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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tomman58 wrote:When I was a Boy Scout back in the 50's we used Boy Scout Juice. It would light any wet wood. Had to use it last fall to get wet wood started. But the again I still drink water from a green garden hose.
Good grief, none of you were in the boy scouts????? I remember for the one level they gave me two matches and had to make a fire and cook .................. there was 15" of snow on the ground!
No problem other then finding dead wood, that done all that was needed was a knife and a hatchet. All the wood was frozen and wet! The key to making it very easy was finding some Birch bark (almost considered cheating). Birch bark burns very hot even wet.
Get a boy scout handbook an learn about camping!
