How do you light your bonfires?

[xzcVAbc5]

Bonfires are an excellent time to get rid of used motor oil if there isn't a place near you to recycle it. Diesel is always a good option, too.

When the seal was leaking in the JD2440 and diesel was making its' way into the oil we drained the oil tank and had a nice mix left over. I don't know the ratio, but the diesel-oil mix was great for fires.

 

[Mike68]

I have a 4 foot diameter fire pit that I pile all my brush into during the week. I use kerosene and a lighter. I agree with the other posters. Never use gas.

If the fire pit is cold and not going to be used that day I will pour my old 2 cycle gas mix in there. I figure what does not evaporate during the week will burn off during the next fire.

I also have a small portable air tank that I will use to keep the fire burning nicely when I want to sit by the fire and relax at the end of the day. A little puff of air now and then keeps the flames going. Also quieter than a leaf blower for a small fire.

 

[gwiley]

The last time I used gasoline to start a burn pile I lost all my leg hair. Never again. Gas is a firestarter for the suicidal.

Propane weed burner ($20 at NT) is amazing at getting a brush pile lit. I'll use kerosene if I don't have an LP tank handy.

 

[Xfaxman]

Natural gas, friction and static electricity.

The view from our backyard, in May, 2010, the fire is a quarter mile away.

Got in the UTV, drove closer.

10 inch pipeline.

 

[EddieWalker]

I use newspaper, charcoal lighter fluid and small sticks. I start out with a small fire and I let it grow.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

I use newspaper, charcoal lighter fluid and small sticks. I start out with a small fire and I let it grow.

Eddie

 

[KiotiKowboy]

My last burn was HUGE, so I had to wait for safe conditions. We had a 4" snowfall, so I went out the next day. Needless to say, any fire melted the snow and wanted to extinguish itself. I picked the best spot for wind direction and made sure I had a good mix of small debris. Concentrating on this small area, I poured in about 1/4 gallon of old hydraulic oil and 1/4 gallon gas. To keep it hot and flaming, I would toss a cup of oil or gas into the flames as needed. It took almost an hour to get this thing big enough to overcome the snow cover. The next few hours were comprised of sitting in the Kioti with coffee and stereo

 

[Industrial Toys]

I save all my plastic garbage. Sometimes I use twenty year old diesel fuel. I got a 4 stroke MAkita leaf blower last X-Mas, and this thing has been the greatest toy to play with fire. Makes me giggle like a school girl, whipping those fires into a wild inferno, You don't have to rely on wind direction and you can push the heat anywhere you want it.

 

[Deere Dude]

For the gasoline firebug users, I have a quick story.

I emptied my boat fuel tank and dumped gallon or so of old stale gas in the driveway to burn it up. I forgot the matches so I went to the garage to get them which took maybe 20 seconds. I came back and got a safe distance away and lit it off. The driveway was close to a woods and uphill. The flames shot down the vapor trail about a hundred feet into the woods and about 10 feet wide.

Very luckily for me the leaves were wet and the flame shot upward about 10 feet but died out just as quickly. That is my very dumb but lucky experience, at least one of them

Be careful with gas, but it sure is fun to play with at times.

 

[MossRoad]

Be careful with gas, but it sure is fun to play with at times.

Remember when you were a kid in the summertime and maybe you didn't have enough money to afford fireworks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wSRjQUI8Jk&t=180