Fire starter, what is your recommendation

[lilranch2001]

I found a old Zippo tonight from my smoking days…..
I might buy some lighter fluid and see how that works

 

[lilranch2001]

I have one of those blue flame torches, they're really nice and compact... myself for my burn pile I have a weed burner torch with a propane tank on a hand truck and a flint igniter on a rope attached to the handle...

I have a propane tank weed torch, but hauling it around 20 acres is a pain in the a..

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't kmkw

I found a old Zippo tonight from my smoking days…..
I might buy some lighter fluid and see how that works

I bought mine for fires in the woods and starting the wood stove. The drawback is that I have to fill it every few days whether I use it or not.

 

[mikester]

I use an old egg carton and a single wooden match

Best fire starter is using nice hard maple logs as overnighters and using the coals in the morning

 

[riptides]

For brush piles, I have always used a "fire box". A cardboard beer case, stuffed with wood chips, branches used paper towels and soaked in diesel or lighter fluid. It sits on a downwind spot and a long wood stove match gets it going.

I always forget the bics or zippos, matches are in abundant supply here though. LOL.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I used to smoke a pipe years ago. I had a Butane lighter that I still carry in my pocket long after I gave up the pipe. I use it almost every day for things like starting brush fires, fireplace, stove, burn barrel, etc.

Easily refillable and lights every time.

 

[sandman2234]

For hard to light brush piles a water fire extinguisher filled with diesel fuel. Just make sure it's clearly marked as fuel for obvious reason.

Clearly marked? How about a total makeover?
I can just see some visiting kid catching his pants on fire, and his Mom grabbing the nearest fire extinguisher, not bothering to read the huge lettering marked all over it. She sprays the kid down thinking she has saved him, only to find out that it was fuel and she killed him. I can just see the look in the attorneys' eyes as they start calculating their share of the millions she will sue for!
I would look for something else to make a fire starter out of. If I had one, I would dispose of it, simply because when we get older, we get forgetful and markings we used may not last as long as the original paint. You know what is in it, it is clearly marked (or not clearly over time) and yet someone still mistakes it for an extinguisher in a panic. It is not going to work out well for anyone...
David from jax

 

[dodge man]

I bought the butane lighter that is refillable. So far it’s lasted me a year or more. You can turn the flame up and down and I have it most of the way turned down. I’ve had lousy luck with the throw away Bic type lighters.

 

[jk96]

Clearly marked? How about a total makeover?
I can just see some visiting kid catching his pants on fire, and his Mom grabbing the nearest fire extinguisher, not bothering to read the huge lettering marked all over it. She sprays the kid down thinking she has saved him, only to find out that it was fuel and she killed him. I can just see the look in the attorneys' eyes as they start calculating their share of the millions she will sue for!
I would look for something else to make a fire starter out of. If I had one, I would dispose of it, simply because when we get older, we get forgetful and markings we used may not last as long as the original paint. You know what is in it, it is clearly marked (or not clearly over time) and yet someone still mistakes it for an extinguisher in a panic. It is not going to work out well for anyone...
David from jax

Only pressurize it when I'm using it and pressure removed when not in use.

 

[Richard]

Only pressurize it when I'm using it and pressure removed when not in use.

This is why they are called tragic accidents that might have been avoided if only....

 

[paulsharvey]

Rather than fire extinguisher, how about the air compressor pressurized brake cleaner can from HF? I wouod think 32 oz of diesel should be plenty

 

[jk96]

This is why they are called tragic accidents that might have been avoided if only....

The can spends its life outside where my wood processing area is probably 500 ft from the house with no pressure and rarely any fuel left in it when it's not in use. It's not even within eyesight of the house. The "if only" has been taken care of.

 

[dougtrr2]

I guess I am just not in a hurry. I don't use any accelerants, I just use one of those Firestarters that look like a huge match. I start a small fire and slowly build it. After maybe 15 to 20 minutes of careful feeding I can start throwing stuff on in earnest. In my case I don't have a premade brush pile. I am cleaning up areas and feeding the fire as I clean.

Doug in SW IA

 

[jjeff]

Old sometimes stale Gasoline and expired marine flares shot from a flare gun at a safe distance. If your a bad shot don't listen to me.

 

[SPYDERLK]

I have a propane tank weed torch, but hauling it around 20 acres is a pain in the a..

But then, usually, dont you have a loader tractor present when you start and monitor the early stages of the fire?

 

[quicksandfarmer]

I guess I am just not in a hurry. I don't use any accelerants, I just use one of those Firestarters that look like a huge match. I start a small fire and slowly build it. After maybe 15 to 20 minutes of careful feeding I can start throwing stuff on in earnest. In my case I don't have a premade brush pile. I am cleaning up areas and feeding the fire as I clean.

Doug in SW IA

This. If circumstances allow, it always works better to throw stuff on a fire than to try to get a pile to burn.

 

[dodge man]

I also like those fire starters that look like a giant match to start fires in my fire place. Outside I use one of these.

 

[civilian]

Isn't DodgeMan's picture above just that above fire extinguisher with diesel in it? Just mounted on the guy's back. Jon

 

[lman]

I used to use newspapers to help start small fires but the newspaper got too expensive so I canceled my subscription. I'll have to find something else. That paper was leaning so far left, I didn't believe most of what was printed.

 

[Fixastuff]

I think better “tinder” and small twig prep is what is needed. Not a hotter better lighter.

Make some with a flint/steel/char cloth and you’ll figure it out.