Thread: Landrover Firepot

hey good idead my only concern would be the weight

Phew! I thought the 110 had caught fire when I read the title Jock

Looking good though!

JC

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

hey good idead my only concern would be the weight

you wanna try doing it with a stack of truck brake drums!

Weight isn't to much of an issue, it's not really for travelling. If I go bush it's usually with mates and they have flat trays so I'll just stick it on the back of theres

Originally Posted by Sprint

you wanna try doing it with a stack of truck brake drums!

My old man made one out of truck rims when I was born

I'll have to get some pictures of it sometime, that is a bloody good heater. Fill it with decent blocks of wood and it burns for two days, fill it with radiator pine, open the vent and it glows red

Originally Posted by justinc

Phew! I thought the 110 had caught fire when I read the title Jock

Looking good though!

JC

JC if that was the case I reckon you would find me somewhere under the closest bridge, not sure how I'd cope losing another one

Ive got 2 we use regularly.
A smaller one made from a tractor front rim and a bigger one made from a rear tractor rim and truck rim.
Dont use the bigger one that often,a mate threw over a tonne of my good jarrah rings into it one nite whilst we consumed copious amounts of homebrew,we wernt cold.
Make sure it can draw plenty of air from the bottom or it will smoke heaps,also makesure it is able to loose its coals/ash at the bottom or that too will choke it down.Nothing like a nice hot smoke free fire outside at this time of the year.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Ive got 2 we use regularly.
A smaller one made from a tractor front rim and a bigger one made from a rear tractor rim and truck rim.
Dont use the bigger one that often,a mate threw over a tonne of my good jarrah rings into it one nite whilst we consumed copious amounts of homebrew,we wernt cold.
Make sure it can draw plenty of air from the bottom or it will smoke heaps,also makesure it is able to loose its coals/ash at the bottom or that too will choke it down.Nothing like a nice hot smoke free fire outside at this time of the year.
Andrew

I took the pictures about half way through todays work. It has notches in the second rim up so hopefully it should go like a train

Once I get it all welded up I'll have to stoke it right up to get the paint off

I made one from an old enamel washing machine drum and 3 pieces of steel fence post.

All it needed was a quick spot grind to remove the enamel for the legs to be welded on.
Literally 20 minutes and it was done!!

They had a beauty at the Caravan and Camping show.
Similar size to a 9kg gas bottle,all packed into a carry bag,had hotplate and a rack for a camp oven.It was so good at dissapating its heat you could put your hand over the top of the chimney.
Called a PIG or HOT PIG or something.Its on the list to make one for the camper trailer.
Andrew