How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
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How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Hi guys. A quick poll out of curiosity.
How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
What type of wood? For fire place...braai how often?
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Is this a trick question? :) .... If it's matches, maybe a month or two ... if it's braai wood and you only use a kettle braai, maybe a year (6 months for an open fire).
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
preferably not more than 2 months, in reality it lasts between 3 and 4 months for us.
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
nee daai braai en kaggel ons sommer gou op...
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Two weeks if you don't have electrickery!
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Problem with the wood here in CT is it is so wet, it takes 2 months to get the fire going... I usually buy 1000 pieces long before I need it, and let it "dry out" in the rain...
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Dis nou iets wat sommige mense nie kan verstaan nie, hout wat uit droog in die reen, goeie een.ThysdJ wrote:Problem with the wood here in CT is it is so wet, it takes 2 months to get the fire going... I usually buy 1000 pieces long before I need it,and let it "dry out" in the rain...
Ek het meer as n jaar terug 1500 stuk rooikraans gekoop en het maklik nog so 600 stuk oor, maar nou ja ek braai baie wanneer ek by die huis is maar is ook net 6 maande van n jaar by die huis.
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Braai so 1000 stompies binne n maand uit. wil hoekal nou so 2000 stuk weer bestel. wie het goeie pryse? anders ry ek maar weer n ent.
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Ek vra maar net uit curiosity . . . My laaste 1000 het 4 maande gehou . . .
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
If you look at the poll%, the moral of the story is .....SideKick wrote:Ek vra maar net uit curiosity . . . My laaste 1000 het 4 maande gehou . . .
you braai too little
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Jong, soos ons braai hi in die noorde is daai hout sommer gou gou op!
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
6 maande en dan braai ek baie, om 1000 stompies in 1 maand selfs 2 maande op te braai wil gedoen wees, jy moet seker 'n bees elke maand koop of 'n bakkie vrag snoek. Hout is duur, rooikrans gaan binnekort R1 'n stompie wees, maar koop sal ek hom koop.
Hoe gemaak as die hout opraak en mens nerens meer kan hout koop nie? Hoop dit is nie in my tyd nie, 'n vuurtjie is darem maar lekker. Ek gaan sommer nou nou 'n vuurtjie maak en rump steak, free range hoender en bees worsies braai. Hoop julle maak ook almal vanaand 'n vuurtjie.
Hoe gemaak as die hout opraak en mens nerens meer kan hout koop nie? Hoop dit is nie in my tyd nie, 'n vuurtjie is darem maar lekker. Ek gaan sommer nou nou 'n vuurtjie maak en rump steak, free range hoender en bees worsies braai. Hoop julle maak ook almal vanaand 'n vuurtjie.
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Kameel-doring so 3-4 maande, die hout wat ons hier kry is gewoonlik nat, brand vinnig uit.
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
OK I don't get it ...Johannes van die See wrote:Dis nou iets wat sommige mense nie kan verstaan nie, hout wat uit droog in die reen, goeie een.ThysdJ wrote:Problem with the wood here in CT is it is so wet, it takes 2 months to get the fire going... I usually buy 1000 pieces long before I need it,and let it "dry out" in the rain...
Ek het meer as n jaar terug 1500 stuk rooikraans gekoop en het maklik nog so 600 stuk oor, maar nou ja ek braai baie wanneer ek by die huis is maar is ook net 6 maande van n jaar by die huis.
Is the "dry out in the rain" thing a joke ... or is this a special technique.
I ussually buy 100 pieces at a time, and it last me like a year
Looks like I have to up my game to keep up with you guys
I ussually buy it, and let it lay around the garage for a few months to "dry out".
I hate using wet wood. I only use wood for braaing, and not for making fire in fire place.
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Hi Shaakir.The thing about wet wood is not really moisture(water) from outside.It is when the cut the living tree and it still have its own juices inside that are causing the wood to take longer to catch fire."Dry" wood is wood that have been cut down and been laying for a while to dry out its own juices.Think of it as dead wood and wet wood you can rather call it green wood.OK I don't get it ...
