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Offline Woodrow

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« on: November 06, 2005, 04:49:52 PM »
I have a 10 x 12 canvas wall tent that I use for hunting.  I need a good wood burning stove for it.  Does anyone do this?  If so what should I look for and what should I avoid?  Thanks for the help.

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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2005, 06:49:09 PM »
I had one of the "sheepherder" sheet metal stoves for a while. It kept me warm only because I was up and down all night trying to keep wood in the little bitty firebox.  :wink:  I had bought one with a small oven built into the back, major mistake, that's what cut the firebox size down. Still, even without the oven they don't hold much wood.

Later I found a better stove at a fourth the price at the farm co-op store. It was a sheet metal stove on about 6-8" legs and about 30" tall. Looking down at it, it was oval-shaped. Held a lot of wood in decent-sized pieces, and did a great job in heating the tent and in cooking.

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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2005, 05:36:22 PM »
Thank you for the reply.  I think I know what type of stove you are refering to and it sounds like it would work well.  The farm stores around this area carry stoves that are lined with fire brick and are very heavy.  They are not something one would want to move alone.  Would you happen to know a brand name of the stove you are refering to?  Maybe I could find it on line.

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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2005, 05:52:39 AM »
Woodrow,

This stove is very, very light, I doubt it weighs more than 15-20 pounds. I don't know if they are still made or not since I bought mine in 1978 and is long gone now. I do remember that I bought it at Ratliff Farm & Home Supply. Grundy, VA 24614 Phone: (276) 935-2546, maybe they can help with some better information. Could be they still have them and would sell one and ship it to you, they've always been pretty reasonable with their prices and it's a small store.

I might also note that the tapered stove pipe from the sheepherder's stove didn't draw as well as the straight stove pipe I bought later. You can make a spark arrester by cutting two one-pound coffee cans in two. Cut a hole that will fit the stove pipe in one half, then roll up some 18" wide rat wire and stick it into the ends of the cans and secure with a few sheet metal screws. I let a federal park ranger look at mine, and he said it fulfilled the regulations and it kept sparks from burning little holes in my tent.

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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2005, 05:43:14 AM »
http://www.empirecanvasworks.com/bcstore/stoves/empirestoves/index.html

http://www.walltentshop.com/Riley.html

http://www.walltentshop.com/SimsStove.html

http://www.walltentshop.com/Kni-Co.html

Look no further!  The Large Snowtrekker, Riley Colt, Sims Sportsman or Alaskan I should be more than adequate for your 10'x12' tent.
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