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AirBurners T300 Operating Manual

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Equipped With HATZ 4H50-TIC Tier 4 Diesel Engine and Fluid Coupling
Factory and Main Office
Air Burners, Inc.
4390 SW Cargo Way
Palm City, FL 34990
Phone: 772-220-7303
888-566-3900
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Operating Manual
Trailer Mounted Trench Burner
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"Better Economically - Better Environmentally"
T300
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(Vers. 08.08.2023)

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  • Page 1 Operating Manual T300 Trailer Mounted Trench Burner Equipped With HATZ 4H50-TIC Tier 4 Diesel Engine and Fluid Coupling “” ”Better Economically - Better Environmentally” Factory and Main Office Visit Our Website at Air Burners, Inc. AirBurners.com 4390 SW Cargo Way...
  • Page 2 The T300 Trench Burner as “Trailer-Mounted Machinery” is “Non-self-propelled Agricultural/Forestry/Construction Equipment” The T300 Trench Burner furnished with a VIN is street legal. Its GVWR is 6600 lb. (3000 kg). An appropriate hitch system on the towing vehicle is re- quired (Ball Size 2-5/16 in. or 58.75 mm).
  • Page 3 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL WARNING: Should any repairs become necessary that require welding on your T300 Trench Burner, you MUST first physically remove the Electronic Control Module (ECM) from the computer controlled Diesel engine.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL INDEX WELDING REPAIR WARNING……………………………………………………Page ii PRINCIPLE OF AIR CURTAIN INCINERATION ..........Page 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF T300 ............. Page 2 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ................ Page 4 T300 COMPONENTS ..................
  • Page 5 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL T300 Trench Burner at Perfect Pit T-Series Trench Burner (Hitch/Winch Assembly May Vary) This leads to a video on Trench Burner operation https://airburners.net/videos/abvid_trenchb/t300_setup.mp4 Page iv...

  • Page 6: Principle Of Air Curtain Incineration

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL PRINCIPLE OF AIR CURTAIN INCINERATION Air curtain incinerators are designed primarily as a pollution control device. Using a diesel engine driven fan, these machines generate a curtain of air with a very particular mass flow and velocity.

  • Page 7: General Description Of T300

    OPERATING MANUAL GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF T300 The T300 is a mobile air curtain burner which is used in combination with an earthen pit or trench made to function as the combustion chamber. The T300 unit is a fully self-contained, trailer mounted system that includes a power plant, fluid drive system (automatic clutch), blower fan, manifolds, car- rier pipe and fuel tanks.
  • Page 8 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF T300 All of this is carefully engineered to provide the correct amount of air at the correct velocity. It is sometimes thought that more air flow will actually increase the burn rate.

  • Page 9: Safety Considerations

    The T300 is very safe as long as it is used and operated in the manner for which it was designed; however, it will be no safer than an open fire burning above ground when it is not being used and operated properly.
  • Page 10 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS 4. The Machine should be placed on cleared, level ground.
  • Page 11 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS 6. The Machine should not be operated when the wind speeds reach 20 MPH.

  • Page 12: T300 Components

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL T300 COMPONENTS T300 Manifold Extended T300 Positioned at Trench T300 Manifold Assembly Retracted (Vers.

  • Page 13: How To Set Up The Machine

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO SET UP THE MACHINE 1. Once the machine is in the correct location, first chock the wheels with suitable blocks or wedges to keep the trailer from moving, disconnect your tow vehicle.
  • Page 14 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO SET UP THE MACHINE DANGER: IF THE TRAILER IS NOT SET LEVEL THEN THERE IS THE RISK THAT THE CARRIER PIPE WILL EXTEND OUT OF CONTROL AS SOON AS THE LOCKING BOLT IS REMOVED.
  • Page 15 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO SET UP THE MACHINE 12. Swing the manifolds out and secure them by fitting the locking bolt from Step 9.
  • Page 16 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO SET UP THE MACHINE DANGER: THE TRENCH BURNER MUST ONLY BE OPERATED WITH THE TOP COWLING CLOSED AND SECURED.
  • Page 17 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO SET UP THE MACHINE SHUT-DOWN OF ENGINE 1. Press Throttle Button DOWN twice from Operating High and once from Operating Low to set speed at 1400 RPM (Cool Down).

  • Page 18: Manifold Assembly Winch Operation

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY WINCH OPERATION DANGER: The trailer must be level to prevent the manifold from sliding in or out unintentionally.

  • Page 19: How To Build A Pit

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO BUILD A PIT 1. The pit needs to be constructed with straight vertical walls to the dimensions shown on Page 15.

  • Page 20: Standard T300 Pit Dimensions

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL The Standard T300 Pit Dimensions Scan for T300 Setup Video...

