I've been told one these would be good for my shop but have no idea where to find one. My google foo seems to be weak. It was described as about 4 foot square, self contained, cost about $500- and needed a two inch exhaust. A point in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks, Frank
I've been told one these would be good for my shop but have no idea where to find one. My google foo seems to be weak. It was described as about 4 foot square, self contained, cost about $500- and needed a two inch exhaust. A point in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks, Frank
Wow wish I was close, have a diesel run heater used for a tent. Got it new, burned it once or twice. Not to much cold down here. Hang a 5 gal can of diesel on one side, pump the bulb once or twice, than throw a piece of fire down in chamber, it's going.
No, not quite. It is about 4'Hx4"Wx3'H, blows hot air, burns kerosene/fuel oil, 2" exhaust and was 120,000 BTU . A guy looking at my new but uninsulated and unheated shop mentioned them to me. He saw it in someone else's shop mounted on casters wheels with a piece of flex hose running outside for the exhaust. He said the Army used them to heat big tents. That was a bit over a month ago. I did google one up at the time. $500- plus freight just as he described but am coming up blank this time around.
What you're looking for is generically termed (or WAS) a "Herman Nelson" heater,.....
GOOD, LOUD, heat ,....NOW !
The originals were pretty sporty, and simple,....the newer designs have been OSHA'd, Underwriter's Laboratoried, and Lawyered to death,....
I DOUBT that any DRMOs will be putting them out into our "incompetent" civilian hands,.....more's the pity .
GTC
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
It had sheet metal siding and my guess was it was more or less a self contained forced hot air furnace. If I knew it was going to be so hard to find I would paid more attention the first time I googled one up but it was exactly as he mentioned right down to the two inch exhaust. $499- plus freight. At time time I was in lights mode and thinking of waiting for heat until next year. A couple cold days has me rethinking things.
I've been told one these would be good for my shop but have no idea where to find one. My google foo seems to be weak. It was described as about 4 foot square, self contained, cost about $500- and needed a two inch exhaust. A point in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks, Frank
Sounds like you're looking for a heater similar to this one but a good bit larger and with quite a bit more BTU output.
This one come up for sale 12/30/auction This place is where I bought the diesel heater, sells all the stuff on current military bases in all the US. You do have to pick up.
Screw those herman nelson's, get a old fashioned Army pot belly stove, it will burn anything, Kerosene, Gasoline, wood coal, and you can even brew a pot of coffee on top of it. Thank me later. Les
Screw those herman nelson's, get a old fashioned Army pot belly stove, it will burn anything, Kerosene, Gasoline, wood coal, and you can even brew a pot of coffee on top of it. Thank me later. Les
Thus my first post!
Miss good ol' pot belly brewed food....
DON'T miss fire guard....
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
Thank me later. Les