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(21-05-10 07:14 PM)joc Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Biff
" So the Yukon doesn't damage the surface on which it stands"
What you say is not quite true
That is why it is being used on a table

I am a fully qualified design engineer (retired) and have a lot of experience with combustion

It is just about impossible not to damage the grass the base make no or little difference
That is why it is being used on a table and a base extension is offered this extension will have little effect.

You may like to do the following experiment boil a saucepan of water on your gas/electric stove, take it into the garden and put on the grass then let it cool you will find that in a few days the grass is dead yet the temp. of the water is well below 100 , so what chance will you have with about 400 deg of burning wood it would have to be about 300mm of the ground.

This is why I have always said to cut a turf out and replace it when you leave, I have done this many time and often when returning a few week later can not find the place where the fire was

Consider the following

Cooking
http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/images/fi...rass/1.jpg

After 3 nights i.e. two days of breakfast and 3 evening meals for 4 persons
http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/images/fi...rass/2.jpg

How we left the campsite the farmer allows me to have open fire because he know I cut the turf
http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/images/fi...rass/3.jpg

http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/images/fi...rass/4.jpg

after a 2 hour burn cooking an meal for 4 persons

http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/images/fi...rass/5.jpg

Would this be what you mean, days before Yukon in fact its the Tentipi Fire Box ( Small )





But of course Now we have the Yukon, dont know if I was the first to use the little table, but what I do know is that it does not melt, or deform in any way, which proves the old saying, There is no such thing as "Always and Never"
But as always we always welcome good advise.
Best Regards Bill