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<blockquote data-quote="marksmu" data-source="post: 740509" data-attributes="member: 9219"><p>I do not recommend burning at night. There are all kinds of things that can go wrong on a burn, and not being able to see what you are doing is just going to make it much much more dangerous.</p><p></p><p>Burn during the day and look for hot spots at night if you want. Talk to people who burn and get them to show you how they do it. It will help you alot. It may not even be legal on 10 acres if thats all you own so also check with the NRCS...</p><p></p><p>As to the actual burn it can burn very fast and get way out of control. You need to:</p><p></p><p>1) Have an emergency plan and inform your neighbors of the burn.</p><p></p><p>2) Do NOT burn on a day when it is very windy...pick a nice 4-8mph day. If its too windy you can lose control the second you start the fire. </p><p></p><p>3) Build fire stops. Either disc the area you want the fire to stop, or mow it extremely low, and then drag with a box blade or something to get the fuel away from the stops. 10' is a good enough fire stop.</p><p></p><p>4) Start the fire into the wind along your fire stop. Make sure that it does not cross the fire stop. You can usually stomp it out when its small, so start SMALL...dont try to go to fast. Once you know how fast its going to burn you can make the fire larger....but its impossible to make it smaller once it starts. </p><p></p><p>5) Once its burned away from your stops, you can go drive up wind and start the fire on the other side of the field. It will burn much faster with the wind and much hotter into the wind.</p><p></p><p>6) stick around for several hours to put out any areas that had debris or wood or other matter than can burn for a long time. </p><p> </p><p>10 acres of good burning dead matter will burn in a matter of minutes, so be ready for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksmu, post: 740509, member: 9219"] I do not recommend burning at night. There are all kinds of things that can go wrong on a burn, and not being able to see what you are doing is just going to make it much much more dangerous. Burn during the day and look for hot spots at night if you want. Talk to people who burn and get them to show you how they do it. It will help you alot. It may not even be legal on 10 acres if thats all you own so also check with the NRCS... As to the actual burn it can burn very fast and get way out of control. You need to: 1) Have an emergency plan and inform your neighbors of the burn. 2) Do NOT burn on a day when it is very windy...pick a nice 4-8mph day. If its too windy you can lose control the second you start the fire. 3) Build fire stops. Either disc the area you want the fire to stop, or mow it extremely low, and then drag with a box blade or something to get the fuel away from the stops. 10' is a good enough fire stop. 4) Start the fire into the wind along your fire stop. Make sure that it does not cross the fire stop. You can usually stomp it out when its small, so start SMALL...dont try to go to fast. Once you know how fast its going to burn you can make the fire larger....but its impossible to make it smaller once it starts. 5) Once its burned away from your stops, you can go drive up wind and start the fire on the other side of the field. It will burn much faster with the wind and much hotter into the wind. 6) stick around for several hours to put out any areas that had debris or wood or other matter than can burn for a long time. 10 acres of good burning dead matter will burn in a matter of minutes, so be ready for that. [/QUOTE]
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