Last week we saw what happens when one adds too much gasoline to a burn barrel filled with trash. Now comes a similar lesson concerning campfires.
I love how the flame followed the gasoline fumes along the ground, spreading out, and causing a hasty retreat! Perhaps next time a little less enthusiasm (not to mention a little less gasoline) will produce happier results.
Peter
I've burned a lot of brush and used railway ties.
-diesel fuel, or even motor oil please; never gasoline
-douse pile, then place fuel container at a safe distance; no dribbles on ground
-light, preferably by tossing lighted wooden kitchen matches
Won't disclose how I learned this
🙂
At least they weren't all standing 5 feet away… sigh…
Around here we use cheap denatured ethanol for these kind of things…
Heh, you should see how that works if you substitute liquid ether for the gasoline..
I've blown the hair of my arms before by underestimating the time it would take for gas fumes to clear out of the old fuel oil reservoir we used as a burn barrel.
This is why God gave us diesel fuel… just ask any WW II tank jockey.