Haha its 40+ mins of learning how to do something you're told not to do. Especially here! If this is for survival, then yes it might work. That situation doesn't happen as often as thought, and often the situation is worse than expected.
If you need a fire for survival, use dead lower Pine and Spruce branches with Birch Bark. Bam, fire, done deal. But I guess some folks have a camcorder battery they want to kill with 40 minutes of nonsense.
Those who know me, know that I've been stacking on pallets which are on cinder blocks for close to 36 years. I gives air flow up and under through the stacks for better drying, and there is no mud issue and the bottom layers don't freeze to pallets in this cold climate with all the snow. I know others stack on logs or pallets on the ground and it works for them. I'm not knocking anyone else at all. Just saying what works for me. And I'm too old to change my ways.
I agree I think this video would show what would be the worst way to get wood started in the best situation but vice versa as well. If anything this just teaches us not to work so dang hard for a single fire not to mention he seems to do this on a daily basis. The dreads notwithstanding...probably gives a clue that it isn't just wood-smoke he be choking on.
I like stacking on them as well. Do try to get the pallets when I collect them to be consistent as possible but not always. The mud here is heavy. Soil like organic matter. Sticky!!
Not that I am aware of, I used just simple 2x4 racks with 2 1x1 4 feet long at the ends. One thing about these is they bowed under the weight as it got really moist. Stayed cold here but not so much freezing as it was rainy. There were some pallets I used that were considered the worst kind. That particle board stuff no air slots. This was before I was able to seek out a great source for them. The bottoms were considered absolutely soaked, Now I have taken some measures to put plastic on the ground but this maybe just temporary to just keep not only the water from really pooling but discourages the grass a bit. I'll know more if I burn a pallet bin full and decide to dismantle it for the space.
Haha gah damm! The freaking pile of kindling on that at the end is just unreal. No wonder its so dang hard to start. Its suffocating itself!
Thanks HD, that was priceless.I should do a video of my wife, the keeper of the flame, lighting a fire with dry wood and dry splitter chips with 2 pieces of newspaper making a fire in 26 seconds and away we go. No looking back.
Do that, that's the kinda "porn" we're looking for here! Even better, get her to do it in your chaps....
Sad part is, I don't know how to do a video. I have a an old flip phone. And, she doesn't need to wear my chaps, she has her own.
Oh Good deal! No worries on the video. Chance comes up, someone else does that. Might make a good thread.
I am beyond hope, I'm lucky I know how to take the SD card out of my camera and insert in in the computer to post pics.
See? Posts like this are exactly the reason I kept reading the forum and ultimately joined up to be part of the group; and keep coming back. At first, I didn't know any better and stacked up wood to initially dry on the ground- and then I picked up the tip of using pallets from the forum. Now, I'm going to pick up some cinder blocks (tons available as leftovers on the local construction sites), and make a base for my pallets. Great tip, thanks, NH MOUNTAIN MAN! I keep learning a lot from everyone, and I appreciate it.
