What is your prefered method of suspending you billy Above a fire

[sticks65]

I would like to know what everyone preferred method of suspending there billycan,pots over there camp fires.

Photos or illustrations would be good

I mainly use the crane type method.

 

[forestwalker]

I use a "S" shaped pothanger, and some hemp cordage (3 mm good quality stuff IIRC). Made with two branched pieces, a scarf joint and a wrapping, by wrapping more or less of the long cord around the top I can quickly adjust the height above the flames.

 

[pango]

Hi Sticks,
It depends largely on whether I'm on my own or in a group, where I plan to go and what type of dixies I'm using. I have an array of pots but the most often used are a set with handles on the sides, what began life as a tea caddy for tea-making (holds 2 cups water) and Tatonkas with a hanging bale, and I mix and match.

I quite often find myself in a treeless environment, where dry peat can hopefully be found in summer. In such places my fire will be on sand or gravel beside a stream and dixies will sit beside or on top, perched on peat blocks or rocks. Failing that, there's my petrol stove or a Benghazi Burner(also useful for getting peat to start smouldering).

The ex-tea caddy has a close fitting lid and goes straight into the embers; fast & efficient:

The side handle dixies sit on rocks beside the fire & over embers.

The Tatonkas will either hang on a crane type, as you have illustrated, adjustable by multiple tongue and groove and a second pot, if needed, will stand by the fire. I've had issues in the past with trying to hang 2 pots on 1 crane. A lost fire isn't worth the hassle.

If feeding more than 2 people with multiple pots, I'll use a cross-bar on double A-frame, or tripod arrangement and try to position side branches for adjustment. It can work quite well but I don't do it often enough to approach the task in a consistent manner.

 

[SimonM]

I don't have a preferred method, just use whatever I feel like on the day...

Adjustable height hanger

Tripod on Scout camp

Home made gypsy hanger

But these days, I mainly use the cross bars over the fire tray...

...or my Honey Stove

Simon

 

[rik_uk3]

I use a liquid fuelled stove 90% of the time, when I do use a fire I tend to use a folding grill.

 

[sticks65]

Some good replies here and photos.

Thanks.

 

[dave53]

hi sticks65 whats that youve got the fire in
regards dave

 

[sticks65]

hi sticks65 whats that youve got the fire in
regards dave

Hi Dave.

Its a Woodland edge firebox.

 

[helixpteron]

I generate a force field which suspends the billy can in a stationary hover.

I use a stainless steel bail wire.

Only one of these statements is true...

 

[big_swede]

I just put my pans, pots and coffe pot on the logs or on a stone.

 

[Graham_S]

I keep a length of chain in my bag (brass stuff from B&Q) I suspend it from whatever is convenient. It works quite well.

 

[phill_ue]

Old chains from hanging baskets are wonderful items, I need to get one but a good friend uses a piece and it is very handy. You can suspend the chain on a tripod or drop stick, tea stick or whatever you want to call it. Nails are good too, but be careful you don't upset the pot into the fire.

 

[Wayland]

I think other people have beaten me to most of the methods I use but sometimes it's just as simple as this.

 

[dasy2k1]

i would like a billy that i can suspend above a fire... unfortunatly i dont have any with hanging loops!. so they tend to sit on the fire (on a metal bar if i can get one)
if anyone can recomend a good cheap source of suspendible billies....

 

[Shewie]

Morrisons and Wilkos do some stainless pots for a few quid each. Drill a couple of holes in them, add a brake cable bail arm and put an electrical screw block on the ends of the cable.

Alternatively you can use some metal coat hanger and just bend the ends over, a bit more noisy but works just as well.

 

[ananix]

I rarely keep it suspended unless i make a campsite and brought camping ketle pots and pans, most time im just tramping and put my waterboiler/cup (the one in the front) on some logs, if no logs are avaible i use rocks and if no rocks are availble (cities and parks) i use my espit folding stove (small version) and feet it what i have or find.

Cooking over a "hunters fire", as we call this type of campfire.

 

[sticks65]

I think other people have beaten me to most of the methods I use but sometimes it's just as simple as this.

Thats a top picture mate.

 

[sticks65]

I rarely keep it suspended unless i make a campsite and brought camping ketle pots and pans, most time im just tramping and put my waterboiler/cup (the one in the front) on some logs, if no logs are avaible i use rocks and if no rocks are availble (cities and parks) i use my espit folding stove (small version) and feet it what i have or find.

Cooking over a "hunters fire", as we call this type of campfire.

Yep i tried that method and it works well.