We received this comment from Justin ‘Can you say a little about Boyce’s fire pan, by any chance? what is he lining it with, what is it made of, etc.? thanks!’. Justin your answer is below straight from the source.
The important dimensions are required by the NPS regs: the pan needs to be 300 square inches – 15″X20″ – and have sides 3″ high. The legs have to lift the fire pan off the ground by at least 3″, so I had the legs be 7″ long (3″ to line up with the sides of the pan, plus 4″ of height from the ground). The pan breaks down into 11 pieces – 4 legs, 4 sides, and 3 bottom panels, plus 8 thumb screw bolts to put it together. The whole thing weighs 8.8 lbs. I had made it out of 1/8″ aluminum. Actually, I just designed it, and Greg Hanlon had it made at the shop at his work.
The individual pieces of the fire pan.
The fire pan fully assembled.
One alteration I considered was to drill out the legs and the bottom portions of the sides to reduce some of the weight, but since the pan was being distributed among 5-6 different people the weight reduction didn’t make that much difference.
Here is the corner where I would have drilled larger holes.
The only thing that I’d change would be to drill the thumb screw holes a bit larger, so it would be easier to match up the corners.
The fire pan dimensions complete with a Titanium vs. Aluminum analysis.
Stay tuned as we dig into the behind the scenes footage captured on the Grand Canyon trip as well as deeper discussion of the gear required for a safe and comfortable kayak camping experience.
