Makeing the perfect campfire.

“bitpusher, You forgot the first part of that line.... Here hold my beer and y'all watch this.”

“i've used that fire ribbon that comes in the tube before. you could start a 3ft round log that's soaking wet with that stuff.”

“I bet the flamethrower would look cool....:)

Has anyone done the waxlint tube thing?

I have it works real well for starting a fire.”

“I love a toasty fire on cold nights to warm my old hide
in preperation for a good`n I laid plenty of wood aside
some of the smaller sticks were laid down at first
the flames feed on themself as if its got a thirst
a bit of rich pine added, or even stalks of dried grass are okay
just a flick of a sulfur match and my fire`s up and on it`s way
those tiny trendles of flames flicker as it gets going right
and in no time at all I got it going on and warm up the night”

“Anyone has any tips for starting a fire in the rain, where you don't have any dry wood and kindling?

I went canoe camping this weekend and it rained the day before and all day on the first day. By the time we got to the camp site, a lot of people were soaked and freezing, a good fire would really be helpful then. We always carry tinder, But everything in the forest had been soaking in the rain for two days. Besides flame throwers and such, is there any tip on starting a fire in such conditions?”

“If you can find any standing dead wood use it, even if it`s been raining for the better part of a week it`ll still be the dry-est stuff to be had and you can get a fire up with it in just a bit.

The wetter the wood is the smaller you start your fire at first. First off you got to get something burning and then add the dry stuff to it and add to it slow so you don`t put it out till you get it burning good.

Once you get a tiny bed of coals going even wet wood will burn, but it`ll hiss at you alot. I hope that helps you out, it`s stood me good many a time!”

“Wet wood=bad
Dry wood=Happy backpacker...:)”

“If you can find wood with the bark still on it and peal the bark off the wood under it is usually dry. You can carve some tinder off that. Or if you have a way to actually split the wood and get to the center part.”

“Thanks for the tips, I'd be sure to try them next time we go camping in the rain. =)”

“I still think the homemade flamethrower would be cool.”