Result: Project - Cooking Crane - AussiePreppers

[AussiePreppers]

Date: This project was completed on 11/05/2014

Picture 1 Showing my cooking crane supporting a billy:



Picture 2 Showing a Forehand Grip in use:



Picture 3 Showing fire ignition method:

 

[Wentworth]

the course is 24hrs old and the bcoz'ers are already into it
Great work.

 

[Deleted member 1018]

Great work AP and really nice photos too.

 

[AussiePreppers]

Cheers, hoping to see some pretty wild creations from others... I've seen Corin do a pretty cool one so we'll see what happens

 

[Blake]

Great work Ap. So great to see you getting into the course already! Those photos are absolutely top shelf but that first one is unreal!

Looks like you have a small log or something on the end of the crane there to add some extra weight? If thats the idea thats a great one! Certainly I have had problems with the holding pegs going into the ground when it is firm.

 

[DavoAnth]

Great work and pics there mate, I like that counterweight idea too. Looks like a great day out.

 

[AussiePreppers]

Blake, you aren't wrong about hard ground being a problem. The best and safest fire spot here was this spot, and it was like concrete. I really had to choose my sticks well, and even then they didn't go in as good as I liked, so I added the optional weight. It was just an odd sized rock that I used to pound the sticks in with, leaning against the pegs to keep them together and hold there with some sort of stability.

It was a good day out - I was pretty sore from my hike in D'Aguilar NP but as soon as I saw the project I knew I had to get out and try and redeem myself from the dodgy pics the day before.

I hid the set in the bush and will reuse them whenever I pass through.