For those of you with wall tents...

[Curtis Reed]

I have a wall tent and stove, and wanted to come up with a better fuel source for the wood stove... I didnt want to use propane because of the wet heat that it produces. There is nothing like a warm wood fire to dry out your gear. Anyway, since I have an unlimited supply of shredded paper from my job, I started making paper bricks with a brick maker I bought on Amazon. Easy to make, cheap and would be perfect for hunting trips. To make them, you just soak the shreds in water for 2-3 days then put the paper pulp into the press to make the brick. Let the bricks sit out in the AZ sun for 4-5 days and they are good to go.

 

I make a bunch, and then bring them to camp in a huge tupperware tote. Just thought I would share this in case anyone else is sick of hauling bulky firewood. The press was $25 free shipping.

[Millhouse]

Neat idea. How quickly will one burn?

[bigorange]

That's pretty cool and a good recycling method for shredded paper. Sort of reminds me of the paper log roller my grandfather had...he used them in the furnace to get the coal going.

[Curtis Reed]

/>Neat idea. How quickly will one burn?

30-45 min depending on how you burn it (vents open or closed, ect)

[muledeerarea33?]

I've made them before and added saw dust to the paper. A few sections of 6" PVC pipe cut length wise 60/40 split, capped on one end and held together with hose clamps. It's a bit cheaper and gets the same results. They burn around 45 min as Curtis said.

[Coach]

That's pretty neat! Thanks for sharing!

[johnnie blaze]

Pretty cool. Too bad they dont burn longer. Do they leave a bunch of ash? Been pretty happy with duraflame logs.

[muledeerarea33?]

Not much ash, don't use the colored pages and you won't gunk up your stove pipe. Almost an hour a log, how long do you want it to burn? It's comparable to juniper

[Curtis Reed]

Best part is that they are free, light, uniform shape for stacking and easy to make!

[johnnie blaze]

Best part is that they are free, light, uniform shape for stacking and easy to make!

Agree with all of this

[johnnie blaze]

Not much ash, don't use the colored pages and you won't gunk up your stove pipe. Almost an hour a log, how long do you want it to burn? It's comparable to juniper

Uh, 6hrs is nice. Go to sleep warm, wake up warm, didn't have to get up to "put another log on the fire" in the middle of night.....duh

[muledeerarea33?]

3 or 4 will burn most of the night, add a hunk of oak or mesquite and you'll have coals in the morning.