help a city girl burn brush!

[Scooby074]

Ahh.... you would be surprised at how well brush does not burn.

:thumbsup:

 

[SPYDERLK]

I'm in total shock!!! I sure have learned something today. I was a boy scout. I sure thought a lot of other were too. I've never thought of using anything but old newspaper, cardboard, and small branches. It takes just minutes to start a good fire, so what is the purpose of using the petroleum products??? I really had no clue so many people used them. Stay safe people.

Ahh.... you would be surprised at how well brush does not burn.

Yeah, it is water. A dry pile of size can light so well its dangerous. A wet one will light, smoulder, and go out. Size is your friend with a damp pile. Get as much burning as quick as possible on the windward side. With luck you get enuf burning to dry adjacent wood. Thats why a big torch is good. You can help it along a little til its self sufficient -- then when its burning strong enuf, push it around a bit with the FEL to influence the burn.
larry

 

[MarkV]

I'm in total shock!!! I sure have learned something today. I was a boy scout. I sure thought a lot of other were too. I've never thought of using anything but old newspaper, cardboard, and small branches. It takes just minutes to start a good fire, so what is the purpose of using the petroleum products??? I really had no clue so many people used them. Stay safe people.

Actually I am also. I have never had a problem starting a burn pile without accelerants. Maybe it is different regions and materials or maybe it is different levels of experience but I can't see why anyone would add petroleum products or tires to start a fire. I am acutely unsure if some of the suggestions of throwing gas and such on a fire are in jest or serious. I hope they are in jest.

MarkV

 

[tungularafishcamp]

I'm in total shock!!! I sure have learned something today. I was a boy scout. I sure thought a lot of other were too. I've never thought of using anything but old newspaper, cardboard, and small branches. It takes just minutes to start a good fire, so what is the purpose of using the petroleum products??? I really had no clue so many people used them. Stay safe people.

K Mr. NY Boyscout, lets see you start one here on a typical spring day. 40 degrees, raining, and blowing 35 knots, U probably only need one match and a good whittling knife to try to get some dry wood out of the beach logs. I will use whatever I have to get the job done personally.
Rick

 

[aczlan]

I CAN start a fire without "cheating" but when starting a bonfire for family and friends, I CHOOSE to make it as easy as possible. We normally have a bale of junk hay and a few gallons of used motor oil on hand needing to be disposed of, so why not use them. Then I don't need to really worry about if the pile is bone dry or if we will be able to get it going before the little kids have to go home and there is no real cost to me.

Aaron Z

 

[RobertN]

Oh come on, that is our average Troop campout from November till May

BSA prohibits accelerators; they don't even want kids using liquid gas stoves/lanterns. Our Troop uses all propane stoves and lanterns. A charcoal chimney is used for starting briquettes. And, newspaper/kindling is used to start a campfire.

K Mr. NY Boyscout, lets see you start one here on a typical spring day. 40 degrees, raining, and blowing 35 knots, U probably only need one match and a good whittling knife to try to get some dry wood out of the beach logs. I will use whatever I have to get the job done personally.
Rick

 

[RobertN]

Because in a lot of places that is illegal... You jurisdiction may vary.

few gallons of used motor oil on hand needing to be disposed of, so why not use them.

 

[D33r3 6r33N]

I use my propane weed burner to start a fire. No dripping fuels and it doesn't take long to get it to go.

 

[greasemonkeyok]

Used motor oil has heavy metal contaminates it it. So, don't put anything on the fire you don't want in your soil. Even gasoline leaves a residue. May not be much, but enough for the chemists to measure it.

 

[riptides]

Used motor oil has heavy metal contaminates it it. So, don't put anything on the fire you don't want in your soil. Even gasoline leaves a residue. May not be much, but enough for the chemists to measure it.

I always enjoy a good brush or bon fire.

The difference between the two is one is safe to cook things on, the other is material with dubious backgrounds. Stumps that were around ivy, stained fence posts, left over contruction wood, I am sure you get the picture.

One is "natural", one is influenced by man.