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Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335330 01/26/21 08:31 PM 01/26/21 08:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 16,652 lat 34.09 long -86.13 metalmuncher Old Mossy Horns
metalmuncher Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 16,652 lat 34.09 long -86.13	My current house doesn't have a fireplace and I miss not having one, but I used to get every lighter stump I could wiggle loose and haul it home. By the end of deer season I'd have enough kindling to last the next 2 winters. I didn't even mind splitting it up.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335333 01/26/21 08:33 PM 01/26/21 08:33 PM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 12,245 Oxford, AL. USA Big Game Hunter Doesn’t Know His Code
Big Game Hunter Doesn’t Know His Code Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 12,245 Oxford, AL. USA	I don’t hunt for it but I always get it or “mark” it when I see it. That being said I have a lifetime of it currently. IKNOWMYPHUCKINGCODEDAMMITYOUDICKHEAD!!!

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335337 01/26/21 08:35 PM 01/26/21 08:35 PM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 367 alabama C C3SEAST 4 point
C3SEAST 4 point C Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 367 alabama	There’s still a few of the old growth longleaf stumps down here in the southeast corner of the state. I pulled one out of a bottom a couple of years ago that was over 10’ long and probably 48” across. Hard to beat the smell of fresh cut fat lighter.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335354 01/26/21 08:44 PM 01/26/21 08:44 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 10,566 Central, Al Bustinbeards Booner
Bustinbeards Booner Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 10,566 Central, Al	Every time I am in the woods it turns into a stump kicking party. If I run up on a good one i will make note of it. But I’ll come back for retrieval with the heavy equipment if I can get to it. Here is the most recent two I got out. I got a pile of it and just keep getting more. Lol I have a stump kicking problem! Originally Posted By: Wiley Coyote Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here. On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335381 01/26/21 09:01 PM 01/26/21 09:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,003 River Bend Bibb HoofNSpur 8 point
HoofNSpur 8 point Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,003 River Bend Bibb	Yep. Pick it up whenever I see it at the club working.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335412 01/26/21 09:26 PM 01/26/21 09:26 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 292 Florence, AL jtillery 4 point
jtillery 4 point Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 292 Florence, AL	Every time I walk in the woods with my father, he tells a story or two of his Uncle Ralph blowing pine stumps out of the ground with dynamite when he was a kid. My dad and his brothers got the job of dragging them out with the horses. Whenever we find a good piece of heart pine he'll take his pocket knife out and shave a piece off just to smell it.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335420 01/26/21 09:31 PM 01/26/21 09:31 PM
Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 3,927 Woodstock 3% outdoorsman 10 point
3% outdoorsman 10 point Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 3,927 Woodstock	Yep love the smell. Seen a piece of it today and was debating if it was still good

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335423 01/26/21 09:33 PM 01/26/21 09:33 PM
Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,005 Mississippi/Alabama state line R Rutabaga 8 point
Rutabaga 8 point R Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,005 Mississippi/Alabama state line	Get you a Kindlin Cracker, it helps if you don’t have any small fat wood. Cotton ball smearead with a dab of Vics Vaper Rub will get you a fire going. I like Jiffy cornbread.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 3% outdoorsman] #3335425 01/26/21 09:36 PM 01/26/21 09:36 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 21,779 USA R Remington270 Freak of Nature
Remington270 Freak of Nature R Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 21,779 USA	Originally Posted by 3% outdoorsman Yep love the smell. Seen a piece of it today and was debating if it was still good Here's the test. If you kick the stump and it hurts your foot, it's good.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: Irishguy] #3335434 01/26/21 09:40 PM 01/26/21 09:40 PM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 52,185 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen James Freak of Nature
James Freak of Nature Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 52,185 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen	Originally Posted by Irishguy We heat with wood at the cabin. I have picked some nice fat wood since we have settled up here, but I find the best, easiest, and quickest way to start my fires is this: 1. I keep a Mason jar full of cotton balls soaked in 91% alcohol. 2. I keep a small brass bucket full of small pencil and about 1" square cedar splits with some pine splits thrown in. 3. I place two small oak or hickory splits in the bottom. One front and one back. 4. Put a cotton ball in the center, light it, and lay the cedar splits across the oak/hickory splits front to back, bridging over the flaming cotton ball, and build up from there with a few small oak/hickory/maple splits. 5. Then I walk over to the stove and put the steam kettle on the gas stove. By the time I make my coffee, the fire is going good and I damp it down. Takes about 5 minutes. Cotton balls and vaseline works better. Of course you have to willing to spare some 🤔🤣🤣🤣 How many people am i willing to sacrifice for freedom? Everyone. All of them... Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335440 01/26/21 09:42 PM 01/26/21 09:42 PM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 52,185 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen James Freak of Nature
James Freak of Nature Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 52,185 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen	I have a 5x8 trailer full of it in the yard (same at the camp) My daddy can get me all i want and need....... How many people am i willing to sacrifice for freedom? Everyone. All of them... Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: Remington270] #3335457 01/26/21 09:58 PM 01/26/21 09:58 PM
Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 3,927 Woodstock 3% outdoorsman 10 point
3% outdoorsman 10 point Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 3,927 Woodstock	Originally Posted by Remington270 Originally Posted by 3% outdoorsman Yep love the smell. Seen a piece of it today and was debating if it was still good Here's the test. If you kick the stump and it hurts your foot, it's good. Lol yep pretty much

