Tent stove size?

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I'm thining of getting a wall tent stove a guy is selling that is 11-inches by 13-inches and 28-inches long.

My tent is 10x12. I'm sure that would be adequate for heating it but how long could I expect wood to burn in what is basically a 12x12x28 sized stove?
 
MD said:
I'm thining of getting a wall tent stove a guy is selling that is 11-inches by 13-inches and 28-inches long.

My tent is 10x12. I'm sure that would be adequate for heating it but how long could I expect wood to burn in what is basically a 12x12x28 sized stove?
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I made my own out of 2 x 20lb propane bottles that I cut the tops off and welded end to end to make a longer cylinder, it would be close to the same size.

My tent is similar size and when I went out in it late October the night time temps were dipping into the negative double digits.

I would stock the stove full going to bed, then get up twice during the night to restock it and again first thing in the morning, so about a 2 1/2 hour burn time

nothing froze in the tent and the fire never went out, used a fairly light sleeping bag so that I was not waking up to a frozen tent with the fire completely burned out, that way reloading the stove took 2 min max then back into the sleeping bag.
 
woodchopper said:
I made my own out of 2 x 20lb propane bottles that I cut the tops off and welded end to end to make a longer cylinder, it would be close to the same size.

My tent is similar size and when I went out in it late October the night time temps were dipping into the negative double digits.

I would stock the stove full going to bed, then get up twice during the night to restock it and again first thing in the morning, so about a 2 1/2 hour burn time

nothing froze in the tent and the fire never went out, used a fairly light sleeping bag so that I was not waking up to a frozen tent with the fire completely burned out, that way reloading the stove took 2 min max then back into the sleeping bag.
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Thanks. I get up once or twice a night anyway.
 
I tried to jam in a few bigger chunks of birch and then surround them with as much wood as I could jam in the stove before crawling back in the sleeping bag... well after going out to take a piss...

good to have a nice bed of coals when you go to reload the stove so your not having to screw around trying to relight it in the dark.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Plan on feeding wood constantly. those little stoves don't burn long or constantly. Fact of tent life.

Grizz
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I use a 5-man Canadian Armed Forces tent. It was cold but then I bought a liner. Now I don't really need a stove at all. A lantern is usually more than enough.
 
Last years moose trip a guy brought his tiny one from his ice shack. I’m sure if you’re sitting there drinking beer and refueling it nonstop it’s great. Loaded that thing up and leave to go hunting with wet clothes hanging, come back to no fire or coals, and wet clothes hanging.. It rained something like 10-11 days of the 13-14 day trip.
 
MD said:
I'm thining of getting a wall tent stove a guy is selling that is 11-inches by 13-inches and 28-inches long.
My tent is 10x12. I'm sure that would be adequate for heating it but how long could I expect wood to burn in what is basically a 12x12x28 sized stove?
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It will certainly work, but trust me, bigger is better, so you can stuff wider & more wood in it when required.
 
I use a 10x10x22 in a 9.5x11 Snotreker tent for winter camping. It is adequate but I let it go out overnight. At -42C I was sitting close by to keep warm from the stove but that was a one time event. It will keep the tent above 0C. As for burn time, mine dies down after an hour and a half. Your stove is bigger and I would have no hesitation using it. Extrapolating my stove experience Id say you could go 2 and a half hours between restocking.
Dry wood is your friend. If wood is damp, split it down to 2" or so.
 
Depending on the wood(soft wood vs hardwood) you will get anywhere from 1.5hrs in really cold weather or while cooking to 3hrs maybe 3.5 if you are careful!!
 
In that situation, the best thing to do is feed your hunting partner a couple beer's before bed. Then he will be the one stoking the fire all night
 
A Canadian built stove called the Hunter by Drolet is what I use. Heats my 10x12 with 5 foot sidewalls easily. I have lined it with a brick kit and this really helps the stove put out heat longer. Burn time will be dependent on fuel quality. Dry split maple will burn longer than split jack pine. I remove the brick for transport stove alone weighs about 45 pounds. Home Hardware and other big box stores sell the stove for about 350.00.

Darryl
 
here's one we made out of a water tank. it nicely heats our 14X16 prospector. it's approx. 34in.X20in. 3/16 thick which helps hold the heat. sand on the bottom. Put the guy with the weak bladder near the door to stock it up, usually get 6-7 hrs on a load.
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I decided that at my current age , with the rarity of moose opportunities in the lottery, and my own reluctance to hunt deer in November that it just wasn't worth it to go through all the fufaraw of getting a stove, putting a chinney jack in the tent, getting enough stove pipe, and storing all that rap for only one or two uses in the foreseeable future.
 
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Don't bother with the Princess Auto woodstove.
I thought i would try one and am sorely disappointed.
If you close the door it snuffs the fire out completely.
I tried drilling holes in tge door for more draft. Didnt work.
Maybe it needs to have colder weather to draft properly.
Would not recommend to an enemy.
I like the idea of building one out of a hot water tank.
 
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