Is the "dry out in the rain" thing a joke ... or is this a special technique.
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
then you only do marshmallowsdalkill wrote:I ussually buy 100 pieces at a time, and it last me like a year
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i ussually only braai fish i catch :wth:Niel wrote:then you only do marshmallowsdalkill wrote:I ussually buy 100 pieces at a time, and it last me like a year
George, so what you saying it's the juices in the freshly cut wood that makes for poor burning... and even if it lays in the rain, once that juices dries out from the inside it should burn ok?
On that point , what is the preferred wood for braai and potjie? Quite new to this whole potjie business.
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all gooddalkill wrote:i ussually only braai fish i catch
100% wet wood does take longer to burn and does give better coalsdalkill wrote:George, so what you saying it's the juices in the freshly cut wood that makes for poor burning... and even if it lays in the rain, once that juices dries out from the inside it should burn ok?
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You must catch more fish then
IMHO "Kameeldoring" gives the best coal.But in Cape Town Rooikrans/Port Jackson/Rooiputjie is all alien vegetation with a relative decent coal.So with them you just make a bigger fire and you do something for the planet and it is good for the "kuier"
IMHO "Kameeldoring" gives the best coal.But in Cape Town Rooikrans/Port Jackson/Rooiputjie is all alien vegetation with a relative decent coal.So with them you just make a bigger fire and you do something for the planet and it is good for the "kuier"
dalkill wrote:i ussually only braai fish i catch :wth:Niel wrote:then you only do marshmallowsdalkill wrote:I ussually buy 100 pieces at a time, and it last me like a year
George, so what you saying it's the juices in the freshly cut wood that makes for poor burning... and even if it lays in the rain, once that juices dries out from the inside it should burn ok?
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george wrote:You must catch more fish then
kan jy nog want ek sien George Pub was lank toe :wth:george wrote: and it is good for the "kuier"
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Jy sal my moet kom wys
Niel wrote:kan jy nog want ek sien George Pub was lank toe :wth:george wrote: and it is good for the "kuier"
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se wanneer dan bring ek n paar stukke rooiputjie saam
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Klink reg dan red ons sommer die planeet ook
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
klaar ge-eet, nou steek ek die vuur aan net vir die lekker .... :)
en SO sien n 1000 stukkies GOU sy "as".
en hoe harder die reen knetter op die dak hoe meer hout sit ek op die vuur. :)
en SO sien n 1000 stukkies GOU sy "as".
en hoe harder die reen knetter op die dak hoe meer hout sit ek op die vuur. :)
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nice!!
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Daai is presies waarheen my houd ook verdwyn!ChrisF wrote:klaar ge-eet, nou steek ek die vuur aan net vir die lekker .... :)
en SO sien n 1000 stukkies GOU sy "as".
en hoe harder die reen knetter op die dak hoe meer hout sit ek op die vuur. :)
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Re: How many months should a 1000 pieces of wood last you?
Put a few pieces of "wet\green" wood on paving and wash it down with a hose pipe.dalkill wrote:OK I don't get it ...Johannes van die See wrote:Dis nou iets wat sommige mense nie kan verstaan nie, hout wat uit droog in die reen, goeie een.ThysdJ wrote:Problem with the wood here in CT is it is so wet, it takes 2 months to get the fire going... I usually buy 1000 pieces long before I need it,and let it "dry out" in the rain...
Ek het meer as n jaar terug 1500 stuk rooikraans gekoop en het maklik nog so 600 stuk oor, maar nou ja ek braai baie wanneer ek by die huis is maar is ook net 6 maande van n jaar by die huis.
Is the "dry out in the rain" thing a joke ... or is this a special technique.
I ussually buy 100 pieces at a time, and it last me like a year
Looks like I have to up my game to keep up with you guys
I ussually buy it, and let it lay around the garage for a few months to "dry out".
I hate using wet wood. I only use wood for braaing, and not for making fire in fire place.
come back two days later and see the stains on the paving ! This is the moisture in the wood that was washed out by the water.
so YES, rain or hose pipe DOES dry out wood faster - but it is something you do this week to dry it out for next week ....