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335471 01/26/21 10:07 PM 01/26/21 10:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,046 USA M marshmud991 14 point
marshmud991 14 point M Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,046 USA	We have a lifetime supply of it just on the out edge of the yard at the camp. I pushed out 7-8 stumps last summer and have full length lightered trees also. I cut small chunks and split with my ax. I split 5gals at a time. Ain’t even began to make a dent. It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335472 01/26/21 10:08 PM 01/26/21 10:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 4,122 GA UncleHuck 10 point
UncleHuck 10 point Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 4,122 GA	Got a bunch of lighter knot on the farm. As I find them, I get it out of the ground and pile it up for the rain to wash clean. Haul it out as convenient.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335544 01/26/21 11:28 PM 01/26/21 11:28 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,896 Ozark , Alabama B BradB 10 point
BradB 10 point B Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,896 Ozark , Alabama	Those stumps are hard to split. Many of the old fence posts on my place are lighter and I have gathered a bunch. Cut them 12” in length with chainsaw and then split off splinters. The straight grain makes it really easy to split.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335550 01/26/21 11:39 PM 01/26/21 11:39 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,851 Cullman, AL R Ryano 10 point
Ryano 10 point R Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,851 Cullman, AL	I know where one (I think it is one) is that is different from any I have ever came across. I can't even start to explain it. I have a picture of it with a ruger 10/22 leaned up against it. It is about 4 inches thick and 4 foot wide in one spot and looks lile a normal old log above and below it. I gave up posting pictures yeara ago after the third time the process changed.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: James] #3335581 01/27/21 06:14 AM 01/27/21 06:14 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 22,665 Lickskillet, AL Irishguy a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
Irishguy a.k.a. Dingle Johnson Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 22,665 Lickskillet, AL	Originally Posted by James Originally Posted by Irishguy We heat with wood at the cabin. I have picked some nice fat wood since we have settled up here, but I find the best, easiest, and quickest way to start my fires is this: 1. I keep a Mason jar full of cotton balls soaked in 91% alcohol. 2. I keep a small brass bucket full of small pencil and about 1" square cedar splits with some pine splits thrown in. 3. I place two small oak or hickory splits in the bottom. One front and one back. 4. Put a cotton ball in the center, light it, and lay the cedar splits across the oak/hickory splits front to back, bridging over the flaming cotton ball, and build up from there with a few small oak/hickory/maple splits. 5. Then I walk over to the stove and put the steam kettle on the gas stove. By the time I make my coffee, the fire is going good and I damp it down. Takes about 5 minutes. Cotton balls and vaseline works better. Of course you have to willing to spare some 🤔🤣🤣🤣 Seriously... The cotton balls and alcohol couldn't be any easier. Shove cotton balls in a mason jar and pour in alcohol and you have a supply that will last months. The Vaseline and cotton ball trick I think is good for camping, cause you can just stick several in a Ziploc. I use the alcohol soaked cotton balls for starting my Kamado too and in the outdoor fire pit.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335611 01/27/21 07:55 AM 01/27/21 07:55 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 25,402 Tampa B Beer Belly Freak of Nature
Beer Belly Freak of Nature B Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 25,402 Tampa	How much fat lighter do you guys go through a year? Isn't one small stump enough for a year or 2? -------------- For what it is worth: I still agree with me! A big man will stand up for himself; a great man will stand up for others. Processor Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1OTDcvGoo3puyO-CV10he3pH97IE

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: 257wbymag] #3335614 01/27/21 08:01 AM 01/27/21 08:01 AM
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3,431 bham C crocker 10 point
crocker 10 point C Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3,431 bham	All the time. Lot of people only look for stumps. Sometimes you get lucky and find an entire tree if you lookin.

Re: Fire starter wood (fatwood) [Re: jwalker77] #3335622 01/27/21 08:09 AM 01/27/21 08:09 AM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 3,913 Montgomery,al,usa Davyalabama 10 point
Davyalabama 10 point Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 3,913 Montgomery,al,usa	Originally Posted by jwalker77 No. I do not hunt wood. . I don't go hunt it, but I definitely watch for it. I will drag it out when I need it. I keep a good bit around the house all the time, there is nothing wrong with hunting something you need in the woods. People were on aldeer the other day talking about looking for sheds, why not look for pine knot. “If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau

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