JesLookin
Appleton,WI
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crabbin cabin wrote:EricGT wrote:A lot of things to think about.
Pallet wood is one idea I never thought of.
Something to do with the pallets stacked at the back of my store.
Perhaps I'll take a hitch mounted rack with me along with some pallet wood. If I can find affordable wood by the campground, I'll buy local.
I do need to disagree with the propane fired campfire idea though. To me the smell, sounds, warmth, and natural beauty of a bonfire is one of the things I DO look forward to when camping. IMO fire is older than humanity itself. So how can this be a 'new thing'? A propane fired campfire is in itself 'trendy'. 
Yes - but Dutch Elm Disease, that has decimated ( but NOT eliminated American elm in this country was introduced into N. America on/in Pallet wood! It is NOT treated and NOT safe! This poster spent most of my career as a tree pathologist studying, researching and controlling Dutch elm disease!!
And it is not the only pest of urban and forest trees that is carried on or in firewood. Just ask the USADA APHIS!
You are right wood from pallets is not good. It is banned in Wisconsin state parks.
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doublenot7
Clear Lake, Texas
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We only camp at FP and SP so what we pay in wood fees there help support to keep them open.
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Quick trip
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I worked construction for 30 years and at the jobs I would load up on pieces of 2x4 - 2x6 - 4x4 & 8x8 wood.
Every job had at least 2 places where they would just pile up the cut off pieces.
After I got home I would then load about 5 good sized carboard boxes and on Thurs. or Fri. some of the other people going out with us would stop by and pick up what ever they could handle.
If it was a 4 day weekend I always had plenty.
We would burn all of it, and if we didn't we just left a pile for any one who came along!
I don't ride the desert any more and have retired so our supply of wood is gone.
Now when we stop some where and there is a fire pit, I don't mind paying for my wood.
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Captain Pickle
Eastern Kentucky
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We usually camp in our home state (Kentucky) and always take our own firewood with us. We keep a fire going most all the time we are there. If we do go out of state, then we do not take firewood. We find a place locally to buy it. Usually not the campground.
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GMCPU53
New Hampshire
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I burn wood at home so have plenty of good dry cord wood on hand, but I never take any with me. Most states in my area prohibit it, although I don't think they enforce it very well. Not unusual at all here in New Hampshire to see vehicles heading up the interstate on the weekends with wood in the truck or on hitch platforms on the back. maybe we need the Federal Governments B.S.A. , ( Bug Screening Administration), to get on the ball and check these law breakers out.
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Ole Man Dan
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I cut wood for my fire pit at home, for smoking meats, and unless there
is a particular reason not to, I take it to some of the remote campgrounds.
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MelinProv
Utah
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I just pick up wood around the camp site but if thats not allowed or possible I will stop at a 7-11 type store and pick it up. I allways keep 1 outdoor fireplace log on board.
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D & M
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Yes
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I took some plastic wrapped firewood that I bought at a chain grocery store into California a couple of years ago. At the agricultural inspection station they were ok with the plastic wrapped firewood. Perhaps because it was kiln dried which would kill all the bugs and prevent infestations.
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wbwood
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fla-gypsy wrote:I bring it where it is lawful to do so. If not I leave it at home and get it there.
What we do....normally a $5 bundle at the campstore will last a couple hours if that long. One place we go to there is a country store about a mile outside the park that sells wood bundles for $5. The bundles are not a whole lot bigger, but the peices are, resulting in a longer lasting fire.
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