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- Magnifying glass and a little pile of paper or other kindling.
Of course it helps if the sun is out. jeff h wrote:
Another vote for charcoal lighter fluid.
I normally use some crumbled newspaper and small kindling to get it going but if I have no source of nice dry kindling I also use charcoal lighter fluid.AtomicChicken wrote:
I'll use a sliver of fat pine placed under a tee-pee of kindling. A cotton-ball coated with petroleum jelly works well also.
I agree, I always have some fat wood stashed.
Also a good way to bushcraft.- Another vote for charcoal lighter fluid.
- A camp host gave us some fire starter last year that consisted of a cotton pad (like cosmetic type) covered one side with Vaseline and rolled in a tube shape. It just takes one or two to start most campfires. Put it under the wood, light it and wallah. Very easy to make (can use cotton balls too but they are a bit messy). We have used this method several times since and it works. Cheap too :)
- get some of those campfire starters. made of sawdust and wax. and carry some clean kindling cut from home construction..just small blocks of it..or wood slats cut into small pieces.
- Reminds me of the time I was trying to get a pile of leaves burning. Ended up putting some gasoline of the leaves, lighting a wooden match and throwing it on the leaves. Whomp! Flames bellowed out a few feet beyond the pile of leaves. :B But the leaves did get burned....:B
But most of my campfire building was starting with small shavings and placing ever larger pieces of burnable wood on top. Never use treated wood for a campfire. - Cardboard rolled up under the wood and charcoal lighter on top.
Works great. - I'll use a sliver of fat pine placed under a tee-pee of kindling. A cotton-ball coated with petroleum jelly works well also.
- money to burn--for real, check it out,now it all happy-camping
