you get at least 1 if not 2 seasons out of a tank of propane

btw i did get some samples of supercedar fire starters, they work great they start very easy and get very hot very fast and last long than the others. i break the disk up into quarters and use one piece. it even started the green piece of wood i had in there without kindling.

You can buy 2 cannisters of propane at walmart for $4.63, one can will likley last you all winter ! it only takes a few minutes to get the fire burning good especially if you wad some newspaper up in the kindling this will help to warm the chimney and start the draw.

But if i have good kindling and newspaper it only takes one match. :D Im not knocking the propane idea, just doest seem right LMAO.

kindleing and a splash of kero,, fast and safe

Lately I have been putting a couple small splits on the bottom, then a layer of kindling, then about a 1/3 or 1/2 chunk of Pine Mountain fire starter, and a few more pieces of kindling on top. It works pretty good. I tried the top down method with news paper but the paper wouldn’t always ignite the kindling. The fire-starters just seem to work better for me.

im so lazy, i need to find a fatwood support group, i need to get off that stuff.

for a pile of coals in the morning I just pull/tear off exposed bits of wood and bark on my splits, a little less than a handful, and throw them on the raked coals, then a couple of logs and presto, it’s up and going again…

for a new fire, all the junk mail I get (no glossies or color) gets crumpled up and some kindling to start...wait until that’s good and going and on go the splits (a lot of em).  Crack the door to really stoke the flames and off it goes.  I get more than enough junk mail to start a fire every night if I need to! 

I used the fatwood a lot last year after my dad got a box when visiting...then I became so dependant on them that I abandoned the old fashion way all together!  This year I’ve come around to the idea that if I’m gonna cut and split my own wood, I’m _not_ going to pay for kindling

and the way i see it is that i get my wood for free, so why not buy some kindling? LOL, like i mentioned, im lazy in the winter time.

this top down method seems weird but i wll try it when i get home . i did use my mapp gas tank to start one fire with a bunch of oak flooring a friend from work gave me for kindling and it worked well ( he gave me 10 bags of scraps minus the beer cans and plastic tie thingys)i also get the left over oak pilings that the dock builders cut off the dock they’re redoing at work. just loaded up my pick up with some nice sized pilings.damn they are heavy but free oak makes me smile. and doesn’t hurt as much.could be close to a cord.i wish i could fit more in my bed but my springs are screaming as it is.but thanks for all the different suggestions i will e-mail this thread to mrs. tugs with hopes she’ll get a good burn going. thanks again,
john

hey johnny i use oak flooring also. it’s great kindling. you can make that oak kindling go a long way by splitting them in half. don’t put to many in at once like i did. to hot to quick. i put to many in at once and left the door cracked to get it going, when i went to open the door to see how it was going the sudden rush of air sent the flames back at me