Petrol cookers for touring

[Steam]

I'm looking for a cooker which uses petrol, so I can cook and ride on the same fuel. It'd be nice not to worry about carrying a different type of fuel for the cooker.
The only ones I have seen are really expensive multifuel ones from MSR which cost about $200 or more.
I have heard of just putting some sand in a big can, and making the sand damp with petrol. My granddad did that during WW2 in Egypt apparently.
Any suggestions?

[Drum]

Wouldn't that make your food taste funny?

[McJim]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Antiques-co...999769.htm?p=2

I used one of these when touring back in the 70s....you get a good heat from them - hot enough to boil water.

[TLMAN]

I'm looking for a cooker which uses petrol, so I can cook and ride on the same fuel. It'd be nice not to worry about carrying a different type of fuel for the cooker.
The only ones I have seen are really expensive multifuel ones from MSR which cost about $200 or more.
I have heard of just putting some sand in a big can, and making the sand damp with petrol. My granddad did that during WW2 in Egypt apparently.
Any suggestions?

Check this listing out on trademe, I was looking at this the other day.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Camp...-107717959.htm

[Steam]

Apparently not. I've used the expensive ones, they rock. But I don't want to be paying through the nose.
Granddad didn't mention anything about petrol taste from his desert rat cooker,

[Steam]

Check this listing out on trademe, I was looking at this the other day.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Camp...-107717959.htm

Ah, the king of stoves. Sadly WAAAY too expensive for me. That kind of money would get me from Brisbane to Cairns!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Antiques-co...999769.htm?p=2

I used one of these when touring back in the 70s....you get a good heat from them - hot enough to boil water.

ooh that's a good one. I didn't think to search in Antiques. I know one of those bidders though, he's a real collecter, it may go for quite a surprisingly high price. Like, around $100, even though it's missing bits. Thanks for the link.

[Swoop]

Same in the Vietnam era. Tin can with soil dampened down with Jet-A1. Probably easier to get hold of than C4 Plastique explosive that the special forces used.

McJims link looks like a good purchase!

[chris]

The only problem with using petrol in your stove will be the sooty deposit. It will leave a thick coat on the base of anything you cook in.

[slopster]

I found a multi fuel cooker at a outdoor shop missing the gas attachment but still had the liquid fuel attachment. Offered them $50 and got it. Runs fine on petrol and kerosiene (different jets). The keros bloody hard to get started but probably runs the best once its warmed up. They don't recomend pump petrol because of the anti knock aditives but doesn't seems to bother the cooker.

[Paul in NZ]

Granddad didn't mention anything about petrol taste from his desert rat cooker,

yeah well if he was cooking desert rats he would have been grateful for the smell of petrol I reckon... (ah hem)

I've used a variety of liguid fuel cookers and we used to use a lot of white spirit ones (which is basically petrol without the colouring) and we found them all tempramental and a little unpredictable. I have a clunky old Optimus that runs on kero but would probably burn petrol too. Keros safer, hotter and availiable in bum buggery onga onga...

Cheers

[pritch]

Same in the Vietnam era. Tin can with soil dampened down with Jet-A1. Probably easier to get hold of than C4 Plastique explosive that the special forces used.

I don't know where you got that information but it's highly suspect on two counts. I never heard of the former, and the latter was common.

[T-Thunder13]

msr's ferken rock. ive just been introduced to em. but like you say they are expensive, and parts arnt cheap either. tho its somthing youl have for a long time and will use alot. have you seen trangia's? run on meths. packs into own pots etc..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Camp...081813.htm?p=1

[Holy Roller]

Hexamine solid fuel cooker. no worries about spilling fuel, 2 tabs will cook a meal and heat a drink. Still got some from my rat packs back when I was in the Navy

Noticed they sell them in the camping stores also

[doc]

msr's ferken rock. ive just been introduced to em. but like you say they are expensive, and parts arnt cheap either. tho its somthing youl have for a long time and will use alot. have you seen trangia's? run on meths. packs into own pots etc..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Camp...081813.htm?p=1

Buy it once and buy quality

Hexamine solid fuel cooker. no worries about spilling fuel, 2 tabs will cook a meal and heat a drink. Still got some from my rat packs back when I was in the Navy

Noticed they sell them in the camping stores also

Metrosexual man uses firestarter's they are cheaper.

[rwh]

A side issue - I don't think you're allowed to take a container that has held fuel on a plane; you might want to check that out before you buy one here - unless you're planning to go by sea, of course.

Richard