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โNov-16-2012 07:36 AM
popeye59 wrote:
Firestarters? How do you make those?
'04 Cross Country 35' w/300 Cummins
'14 Ford Escape on KarKaddy 460SS
'09 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Crew 5.7 Hemi MDS
'51 & '53 Hudson Hornets 308 6cyl w/
TWIN H-POWER
โNov-16-2012 07:14 AM
โNov-14-2012 04:33 PM
โNov-14-2012 03:26 PM
TMBLSN wrote:
Are we done now? This firestarter conversation has really hijacked an otherwise useful thread.
โNov-14-2012 02:09 PM
โNov-14-2012 12:58 PM
โNov-14-2012 11:37 AM
โNov-13-2012 02:51 PM
โNov-13-2012 10:08 AM
campingshadow wrote:
Nick, tis an issue with me, also. I think it is possible to enjoy your surround sound without bothering the neighbors. Once it is loud enough to hear comfortably, it really serves no purpose to crank it up higher. I have a lot of hearing loss, but because of it, I am extra aware of the volume levels of my TV and radio. I try not to bother anyone else around me. I would much rather hear the birds and wind chimes than someone else's idea of music which is almost guaranteed to be different than mine (unless they are into 50's and 60's oldies). What is just as bad are the idiots that drive thru the campground with their radios blaring and the bass turned up so high that it vibrates everything in a two-block radius. By the time you can get management to them to tell them to turn it down they have already moved on. Just came thru to tick people off....because they can.
โNov-12-2012 02:36 PM
โNov-11-2012 06:25 PM
dlplaia wrote:Ask anyone from the Southwest how much 'resin' there is in a Pinon tree. The root area especially will ignite with a match. Bad for creosoting chimneys, but good 'fat wood'.
Debbie, Are you using "pine trees" in the generic sense? We have lots of spruces around us but no pines. Would any evergreen work?
Being from the South, I have taken fatwood for granted and didn't question what kind of pines until a friend in NC said they have the wrong pines for fatwood, so I looked it up; it's from resinous trees, especially Long Leaf Pine. I would imagine you'd have to research your native trees to find out if they are resinous.
Our fatwood, when gotten from the stump, smells strongly like Pinesol. It's amazing.
Debbie
โNov-11-2012 03:45 PM
โNov-10-2012 05:37 AM
โNov-10-2012 03:26 AM
dlplaia wrote:
If you live in the forest, then you should have access to plenty of free fatwood. Fatwood is the rosin-rich wood from the core of pine trees. When a pine dies and falls, it leaves the stump in the ground. A few years of age/rotting on the stump and the fatwood is easily pulled from the middle. One stump will yield years of fatwood needed for starting fires in your woodburning stove. You only need a small piece to start a fire, not the big pieces that are sold.
Debbie
โNov-09-2012 06:53 PM