Guest Richzx6r Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 It's not Rhododendron is it ? If it is , these things are virtually fire proof . I once tried to make a campfire out of them and gave up eventually . Even when bone dry this stuff just won't burn . No idea what it is, but I'm guessing it is something pretty fire proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richzx6r Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Heat is your problem, you need to start a good fire with really dry wood to start, get a proper fire going and the heat will take care of the rest, just keep feeding it with the garden foliage. This! You need to get it going first and some heat in the fire! it takes ages for the wood to dry out properly around a year! Look I'm all for big fires and big booms, but this sort of thing is more hassle than it's worth. In fact, recently @Saddlebags did a massive cut back of our Garden (recently moved into a rental, where the garden had been left to go wild) and he's been throwing as much as he can into the green bin each week but also at the weekend bought: To which he hauled the main amount of it and took it to the local tip. No irritated neighbors, no fire burning for days on end, no fire department call outs, no burnt hole in the middle of the grass... If you don't have a car, just buy a mate a pack of beers for the afternoon. Don't get me wrong, I'm def a pyrohead, but this is more effort than it's worth I'm very tempted to take it all to the tip it's just not burning even when iv coated it liberally with turps and torch oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1985 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I know that this might sound ironic but what about good old fashioned unleaded in the drum burner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I know that this might sound ironic but what about good old fashioned unleaded in the drum burner burns too quick, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1985 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Would get the heat up quickly though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabethf Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 is it perhaps toooo wet with turps etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richzx6r Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Not sure according to my dad he reckoned it gets anything going but now I'm not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-timer Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 At a biker meeting they were calling for more dry wood for the fire.Someone left, then came back saying that he found some.He threw it in the fire and we all had a really good laugh. And then I had a really cood cry when I realized whose "dry wood" it was... The fire went well though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 well it looks like your winter fuel has just been burnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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