G'day everyone wouldn't class myself as BBQ cook but I do have a charcoal spit I do whole lambs on a few times a year also a little hot smoker that gets used for fresh trout regularly.
Have been watching a few of the US BBQ shows and it has got me interested and thrown up a few questions.
I see them using a bit of fruit tree wood on the shows, is there much interest in this in Aus?
The reason I ask is I have about 100 apple trees I pushed out about 12 months ago, I was planning on pushing the windrow into a pile and dropping a match in it sometime in the next month but if there is market for apple wood would be a shame to just burn it. Also have about 30 chestnut trees that have died and the plan was similar for them but again a shame to just burn it if there are people chasing it.
G'day from southern NSW
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yep, people will pay for it but I dont think anyone is going to make any money from it.
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Welcome aboard 220s. Don't know how you'd go about selling the fruit trees, but I regularly use fruit wood in my Kamado, including apple. I think chestnut would be good as well.
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Where are you? It would be a real shame to pollute without the byproduct of tasty food.
I'm a fan of applewood but a little goes a long way and I'm not convinced that people are willing to pay for it, even if I had a place to store and season.
I wonder if chipping and bagging might be more attractive to the average punter? Just thinking out loud
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Thanks for the welcome and replies, I will cut the best of the chunk wood out and store it for now. With another 3k trees I have no shortage of smaller wood from prunings.
My brother does 3-4 farmers markets a week in Sydney and has a truck or ute down here picking up produce weekly so if I could work in with him I would have a easy way to get it into Sydney and a few sales locations.Any advice from people who cut their own wood?
Im thinking cleaning one of my saws and running something like olive oil would be the best as it would eliminate any chance of mineral oil contamination on the wood and shavings. -
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Thanks for the welcome and replies, I will cut the best of the chunk wood out and store it for now. With another 3k trees I have no shortage of smaller wood from prunings.
My brother does 3-4 farmers markets a week in Sydney and has a truck or ute down here picking up produce weekly so if I could work in with him I would have a easy way to get it into Sydney and a few sales locations.Any advice from people who cut their own wood?
Im thinking cleaning one of my saws and running something like olive oil would be the best as it would eliminate any chance of mineral oil contamination on the wood and shavings.Yes, you need to run a food grade oil. You also need to know what pesticides might be in the wood?
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Mineral oil and camellia oil are food safe
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Wasn't there someone starting up with a wood pellet maker over that side somewhere? Cant remember where I saw it but they might be interested in taking the lot?
Cheers, Wayne
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Chemical residue shouldn't be a problem, no pesticide or fungicide usage for over 10 years, some limited herbicide use but most of it will kill the trees if they get sprayed so pretty right with them as well.
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Been on hold with my apple wood and offset build, my old ute decided to chew up 5th gear and spit it out. Had to happen I guess, they are renowned for doing 5th gear and the last gearbox rebuild was 15 years and 350000km ago. Spent all my spare time the last week or so doing a gearbox swap with the farm ute.
Im handy on the tools but no mechanic so combined with doing it on the driveway with just a trolly jack and car stands it has taken longer than planed. (Have to love transfer cases that hang of the side and make it impossible to balance) Got it mobile just before dark yesterday and a quick lap around the block didn't show up any problems so off to the farm when I finish work at lunchtime today.
Ordered a timber moisture meter that turned up early last week, I will test some of the apple wood and see what it is sitting at.
Daughter wants to have a bonfire, I have a few good piles of timber to burn so thinking I might give the 2 hot water tanks I am considering for the offset build a burn to clean them up.
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