Around the Campfire - litterally!

Dutch_12078 wrote:
We were taught to make self-feeding fires similar those shown back in the 60's when I was in cold weather survival school. We used the wood only method of course, and why we wanted it to continuously burn should be self evident in those circumstances.

:R Aint it the way of things nowdays!

I have done this a few times while on hunting trips in cold wet weather. It allows the fire to burn continually. Even during wet periods the fire will always be lit.

Only thing I have found is that it tends to be more smokey than a normal stacked fire that you allow to burn free and feed. Once the surface of the log gets going the flames will die off to a lower flame than a stacked free fed fire.
Just a reminder,, This will burn constantly,,for the entire length of the pile on both sides and smoke constantly as it pre heats the next log.
Hope your neighbors don't mind smoke 24 hours at a time!!

We outgrew wood fires:

- In the RV we now bring along an outstanding propane firepit so we can have a fire anywhere, anytime. It's adjustable flame rises up out of "coals" that never go away ... the coals soon heat up and radiate heat that is added to the heat from the flames. We roast hot dogs and marshmallows on it too. We just turn a knob to douse it when we turn in for the night. The only way to go!

- In our residence we had the old wood burning fireplace torn out and replaced with a full size propane fireplace . It's flames rise up out of "logs" that never go away. It is turned on/off and has infinitely adjustable flames using a small remote control. The radiant heat from it's "logs" and backwall bricks warm objects in the room ... not the air in the room ... so we feel soothing warmth on our bodies almost immediately. The air in the room gets heated gradually by the warm objects in the room. What a wonderful invention and the only way to go!

Clever idea but half the fun of a camp fire is getting it going and feeding it wood.

Doesn't look like it will feed pallets...

Half the fun of having a camp fire is poking at it.

I believe that this thing would male a smokey fire, because everything is laying parallel (equals no air).

I fix washers and dryers for a living and the front load washer tubs are a nice stainless basket.

We were taught to make self-feeding fires similar those shown back in the 60's when I was in cold weather survival school. We used the wood only method of course, and why we wanted it to continuously burn should be self evident in those circumstances.

I hear there will soon be an app for that. Set up, light, feed and control your campfire from your phone.....

More junk to clutter up the storage space.

Not for me. If I tried it, I'm sure the whole thing would take off and have a real rip roaring fire going. Always taught to keep potential fuels away from the current one.