Walt Longmire Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I have had one forever. Just a bunch of large boulders on the ground. I occasionally will roast a moose rib cage over it. Otherwise just bonfires. The GF has a nice metal ring with animal designs cut into it. I'm planning on putting up a new one using Windsor blocks, about 12 per layer, and 3 rows high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggy485 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: I have had one forever. Just a bunch of large boulders on the ground. I occasionally will roast a moose rib cage over it. Otherwise just bonfires. The GF has a nice metal ring with animal designs cut into it. I'm planning on putting up a new one using Windsor blocks, about 12 per layer, and 3 rows high. That’s what our is also. It’s just a large ring of rocks. It works just fine. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentucky Shooter Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Large ring of rocks here. I see a small, plain metal fire ring at Rural King goes for $40. I prefer my rock one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullClip Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I made a nice brick fire place about 20 years ago. Between fires being too hot, winter snow and ice and such, it's long gone. Just rocks and some cinder blocks kind of containing the fires now. I don't cook over it as I also get rid of a lot of junk in the fires from time to time. Nothing like hot dogs roasted over a pressure treated flame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Ryan Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) Leftist suck it Edited January 12, 2021 by Jack Ryan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Black Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I live in a residential neighborhood here. We use one of the portable steel base units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jame Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Brush pile, fire pit, or something like that. Sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 It's more of a driveway fire pit: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoF250 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 They get antsy about fires around here since it is dry so we use a metal fire pit and only when it has rained. They get a bit overly concerned since there is not enough fuel to sustain a big fire but there is enough to cause a problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr. Black said: I live in a residential neighborhood here. We use one of the portable steel base units. You mean like a place where the powers in charge say no back yard fires, no shooting ranges, no noise after 8pm, lawn mowing only during certain hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G19 DB Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Big iron ring off of something industrial (about an inch thick on the bottom, half inch on the top). Dad gave it to me 16 years ago, he had it out behind the barn many years before that. It makes a nice fire ring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glocks4Freedom Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 12 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: You mean like a place where the powers in charge say no back yard fires, no shooting ranges, no noise after 8pm, lawn mowing only during certain hours? No need to rub it in our faces, Alaskan! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Glocks4Freedom said: No need to rub it in our faces, Alaskan! One of my errands today is to look at some landscape bricks for a possible new and improved fire pit. I will be scheduling some back yard bonfire cookouts soon followed up with a steam in the sauna. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonestar Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 We have a stone ring out towards the barn. In the fall and winter it's nice to have a fire going and have neighbors drop by for drink and conversation. Summers bring burn bans so it isn't used. I have a couple of big burn pile too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBCounty Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Front yard. I take 'neckery seriously. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannie Caulder Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 My brother in Jacksonville has a fire pit. He put a lot of work into it, its stone and brick with split log benches all around it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLA Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Just a simple fire pit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntaxerrorsix Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 5 hours ago, syntaxerrorsix said: I like it. Looks about like what I have in mind for my new one. I looked a bricks yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntaxerrorsix Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 20 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: I like it. Looks about like what I have in mind for my new one. I looked a bricks yesterday. Mine were Home Depot retaining wall blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaston_Convert Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) I have to be mindful of wind direction and smoke so as not to irritate neighbors, but mine is made with landscape blocks, fire bricks in the bottom, a tractor rim (to provide some insulation to the blocks and to provide air flow) and a farm implement disc for the fire bowl. It works well. The area it sits in is graveled, though it doesn't look like it in the one image. Edited August 24, 2018 by Gaston_Convert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*OldSchool* Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 4:43 PM, Walt Longmire said: I have had one forever. Just a bunch of large boulders on the ground. I occasionally will roast a moose rib cage over it. Otherwise just bonfires. The GF has a nice metal ring with animal designs cut into it. I'm planning on putting up a new one using Windsor blocks, about 12 per layer, and 3 rows high. It's American as Apple Pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWguy Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Mine's just basic landscape blocks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 1 hour ago, PNWguy said: Mine's just basic landscape blocks... Fire that mother up. Let's get some deer ribs slow cooking over it on a rebar tripod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I have a back yard, and I have a zippo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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