wet firewood sold by vendors
This happens too often. The campground store sells firewood that is too green to burn. Why do we put up with it? Not like it's cheap either; usually their firewood is ridiculously expensive. Last t...
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It is possible to have a good fire but that takes advance planning .
The available local firewood generally has too much moisture content .
But you can still use some of that local wood by carrying material from home .
There is a current thread about smoky fire remedies to visit .
It is possible to turn a smoking fire into a hot vigorous non smoking fire by placing a single OSB square on top of the smoky fire .
You ration your OSB squares and ONLY use them on top to cure a smoky fire .
The OSB is not the fire it is the cure for a bad fire .
This requires planning ahead and collecting the OSB from local construction sites and packing them tightly into a box that you carry in your pickup .
Another choice is to purchase a box of Duraflame logs and cutting them into quarters before your trip .
This is not as good as OSB flat and is more expensive .
The duraflame quarters are another way to accelerate the fire starting technique and provides a base for the crummy wood available at the campground .
Another choice is to collect the 2x4/2x6 trim ends at the construction site and use them for most of your fire .
But that requires more payload and room than your tow vehicle may have .
The OSB on Top method requires the least amount of fire materials from home to repair the smoky fire from the local vendor .
We never pay for local firewood . We will collect firewood nearby and use our OSB scraps to make them burn Hot and Complete .
The available local firewood generally has too much moisture content .
But you can still use some of that local wood by carrying material from home .
There is a current thread about smoky fire remedies to visit .
It is possible to turn a smoking fire into a hot vigorous non smoking fire by placing a single OSB square on top of the smoky fire .
You ration your OSB squares and ONLY use them on top to cure a smoky fire .
The OSB is not the fire it is the cure for a bad fire .
This requires planning ahead and collecting the OSB from local construction sites and packing them tightly into a box that you carry in your pickup .
Another choice is to purchase a box of Duraflame logs and cutting them into quarters before your trip .
This is not as good as OSB flat and is more expensive .
The duraflame quarters are another way to accelerate the fire starting technique and provides a base for the crummy wood available at the campground .
Another choice is to collect the 2x4/2x6 trim ends at the construction site and use them for most of your fire .
But that requires more payload and room than your tow vehicle may have .
The OSB on Top method requires the least amount of fire materials from home to repair the smoky fire from the local vendor .
We never pay for local firewood . We will collect firewood nearby and use our OSB scraps to make them burn Hot and Complete .
