oil fired arches

[steam maker]

so i think im done worrying about wood after this season , can never make the time to not be behind 8ball on the wood pile.... sick of it !!!! guess my two other options are wood pellet or oil .!!! i priced a wood pellet arch , man they r cool but boy are they expensive. so more than likely itll be oil. guess its like a ford chevy question but is there a better oil arch than the rest or are they all the same. then ill have to sell my current arch too ... i have no luck selling stuff.

[unc23win]

You could probably convert your current arch. A lot of newer oil arches are reverse fired as in the fire is in the rear. There are some threads on here about converting arches to oil if you search.

[crashmjsapman]

My father and I converted our rig 19 years ago to oil. 3x8 it has a carlin burner. We just bought a new rig for us and am selling the old rig. If interested call me sometime I work 12 hour shifts next day off is wednesday. I have the front plate with the burner or the whole rig for sale. 207 659 1416

[minehart gap]

Chip Burner (on Maple Trader) has an arch that burns wood chips (hence his name). I believe that he converted a wood fire arch to burn chips but am not certain of what the arch burned before. He can burn sawmill wood chips green or dry.

Another option that I have been wondering if it would work would be corn cobs. There are a couple people in my area that heat there homes with corn cobs straight from the shell corn. I guess I just like the idea of utilizing waste products for benefit. Not sure that either of these would be a viable option for you but I figured that I would throw them out there. Good luck with whatever you decide.

[Mark]

Chips are cheap around here, $800 for a semi load. Gravity feed them into the firebox or a box on the front. Set up right you get no smoke. Take a look at my stack while boiling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7G8kuz9xGQ

[steam maker]

well posted my whole evaporater to the classifieds think im gonna go oil , told it be easier to sell complete we will see, priced out a new version of what i have now we will see if i priced correctly 🤞🏻