HOW TO ...
CHOOSING WOOD
BUILDING A CAMPFIRE
Choose your wood:
Choosing well seasoned firewood is a must for a good campfire. Never use wood that is damp to the touch. Hardwoods should have cracks on the ends and be darken from the sun. Pine and Fir should be lighter by weight than hardwood and be darken from the sun.
Build your campfire: 1.Start with a fire starter square or 1 to 2 sheets of newspaper wadded up and placed in cool fire pit.
2.Cover fire starter or newspaper with small split kindling (6 - 8 pieces,1/2" to 1" square), add 4 or 5
pieces of wood (approximately 2" square) & light your fire.
3.After fire is burning well, add bigger pieces of wood untill you establish the size of fire you want. Then add one piece
of wood at a time. This method will conserve your wood.
Hint's - Softwoods such as pine, fir ,and redwood make the best kindling and starter wood.
We carry some really nice, dry, hand split kindling.
Hardwoods such as oak and madrone will make the best long burning fire.
Don't forget to bring: A Hatchet or Ax
Fire Starters, Charcoal Lighter Fluid, &/or Newpaper
Matches
Did you Know: Species Heat Content Million BTU's per Cord
Madrone 30.9
Tan Oak 27.5
Doug Fir 26.5
Pine 21.7
White Fir 21.1 http://firewoodresource.com/firewood-btu-ratings/
Redwood 21.1
For information on burning unseasoned firewood:
