Building a Fire in a Stove

[Rucker61]

I'm looking to get a small stove for my first rifle season solo trip, and I have no experience with one. I'll practice the assemby prior, of course, but I can't find instructions on the best ways to build a fire in the stove. Any difference between box and cylinder stoves?

 

[larryschwartz]

go to youtube.com and search on Kifaru and stove. There is at least one video in there with Patrick showing how to start a fire in one. Basically, you do it like any other fire, put a firestarter in the bottom, put some tinder over and around it but leave space for air, then some small kindling over that. Light the firestarter and then add more kindling and then slightly larger pieces of wood once it gets going. Make sure to have everything open (dampers, etc.) to allow adequate ventilation.

 

[Lawnboi]

Really easy to get a fire going, and keep it going in those stoves. Same as you would a normal fire, fire starter, and some dry twigs and your off. All you have to do is make sure you have enough sticks ready when it really gets going. Once those stoves start to draw, itl burn through your wood quick!

Nothing better after a long day than having a fire in the stove. Cant wait to use mine in a couple weeks.

 

[JoshTX]

This is what has worked for me..

1. Have all of your wood piled up and ready to go.
2. Trioxane fuel tabs are your friend. You can split in half and get two burns out of it. They are super cheap if you get from eBay.
3. Place a couple of sticks in the center of the stove ( I put them parallel to each other about an inch apart).
4. Place half of the Trioxane tab on the two sticks and light.
5. Start adding kindling then go larger as needed.
6. With a small stove you will need to add wood fairly often to keep it going.

*It's been my experience that if you start blowing into the box, you will get a large amount of smoke in the tipi/shelter as the stove is not airtight.

This is just my $.02..

 

[Whisky]

Just test burned my Ed T yesterday as the weather is cooling and getting to be stove time. I find that fire paste works awesome!! Just buy a 1-2 oz squeeze bottle like you can get from REI and probably Walmart and pack the paste in that way. I put down a flatter piece of wood with some fire paste on it. Stack kindling and light. Pretty damn easy.

 

[Whisky]

fire paste
http://www.rei.com/product/626906/coghlans-fire-paste

And how I carry it...
http://www.rei.com/product/605500/round-bottle-1-fl-oz

 

[MOcluck]

I have noticed that the placment of the tinder when you try and start a fire is trickey, ot seems too far foward or too far back and the fire was harder to get started in other words there is a(sweet) spot,granted I was lighting mine with a little paper.I will be using a fire starter next time but just wanted to practice. With a fire starter it might be easier. I have a parastove by the way.

 

[Yellowknife]

Last winter/spring I carried around a small zip lock of white birch bark. Lighter than gasoline, but just as flamable. .

A pinch was ideal for lighting the stove off. Seemed to help to burn some light twigs until there were a few coals established.

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[reaper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zod90HnRGas

 

[Shrek]

Trioxane tads broken into thirds will do it every time. Just place it on the bottom of the stove and pile some smaller sticks on it topped by some larger pieces and light it. Too keep the fire going in the smaller stoves it helps to place the next fuel by or under your stove to pre warm it. If you throw a larger piece of cold wood on a dying fire it can put it out. I had it happen to me a couple of times.

 

[SHTF]

I will find a small piece of bark throw a Wetfire tab cut in half on it. Take a lighter to it and put it in. Then you just start stacking small sticks over the flame till you get a nice pile going around the flame. Close the Door and let it take off. Once its going you can put as big of wood as you want in it.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3ybv6wd2rd_b

These weigh nothing I can carry 30 of them and they are super lightweight.