Heavy Iron Fire Ring

[parallel]

Anyone know where one of these could be purchased. I've Googled, but my Googlefu is weak.

I want to put one in so that we can have some small fires and roast marshmallows, make mountain pies, etc. Like I said I have dome many Google searches only to be disappointed with the tinny crap that comes up in the search.

 

[snowman]

Any used tractor/farm equipment parts dealers in your neck of the woods? They might have rims available from dual tires.

Andy

 

[2fingers]

Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Menards, Lowe's, Gander Mountain, Cabelas, Just a few that come to mind.

 

[lebomm]

+1 to snowman ! My backyard firepit is a 20" splitrim sunk into the ground on a bed of gravel & sand, surrounded by 4" of the same, and top-ringed with common brick set radially. I think the whole thing cost me about 15 bucks + sweat + elbow grease.

Larry

 

[parallel]

2fingers, I've looked at thsoe and I'm not impressed with the quaity at all.

snowman & lebomm, do those rims come any bigger? I would like to have something in the 36" range.

 

[enfield]

A tractor rim would do the job for you.

 

[Boxhead]

Texas by Design - Custom Texas Fire Pits

Tank Fire pits and Screens

Old Country BBQ Pits has Fire Pits - outdoor fire pits from old country bbq pits

 

[zercool]

Failing all that, try a local scrap yard, and see if a highway or water department has dropped off some 24- or 36-inch pipe ... ask 'em to take chunk off for ya. But I think the tractor tire rim is your best bet.

 

[BarbC]

You could cut down a 55-gallon steel drum.

Around here we just use rocks.

 

[snowman]

snowman & lebomm, do those rims come any bigger? I would like to have something in the 36" range.

They certainly do. I've been away from farm equipment for awhile, but back when I more familiar with things, a 38" rim was pretty standard for the average-sized tractor.

 

[writerinmo]

I have the center section of a 55 gallon drum set into a square box with a 3" base of lava rock, and we use it all the time for marshmallows and hot dog cookouts, with 8 people we still have plenty of room. If we lived in the country I would just have a rock fire ring and be done with it if I needed anything larger.

 

[darmtn1917]

Another idea is a piece of galvanized culvert pipe - comes in everything from 1ft. up to six ft diameter and you just cut if off in whatever height you want the walls. A plus - it's cheap and many pipe suppliers have leftover cuts.

I made one for the yard burns - 4ft diameter and walls 2ft high.

 

[mtgianni]

Get a piece of culvert cut 15" and bury it. I left a few " up to keep the mower from falling in but it works well.

 

[bk43]

We used to live in Metairie and now are about the same latitude as you in Florida. A 36" pit is practically a bonfire, given the climate, and I'm just curious about why one that big? Seems something a lot smaller would do the job for cooking little bits of this or that and taking the chill off the few cold nights.

BTW, I use a chiminea out by the pool and it gets stored in a corner 8 months of the year. Too damn hot the rest of the time.

Bob

 

[Rick in IA.]

Check out R J Thomas manufacturing their link is pilotrock.com. They are located In Cherokee IA. about 15 miles from our house.

We have one of their fire rings @ our cabin and several benches. Good stuff !

Rick

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

You could cut down a 55-gallon steel drum.

Around here we just use rocks.

Barb. Parallel lives in South Louisiana-we don't have rocks down here unless you go buy them at the Home Depot.
If I was going to make a fire pit and couldn't gind a suitable piece of metal - I would :
1. Go to Lowes and but some of those paving borders, a shovel and a couple of bags of sand.
2. On the way home I'd stop at the store and get a 12 pack of the desired malt beverage
3. go home ( I cannot advise having a beer on the way home to start the creative juices flowing)
4. dig hole (this is about a one beer job)
5. line hole with the pavers/bricks/or whatever you bought at Lowes/home depot
6. put sand in hole and make a nice base-If you did it right you will bave a sandy spot in the circumference you desire surrounded by pavers sticking up about 4 " from the sand level.

Actually if you have a dog you can eliminate the digging-just use the hole he has aoready dug himself for his back yard chill spot-you'll piss off the dog-but He will dig a new hole