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Old 12-07-2014, 07:57 AM   #21
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I don't seem to have the fire starter gene can't seem to get one started bought one of those canned camp fires.
I guess growing up as a kid and building lots of fires helped me be able to light one easily. It really isn't that hard. You just have to take the kindling down to a small enough size that it lights good.

If you prefer, you could do as a friend did earlier this year out at our land, during a rain storm, and use a chunk of solid rocket fuel. One of our first fires in a new pit I built this year. Here is the crappy phone video I did of it.


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And in the absence of real wood, you cannot go to bed without smelling smoky all night long, and having the smoke smell permeate the trailer......
If you have ever sat around a propane campfire, the smell of burned propane is terrible to my nose, any very offensive. The smell of lingering campfire smoke is wonderful, and very comforting, as campfires are a HUGE part of our camping experience. We have one at least 95% of the evenings we go camping, if they are allowed.
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Old 12-07-2014, 08:51 AM   #22
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If you prefer, you could do as a friend did earlier this year out at our land, during a rain storm, and use a chunk of solid rocket fuel. One of our first fires in a new pit I built this year. Here is the crappy phone video I did of it.
Sorry, Jim, but this is too good to pass up. Do they sell solid rocket fuel at Camping World for the purpose of starting fires? :LOL

Actually, I bet it works well.
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Old 12-07-2014, 08:55 AM   #23
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Now we know why that rocket exploded in Virginia, someone took a little fuel home for their campfire......
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Old 12-07-2014, 09:26 AM   #24
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Sorry, Jim, but this is too good to pass up. Do they sell solid rocket fuel at Camping World for the purpose of starting fires? :LOL

Actually, I bet it works well.
My friend is an avid rocketeer. I used to do the small model rocketry stuff with him when in high school, but he progressed much further with it. A small group of them build large scale rockets to launch, and own the Canadian record for altitude. What this was, was about a 6" piece cut off a 4' long solid fuel rocket engine. This was an engine they found a defect in, and the manufacturer sent them a replacement free of charge. It cost around $1,200 for the engine. David Buhler of this group is our fire lighter.



They have done lots of other rockets too. A total bunch of geeks. LOL
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My friend is an avid rocketeer. I used to do the small model rocketry stuff with him when in high school, but he progressed much further with it. A small group of them build large scale rockets to launch, and own the Canadian record for altitude. What this was, was about a 6" piece cut off a 4' long solid fuel rocket engine. This was an engine they found a defect in, and the manufacturer sent them a replacement free of charge. It cost around $1,200 for the engine. David Buhler of this group is our fire lighter.

They have done lots of other rockets too. A total bunch of geeks. LOL
And corporate sponsorships to boot! They don't sound like weekend hobbyists.
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And we're "Off on another tangent ".
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Old 12-07-2014, 12:09 PM   #27
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Ya but fire is fire, even if streaking through the atmosphere.
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And we're "Off on another tangent ".
...when are we going to start discussing food?..
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And corporate sponsorships to boot! They don't sound like weekend hobbyists.
They all have full time jobs. Or did. My friend just retired. Well, from his real job that is. He still does the photography thing, amongst other things he likes. He was our wedding photographer 30 years ago, and will be shooting my daughters wedding in May.
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And we're "Off on another tangent ".
Pity that you are forced to suffer reading them too, eh?
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If you have ever sat around a propane campfire, the smell of burned propane is terrible to my nose, any very offensive.
It might be burned propane (or really the result of burning the odourant which is added to propane for safety), but it might be unburned propane - the firepits probably don't burn as consistently and completely as a furnace.
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Old 12-07-2014, 01:46 PM   #32
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That could be, as I have used propane heaters, the tubular blast kind, and they really have little smell to them. Most likely they are more efficient heaters.
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I have a propane fire ring for fishing trips when we get in late and want to get up early, it's convenient to have instant fire, and instant off when you crash an hour later. I too smell the gas, but just for the first few minutes. Either one gets used to it or it goes away when it heats up. You do get better flame once it heats up.

It certainly does not rate up there with a good dry wood fire when you have the time. Never tried a rocket fuel fire so I don't know how they rate.
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...when are we going to start discussing food?..
Dare I ask? Does anybody have a recipe for cooking poutine on a reuseble log?
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...when are we going to start discussing food?..
Is poutine really food?

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