Best Method You've Got to Fire Up the Wood Stove Fast in the Morning?

[204guy]

Pretty well been covered. Only thing I havent seen mentioned is to get your kindling bone dry. Put it on the stove under the stove next to it etc. and it will make subsequent starting much easier.

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[Clarence]

These things work really well, are easy to pack and seem widely available at Walmart.

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[Pelagic]

I'm talking about a heater, not a cook stove. 30k BTU's.......I sold my wood stove because this thing works so well, but for a 3rd rifle hunt I'd want to use this until the stove got hot. I keep it on a 40lb tank. For me, having that heat first thing in the morning is priceless. Even with a stove stoked all night and glowing red using coal, I still would wake up with my sleeping bag encased in ice on those late season hunts.
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Thanks for the clarification. Will definitely look into these

Pretty well been covered. Only thing I havent seen mentioned is to get your kindling bone dry. Put it on the stove under the stove next to it etc. and it will make subsequent starting much easier.

Good point

 

[Dos Perros]

My buddy uses PVC pipe glue. But he doesn't have any hair on his arms either.

 

[Early Riser]

I bring a box of lumber scraps cut into wood stove sized pieces and newspaper for quick startup. Get the lumber scraps down to about the size of your thumb or smaller and they light right up. Takes less than a minute to get it all going, then put a few regular split logs in and it's roaring in no time.

The propane torch is also a good idea and one that I used to use, but it's unnecessary IMO now that I have the right kindling figured out.

 

[dutch_henry]

If access to dry kindling is iffy, utility grade cedar shakes or shims are cheap at your lumberyard. One or two per fire, split into half-inch sections, is about perfect. I like dryer lint for a starter because it's free and I'm a cheap bastard that way.

 

[perry296]

I like a little bit of dryer lint, and then a chunk of fat lighter.

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[wytx]

Dry aspen wood burns quick and lights very easily. It will also not compound the creosote issue.
Warming the kindling under the stove is also a good idea but be careful of spontaneous combustion .
You should also be able to find some good lighter wood, look for an old stump and check the exposed roots on it.

 

[Matt W.]

No one has suggested this yet, but I bet it would be fast.....
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[jmez]

Best method I've found is to holler, "Bob, get up and start the stove. "

 

[Ryan Avery]

Haha! My favorite as well! Also having a stronger bladder usually works too.


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[ColoradoSteve]

Can of WD40. It will light but not as aggressively as some of the other options.
Plus - the tube you can direct the spray to the kindling.

 

[GunsAreFun]

Skip the morning fire. It's more trouble than it's worth. Make some coffee/hot chocolate and get to hunting.

What is the point of hauling that out there off you don’t use it for the coldest part of the day?

 

[mlgc20]

What is the point of hauling that out there off you don’t use it for the coldest part of the day?

I use the fire in the evenings and while sleeping. When I wake up in the morning, I get dressed quickly and head out to go hunt. I don't want to be tending a fire. By the time it would make any difference in the tent, I will be gone.

 

[DAOutfitters208]

A propane weed torch. Blast some some kindling for awhile and the stove will be hot just from the torch blasting it. Its also a great alarm clock for anyone who missed their alarm.

 

[huntsman22]

Think jet engine, baby.....

 

[EastMT]

Saw dust and diesel fuel in a can. Few scoops, let it rip.


I have yet to be begin to procrastinate.

 

[Deplorable77]

If you do it right, the tent will be so uncomfortable that you are forced to leave and go hunt

I use the fire in the evenings and while sleeping. When I wake up in the morning, I get dressed quickly and head out to go hunt. I don't want to be tending a fire. By the time it would make any difference in the tent, I will be gone.

 

[Michael54]

If you do it right, the tent will be so uncomfortable that you are forced to leave and go hunt View attachment 130295

That extreme would make it 10 times worse for me when i did get out of the tent.

 

[jjchad]

Matches work well for me.