Any wet firewood tricks?
Any tricks to dry out wet (as in damp from rain, not green) firewood? We typically use the dryer pieces and stack the wetter ones around the outside of the fire ring so they can start to dry a bit as...
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here is what really works , taught to me by my fireman camping buddy , lets call him John ( his real name ) .
I use OSB ( think chipboard ) squares placed on top of the smoking fire , horizontal to the ground .
The OSB ( plywood , particleboard ) square deflects the heat Down into the fire .
Within minutes the smoking fire takes off and the little remaining smoke goes straight up because the fire is now hot .
I get the scrap OSB from local new construction sites .
I ask the contractor if I can pick up any scraps from the scrap pile for fire wood use .
I pick up all sizes of scraps in my pickup .
I take those varying scraps home and cut them to size to fit into cardboard produce boxes I get when leaving our local costco.
I accumulate these hardpacked OSB scraps throughout the year .
We just returned from a camping trip to Bandon .
We used OSB scraps to augment the wet wood available near the mighty Pacific Ocean .
I have been doing this for a very long time .
It is a good off-season activity to create my hard-packed boxes of anti-smoke wood .
I already own a 14 inch Dewalt miter saw so it is easy to do and fun .
The OSB scraps are NOT the fire .
The OSB scraps are the cure for the wet wood that the civilians insist on putting onto my very good fire .
I use OSB ( think chipboard ) squares placed on top of the smoking fire , horizontal to the ground .
The OSB ( plywood , particleboard ) square deflects the heat Down into the fire .
Within minutes the smoking fire takes off and the little remaining smoke goes straight up because the fire is now hot .
I get the scrap OSB from local new construction sites .
I ask the contractor if I can pick up any scraps from the scrap pile for fire wood use .
I pick up all sizes of scraps in my pickup .
I take those varying scraps home and cut them to size to fit into cardboard produce boxes I get when leaving our local costco.
I accumulate these hardpacked OSB scraps throughout the year .
We just returned from a camping trip to Bandon .
We used OSB scraps to augment the wet wood available near the mighty Pacific Ocean .
I have been doing this for a very long time .
It is a good off-season activity to create my hard-packed boxes of anti-smoke wood .
I already own a 14 inch Dewalt miter saw so it is easy to do and fun .
The OSB scraps are NOT the fire .
The OSB scraps are the cure for the wet wood that the civilians insist on putting onto my very good fire .