  • Page 21: Site Preparation

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL SITE PREPARATION THE GOALS TO GOOD SITE PREPARATION ARE: To locate the machine and trench for easy access...
  • Page 22 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL SITE PREPARATION Faster operation through staging the wood piles Air Burners Trench Burners were designed primarily as a pollution control device, but operated cor- rectly, they will also burn clean wood two or three times faster than open burning.
  • Page 23 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL SITE PREPARATION The “Two Pile System” For an efficient operation you would have two piles: The first pile or “Main Debris”...

  • Page 24: Loading And Starting The Fire

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL LOADING AND STARTING THE FIRE THE GOALS IN STARTING A TRENCH BURNER ARE: To achieve an even fire across the length of the pit.
  • Page 25 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL LOADING AND STARTING THE FIRE COLD START LIGHTING 1. Unit should be on level ground and the engine should be off, as the fluid clutch would spin the air fan which would make it more difficult to light the fire and the fire may even be blown out.
  • Page 26 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL LOADING AND STARTING THE FIRE HOT START LIGHTING A hot start uses the coals from the previous day’s burning operation. Depending on how much ash is in the pit, a hot start can be done once or twice before the pit will need to be emptied.

  • Page 27: How To Feed A Fire

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO FEED A FIRE It will generally take 30 to 60 minutes for the fire to build to a point where the temperatures are suffi- cient for the unit to be operating with minimal smoke.

  • Page 28: How To Burn Fire Down For Shutdown

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO BURN FIRE DOWN FOR SHUTDOWN 1. All loading should stop about one or two hours be- fore you intend to put the fire out.

  • Page 29: How To Clean Out The Pit

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL HOW TO CLEAN OUT THE PIT 1. Burn pits are cleaned out when you either want to reuse it, or if required by local ordinances.

  • Page 30: How To Prepare The Machine For Transport

    TOWED. THIS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE, SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. Remove the jack stands and store them. Use the provided storage box inside the T300. Close the cowling and make sure it is secure with all three latches secured and center “D” lift latch locked with the latch key.

  • Page 31: Troubleshooting

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING 1. Fire will not start Material in the pit has too much air space. To correct this, load heavy waste material, such as logs to pack down the material in the pit.

  • Page 32: Maintenance And Care

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL MAINTENANCE AND CARE WARNING: Should any repairs become necessary that require welding on your Trench Burner, you MUST first physically remove the Electronic Control Module (ECM) from the computer controlled Diesel engine.
  • Page 33 IMPORTANT NOTE: Considering that you are dealing with a tremendous amount of heat when the T300 is operating properly, it is absolutely necessary to make sure the manifold is not hanging over the edge of the pit (See Page 8 “How to Set up the Machine”).

  • Page 34: Removal & Installation Of Twin V-Belts

    REMOVAL & INSTALLATION OF TWIN V-BELTS The T300 Trench Burner is fitted with twin OPTIBELT Red Power 3 Type 5V1400 V-Belts (Air Burn- ers P/N 5000-0008). These are high quality belts that do not stretch again after a short initial runtime of 10-15 minutes and never require adjustments again for the life of the belts.
  • Page 35 T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL REMOVAL & INSTALLATION OF TWIN V-BELTS B. Follow these steps for new twin belt installation:...

  • Page 36: Opening Cowling For Major Maintenance

    DANGER: Make sure that the T300 is placed on level ground with the jack stands se- cured. Do NOT perform this work outdoors on a windy day. Have a helper standing by to assist you, as the cowling is heavy.

  • Page 37: Servicing Specifications - Hatz 4H50 Tic Engine

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL PARTS LIST FOR ROUTINE SERVICE OF HATZ 4H50 TIC INDUSTRIAL DIESEL ENGINE (TIER 4) Refer to Appendix B “Engine Overview”...

  • Page 38: T300 Trailer Towing Checklist

    OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL T300 TRAILER TOWING CHECKLIST Prior to towing a T300 Trench Burner on public roadways, the following items should be considered and checked: 1. A suitable hitch assembly for the weight of the T300 (Gross weight (GVWR): 6,600 lb., tongue weight: 750 lb.) is required.

  • Page 39: Trailer Wiring Diagram

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL OPERATING MANUAL Trailer Wiring Diagram T300 (Vers. 08.08.2023) (Vers. 08.08.2023) Page 34 of 34...

  • Page 40: Manual Adjustment Of Brake Shoes

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL Appendix A Appendix A Manual Adjustment of Brake Shoes Manual Adjustment of Brake Shoes 1. Jack up the trailer and secure it on adequate capacity jack stands.

  • Page 41: Hatz Engine Overview (Component Identification)

    T300 Air Curtain Trench Burner with HATZ 4H50 Diesel Engine & Fluid Coupling OPERATING MANUAL APPENDIX B HATZ ENGINE OVERVIEW (4H50) VIEW FROM RIGHT SIDE Fuel Pump Air Filter Housing Fuel Filter RACOR Fuel-Water Separator VIEW FROM FRONT Oil Separator...

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