No fire ring campfires
I would like to share our idea for having a campfire without building, using or leaving a fire ring. I've seen some others: 1. A trusty propane fireplace burner. (several photos of people enjoying t...
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There is one campground we go to where the tubs from old clothes washers have had legs added, and removable tops with a chimney added. The make great ways to have a fire that give off lots of heat, almost no sparks, and dancing lights coming thru the holes in the side of the tub. Some have even gone so far as to stack a second tub on top of the first to make a double for even more heat and sparkling lights. With the smoke coming out the chimney there is little problem with smoke in the face as with a normal campfire.
But the neatest one I have seen was one where a guy had accuired 7 or 8 old wide motorcycle wheels. He had stacked those one on top of the other and welded them together to make a long tube. Had a removeable top with a chimney on it. The spoke holes and the chrome wheels really gave off a sparkling display at night. Again with lots of heat and no sparks.
Unfortunately both of these are pretty large and cumbersome to carry around. This is in the mountains where nights are very cool even in the summer and most of the ones with these are people who spend most of the season there.
But the neatest one I have seen was one where a guy had accuired 7 or 8 old wide motorcycle wheels. He had stacked those one on top of the other and welded them together to make a long tube. Had a removeable top with a chimney on it. The spoke holes and the chrome wheels really gave off a sparkling display at night. Again with lots of heat and no sparks.
Unfortunately both of these are pretty large and cumbersome to carry around. This is in the mountains where nights are very cool even in the summer and most of the ones with these are people who spend most of the season there.
