Smells like chemical crap throughout the area for days!!.. leaves dust and gooey residue on neighbor cars... Gets into AC units and car interiors Imho Nasty process.
This has turned their life around, they always worked hard but made very little money, they're still working hard but have a little cash in their pocket at the end of the day.
Interesting video, though I have to admit that I was distracted by the puppy. Poor little guy has a hurt foot, but still looks like a happy little booger.
Wow! I was gonna ask ya if the way they make charcoal here is the same way they make it there, but at the end you mentioned various other ways of making this "BLACK GOLD"! LOL that trunk you grabbed, I was thinkin' he need to grab it with both hands and arms, not, it was so light! Goin' over to your blog site is a MUST DO, making time to visit there!
Thanks for the video and thank your inlaws for allowing the video. Why don't they grind the reject for biochar? I make charcoal for the grill with the double barrel method. I use maple wood and it makes the cooked meat taste good. My daughter wants to learn blacksmithing so I'm going to have to kick up production. At 150 baht that's about $4.00 usd. I just looked on amazon and lump charcoal is about $40.00 usd for 20 pounds, wow.
Maybe I should send it to America....lol I am the only person around here that used biochar, I did say in the blog post that I would use the rejected charcoal like biochar.
Wow, simple but impressive operation. We make charcoal from coconut shells. The charcoal made from coconut husks burns hotter and cleaner, but not as long as stateside charcoal barques. This video is Awesome. Thanks for sharing this video. God bless.
That is fascinating. The door is a great idea thats a modern take on the old oven. All the small stuff you can use eh. Do you think here husband had a word with his mate to come and get him as he knew you were going to be there ;-) I would have lol.
Which the smaller stuff they could add a starch and a tiny bit of water press it till it binds then dry it out. Unless of course they’re using it anyway. Another awesome video Paul. Thanks from Alberta.
They only sell to family and friends and they can't keep up, I am sure they could bump their price up a bit and get away with it, the demand is there and they have a quality product.
Yell in the dry season, but up until a few days ago I still had to water my garden, even watered the grass not long ago, getting a little rain now though.
Thank you. I was just trying to get some idea of what things cost in US dollars. I watched a video where two tourists chartered a boat in Thailand to go deep sea fishing for the day and he said it cost 2,000 Bot.
Hey Paul! Do you know what temperature this gets up to? If it gets high enough, it can be considered medical grade / for human consumption and has insane medical properties, etc. Also, it would be interesting to hear how they sound when you bang two pieces together - if it "rings" like a bell, its very good quality.
I have no idea the temperature but it does make that sound when you hit 2 pieces together, you know it is a quality product. This is the best charcoal I have ever cooked with, there doing an amazing job, they can't make it fast enough.
lifeinthailand Had to take a small break. And also had my father's funeral. I had looking at u videos nonstop every night from the beginning to almost this one. 555 I'm soon up to date...
Sorry about your father. I have not done many videos on this channel since the charcoal video and have nothing planned anytime soon, so you will finish soon.
It's funny that the small stuff doesn't get mixed with a starch to make briquettes. Was working on a charcoal kiln for a design competition awhile back that fed the woodgas back in as additional fuel and ran as a continuous process rather than a batch process. A very interesting process and like you said, there's a trick to it but at the same time it isn't rocket science.
Very cool video, I remember seeing a similar process in India but the shape of the briquettes and using it to help the disabled is new. Do they have a market for biochar in Thailand?
@@lifeinthailand Of course sir. If you don't mind, i'm currently have been searching for a way to make my own charcoal kiln and i think what i have found in this video of yours is the best way to go. I'm so eager to build one tomorrow. I'm guessing that one in the video, it maybe 3 or 4 meters wide right? and can i build it using concrete instead of clay? Any advice sir? Please forgive me if i'm too fussy.
This one is about 2 meters across and maybe 2 meters deep. I can't see a problem with concrete, not sure what will happen to it over time with it getting very hot. Good luck with it.
@@lifeinthailand Thank you very much sir. I Appreciate it a lot. 2 days ago i built one using castable refractory cement. it is 3 meters wide and 3 meters for the chamber. After many times of trial so far i only got pile of ashes instead of charcoal hahah.. I guess i just need a lot of practice.
25 bags at 120 Baht a bag is roughly 3,000 Baht (75 pounds Stirling) which is not bad, but deducting the cost of the wood and the time, you are not going to be a Stirling millionaire. Just enough to keep the family and maybe a few Leos and a few bottles or lao khao, which is fine :)
They do OK, Makes more money than most anything else they try, keeps them busy and they earn some cash, plus there really god at it, the best charcoal around IMO.
