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fire starter #6311789
08/27/18 06:39 PM
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anybody make them I use toilet paper roll [center] cardboard dip in wax an stuff with shredded paper dip in wax

Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311791
08/27/18 06:41 PM
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did 200 today always stating fire in shop or house or camping they work great will start wet wood

Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311793
08/27/18 06:42 PM
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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311823
08/27/18 07:08 PM
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Roy, I take pine cones that are opened up, wrap string around them and dip them in my old melted wax. They light easy (light the string) and they burn for 5-6 minutes. I use them in the fur shed to get the fire going.


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311833
08/27/18 07:27 PM
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I put chainsaw chippings in a waxed cupcake paper, and pour a tablespoon of smoking hot melted paraffin wax in it. Will burn for a very long time.
Planer shavings work great too if you're lucky enough to get ahold of some.


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311854
08/27/18 07:53 PM
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I use cardboard egg cartons, dryer lint & old sented cube wax from the melter in the house. Cut into 12 pieces starts fires in the fur shed.

Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311862
08/27/18 08:09 PM
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Why did you take a picture of that instead of helping the guy with his feet in the air? laugh

Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311910
08/27/18 08:55 PM
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I've always just used shavings off a pine knot but those sure would come in handy when a pine knot couldn't be found.

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08/27/18 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted By: J Staton
I've always just used shavings off a pine knot but those sure would come in handy when a pine knot couldn't be found.



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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311936
08/27/18 09:12 PM
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Man I've not seen a pine knot in many years. Picked em up by the wagon loads when I was kid back in Louisiana. Lots of pine there. I have a wood shop so have access to wood shavings. I do the paper egg cartons and wax trick for my starters.

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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311950
08/27/18 09:19 PM
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I just cut an innertube up into 1 inch strips, its quick, fast and inahurry. don't take up no room either.

Re: fire starter [Re: adam m] #6311953
08/27/18 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted By: adam m
Why did you take a picture of that instead of helping the guy with his feet in the air? laugh


Lol funny

And that’s a great idea you got buddy


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311954
08/27/18 09:22 PM
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Vaseline and cotton balls for me but what you did will work well.


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311959
08/27/18 09:25 PM
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When I worked in Alaska we used to always keep a roll of detonation cord to start ours in the field, burned great for a good while, throw some birch peels on there and you got a blaze in a minute or two


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311961
08/27/18 09:25 PM
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Good idea, thank you.


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311965
08/27/18 09:27 PM
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Birch Bark....


Thought I was a good trapper until I started trapping coyotes......
Thought I was a good bowhunter until I targeted mature bucks....
Re: fire starter [Re: ambush32] #6311967
08/27/18 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted By: ambush32
Birch Bark....
Yup, as good as an innertube.

Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311987
08/27/18 09:52 PM
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Take a ziplock sandwich bag and stuff it full of lint from the dryer and squeeze all the air out. It doesn't take up much room. It lights with a spark and burns long enough to get kindling burning.


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6311997
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those look nice , but for my wood stove it is junk mail and a short burst with the propane torch to lite the mail.

dry wood and a stove with 22 feet of strait up chimney above it it drafts very well so well that I split some stuff to about he size of 2x2 and 2x4 for starting fires but no smaller.

go through about one 3 dollar bottle of LP ever other year.

and I don't have to deal with those sorry excuses for a match they sell now.


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Re: fire starter [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6312007
08/27/18 10:02 PM
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Bic and a candle in a zip lock bag, for emergencies.
In the shop stove there's always pit oil and rags around, on the job site F-26 adhesive out works anything.

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