Firewood ban

[dustman_stx]

Originally Posted by tenttotrailer

I like others would hate to see the day where your "Campfire" is propane, nothing like that crackle and pop. We stayed in a CG in eastern Ontario abd for $5.00 got this huge nylon feed bag......thought well this could be good. Looked inside our new found treasure and it was a bag full of lumber cut offs like someone raided a construction site. Kiln dried wood sure did burn hot!

Kevin

Watch out for treated lumber- nothing like roasting hot dogs over a "superfund" fire.

[dcheatwood]

Odd thing about this "no outside firewood" rule is....where does the campground get the wood it sells you? Someone is cutting it elsewhere and selling to the cg.

[dustman_stx]

Originally Posted by dcheatwood

Odd thing about this "no outside firewood" rule is....where does the campground get the wood it sells you? Someone is cutting it elsewhere and selling to the cg.

I think that the main thing is that they don't want you bringing it from long distances. I would assume the campground is getting it locally.

[jeff64]

Down here at the local CG they still let you bring firewood but not from out of state. There were really dry conditions a couple years back and fires were prohibited but they didn't mess with the propane campfires.
Bought the little red campfire. Works neat. You dont dial the flame up real high. Would reccommend you keep a cheap pair of gloves and chip brush handy they get real sooty. I keep the ceramic logs wrapped back up in the bubble wrap...they can break and be troublesome to replace

[Flybob]

Many of the State Parks here use firewood from routine tree work within the park. This may be one reason why some of the wood is not as dry as some would like.

[dkb74]

If it is the dry season in Florida, some campgrounds will have a ban, yes. But again, I imagine any state going through a dry spell would do the same.

Most parks with a fire ring will not have a ban unless it's a really bad drought.

[Randy and Diane]

We too prefer an actual wood fire in the evening however we do use a propane fire pit at times for a health reason. We camp seasonally (no TV) and have met some great people here. One friend has a rather severe respiratory problem and can't be near smoke from a regular fire. He can enjoy being around a propane fire with no risk. The "Outlook" pit we use has a variable flame control that gives off a good looking fire. One trick is to arrange your rocks with spaces above the flame ring underneath. This allows the flames to rise up higher between the rocks rather than be flared around the rocks.

[ColoradoRick]

In the past few years, Colorado State Parks have had bans on firewood burning but it's due to the risks of forest fires. (The last one, which was in Black Forest, was only a few miles east of our house...if the winds would've shifted our house would've been gone.)

[ferguson65]

Here in PA it's not recommended to move wood. But they can't stop you from doing it. They just ask that you burn everything you bring and leave no extra. It's because of the emerald ash borer. But in the next county north of mine, nothing can be moved out of certain townships due to the Spotted Lanternfly. This includes firewood, RV's, anything that sits outside for more than a few days at a time. RV's and other equipment that sits outside are supposed to be inspected before leaving the township or you get fined.

[Thurman]

ALL Georgia State Parks have the "bring NO firewood into park" rule. There is a Corps of Engineers Park some 90 miles from me (Cotton Hill) and they also have the "bring NO firewood into park" rule. I actually saw the campground host at Cotton Hill stop at one campsite to ask them where they got the pile of firewood they had. When told that the campers brought it with them he confiscated the firewood but did give them some firewood from the parks supply.

[rsdata]

I picked up a propane fire pit at Sams Club last summer and have been glad I did. You get about 6 hours on a 20# tank on high... maybe 9 hours on low to medium. Plenty of flames on low, but higher heat generation on high for those cool nights. I grill hot dogs, burgers and steaks in a wire basket over it. You cover the lava rocks with a metal cover that latches on when traveling and I haul it around in a carrier hanging off the bumper. Road vibration does grind a little dust of those lava rocks so I keep it outside. Probably weighs about 35# plus the propane tank of course.

I now take issue with campers that purchase that crappy (and expensive) camp firewood and build smokey fires with it... especially when the smoke blows over into my campsite. In less then one season, I know that I have saved enough from buying wood to pay for the pit.

I searched SAMS online for it just now and don't see it online... as I recall I think I paid about $80-90 for it. I also searched Amazon and still see nothing like it in that price range. It is about 2 feet in diameter and sits about 12 inches off the ground on three sturdy legs.

I even took it to NFL tailgate parties. Turn it off and it is cool enough to pack up in about 10-15 minutes.

[kandl]

Originally Posted by fearnofishbob

I bought the Outland 58K BTU...

Had the Outland bowl for a couple of yrs now - love it. Picked up a 20 ft propane extension hose to run it off the TT's bottles. No more spare propane tank.