wood chips as fire starter material

[Tucker943]

I'm not done yet. I've been lighting the stove lately with kindling and have been eyeing up a bottle Tranny No Slip on the shelf. I picked up a gallon of brake fluid last week when doing a caliper on the chip truck and when I was paying for it I thought "that's a lot of money to spend on fire starter Chris"

 

[CurSedVoyce]

One of the other things we do here is gather from the splitting area. Wood splitter, as most all you know, makes a mess. A lot of which is small shards of wood. I have the kids bag that in feed bags or crates. Most can be started with a lighter. Build from there.

 

[sawinredneck]

I had a neighbor use gasoline to try and start a fire in his fire place, ONCE! Lets just say it's a REALLY BAD idea! DON'T TRY THIS! I don't know how we didn't burn his house down!

 

[Reddog]

Amateur

 

[Tucker943]

Agreed. I could safely use TNT. Comes with experience.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Dont any of you guys have a mountain of rotted off split cedar fence posts in the junk pile down next to the coulee? Make good kindling.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Shake shingle

 

[Tucker943]

Shake shingle can't be beat

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I have had clients take off shake shingle since it is now out of code in CA wild lands. A truck load or two for free is easy to be had. Fact is, I have been paid to remove it in the past. Just make sure you pile it or stack it in a place you can sweep with a magnet.