SKEETER SMUDGE POTS

[boxcarOkie]

Here is a neat little project, doesn't cost a lot of cash, it is easy to do, can do it all in one weekend, and best of all, it works!  Unfortunately, it kind of dates me a little and that isn't all that cool.  I remember them from the fifties, there were called Smudge Pots.  http://boxcarokie.com/eagle-bus-photos/  Just click on the link.

Happy Hunting .....

BCO

[Lee Bradley]

Don't know about Smudge Pots but saw lots of them on trucks; early flares.

[muldoonman]

Are you buiding um, restoring um or putting them out at night to scare the really old folks. I remember those around road construction sites when I was a kid in the late 50's..

[boxcarOkie]

Are you buiding um, restoring um or putting them out at night to scare the really old folks. I remember those around road construction sites when I was a kid in the late 50's..

You can see what I am doing with them if you click on the link.

BCO

[muldoonman]

Gotcha Boxcar. Pretty darn neat.

glen

[boxcarOkie]

Gotcha Boxcar. Pretty darn neat.

glen

Your profile doesn't say, where is you in Texas per say?

BCO

[muldoonman]

10 miles South of Smithville Tx. in the boonies. My mailing address says Muldoon but I'm 10 miles west of there. I don't see any lights at night except the stars.

glen

[Len Silva]

Those were the Florida State Flower back in the boom times.

[David Anderson]

10 miles South of Smithville Tx. in the boonies. My mailing address says Muldoon but I'm 10 miles west of there. I don't see any lights at night except the stars.

glen

Hey Glen,

Do you know Ronnie Wunsch?  He used to be my next door neighbor growing up.  I think he is the fire chief at the Muldoon VFD.  I think the area around La Grange is beautiful, but the land around there costs too much for me.

David

[thomasinnv]

I used to use orchard smudge pots to heat the gospel tent during revivals in colder weather. Last time I used one was just 2 years ago. They can get a little smelly.

[boxcarOkie]

I used to use orchard smudge pots to heat the gospel tent during revivals in colder weather. Last time I used one was just 2 years ago. They can get a little smelly.

I would never use mine inside, but they are nice outside, just set them down next to the lawn chairs or the patio table and light  'em up.  I don't use kerosene in them either, so that helps.

BCO

[muldoonman]

Hey David, Don't know the boys at the VFD. They hold there meeting in the middle of week and until I quit working out in the Odessa Tx. Oilfields they wont see my smiling ugly face. I think the land prices are nuts everywhere. I bought 100 acres 5 years ago here.

glen

[roadrunnertex]

Flambeau, is the name that I have heard them called. But that when I was a kid many years ago.
jlv