TO START A campfire should i use tree logs OR branches?why?

Question

help me please!!
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Answer 1

I am the master of starting fires(only in fireplaces and when camping though)O.k. you need newspaper and black and white is the best not the comic section,you need small pieces of very dry kindling you don't want anything damp because it will smolder.and you will need a few different sizes of dry branches or logs,smaller is better until you get it going.Wad up your newspaper(quite a bit) into balls and twists and make a good size pile(like the whole daily newspaper)then with your kindling you are going to make a tee pee,placing each little stick on the paper leaving air between each stick,light your fire and start adding a few more sticks to it as it starts burning,when you get it going good you can ad a little piece of wood and then another criss crossing them,you may have to put a few more sticks criss crossed on top of that.The most important thing is not to put to much on too fast and make sure your wood is very dry.Never leave your fire unattended or use any kind of fuel to start it,you don't need to with the right wood.you will get the hang of it,it takes alot of practice.

Answer 2

First try matches or a lighter.Dry grass or moss,cloth or paper.You should use small dry twigs to begin small and then add slightly larger pieces of wood.Why?because the smaller wood heats up to the burning temperature faster than a log because of the log being cooler in the middle and a log takes much,much longer to dry all the way through and will therefore not burn at all except for the outside meaning that you will not be able to keep your fire going unless you first make alot of heat.

Answer 3

Actually start with small twigs and dry pine needles would be ideal even dry pine cones will work too. Then add branches start small then get bigger ones as the fire grows then when you get a good flam going add a nice size log but not to big that would not snuff out the flame you have already started.

Answer 4

Smaller and dryer branches heat up faster and thus catch fire easier. It is the heat factor that causes the chemical reaction we call fire. Take a paper cup of water and sit it in coals. Chances are the cup around the water will not burn until the water is gone. Heat is disappaited by the boiling water. So paper and moss heat faster than wood and burn faster. To start a fire easily get some fire starters like used in fireplace and light one in the place where you want the fire with a match. Stack dry firewood loosly over the flame and even bigger wood over that. Remember heat rises so the flame must be under the object you wish to ignite.

Answer 5

I usually start the fire with pinecones because they catch easier than branches and logs, but if you don't have any use the branches because they are smaller, catch a lot easier, and you can usualy find more of them then you can logs.

Answer 6

branches. smaller. easier to catch fire.