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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / October 2006

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Woodstove Question

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Bowcatz - 01 Oct 2006 08:23 GMT
Has anyone ever heard of a cast iron woodstove or wood burning heaters small
enough to be put into an RV? Got links?
JerryD(upstateNY) - 01 Oct 2006 12:01 GMT
>>"Bowcatz"  wrote in message > Has anyone ever heard of a cast iron
>>woodstove or wood burning heaters small enough to be put into an RV? Got
>>links? <<

I have never heard of one but it wouldn't take much to weld one up.
I made the woodstove I use to heat this house.
The doors are the hardest part.
I got a set of doors off and old wood stove someone had thrown away.
There are problems though.
1...You would need a large hole in the roof for the chimney.
2...Woodstoves send burning embers out the chimney and they start things on
fire....like your RV's roof. (or the guy next door's roof)
3...To be safe you would need to extend your chimney about 5 feet above your
roof.
This would involve putting the chimney up when you stopped and taking it
down when you leave. You would also have to store the chimney
section/sections when you travel. They smell and have creosote in them which
will drip out.
4...They weigh a lot.
5...You would have to carry wood with you and wood is heavy.

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Jim Redelfs - 01 Oct 2006 13:31 GMT
> Has anyone ever heard of a cast iron woodstove or wood burning heaters
> small enough to be put into an RV?

I haven't but, if there was one, my late mother would have found it.  
Considering the sheer weight of what they took along on their travels,
including her "rock and anvil" collection (Mom, a 7/12 snowbird, had a
propensity to pack HEAVILY, not lightly), it always amazed me that they didn't
lose MORE tires on their rigs than they did.

I have worked outdoors for YEARS.  As such, I am particularly averse to the
effort required to PROPERLY use and maintain a wood-burning system in the
home, much less when camping.

As a camper whose desire is LESS hassle, not more, I recently converted to a
smokeless campfire:  I bought a two-headed "Mr. Heater" that attaches to a
20-lb propane tank.

<http://www.mrheater.com/productdetail.asp?id=676&cid=1>

Of course, I bought it at a farm supply store so I image the device is used
more for other, more productive, purposes.

Anyway, I have broken new ground with this device:  The days of a toasty warm
frontside facing the campfire while trying to ignore a freezing cold backside
are now OVER using this heater!!  This thing radiates and even directs its
heat surprisingly well.

<http://static.flickr.com/42/252939545_ba2c4466da_b.jpg>

[Sappy Grandpa mode: ON]  Here is the image of my youngest daughter with HER
youngest child.  At only 19-months, this was Kaitlyn's first campout.  We had
a GREAT time!

<http://static.flickr.com/104/252938884_c5a781e7ec_b.jpg>

<http://www.redelfs.com>
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JR

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Lee - 01 Oct 2006 14:27 GMT
Wow, got the chills looking at those people all bundled up, had to chase
down the web page to see where it was from, guess Nebraska is cold at
this time of the year!  Nice web page and family.

Lee (in Florida)
Ralph E Lindberg - 01 Oct 2006 15:35 GMT
> Has anyone ever heard of a cast iron woodstove or wood burning heaters small
> enough to be put into an RV? Got links?

 Yes, the ones made (also) to boats, see
http://www.marinestove.com/sproductinfo.htm

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Peter Pan - 01 Oct 2006 16:17 GMT
>> Has anyone ever heard of a cast iron woodstove or wood burning
>> heaters small enough to be put into an RV? Got links?
>
>  Yes, the ones made (also) to boats, see
> http://www.marinestove.com/sproductinfo.htm

Wood burning things are pretty much the standard up north (canada/alaska),
road's are impassible in the winter, so no propane, but lots of trees to cut
for wood...
Peter Pan - 01 Oct 2006 16:22 GMT
> Has anyone ever heard of a cast iron woodstove or wood burning
> heaters small enough to be put into an RV? Got links?

Wood burning stoves/water heaters/cookers are pretty much standard up north
(roads get snowed in and you can't go to places to get propane).. They even
make wood burners for fixed places (I had a wood burning boiler for heat and
a hot tub in northern idaho)...
Bowcatz - 02 Oct 2006 05:07 GMT
Thank you for the link.

The little Sardine model appears to be what I am looking for. $685 is a bit
steep for a cast iron wood stove 12" x 12", but I will keep it in mind.
Maybe I'll have a windfall of some cash. The enamel blue color is beautiful.
 
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