Another trick is to save your old engine or transmission oil in a old oil container then decant some to a squirt bottle or old tomato sauce squeeze bottle. Set your firewood, squirt liberally with oil and light. This is much safer than kero or petrol which amazingly some people still use for starting fires. It might smell a bit of a dirty engine till the wood catches but once burning well it is un-noticeable.
sandsmere said
12:07 PM Aug 2, 2013
Used tea bags , dried and soaked in kero or metho . Easy as .
Kantiki said
11:09 PM Aug 4, 2013
At a recent happy hour, we had no fire lighters. Someone gave us a corn chip. Worked a treat.
sarg said
05:14 AM Aug 5, 2013
My Ex Brother-in-law, an Ex Firey, told me once that that is how some car fires were started....(Insurance jobs or just idiots, stealing and burning) They would light the packet and put it on the back seat and the chips being very oily and would burn nicely and get into the seat .....you have a Barby on wheels.
Sheba said
06:35 PM Aug 5, 2013
Cheezles work the same way too.
Cheers,
Sheba.
hako said
03:16 AM Aug 6, 2013
So I wonder what corn chips and cheezles do to your gut? When I first read Kantiki's post on corn chip, I thought it was mis spelt and should have been corn cob. :
neilnruth said
02:05 AM Aug 9, 2013
Must remember to pack a packet of corn chips next time we go away.
Cupie said
04:13 AM Aug 26, 2013
I just use the mini blowtorch that you use for browning the top of your Creme Broule. All caravanners carry one of those don't they?
To get a camp fire going quickly I use
cotton wool balls with vaseline.
Just rub petrolium jelly into cotton wool balls.
Put them into a zip bag or storage container
for future use.
Really gets the fire started.
Easy as!
Used tea bags , dried and soaked in kero or metho . Easy as .
Cheezles work the same way too.
Cheers,
Sheba.
So I wonder what corn chips and cheezles do to your gut? When I first read Kantiki's post on corn chip, I thought it was mis spelt and should have been corn cob. :
I just use the mini blowtorch that you use for browning the top of your Creme Broule. All caravanners carry one of those don't they?