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Fire starter price/availability

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by g60gti, Feb 4, 2021.

  1. MikeyB

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    I use the Weber fire cubes and the duraflame quick starts. I only use the fat wood for the firepit, don’t really care for these much. I did like the super cedars from this site. They lasted a long time for me.
     

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  2. Firewood Bandit

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    Noodles man, Noodles.

    I a few minutes you can make enough to fill a few feed sacks. Leave in the sun a day and then store in a dry place VERY FAR away from any point of ignition.
     
  3. woodsman416

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    I use the ash bark that peels off when I split it. A couple of milk crates stacked against the wall of the shed will probably last me a few years. Great with a couple of newspaper ties for starting the stove cold and also great in morning to restart off glowing coals.
     
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  4. g60gti

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    Yeah, lots of options out there, thanks! Just seems like the ones I really liked have doubled in price in a very short time so was just wondering if it was like that across the board. I used to make them all the time in Boy Scouts. Guess I gotta have the relatives start saving egg cartons and put my kids to work!
     
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  5. Fifelaker

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    I can save you some $$$ Buy the propane tank, the haven't made MAPP since 1997, it is now Polypropylene which is just a bit hotter than propane. Mapp was closer to acetylene in btu's but Map/Pro is closer to propane. Many years ago I bought an adaptor to fill the 1lb tank from a 20lb tank. I can get 20 tanks for $13 last time I had the 20lb filled. OH ya that is the way I start my fire in the OWB and I used it when I had my indoor stove.
     
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    I'm always making kindling and fire starting supplies. I scrounge birch bark, pine cones, wood scraps, old candles, and split up a pile of pencil pieces and my wife finally said enough this year. We have boxes of the stuff stacked in the living room and at least a cord of cedar pieces outside in bins. We have only used a handful of any of this stuff this year and probably have enough for 100 years.
     
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