sdagro
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Last month while camping in Mississippi I saw a setup on a campfire that I just have to make/have. It consist of a 1-1 1/4 5ft pipe as the vertical pole. Off of that is a 3/4 or so that extends about 3 ft with an eye on it with a chain to hang your cast iron pot over the fire. Below that is another arm(adjustable)with a grate for grilling. What is really neat is they had at the top of the vertical shaft, an inverted 2" hitch ball with a solid 10-12" rod welded to top & bottom and slipped it into the top of the vertical as a driver. They would raise the ball up and use it as a driver to set-up the cooking rack. Anyone ever seen one of these and/or have any pics. I guess I should have gotten a better look or had a Kodak Moment. Thanks in advance for your replies. Steve A. Dagro
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RlphKnndy496
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you need to sketch a pic....i'm confused?
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heavyputer
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Check Cabella's catalogue. They have them. (or go to "cabellas.com"
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Sounds like you need to bust out the welder and some scrape pipe and get to work. That sounds home made or as we like to say CUSTOM.
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sounds like homemade to me also.
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If they are driving the pipe into the ground this could be an accident looking to happen. Do you know where the underground utilities are in a campground. For instance in Florida some places they are only 6 to 10" below ground.
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There are countless homemade versions, (the one with the hitch ball), however, it's a common design. Here is one with a horseshoe instead of a hitch ball for the impact driver. These have a place to hang pots.
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sdagro
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85Eagle wrote:If they are driving the pipe into the ground this could be an accident looking to happen. Do you know where the underground utilities are in a campground. For instance in Florida some places they are only 6 to 10" below ground.
Good point. We do check all of that out 1st and even ask the park ranger/attendant prior to driving post. Steve
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Keep the ideas coming. We're getting closer. Steve
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85Eagle wrote:If they are driving the pipe into the ground this could be an accident looking to happen. Do you know where the underground utilities are in a campground. For instance in Florida some places they are only 6 to 10" below ground.
If the fire ring is over top of a water pipe that is only 6" in the ground that is a bigger problem than driving a stake into it. Same goes for electricity lines. We routinely have a fire for 8 hours, in 8 hours the heat from the fire would easily melt the insulation on the wires and a lot of water/sewer pipes at that depth 
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