Wall tent wood burning stove

[Borcagu]

Hallo all ...
I have recently purchased a 14 x 16 x 5 wall tent from Capital Canvas ,BC (very nice people to deal with)and I am in the market for a wood burning stove for it.
What would be the right size for it? I mean BTU and phisical dimensions of it? The size and weight do not metter much,it will be used for the base camp.I heave searched the Internet and all I have found is made and sold in the USA, and there were so many different opinions about size and make.Please, can you give me an advice coupled with your own experiance using your model and make.
It will be appreciated ...
Thank you,
Evan

[Bighorn hunter]

I have a Hunter stove from cylinder stoves out of the states and really like it. we use it in a 14x16 and it works really well. my only complaint would be that it wont burn all night. If weight isn,t a issue I would go one size up to the outfitter model. the nice thing about this stove is they affer the chimeny oven which I got for this season and it was awsome. cant't wait for next season and to expand our menu.

[CJ-Jim]

I,ve always had my stoves built by local Fab. shops or myself - you want it to be able to hold amount wood for overnight heating [ able to take a 14 to 16 inch piece of wood ] - copy the size,s from the U.S. made ones - a nice trick is to have made a separate side mounted water tank that holds about 4 to 5 gallon,s of water - with a bottom mounted shut-off valve - this will give you nice hot water for clean up and help keep the tent warm over night - use 10 gauge steel for the stove and alum. for the tank - 3/4 pipe legs with caps that screw on - and a angle iron/expanded metal base to mount the tank and stove on - place a piece of expanded metal and sand in the bottom of the stove [ it will help it last ] - also use 4in stove pipe [cheap to replace ] - install a damper in the face of the stove for fire control -and a door
have fun
CJ-Jim

[ape]

This will do ya fine.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/matthews78.html

[Stresd]

If your able to I vote for building your own if possible. Have a 14x16 wall tent. The one we put together is a little over kill (Stainless)but gives us a full overnight burn. During the day have come back to camp 10 hrs later and there were still embers. Used 5" black pipe for the first extension off the stove and then went to cheap 5" heating duct pipe and elbows. Burning that Sooty pecker pine and so it's under 20 bucks to replace the Duct pipe and flexible 90's if to lazy to clean the inside and reuse. This sucker will last forever. I just welded a 1" L bar around the inside bottom to accept a base grill again of stainless. Don't need sand this way. The bottom Damper allows air to be sucked in under the burn material. Door damper is used for fine tuning. 8 days solid burning and she never went out once.

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[BCBRAD]

i have a home built one for the cook tent, with a 13 gallon water jacket on the side. Its heavy and only use it when on a long hunt. The rest of the time i use a 24' "juice can " stove from Great western metal company in Winnipeg. I by mine at northern Hardware in Prince George, ouround 150 dollars. A large fire box is good because you can fill it at night and will last all night if tempurature doen't go below zero. 2 or 3 tops up are required down to -10 degrees. The legs are flimsey for moving around so i built a portable stand for the stove, it and all the stove pipe fit in side for transport. I have two stainless stell buckets for heating water and a big ass cast iron fry pan for cooking, fits where the lid goes perfectly or on top of the closed lid for slower heat.

[270WSMGB]

If weight is not an issue than I would definetly build one. You can use some large diameter heavy wall pipe or else there are some good ones in other threads that are made out of 20 pound propane cylinder bottles.

[jeeper]

You could buy a cheap tin stove from Otter coop as a first stove to get you going ! The largest ones are maybe 140 bucks , they are cheap and hard to lite etc but good for maybe your first year until you figure out what you want in a stove and build one or have one built to what you require !


Bruce

[dizzydan]

I have a 60 gal. hot water tank converted into a stove for my tent 24x16x6
DAN>>>

[Downtown]

Howdy;
Most important is that the Stove is Airtight and that you use the dryest wood possible.

