What do you do with ash/coals ?
We have been camping for years, and have never had this issue to worry about. Most places that we have been at offer fire rings. But, a few places do not. We stayed at Ocean Lakes in Myrtle Beach for ...
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rk911 wrote:phil-t wrote:
Dumping ashes and/or coals in a dumpster will eventually bring trouble. No way anyone providing that dumpster would approve of such action. If at a campground, ask the management, if in the wilderness, ask a ranger.
If you can't figure out what to do with the ashes/coals, don't start the fire in the first place.
ok, i'll bite. why?
Worst case scenario: The coals looked like they were fully extinguished, but they weren't, so you just started a dumpster fire. Or for bonus points, the coals don't ignite in the dumpster, but they do in the truck and catch the whole trash truck on fire.
Best case scenario: The coals don't start a fire, but they are either wet and make a big gunky mess inside the dumpster or they're dry and the ashes make a big gray cloud when the dumpster is emptied into the trash truck.
If there isn't a specific ash can to dump our ashes, we keep them in our portable pit and dump them in the next spot or in the wild if we're boondocking.
