tent stove
 

I am looking for an economical tent stove.
I want something that could realistically travel with a person and a surplus 10 x 10 tent. The tent comes in around 100 pounds so I am thinking that a 250 pound stove is out of line.
Does anyone have any ideas for decently priced portable wood burning stoves that would fit this scenario?
I have thought about building something, but usualy when I get the welder out I go over kill and something winds up being three times as heavy and as stout as it really needs to be.

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i have seen many 55gal steel drums turned into wood burning stoves .....i would look for a smaller steel drum to suit my size and weld on a door,dampers and flue ...

I cant think of a lighter weight assembly or less costly assembly than that

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Tents have more than enough air leaks to keep carbon monoxide at bay.

Now for stoves:

http://www.vogelzang.com/browse.cfm/...etie/4,44.html

80lbs and bad ass to cook on and heat with you can run coal in it as well.

I use one in my hunting tent with a 3 inch pipe I use a 6" stub section and a reducer to 3".

They also have barrel kits to make your own barrel stove

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This place makes good stoves.

http://www.sheepherdersstoves.com/

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I have seen a few places selling stove kits for 55 or 30 gallon drums.

If economics are an issue, I would try to find one of these. 45 bucks, a barrel and you are in business.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...70_20894_20894

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Ebay usually has them for around 100 bucks. Burns wood, coal.

Multi-fuel burners are available too, will burn any liquid fuel.

http://med-dept.com/images/tentage/stove.jpg

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Has anyone had any experience sith this little portable stove?
https://wonway.sslpowered.com/alley77564536.html
it comes complete and all the parts pack inside.
I could set this up in a garage and then take it out quickly and pack it away on a camping trip.
I like the tubes on the side that work as an oven.

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Very good point. I have a Hunter Cylinder Stove for emergency heating in my house. I made a window cut out for our master bedroom. The stove pipe is very efficient and carbon monoxide is at an absolute minimum. That being said, I also have a battery powered carbon monoxide alarm that goes with it. Bx3

http://www.cylinderstoves.com/catalo...8c3d9882a8849d

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It does happen though, almost every year. If it's snowing, snow can block up the places that carbon monoxide can escape from the tent.

From the CDC:

Cases 1-4. On the afternoon of March 14, 1999, a 51-year-old man, his 10-year-old son, a 9-year-old boy, and a 7-year-old girl were found dead inside a zipped-up, 10-foot by 14-foot, two-room tent at their campsite in southeast Georgia (a pet dog also died). A propane gas stove, still burning, was found inside the tent; the stove apparently had been brought inside to provide warmth. The occupants had died during the night. Postmortem carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels measured 50%, 63%, 69%, and 63%, respectively, in the four decedents (in the general U.S. population, COHb concentrations average 1% in nonsmokers and 4% in smokers [3]).

Cases 5 and 6. On March 27, 1999, a 34-year-old man and his 7-year-old son were found dead inside their zipped-up tent at a group camping site in central Georgia. They were discovered by other campers just before 9 a.m. A charcoal grill was found inside the tent; the grill apparently had been brought inside to provide warmth after it had been used outside for cooking. Postmortem COHb levels in the two campers measured 68% and 76%, respectively.

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These examples are not related to a dedicated tent stove that comes with stove pipes and is generally sealed so that the carbon monoxide is vented outside and never really enters the tent in the first place. The fatalities listed above are sad but a perfect example of Darwinism.

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Great thread and links!

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That is a great idea thinking ahead and making the window cut out for emergency heating situations, the battery powered co2 detector is icing on the cake!
great planning.