcreekranch ty bro good info
Bem, é uma forma bem criativa de se fazer carvão vegetal agora se é verdade ou não, aí eu já não sei mais ainda precisaria se de muita lenha e seria como eu acho que seria mais ou menos como uma carvoeira que fazemos no meu país de origem, o Brasil sendo um método de fazer carvão vegetal em uma quantidade grande e bem complicado pra fazer mais sai em torno de 20 ou 30 pode depender de 15 ou 25 sacos de carvão vegetal...
Could you do this without the shield?
Not very efficient without it. Maybe at least a short wall of blocks on 3 sides. Anything to help keep more heat around the barrel
Weld the outside not the inside 😂.. I'm 100% making one we had the emerald ash bore kill tons of our ash trees up in MN..
A buddy, and I do a lot of smoking, and BBQ. Store bought charcoal is getting expensive. I sent him your reel from Facebook, and he is very excited for me to build this... go figure!😅
Anyway, thanks for the idea, and the basics. I wonder how long the barrel will last?
Lol! If it only last for 20 firings that’s still incredibly cheap. The drum cost $20 and each batch probably makes 40-60lbs of charcoal depending on how long you fire it. The drum is easily replaced with another and reused the piping. If you pull the drum from the heat soon after the gas flame goes out seems to be the perfect dense BBQ charcoal. Make sure to let the drum cool before opening otherwise the charcoal will start to cherry and burn up👍 ask me how I know lol. Thanks Matt
I noticed that your barrel has a ring that tightens with a bolt, do you reckon the rings with the lever would work? Ive found a bunch in the Kansas City area. Or if you've got a source for barrels that have the ring with the bolt, would you mind sharing?
Thanks
Matt
@@mattbeaty8986 yes that should work great.
Hi, how many hours do I let the oven heat up until the charcoal is ready? I follow your channel from your first videos very good work thanks for sharing
You will get steam out of the barrel first, as the moisture content boils off. After that you get flammable wood gasses that will light. Once the wood gas stops and you no longer have flames, let it cool completely before opening.
Thanks for your recommendation, I'm going to do it with oak wood and I'll let you know my result. Regards.
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請問油桶完全密封嗎？
Yes, except for the square tubing with holes drilled in it
Did someone say heatshield?
I did the same klin but used bigger log 8in in diameter and 15in hight it didn't work just turned the small logs to charcoal can you help plz thanks?
Yes, the smaller the wood pieces the better. Also make sure the wood is dry.
So what you’re saying is, if I burn a cord of wood I can have 4 pounds of charcoal? Sweet
G'day mate, just wondering what the spacing is from the fire bar to the barrel is.
About 6” id probably go a little further away. I’ll be testing another with a 10” spacing. Needs more time to mix. Needs more oxygen at times. When this really gets going it’s like a jet. Yes, more distance to the drum and possibly larger orifices to help slow down the gas. Give it a go👍
@tickcreekranch9838 awesome, thanks for the reply I'll be keen to see the results from it. If I don't by the time I go to build it I'll try at 8"
@@paulbounday596 fyi the heat shield we set over it is ultra important for efficiency. Makes the process twice as fast.
@tickcreekranch9838 yeah absolutely, makes a furnace out of it.
Fun fact you still get to see pretty blue dots when watching a video of someone welding. There's no need to show you welding. Just show the after.
??? Just say thank you and move on. Nobody needs these rude comments.
I made one but it didn't combust help me out please
Explain a little more please
Is the heat shield you made necessary?
No, but it’s many times more efficient 👍
Thanks a lot for getting back to me. I’m going to build one Saturday.
What diameter are the holes on the sides?
5/16👍
Algaroba? Interessante é uma espécie que não é nativa da minha região, sou do Brasil e sou da região nordeste onde está espécie de planta não é nativa, ela é usada para fazer carvão cercas com sua madeira e também como lenha para as padarias e também ela e bastante espinhosa ou seja tem a presença de muitos espinhos e tem que se tomar muito cuidado ao se trabalhar com ela pois se não souber trabalhar pode se cortar feio outra questão é que elas puxam muito a água do solo e quando é época de seca ela sempre está verde e viva pois durante este período de estiagens sem a presença de chuvas poucas plantas nativas ficam verdes e aqui a produção de carvão pode ser industrial ou natural aqui a produção natural e conhecida pelo menos na minha região como carvoeira e leva-se vários dias para o carvão ficar pronto.
Nice design being handy with steel and a welder is a big plus. Are you making any BioChar? May I use your design? You may like mine,if you care to check it out
Please do! That’s kind of the premise of our channel. We try to create things that others may benefit from👍 yes I’d like to see yours when completed. I built this rig specifically for making Biochar for our garden, but it just so happens to make really nice cooking charcoal too:)
I have a few videos up of some I have built,but i mostly use a half drum, you can see everything @ Leather Homestead thanks for the reply@@tickcreekranch
This video is exactly why I buy charcoal 🤣
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*The more Oxygen used to make Bio-Char the more POT-ASH is made. Potash is HIGHLY alkaline as Pot-Ash and Animal Fat is how the pioneers made Soap 150 years ago! The Bio-Char machine I built uses 5800 Watts of electric power at 240VAC for 2 hours and it's totally air tight so the pH of my Bio-Char is right at Ph 7.2 (More like activated Carbon) - When I made Bio-Char the old way buy burning wood in an open flame and then smothering the glowing amber's the pH was 10.9 when mixed with water which burns the roots of most plants. I'd try mixing your bio-Char with sulfur or sulfuric acid or just make the Bio-char in a 99% anaerobic atmosphere (no air!!!) to keep the pH of the Char as neutral as posible.*
All good points. As to your comment about the ph when using traditional charcoal making methods I couldn’t agree more. Wood ash and water make some potent caustic lye. This kiln is designed to make charcoal/char utilizing anaerobic pyrolysis. The drum off gasses throughout the whole burn therefore no oxygen is able to enter the kiln. Although I have never tested the ph of the char produced. How does your kiln off gas and how large of batches does it make? Thanks John
@@tickcreekranch All the gases go thought a tiny 1/8" hole drilled on the top of the special heavy wall 18 Gauge drum. When I hear it whistling I usually light it and it makes a nice tall 9" candle flame (wood gas). One time the wood was a little too Wet and the drum started Bulging and steam was shooting out the 1/8" hole! luckily I was watching it that day so I unplugged it FAST! Now I installed a simple automotive brass "FREEZE PLUG" on the lid that blows upward if things "Get To Skippy" inside. I used the large 2" Bung-hole on the lid and machined a hole in it that would fit the Brass freeze plug. It blows at about 40 PSI but I can never find the darn things, Probably in low earth orbit, lol. I will say the Bio-Char this Sealed electric coil drum makes the most kick-ass Bio-Char I have ever created. Great for growing those 300 lb. pumpkins with little effort. This stuff is packed with some kind of special "GROW ENERGY" as most of you already know.
How long need to cook it to get charcoal?
This batch took about 2 hours 👍
@@tickcreekranch Two hours?! Most videos I've seen have it going all day. Two hours is a total different story.
You mentioned that you would never use the first batch for cooking, but you didn't give a reason why, and I'd really like to know, please.
The first batch from a drum with unknown contents could be poisonous. Best to use a chain barrel or the like that never had chemicals in it👍
Help me out i made one it didn't go as planned help me out please
What happened?
Do you have blueprint of this ?
No sorry I don’t. I build everything from my head.
@@tickcreekranch hmmm makes it more difficult but by the looks of it i manage am going to rebuild it a bit i wanna see if it's possible to use the wood gas as fuel for my gas forge and forging knives out of it
@@blacksmith9175 I’ll tell ya, the gas and subsequent flame it makes is impressive. It will make half of the heat shield orange hot. It assume directly over the flame you’d get hot enough to forge weld.
How do you tell biochar from charcoal. And is the biochar good to go straight into the garden?
Yes put charcoal fines or small chunks directly into your soil. Basically the same thing, but most biochar has been inoculated with compost tea or the like to get those microbes going👍 although they will inhabit plain charcoal eventually. Think of it as apartments for microbes in the soil.
There's nothing says you can't cook on the same fire you're using to make the charcoal.
True, as long as the barrel or canister is properly cleaned with fire previously.👍
@@tickcreekranch if the metal cover you place over the barrel was taller, you could build a chamber above the barrel and use it as an oven, maybe a pizza oven with a stone base 🤔
I bet he used this for this video and NEVER used it agin.
Oh you got me…you’re right! I’ve made several different variations since this one trying to perfect it. Still working on the fuel/air ratio. It might be a hard concept to understand, but making a couple tons of biochar for our garden is no small feat. These are all proofs of concept before building a large kiln. Never claimed to have invented anything either. This is a loose rendition of something I saw someone build years ago. Very different but a similar concept. There are so many variables and it’s difficult to get consistently successful burns. Maybe you should try and build a better one and add something useful to society instead of bitching. Informing others how to make charcoal other than the pit method, surely is a punishable crime🤦🏻♂️
So, you watched another guy do this and pretended you designed it yourself. Sad.