Thank you! This also helps build the community and get others on board. There is a lot of people that have joined but lurking instead of creating post and doing.
Honestly I dont think there is a solution to dry fuel on the fly as you are driving. Engine exhaust will actually put more moisture into the fuel than it will dry if fed directly to the fuel. If used to heat a vessel its just not enough energy to really do anything. This is one of the cons of wood fuels verses charcoal. You have to realize wood fuel process is not as easy as just chipping up fuel in a chipper. Chunked fuels will work best but drying either fuel takes time. Too fast of drying can case harden the chunks or chips. Yes this is a thing, where only the outside layers will dry and then lock in core moisture. This is common in the wood furniture industry and why they use high temperature steam drying processes.
You will need to have all your fuel for the planned trip pre dried.
A dryer I plan to build this coming spring is to use a simple 55 gal drum with lid; bougth off craigs list. Use a hole saw and cut 1 to 1 1/2 inch holes around the bottom and top ends and paint the drum black. This will allow a draft inside the drum as the sun heats it and then the lid will keep the rain out in case you forget. I plan to build a bunch of them so I never run out of fuel.
Thank you! This also helps build the community and get others on board. There is a lot of people that have joined but lurking instead of creating post and doing.
Honestly I dont think there is a solution to dry fuel on the fly as you are driving. Engine exhaust will actually put more moisture into the fuel than it will dry if fed directly to the fuel. If used to heat a vessel its just not enough energy to really do anything. This is one of the cons of wood fuels verses charcoal. You have to realize wood fuel process is not as easy as just chipping up fuel in a chipper. Chunked fuels will work best but drying either fuel takes time. Too fast of drying can case harden the chunks or chips. Yes this is a thing, where only the outside layers will dry and then lock in core moisture. This is common in the wood furniture industry and why they use high temperature steam drying processes.
You will need to have all your fuel for the planned trip pre dried.
A dryer I plan to build this coming spring is to use a simple 55 gal drum with lid; bougth off craigs list. Use a hole saw and cut 1 to 1 1/2 inch holes around the bottom and top ends and paint the drum black. This will allow a draft inside the drum as the sun heats it and then the lid will keep the rain out in case you forget. I plan to build a bunch of them so I never run out of fuel.