Fire Pits

[BlackDog]

Originally Posted by Mugen910

would I have to inlay any stones/bricks or do I just dig a hole? My friend said to just get a barrel...just cut it in half and I could use that.

I think that a barrel would rust and/or burn out within a season or two. I see a lot of folks out here using rims from tractor wheels. For my fire pit I used curved cement blocks like you'd use for a retaining wall.

[Mugen910]

Originally Posted by BlackDog

I think that a barrel would rust and/or burn out within a season or two. I see a lot of folks out here using rims from tractor wheels. For my fire pit I used curved cement blocks like you'd use for a retaining wall.

Thanks Warren. I think a few years ago at a camp ground we went to they used an old tire rim. I'll look into that since they are in ample supply.

[taltos]

Vin, check out Walmart, they have several steel firepits for under $100. I bought a Coleman from them about 5 years ago and it is still going strong at my brother in law's place in New Hampshire.

[macpappy]

I've had a heavy cast iron one for a couple of years now. I had one of the clay ones and it worked pretty good but it cracked when we had a rainstorm move through while it was still burning hot.

Also, did you have yours sitting on the ground or on a stand? Did you have a layer of sand in the bottom of it?

[rizzle]

Vin, I got you covered on this one. We went through the same thing, burning out a couple of them over a couple of years and then we got this one from Front Gate. We've had it for at least 4-5 years, it stays out in the elements year round with just a cover over it. Of course you can stow it away if you want as well. And it's big enough, 40 inches, that you can put more than a 6 inch splinter in it to burn. I recommend it without hesitation.



http://www.frontgate.com/jump.jsp?it...roductID=18655

[massphatness]

Nice fire pit, Ritchie. The price made me gulp a little. Do you have either the spark catcher or the vinyl cover?

Originally Posted by massphatness

Nice fire pit, Ritchie. The price made me gulp a little. Do you have either the spark catcher or the vinyl cover?

WOW me too.

I'm building the wrong stuff

Chas

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Nice fire pit, Ritchie. The price made me gulp a little. Do you have either the spark catcher or the vinyl cover?

Vinyl cover. We don't worry about the sparks/ash. Yeah, it was a little pricey, but I've already seen one posted ahead of me in this thread that we went through in no time and you could only use small pieces of wood in it as well. And like I said, ours sits year round on our dock, over salt water, and it's in as good a shape now as it was the day we bought it. And we use it a lot from September to April. So to me, it was worth the extra $$. Your mileage may very well vary.