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I am not sure it would. It takes about 3 hours to distill the oil from the bark. During that time you are keeping a fire burning in a circle around the can. You use a ton of wood and it requires constant attention, that time could be better spent on other things. I would estimate with the...

You are not alone, seems like it has been largely forgotten and is currently being rediscovered. Usually my birch wood takes minimum a year to dry well, with the bark removed it is ready to go in four months. That is with outer and inner bark removed, kind of nice. Stove and chimney also stay a...

45 gallon drum would be in the neighborhood of 1.5 tons if from white birch. Other species tend not to yield as much oil.

Been awhile! Just wanted to touch in here and say where this has taken me. Searching for uses of the Birch bark of trees I was cutting for firewood took me down quite a path and it is still going. I found out I can distill Birch tar oil from the bark and it a super versatile oil which can be...

Not no good but has only a fraction of the nutrients in it (50% to 80% less) once the sap starts to run as they get flushed out.

Pretty confident saying it is not a pipe dream at this point.

I would be happy to take it off your hands and give you a chunk of what I sell it for. Has to be harvested in winter though otherwise it aint much good.

Things have changed a lot regarding Chaga in the last 2 years, it is not hard to sell at all and is going for $40-$50 a pound in chunks and up to $80 ground. May be worth another look :) For the taste I don't mind it but prefer to add it to a tea I like or my coffee in the morning. I don't even...

I think they are discontinued and sell normally for about $80 (cdn).

I didn't so just took one :)

Extremely rare that we get sick yes, and I am 100% convinced a good part of that is the Chaga effects, that and overall better energy.

Yes I do, have a some nice ones marked for harvest this winter :) My wife and I have been hunting and harvesting it since we moved into this area, awesome stuff. We drink tea from it daily, think I will have more then enough this winter to make it worthwhile selling some..

@sundance Just found these, look like they still available. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-tool-storage-bench/guelph/yardworks-ultimate-sawhorse/1438064034 Might be too much on shipping, just tossing it out there.

Should give it a go, it is well built and works just like it says. I am not dealing with big heavy wood, biggest I put on it is 8 foot length of 10-11 inch Birch and it handles it no problem. I don't think I could work with one of those on, especially shoulder carrying wood out I would imagine...

Woops... $50!

I have been hard at it for a few weeks now and things have went pretty much as I thought they would so far. I was a little off on drive time to the spot, it is actually 2 hour roundtrip. So a day looks like this: - drive one hour to hit spot - Spend 15-30 minutes locating a good stand of Birch...

I copy and pasted directly from his reply, not sure what you mean. I may not have quoted the entire reply sure but did not think it was needed? @lknchoppers Thanks! The pieces on the ground you don't find wet? Or do you move the wood quick enough it isn't an issue?

The windrows is interesting, much less wood handling. Do you have a pic?

I don't understand what you mean by "If you use your truck cutting firewood it's not useable anymore". This truck sits around most of the time insurance, registration, etc is paid regardless so better to put it to work. I realize that it will put wear and tear on it but there is not too much I...

That is pretty much a full tank of gas, for two hours of driving? Maybe I need to look at some horses and a wagon :D