Comercially build Airtight Stoves like the Oval kind and sold by Northerrn Hardware in Prince George come in 4 sizes. and are relatively cheap. The smallest one which is about 16" inch high will keep a 14*16 Tent warm and comfy in plus 5 degree Celsius weather for 6 hours (which in my book is all night) if tightly packed with absolutely dry Wood and Air intake reduced to a minimum.

Use 6" Stovepipe and make your own Dampers becouse the Store bought ones are Junk and dont last.

2 inch of sand in the bottom will keep the Stove bottom from burning out.

Build a thin Plywood Box for stove and Stovepipe for moving arround and they will last for many years. A large Coffee Can makes an inexpensive Stovepipe (Chimney) Hod . Remember your Stovepipe must extend at least 12" above your Ridgepole otherewise your Stove may not work properly.

[cdub]

We use a stove that Canadian tire sell. We sealed it up a little tighter and it is now airtight. It was about 120.00

[tomahawk]

Home Hardware, just over $100, keeps my 14 X 18 a nice sleeping temp overnight and has a large burn box. I always put 1.5" of sand in the bottom before lighting and it lasts a good 12-15 yrs.

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[Downtown]

Nice Wood supply and seasoned to --Outfitter style.

Few improvements I would suggest.

*A pice of sheet Metal arround the back and side of Stove so the wood supply does not catch Fire.
*A 20"*20" pice of sheet metal for a Stove Pipe Collar.
*A 10" pice of strong wire attached to the Lid so you dont burn yourself when opening,closing the lid.

[ydouask]

One of our sons bought us a Woodsman from Delux Wall Tents (raised a couple of good ones !).. good size for a 12' x 14' x5' wall tent. Got it too hot on one of our first Elk hunts and warped the door. Not good. No air control. Had a fabricator stiffen up the inside of the door with four pieces of angle iron... much better. Also, found it necessary to put the butterfly chimney damper in the first section of pipe ( closest to the stove) rather than the second. This prevented a buildup of creosote on the damper which will eventually cause one's stove to produce smoke in the tent.... usually about 1:10 A.M.

[Borcagu]

Hi guys... I would like to thank you all for your time and effort....
I will have to decide which way to go and that is tough thing to do ...
some more input will be appreciated.
Thank you.
Evan

[Borcagu]

Well, I hope I have closed this chapter.
I got for free a home made wood burning stove thanks to my relative.
Now I just have to figure it out how to post the pictures.
Anyone can help?
Thanks,
Evan

[tomahawk]

Check the Forum "Bugs and Glitches", it has all you need right there.

[Borcagu]

Wow ... I am posting pictures for the first time in my life and it worked. Well this is wood burning stove I got from my relative. Will have to send off some of surficial rust to make it look more presentable,othervise, looking at it inside and out it did't see much of use.Is it worth painting it ,and if so, what type of paint should be used?
The size is 18"W x 18"H x 26"L and stove pipe is 5".It came with removable legs and they are about 12" long.Now just to get proper pipes and elbows and I am good to go.
One more time I would like to thank all of you for your imput.
Evan


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[Trapper]

Wow ... I am posting pictures for the first time in my life and it worked. Well this is wood burning stove I got from my relative. Will have to send off some of surficial rust to make it look more presentable,othervise, looking at it inside and out it did't see much of use.Is it worth painting it ,and if so, what type of paint should be used?
The size is 18"W x 18"H x 26"L and stove pipe is 5".It came with removable legs and they are about 12" long.Now just to get proper pipes and elbows and I am good to go.
One more time I would like to thank all of you for your imput.
Evan


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Once you have the rust cleaned up just use the same paint they use to paint BBQs.thats what i used on the one i built and it worked great,you should be able to get the paint at any hardware store,i got mine from canadian tire

[Borcagu]

Thanks Trapper

[bcsteve]

That's a nice little stove. I'll be looking for something like that for next year.

[lunatic]

Tremclad make a high heat paint in an Aluminum color or black. Have used many brands of high heat paint over the years on Cat 3508 and 3412 exhausts which run extremely hot. This paint seems to hold up the best.

[TIKA 300]

Nice score Trapper,that will keep you warm.