Thanks. It works great. The mesh grill is an added plus. Last time out, I used flat rocks. Much better idea, and light weight enough. My grandkids wanted a bonfire, but with the "no burn" restrictions in the area, this worked better, and everyone could get close enough to the fire to get warm.
Yeah Dakota fire pits are really good not to give your position away. I carry and use one of those little planting spades that you can find everywhere in spring, for planting plants. Stay safe Blitz
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Yes! Thank you...found a good artist, the original guy literally fell off the planet after doing the initial work and I haven't had a chance to finish off the idea until now.
How deep can you dig a dakota fire hole and not have issues I was thinking if you dug it fairly deep 16 or 18 inches but I want to dig it shaped like a pear with a narrow opening but dig it really wide around then dig a second hole at an angle like a rocket stove and if you have seen reallybigmonkeys channel he uses some ductwork for a stove I would use something similar like a transition box with the front and bottom cut off to put over the hole for a chimney if you see what I mean and it would be fed through that second hole dug at an angle like a rocket stove....just a thought what do y'all think about it think it would work?
I can see that working well…the soil and your ability to dig deep is the big question. Sometimes the soil is so loose and sandy in my area there is no way dig more than 6 inches lol
Just to be in the safe side... I would get rid of all roots... you could start a underground fire by not take care of them... just saying... better safe than sorry
That may prove quite difficult in many kinds of terrain where there are roots. If you encounter roots while making the hole for your fire, you may end up having to upset the surrounding soil so much to remove roots that there’d be little integrity left in the soil to support a good hole structure.
