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I am thinking about buying the drum kit and making a drum stove? Has any one else done that and how does it hold up? Or are there other stove suggestions
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we have one for our 16x21. Its the vogelzang kit w/ a 55 gal drum and a piece of plate steel welded on top for a stove top. We love it. But its huge and not light. I hear the better sealing stoves are better somehow, but if you run ours right it will burn through the night at elk camp.
Pretty cheap way to go and we are totally happy with ours. If I had to do one for a 14x16 i might try and trim down a 55 drum in length to keep it more compact.
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If you can find one of the old Sotz barrel stove kits, it beats the hell outta vogelzang....
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We are thinking about a 30 gallon drum. I didn't know there was that much difference in the kits. Is that the biggest problem with the drum kits is getting a good seal on them?
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The Sotz is pressed steel, fairly airtight and has a inner intake channel that prevents sparks from jumping out. Vogelzang is cast with cast legs. much heavier than the sotz, but a whole lot easier to come by. I had a double drum kit in the shop, a 30 gal single for bigger tents and a round-door cut down 15 gal drum stove for my 9x12 tent. Sotz rocks.....
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go with a gravity fed pellet stove. I'll ask my friend what make his stove is. It sure kept us warm, too warm at time, last November. It burns wood ,too, but the hopper will hold a bag of pellets, so there's no need to get up in the middle of the night to put a good stoke on it.
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Any of the ones mentioned is going to drive you out of a tent of that size due to over heating.Look for something smaller like one of the Simms foldup.Tough it does not have to fold up
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ehunter: You might take a look at an Ellis Stove. http://ellisstove.com/features.php I haven't seen one in use and would be interested to learn of it actually is as good as it seems. KC
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Any of the ones mentioned is going to drive you out of a tent of that size due to over heating.Look for something smaller like one of the Simms foldup.Tough it does not have to fold up That's what I've been using in my 14x16 tent and it works just fine.Stoke it with coal before ya hit the sack, sweet dreams.
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http://www.rileycampstoves.com/I have one of these for my 12 x 14. Lots of good accessories available as well. I've had mine for about 20 years now and going strong still.
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Another stove suggestion is a Cylinder Stove, the Outfitter model. We used one in my 14x16 tent and it worked great. I think Cabela's sells them still, and they are made in Utah, if memory serves me. Get the accessories that come with it.
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+1 on the Cylinder Outfitter. I love mine, but we're comparing apples to oranges if the OP is looking for warmth in the drum kit price range.
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Stoke it with coal before ya hit the sack, sweet dreams. Where do you get your coal?
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+1 on the Cylinder Outfitter. I love mine, but we're comparing apples to oranges if the OP is looking for warmth in the drum kit price range. That's right, and I realized that after I posted, but sometimes I think that people really want to know what I have to share...it's a mistake I make sometimes.
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For coal, if nowhere else, talk to a blacksmith supply. Traditional smiths use coal.
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I have the Cylinder stove and its the best I have seen. I've used the drum conversions good, and the fold up sheet metal Cabelas stoves [which are ok for the $$ but don't last but a few seasons]
All put out lots of heat but the well sealed stoves burn longer
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Stoke it with coal before ya hit the sack, sweet dreams. Where do you get your coal? DP4: I buy coal at the local landscape materials company. KC
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Its all good to hear other inputs. Thanks I am not sold on one type only trying to gain some experience from others?
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I'll +1 on the cylinder stove. Ours has worked great for our tent.
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