The Fire Pit Thread
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About three seasons is all I get from the Lowes/Depot firepits. Cheap metal. Next time I may go for a better quality.
Burn it if you've got it.
My neighbor has twice complemented me on how good and sweet smelling my "birch" smells compared to what everyone else burns (I'm burning aspen but didnt want to correct him). Wait till I bring home some pine and cedar, he'll think he died and went to Canada 
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Wood's Tougher Than Woodpecker Lips...
My neighbor has twice complemented me on how good and sweet smelling my "birch" smells compared to what everyone else burns (I'm burning aspen but didnt want to correct him). Wait till I bring home some pine and cedar, he'll think he died and went to Canada
...and went 'to Canada'...lol
I used to get this 'style' pit from ACE. About 10 years ago they were a lot thicker and better quality; then the quality slowly started going downhill. I would always change the hardware out for all stainless steel bolts and replace the wheels with lawnmower wheels; and I got a stainless screen made out of some expanded metal from a machine shop we use at work.
Then, I was able to find this all stainless steel pit on craigslist out of Texas which had never been used, just stored in a shed by an older couple looking to get rid of it for a steal ($120). I jumped on it and actually found out that it was made by Westinghouse (about ten years ago, so they no longer make these). I absolutely love this pit and it throws some serious heat out. It can get glowing red at the bottom. The only modification I made to it was to re-enforce the screen with some SS pop rivets along the seams to make it stronger and not bow.
That looks like a Merl Aussie. I have two and they are great dogs!
He's the foreman. I take him with me everywhere. He even climbs up the tractor steps and will ride in the cab with me all day.
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Mine with fire in it this time. And that's the neighbors house. The bushes are mine though.
USMC615
Wood's Tougher Than Woodpecker Lips...
Mine with fire in it this time. And that's the neighbors house. The bushes are mine though.
Nice, rip-roarin fire... The way it ought to be.
Yes us Canadians have lots of Pine and Cedars. Of course we have ton and tons of White and Black Spruce and lots of White Birch too.My neighbor has twice complemented me on how good and sweet smelling my "birch" smells compared to what everyone else burns (I'm burning aspen but didnt want to correct him). Wait till I bring home some pine and cedar, he'll think he died and went to Canada
I actually have four large Trembling Aspens near the house to drop and will either sell it for firepit wood or may keep some and sell off the rest.
I have so much softwood seasoning right now that I'm running out of stacking room. One cord of Poplar and a half cord of Butternut and need to leave room for the 4 Aspens and a large White Cedar I need to drop this Spring to get my garage space ready for building.
Around here there is so much softwood that no one uses it for heat. It's just junk wood to most (but not to me).
Here's my humble pit area. We use it from time to time and when guests are over.
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Keep them coming guys.
Fire pits are great!!
Fire pits are great!!
Finally got around to draggin' the chairs out and gettin' everything cleaned up yesterday.
Just my luck though... it started rainin' 'bout the time I was gonna' light it and open a cold one.
So there I sat... on the porch... lookin' forlornly at the fire pit... but I still opened the cold one
Just my luck though... it started rainin' 'bout the time I was gonna' light it and open a cold one.
So there I sat... on the porch... lookin' forlornly at the fire pit... but I still opened the cold one
@Whitespider The woven chair in the back and the glider are classics. Also is that a Sears redwood table off to the right?
All that stuff is freebies... hand me downs... and the like.
It sits out there from April to November, in whatever weather (sometimes, after a storm, I haf'ta retrieve some of it from the ditch or field).
I figure whatever is free and half-used-up... goes to the fire pit seatin' collection.
Sometimes I can get 3 seasons out of a piece... but 2 is the norm.
Still... between family and friends replacing their "good" stuff, there ain't no shortage of free replacements.
Some years I just have more "seats" than other years
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Oh...
It's always funny when one of those "half-used-up" seats disintegrates under someone's butt... and damn hilarious with a belly full'a beer‼
Well... I mean... it's funny as long as it ain't your butt the seat disintegrates under
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It's always funny when one of those "half-used-up" seats disintegrates under someone's butt... and damn hilarious with a belly full'a beer‼
Well... I mean... it's funny as long as it ain't your butt the seat disintegrates under
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USMC615
Wood's Tougher Than Woodpecker Lips...
Nice...good job!!!
