JJBIRISH wrote: washer drum and gas fire for burn ban areas...
I've pondered making a "smoke shifter" for a washer drum. Make a sheet metal cone adapter that can sit on top and carry about 2' of stove pipe. The extra draft would reduce smoke and help waft it above anyone's head.
I'm debating whether to have a hinged top that still would allow top feed, or put a door on the front. If I went with a door, I'd go with a screened door so the fire would be more visible.
Wrace wrote: For those of you who are campers, how important is the campfire to your camping experience?
Far more important to my kids than to me. They're really disappointed if they can't have one at least every few days. I still like them on a cool evening, provided I can have a mostly smoke free fire.
The key is getting really dry wood. Even wood that's been seasoned will equalize with the humidity in the air and burn more smokey in the springtime, so I'm less inclined to make fires then.
Wrace wrote: How often do you have a campfire? Each morning and each night? If you are at the site all day, do you maintain the fire all day (maybe temp dependent?)?
I've never done all day because we don't sit around camp all day. If I have access to clean burning wood, particularly lumber scraps, I'll do a morning fire. Otherwise it's the evening only.
Wrace wrote: Do you haul your own wood, purchase at the campground, or gather at the campsite and surrounding location?
Either gather it or bring it. I let people cut downed wood from my property to clear it, and I ask them to give me a fraction of their cut wood for campfire use. I store that and take it camping with me for some trips. If I go places where gathering wood is a possibility, I'll do that.
Wrace wrote: For a typical Friday to Sunday camping trip (two nights and two mornings) about how much wood do you usually go through? How big is the stack that is used during the weekend?
I use gunny sacks to haul the wood. For a weekend, I'll take three.
Wrace wrote: What is your favorite method of lighting the campfire?
Kindling, newspaper, and match or propane torch?
Big chunks of wood, lighter fluid, and road flares?
Usually newspaper and kindling. If it's too wet to work, I don't want a fire.
I heat with wood at home. I just bought a steel fire pit for my GF at her place and we had a fire outside last night. I love campfires when RVing but we cannot in some places we go due to fire danger. We take our wood along. Much of it is scrounged from our annual November wind storms. I can carry enough wood on a rear cargo carrier for two nights I start it with newspaper and the cardboard box the kindling was transported in.
I should make it clear about the only time we are inside the RV is if we get chased indoors by weather or are sleeping....pretty outdoorsy types. As much as people may think we are crazy trying to stay warm by a fire we laugh at the people inside watching TV.
JJBIRISH wrote: washer drum and gas fire for burn ban areas...
I've pondered making a "smoke shifter" for a washer drum. Make a sheet metal cone adapter that can sit on top and carry about 2' of stove pipe. The extra draft would reduce smoke and help waft it above anyone's head.
I'm debating whether to have a hinged top that still would allow top feed, or put a door on the front. If I went with a door, I'd go with a screened door so the fire would be more visible.
/end of hijack
I guess I missed this post earlier, sorry...
this is a small washer tub, I also have a large triple load commercial tub, but I gave it to my son… that would be better for what you want to do…
My small one still has the shaft on and is sitting in a cast iron umbrella stand… I can use it any where that way and not scorch the ground… I never thought about a stack… I do use a round Weber lid on mine to retard the burn if I am not going to be right there… that seems to work well without causing a lot of smoke… stays burning even in heavy rain that way to... when the rain lets up just remove the lid...
the Weber lid has a damper where a stack could be placed to...
Sorry very poor quality picture but all I got right now…
Love my mass produced, entry level, built by Lazy American Workers, Hornet
I have a big campfire from around 5pm till sleep time then fire it up again around 5am till around 9am,good way i've found to light a fire is pour a bit (1 cup) of used motor oil over some scrunched up news paper and some of your logs,makes for a very slow starter burn.
Camping has to have a few essentials the camp fire is one of them,a few others are beer,bacon and pancakes for breakfast,meat on the barby for supper,beer.
"Second star to the right, and straight on till morning."
Every camp trip.. A camp fire is the first thing I work on after setting up and I keep it going the entire time. We enjoy it at night, stoke it up in the morning, sometimes I cook breakfast over it, and all ways keep a log on to keep it going. I can't even imagin going camping and not having a fire. The last trip out, I bought a big ham and a foil pan,Loaded the pan with pineaple and syrup and let that ham cook all day, We munched on it all weekend. We had many visitor's that weekend. Even a Park ranger or two.......
We winter in South Florida, and for the like of me I can't understand why people want to cozy up to a blazing fire on a 80 degree night!
Many evenings when we would like to be sitting under the stars, we have been driven into the trailer because of a neighbors smoky fire.
JackL
not many places in South Florida that allow open wood fires...
as many evenings are not 80*...
Not so every state park I have been in has fire rings.
I guess we could argue all day, but Florida was the reason for my buying a gas fire-pit…
well almost all of south west Florida counties have fire bans in the winter season even the state parks that have fire rings… they are also under water restrictions most of the winter… and have been for some time now… even in some of the central counties there are winter fire bans… they are and have been in drought conditions for a long time…
"SWFWMD Fire Ban
Southwest Florida Water Management District has issued a fire ban on lands under their jurisdiction in the following counties: Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Sumter, Pasco, Lake, Polk, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Hardee, Sarasota, DeSoto, Highlands and Charlotte. This ban includes campfires and other type of fires in their campgrounds and remote primitive sites."
"NAPLES — Facing the driest six months in at least 75 years, Collier County commissioners approved an emergency burn ban Tuesday that they hope will reduce the number of wildfires in the county.
The ban, which takes effect immediately, bans outdoor burning — trash burning, campfires, bonfires — as well as the use of incendiary devices, such as fireworks and sparklers. The purpose is to curb people starting fires on undeveloped property, County Attorney Jeffrey Klatzkow said."
Don't know when you got this info.
there must be a lot of campers breaking the law.
I spend most of the winter in some of the counties in your post and our group buys the wood from the parks "gator" each evening.
I would think if there were such a ban the rangers would not allow their helpers to sell fire wood.
On our recent trip to Olympic NP I realized I don't even like the smell anymore.
I will sometimes dismantle and bury old campfire rings at remote boondocking sites.
Dave do you really dismantle a fire ring?
how is this done?
the ones I have seen are made from thick metal and round some with a grate some without.
why would you? I don't build campfires but I would never destory anyone elses property.
isn't camping one of the last ways we all can express ourselves how ever we want?
Tents to Motorhomes what ever you desire so please don't destroy any more fire rings.
I'm sure you would not want anyone destroying your stuff.
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