wall tent stove placement

which floorplan do you like the most?

  • the one on the right side

    Votes: 10 50.0%

  • the one on the left side

    Votes: 10 50.0%
  • Total voters
    20
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so, I put down on a 12x14 tent from NorthWest Shelters. at this moment we're trying to figure out where we should put the stove. here are the two floor plans we're entertaining depending on the stove placement. which one do you like the most and why do you think it's best? :confused:

please note that it's not to scale (otherwise those are damned big tables!).

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edit - guess we should have drawn the door on the far right hand side of the tent.
 
If you put that stove between those cots, someone is likely to get pretty warm! I would opt for the stove on the right, a bit further away from the cots. Eagleye.
 
I'm not a fan of stoves on the door side of the tent.

Anyone here ever experienced a chimney fire in a wall tent. It's exciting!

BTW, if you sleep in a tent, keep a knife handy in case you need to make a new door quickly. Words of wisdom I received from an old prospector.
 
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I'm not a fan of stoves on the door side of the tent.

Anyone here ever experienced a chimney fire in a wall tent. It's exciting!

BTW, if you sleep in a tent, keep a knife handy in case you need to make a new door quickly. Words of wisdom I received from an old prospector.
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Thank for the advice on the knife...but I already practice that word of wisdom from a old guy I met camping years ago when I was like 10. Chimmy fires....I had totally forgotten about those......
 
You don't want to sleep too close to one of those, no thermostat. Two temperatures, off or very hot. Keep it away from the beds and you'll enjoy the ambient and not the direct.
 
The one on the right looks you will not be so close to the stove. Wood type heat is a very dry heat and is great for drying off your clothes. I have always liked using a wall tent for late fall hunting when it rains often. If it gets too hot unzip the sleeping bag.
 
Tradition in the north for winter camping is to have the stove off set in the front of the tent, pipe going through a door. Reason for this is that you can keep the back of the tent free from all of the dirt, wood and traffic associated with coming and going. The back area of the tent is then reserved for sleeping. Pipes that go through the ceiling make it problematic to tarp the tent. When using a stove, make sure you construct a pole tent, and tie your stove pipe with some wire on the outside. Lots of guys also use bolts or lynch pin type deals to join the pipe segments. Last thing you want to do is stumble against the pipe and have it come loose, spewing out sparks and stuff...anyway, that's how lots of us do it up here.
 
stove placement

My hunting partner and I live in a 12x16 wall tent for a week of the year during early elk , and like was noted before the dry heat is somthing that is realy appreciated at the end of a soggy day . However where ever you decide to put your stove , before you take it afield burn it hot a couple of times out of the shack AND BE SURE THAT IT SEALS UP TIGHT otherwise you will find out like we did that the only way to slow the fire is with fresh green logs placed on a bed of coals . Which is ok for the first couple of hours but sooner or later the wood will dry out and then your either boiling or freezing . And you can only loose so many clothes and still remain friends . Enjoy the wall tent there is about no better way to enhance the hunting / outdoor experience !!
 
Could you move the beds closer to the fire or away? Adjust after the first night,like finding the g spot.(g spot)( good spot for sleeping).
 
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