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Long log fire

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  1. Sandhillbilly

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    Has anyone ever tried one ? I have been toying with the idea of doing one or two next year at the local Christmas walk about. I’m reasonably sure that I could borrow a steel feed bunk or two from some rancher. Thinking of putting a layer of sand or fine gravel in the bottom.
    The new barrels with the snowflake cut outs were a big hit, now I have a tough act to follow and up my game a bit more. Swedish candles or torches are also under consideration. But I think long log fires would be pretty cool, err, warm rather for more people to gather around. Setting the downtown on fire…part 2
     
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    Don't know if it works well without smoking the place up, but it does look cool.
     
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    Are you talking about burning a whole log ? Like 8’-12’ long ? If that’s what you are thunking then I would think it will be hard to get it dry & it will end up smoking something terrible.

    If you going to use “bunks” , I would think you could just stack some splits the length & get a good clean burn on.

    Old propane tanks/boilers cut in half lengthwise would work well, they won’t warp/disfigure like lighter thinner bunk material will. Plus the thicker steel will absorb & radiate a bit of heat also.
     
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    If that's the case it won't work very well to warm people up, over half the flame is cover! What's the reason to burn like this in the first place?
     
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    You could build a larger scale one of these.
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    I've sat around one built like that and with good seasoned wood it worked great.
     
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    I was thinking mostly along the lines of As Thick As A Capercaillie: How To Build A Long Log Fire one.
     
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    Can’t really have something like this on an asphalt street surface
     
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    Weld barrel halves together. You might need to weld in cross supports when/if the tops and bottoms are removed.

    A few cinder blocks underneath should cradle/hold it in place.
     
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    Not sure about "can't" but probably shouldn't. Like some said, long propane tank or maybe anhydrous? I doubt the local Co-op would even miss them.
     
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    Kinda what i was thinking too.
     
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    I can’t see going through that much effort to build something when I could borrow a feed bunk or two. A bunk would be heavier steel also
     
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    The annual event is coming up on December 5th I believe.
    Gonna do practice run tonight. Standing dead elm logs about 5 1/2 feet. Made some steel saddles to help keep the logs in position.
    Kinda hard to get a matched set of 3 reasonably straight logs in this country. If this goes well tonight I have 3 more picked out that are 9’6” and a little larger diameter for the main event downtown. I’ll light it up shortly after sundown and get y’all some pictures IMG_2084.jpeg IMG_2086.jpeg IMG_2087.jpeg IMG_2088.jpeg
     
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    Looks like the inspector made sure all is well!
     
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