Applying Fuel and Preparing for Ignition

time to light it up okay folks so we're right here at this burnt pile and this burn pile is probably about the size of a 1,200 square foot two-bedroom house okay what we're going to do here is we're going to use approved fuel sources that are approved by the Forestry Service this is diesel fuel and this is old diesel fuel and what we're going to do is toss this up on the fire and we'll light it with a little bit of lighter starter fluid and just let it burn now we're on the back side where the wind is blowing so the wind is actually coming over this way okay it's actually blowing toward me and the fire is right here so we'll receive less wind and it will start up slower if we put it on the back side of the fire if we started on the back side so let's get busy check out this cool vintage old gas can so we use this for starting the fires on the farm this is our old gas cam it might have a little rest in it so we don't use it for the tractor but it's got diesel in it now guys with a pile like this this old pine stuff it doesn't take much to get it going and with the wind going like it is it'll light up and go so let's get it lit boy this bucket of diesel fuel was