Wood stove in cotton tent?
- Thread starter MD
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What usually happens is there is a heavy snow fall during the night and seals the tent, before anyone is aware there's a problem
Grizz
Alternative is not to have a floor in your tent. Bear comes in the front, you slip out underneath.
Grizz
Keep a fire extinguisher in your tent in case you have a chimney fire. Discharge it into the stove to extinguish the chimney fire. Twice for me.
Replace the elbow (if you are using them) pipes in your chimney after a couple of seasons. They corrode and if the bottom elbow with all the weight on it fails when the stove is in use, you burn down your tent. Once for me .
If you are running an oil stove, do not bypass the carburetor if it gets funky (the floats leak at the seams, have a spare carb) and feed fuel directly into the oil stove. You will burn down your tent. Once for me.
And no matter how tempting it is to do, do not hang wet clothing over the stove in use. The tent will flex in the wind and can drop your mitts onto the hot stove and then you burn your tent down. Once for me.
Replace the elbow (if you are using them) pipes in your chimney after a couple of seasons. They corrode and if the bottom elbow with all the weight on it fails when the stove is in use, you burn down your tent. Once for me .
If you are running an oil stove, do not bypass the carburetor if it gets funky (the floats leak at the seams, have a spare carb) and feed fuel directly into the oil stove. You will burn down your tent. Once for me.
And no matter how tempting it is to do, do not hang wet clothing over the stove in use. The tent will flex in the wind and can drop your mitts onto the hot stove and then you burn your tent down. Once for me.
We had a guy show up for moose hunt one time in blue jeans and a summer sleeping bag. He was ex military and had all the cold weather gear, but thought he didn't need it. We had a wood stove in the tent, but he had a big buddy heater going all night. Every time my brother or I got up for a piss, we would shut the propane off. I can be a jerk too...
I've never tired it but apparently a wet blanket tossed in the wood stove will steam out a chimney fire..... on another note, you've burned down quite an impressive number of tents!
The welding blankets that go on sale at places like Princess Auto would be a good over layer for spark protection near the stove pipe.
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I didn't burn them all but I was in charge of the camps and I was there and had to eat the 5hit for them so.............
But keep in mind I'm a 40 year professional so I've spent years working/living in tents. It's not like I spend a week per year in them.
When you spend that much time in the bush, 5hit happens.
I've never tired it but apparently a wet blanket tossed in the wood stove will steam out a chimney fire..... on another note, you've burned down quite an impressive number of tents!
Had a chimney fire in my house stove once, not that big a deal with insulated pipe, but a shot of of water in the stove put it out immediately.
Grizz
Had a chimney fire in my house stove once, not that big a deal with insulated pipe, but a shot of of water in the stove put it out immediately.
Grizz
pete dobinson
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Courtenay BC.
I've got a 12'X14' wall tent made by Capital Canvas out of Victoria. They used to make tents for Deluxe Wall Tents who are also out of Victoria and are more well known. They use 10oz sunforger canvas which is mildew resistant and has fire retardant as well. Most wall tents have no floor so no need to slice the tent to escape in an emergency, just slip out underneath. I use a wood stove in my tent and wouldn't have it any other way. I don't trust propane when I'm sleeping. -20c is about as cold as it gets where I hunt in November, it's usually warmer than that. I don't stoke the wood stove before bed because it gets too hot and I can't sleep. Instead, I have a quality sleeping bag so let the wood stove burn out. I have kindling ready for a quick fire start in the morning, takes about 5 minutes to warm up. I use paper machine felts for the floor, they work great. Cover the tent with a tarp, this is important, it not only keeps the tent dry but the snow slides off the tent and also stops embers from from burning the canvas. Set your tent up in a sheltered area if you can. I have used RV's in the past, nothing compares to a Wall Tent with wood heat imo.
pete dobinson
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Courtenay BC.
I got the same insulated pipe for my wood stove in my house, I will keep that in mind just in case I have a chimney fire. cheers
pete dobinson
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Courtenay BC.
A lot of exploration camps use Jutland tents with plywood floors so the only way out other than the door is a knife slit in an emergency.
In that case it's understandable.
sikwhiskey
CGN Regular
- Location
- Lethbridge
sikwhiskey
CGN Regular
- Location
- Lethbridge
Tent and stove are made by Kifaru and around 5 years old. Titanium goat make a lot of nice , light weight and updated stoves.
