Bonfire night

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,300]

  Having a few people over for a bonfire...figured I’d put the 656/Honda to work. Hauled out a few chairs that needed scrubbing and a couple loads of wood. 

  Have some nice dry pallets close by as well  . Wife wanted me to toss out a wicker laundry basket today (but I saved it for tonight! Wicker burns great!!)

[ebinmaine 67,266]

We do loves us a nice open fire up here too.

Large area of the back yard is our gathering spot.

26' diameter circle of 3/4" stone. Old steel truck rim surrounded by stone wall stones for the fire. Semi circle stone wall on the high side.

 

Well done sir.

Have fun!!!!

 

[Daron1965 644]

Wife and I are going to enjoy this small campfire this evening.  Nice cool weather here in Western PA. 

 

Hope you have a great night around your fire. 

[ebinmaine 67,266]

2 minutes ago, Daron1965 said:

small campfire

Here is our setup

 

[wfrpalm 218]

Those wheels look good.

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,300]

Get her started! 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,300]

Couple pallets to get us a nice bed of coals. 

  You can see the sacrificial wicker basket just waiting it’s turn 🔥

[ebinmaine 67,266]

7 minutes ago, Sparky said:

sacrificial wicker basket

Nothing like a wicker basket to get a 🔥 goin....

[Digger 66 3,478]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Here is our setup

 

 

 

You had one rock out of place ^^ 

I put it back in the pile for 'ya 

 

[ebinmaine 67,266]

16 minutes ago, Digger 66 said:

one rock out of place

Ok several things...

 

I have A LOT more than "one rock" out of place.

 

Thank you for taking care of it.

 

You're right... It should actually be closer to the wall but still on the ground. It's a stepping stone. My honey is in process of weeding.

 

 

[WHX?? 48,763]

I'll see your pallets Sparkeye and raise you a piece of plywood.... heck with the basket, apple cobbler comes out  some of my fires those chairs would be legal tender! 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,300]

I’ll have to snag a pic of the basket once it’s in! Right now it’s just wood. 

[19richie66 17,500]

Must be nice. Hot enough down here I feel like I’m in a fire. Hopefully in a couple weeks it will start getting nice out. Looks like a nice time of relaxing.👍

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,300]

@WHX20

  Basket is gone! 

[Machineguy 877]

51 minutes ago, WHX20 said:

I'll see your pallets Sparkeye and raise you a piece of plywood.... heck with the basket, apple cobbler comes out  some of my fires those chairs would be legal tender! 

Awesome shop you’ve got there!! 

[Machineguy 877]

We’ve had heavy rain yet again this evening. Muggy and hot today about 90 with humidity in the 65% range. 

Cold front moving in tomorrow and I’m hoping I’ll get some fire pit time myself! Thanks for the pics guys! 

[ebinmaine 67,266]

I got no Envy for you Southern fellas right now.

High temperature today was about 65 degrees.

Current temperature 48 degrees.

6 or 7 tomorrow morning it's going to be 38 degrees.

Comin up on wood stove weather up here.

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

Dry time lasted long enough for my time at the car show (about half way between mine and @Machineguy Bob's homes), got back hoping to finish my mowing only to get rained out once again, between chasing kids and taking care of elderly parents ain't much time for the fire pit this year.

[WHX?? 48,763]

You guys can keep that weather we got skeeters  here that  won't quit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

Love this time of the year. Nothing like a bonfire

[Lane Ranger 10,945]

 

 

We had a nice one last night also!  Stayed up watching the stars too until 10:30 and had some great chili for dinner!  Fall has arrived!

 

[squonk 41,020]

Years ago I bought my wife a fire pit thingy. We live in the village so I'm not as fortunate as some of you. I have one of the biggest lots in town but am still surrounded by houses. A neighbor 2 houses away owns a convenience store and I bought some firewood from there for the first night. I get the fire going in the backyard. We have our living room window open and have a police scanner on in there. We hear it go off about a complaint of a nuisance smoke smell in the area. Sure enough, the guy I bought the wood from called the cops! 

[AMC RULES 37,127]

 So, what's your town code say Mike...

is it illegal to buy it?     

[Machineguy 877]

59 minutes ago, squonk said:

Years ago I bought my wife a fire pit thingy. We live in the village so I'm not as fortunate as some of you. I have one of the biggest lots in town but am still surrounded by houses. A neighbor 2 houses away owns a convenience store and I bought some firewood from there for the first night. I get the fire going in the backyard. We have our living room window open and have a police scanner on in there. We hear it go off about a complaint of a nuisance smoke smell in the area. Sure enough, the guy I bought the wood from called the cops! 

That’s just not cool at all! Some people are just miserable souls that’ll never be happy and try to bring everyone else down too. That or they’re just control freaks or worse, both! 

Edited September 23, 2018 by Machineguy

[Achto 27,502]

1 hour ago, squonk said:

Years ago I bought my wife a fire pit thingy. We live in the village so I'm not as fortunate as some of you. I have one of the biggest lots in town but am still surrounded by houses. A neighbor 2 houses away owns a convenience store and I bought some firewood from there for the first night. I get the fire going in the backyard. We have our living room window open and have a police scanner on in there. We hear it go off about a complaint of a nuisance smoke smell in the area. Sure enough, the guy I bought the wood from called the cops! 

 

We have a loop hole for that problem in our village. Cooking fires are legal at any time sooo... all I do is keep a package of hot dogs & a stick out by my fire. I'm no master at lighting fires so some times it can take 3 or 4 hrs & quite a few beverages to get just the right temp for cooking hot dogs.