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Post by BORNTHATWAY on Jun 11, 2012 17:35:24 GMT -7
When I go to the woods camping one of the first things I do is gather the necessary wood to start the camp fire and to keep it going. Fortunatle I live in an area of the country where there are mostly hardwood forests. So I look for small wood such as twigs to use in the starting of the fire then continue to pick up wood in increasing sizes until I have a good fire going then I make sure I also have lots of large wood to keep the fire going. I usually do not have to cut any wood as the long pieces I put on the fire either starting at one end and keep feeding in or put it in so the middle burns thru and then put the two pieces in the fire.
Now let's go back to starting the fire. I put several arm or wrist size pieces of wood together on the ground then I start my fire on top of this. It keeps the fire from drawing moisture from the ground and the fire will light and burn more easily. I buy a bog of fatwood from Walmart and take a couple sticks and baton them down to small sticksas they will light very easily. So then I take a PJ cottonball light it with my firesteel then put on about 5 or 6 pieces of batoned fatwood let them catch real good and then begin adding my small sticks that I gathered and then slowly add more until my fire gets going then I will begin adding my larger wood.
This works super well if it is wet or damp in the woods. Give it a try and you will be surprised how quickly you will have a nice warm fire and not have to start over trying to get the fire started.
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Post by angelhelp on Jun 11, 2012 18:48:14 GMT -7
Your WalMart sells fatwood? Wow. Sure wish ours did. After last October's storm, the park officials decided to cut a bunch of trees. I grabbed what I could from the conifers, but someone beat me to a nice log (which is why I now insist upon toting the means to haul a short log).
I always gather materials from tinder on up, but especially tinder and kindling. Several pouches on my belt are devoted to various forms of tinder and whatever kindling I had gathered from previous forays. Agreed, starting a fire on a platform works well when the ground is wet/damp. We have both hardwoods and conifers growing in the area; the local park contains many different habitats. Gathering while on the go is easy with the various pouches and pockets. Even gathering food is easy; it goes into a different pocket.
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Post by offtrail on Jun 11, 2012 19:19:05 GMT -7
I just love a women that can start a fire.....very sexy ;D ;D ;D. I believe my next video will be of the upsidedown fire. it's a great fire to have in camp, low light and not a hot fire but you can still cook over it. It's also called the self feeding fire,once you light this fire grab a coffee and take a break....then another.....then another ;D
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Post by offtrail on Jun 24, 2012 22:28:25 GMT -7
Your WalMart sells fatwood? Wow. Sure wish ours did. After last October's storm, the park officials decided to cut a bunch of trees. I grabbed what I could from the conifers, but someone beat me to a nice log (which is why I now insist upon toting the means to haul a short log). I always gather materials from tinder on up, but especially tinder and kindling. Several pouches on my belt are devoted to various forms of tinder and whatever kindling I had gathered from previous forays. Agreed, starting a fire on a platform works well when the ground is wet/damp. We have both hardwoods and conifers growing in the area; the local park contains many different habitats. Gathering while on the go is easy with the various pouches and pockets. Even gathering food is easy; it goes into a different pocket. My walmart also sales fatwood it's where they sale kerosene and fire starters for indoor fireplaces .
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Post by orly152 on Jun 25, 2012 4:03:20 GMT -7
Thanks for posting that...good info to share with beginners
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Post by Pennsylvania Mike on Jun 25, 2012 5:08:27 GMT -7
Angelhelp, if your store does not sell fatwood, you can order it from the website and shipped free to your store and pick it up yourself and save the shipping to your home. They do this service with most of their merchandise.
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Post by angelhelp on Jun 25, 2012 11:24:23 GMT -7
Thanks for the info. For now, I believe I have another source ;D
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