N80
Super Member
I've burned a couple of large brush piles on my place. Both times with broad areas of nothing but newly turned dirt around them. Once even with a light rain falling. Both times ground was wet from recent rains. Even with all that it made me very nervous both times and both times got to a point where I thought I might need to call for help (which would take a good 30 minutes to get there if they could find me at all.) The flames go higher than you expect and the heat is always more intense than you expect in terms of getting in close to slow things down. Burning bits get kicked up by the wind and/or updraft and you spend a lot of time stomping out new little fires. Neither time did it ever actually get out of hand, but almost.
I'm not planning on doing it again. As has been said, it is a helpless feeling when you first start to think its going to get out of hand. And you also start to realize how stupid people are going to think you are, and righfully so. I don't like either feeling enough to try it again.
I'm not planning on doing it again. As has been said, it is a helpless feeling when you first start to think its going to get out of hand. And you also start to realize how stupid people are going to think you are, and righfully so. I don't like either feeling enough to try it again.