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I have a 18x21 wall tent and am interested in a stove. Suggestions on sizes and whatever.
Thanks
Jim

build a barrel stove.......

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...807245420&utm_content=All%20Products

make a cooktop outta expanded metal for heating water and cooking....

Get you airtight one that somebody has had in a decent size house then you can control the temp and the wood will last all night if your camping out of a pickup.

I like your stove. I would rather build my own anyway. What size barrel is that?

I have an old Timberline that fits that bill but that thing likely weighs 250-300 pounds. The airtight I understand though and absolutely correct.

my little barrel stove is a Sotz round door kit on a 15 gallon drum cut off at the second ring. It heats a 9x12 walltent. With your big tent you'll need a 55 drum if it gets to single digit temps. A 30 will have to be kept burning at a good rate to heat that space, and may not go all night. If you can find a Sotz kit, rather than Vogelzang or US Stove kit, they are airtight and much more efficient.....

These other kits leak around the door? Does your Sotz have a seal on the door?

the other kits are cheap cast iron. Crappy fit on the door/frame, and intake slide. They do let some air in, no matter how far you shut it down. Which ain't always a bad thing.... a little RTV hi-temp silicone can help, but it always ends up peeling off.

The pressed steel Sotz kit does not have a gasket, either. But the way the door fits the bellowed frame lets no air in.

Thanks. I'll start looking for one of the kits.

I had a 3-Dog stove in my 17x14 wall tent and it was more than enough and I am sure it would to an 18x21. It is heavy and not wha you would want to pack in.

Thanks. We won't be packing in, camp will be set up where we can drive. From what I read those are great stoves.

We have a wall tent thats 20x16 and use a stove made by Colorado Cylinder stoves. It has a water tank that attaches to one side and keeps water warm. Good for washing up after a day hunting.....
Stove works well. We have been happy with it.

That barrel stove is the [bleep]! I would like one made with a water jacket please!

stock pot on top is so much easier than a tank or jacket

Barrel stoves are ok. There are lots of good stoves out there. Just make sure all the pipe and elbows if used fit in the stove. Make a grate from rebar, in case you want too use coal.

The Kni-co Alaskan sets up nice in my current 14x16 - I bet you’d like it in your larger tent. Also, I used Sims stoves Sportsman for years till it burned out. I like the collapsible versions because they stuff in panniers easier.

Have a fold up sheep herder stove that heats a 12 x 14 wall tent with temps down into the -20's. Light weight material and it throws out heat within minutes of lighting. So far, we have about 30 seasons out of it. Super for horse packing, as it's about the size of maybe two encyclopedias. Have been in camps with much heavier units, and it takes 15 to 20 minutes for those to heat up and start emitting warmth. Actually, with a lantern, the stove, and a couple cooking burners running, we usually need to open the doors to get things down to a reasonable temp.

Can't find a xerox copy, but the following link has some close approximations.

Fold Up Stoves Link

Thanks guys, I'm seeing allot of good choices for stoves.

I bought a 12x12 Alaknak tent from Cabelas ( 6 man anyhow) and I had two choices of wood stove, SM or LG) I went with LG but I did not have to! I did not need that much stove. I should have got the Small.

I vote for a Three Dog stove. I had a Three Dog stove for my14x16x5 wall tent and it kept us warm through some really cold nights both in Idaho and Colorado. Here is a link to the company.

https://fourdog.com

L.W.