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In this video, show you how to make your own campfire would carrier. This is a very basic and simple project that you probably have enough materials around the house to make it without any purchases.
I saw these in many different shapes and sizes but based on what I had I decided to make mine approximately 17 inches long for the two-handled dowel pieces and then the ropes each 3 feet long. So I took two old pieces thou made sure they were the same length and then I drilled holes about one and a half inches in on each end of the dowel. When I drilled holes I use caution and try to make sure they were center in the dowel as possible. On cells complete, I used a sander to kind of make a concave area at each of the holes just to lessen the sharp edge slightly and to deal with a little bit of tear-out that happened when I drilled through. Once I did that I took the rope which is just slightly smaller than the whole that I just drove in a best-case situation, and I threaded into the hole and tied a knot and in this case, I had to make a double knot so it would not hold back through the whole.
I repeated this process so when I was done I could hold to 17 inch long dowels one in each hand and never connected with the two pieces of three-foot rope. That’s really all there is to it.
You could also make this wood scrap branches you found on the ground, or even plastic PVC piping if that something you have available. You could even use some steel pipes but that would make it a lot heavier, better yet aluminum pipes would probably not be too bad. You also could use paracord that was readily available. At any rate, once that’s complete your ready to put this log carrier to use. You see in the video I place it on the floor laid out straight and then I stack some small wood stick pieces onto it, once that’s done I take one of the dowels and just hook it behind the rope leading to the other dowel in a way that it kind of wraps around the new pile of wood I just placed in. Once you’ve done that you can pull up on the other dowel hole the loop tight holding the kindling wood in this case snug so you can easily carry it back to your campsite.
This is a great tool to take out into the woods lay on the ground gather up small sticks branches twigs stack them on to it and then just loop the dowel behind the rope pull up on the other handle and you’re good to go. But I hope you found this video helpful please don’t forget to like subscribe and most important share videos you can help somebody else save some money and make the camping experience better with this simple DIY would carrier.
I’ll include a link to the closest thing I can find to this but I urge you to make your own assets very simple and very inexpensive. Have a great day and happy camping.
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