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Hi, I was trying to find a resonably light weight 2 person winter tent, that can be operated with a small stove inside. Thank you, any input is greatly apreciated
 
There's no need to purchase a $700 + canvas tent for stoving it. Just about any floor-less designed tent can be converted for use with a stove. I know that's pretty general, but that's a good start on your journey.
 
myself, I am planning a DIY build with a popcorn can stove and a couple canvas drop cloths from a paint supply. it wont be too good with precipitation but for any dry Alabama winter camping it will be fine. I could add a poly tarp for waterproofing in the event of wanting to camp with precipitation. Do you have a bought or a homemade stove and what is the weight?
 
I don't have any stove yet but I was thinking I might be able to set something up with a few tarps. Similar to what Iawoodsman did in a video a while back.
 
1234, also take out a look at this thread. It's a very basic primer on heated winter shelters and several other shelter options are discussed later on in the thread.

Later this week, I should have pics of my new heated winter shelter. Just waiting for everything to arrive in the mail.
 
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1234 said:
Hi, I was trying to find a resonably light weight 2 person winter tent, that can be operated with a small stove inside. Thank you, any input is greatly apreciated
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As to light... that's relative. The best yer gonna find is from www.snowtrekkertents.com but, they aint cheap either. I have the EXP Shortwall, 2 person and it takes a 10"x10"x19" wood stove. These things are used successfully in Wis. for winter camping. They are as light as the requirements allow, tent is 25 lbs, stove 10 lbs. Althow, as I went on their site, they are advertising 7 oz fabric, so they may now be considerably lighter than the specs I just stated.
Heads up, the tent is $1050 and the stove is $250. There is a cheaper one, the EXP Crew at $915, which is $20 cheaper than when I was looking at buying.
Hope this helps, Stormpriest.
 
How much do you want to spend?? Kifaru, Wyoming Lost and Found ( i think that its), titanium goat (or the likes) shangra la or something or other,....then there is canvas,....snowtrekker, davis tents, panther primatives, Beckle canvas, lots of stove options too Four Dog, Kri whats its name, ti goat again...... I've got a snowtrekker with a titanium Four Dog, aint cheap but if house ever burns down I'll have a place to stay for a while....and then there is the surplus route..may options there.......made a shelter with two russian surplus ponchos, sewed in a stove jack and picked up an ammo can stove that works for one......and there is the whole go it your own route,,.....make it yourself.....plan...experiment .......have fun......
 
an old army surplus pup tent. you can buy the 2 halves, it's low to the ground but that only means it'll keep heat in on top of you. they're really cheap, i got mine for like 15 bucks. made of heavy canvas
 
Just make sure you not sealed up too tightly in any structure with an open flame inside - the flame will compete (competantly) with you for oxygen and could produce enough carbon monoxide to rob your blood of oxygen - the solution is a tent (or cabin or whatever) where one does not try to seal out any and all draftiness, you need that draftiness to keep your share of oxygen - I read somewhere (I know that phrase "I read somewhere" does not introduce credibility) - anyhow I read somewhere that in the 'frozen north' more people die from their heating set ups than die from the cold.
On way to keep your stove from competing with you for oxugen is to have a pipe from outside feeding air into the stove - but then you got to be careful not to have a blast furnace that would use up your wood almost instantly and could even melt your stove pipe if not the stove itself.
The one time I used a pipe to feed air to the stove from outside the tent, It did make a blast furnace, and did overheat, and did consume big thick wood instananeously, and did melt my stovepipe and aluminum flashing, and also started my heavy canvas tent on fire, and I was not too happy about all that hole in my tent. It was a homemade stove made of a five gallon steel bucket. Well I don't use that tent anymore because it weighs a ton anyhow. Sometimes the solution (heat) can be worse than the problem (cold).
Have fun and be safe.
When I saw that $1000+ for a tent and $250 for a stove, I was absolutely amazed that some would spend like that on camping gear.
okay done rambling.
Take care and thanks for starting an interesting topic.
 
I probabley have far less then a hundred bucks in my setup . It worked great on a recent campout with 15 lows and low 20s highs . For 3 days .
The stove is especially nice . It weighs 4 .5 lbs . The tent weighs about 8.5 lbs and the welders blanket about 1.5 lbs .
The stack which is just steel pipe is too heavy at about 3 lbs , but Im looking for thin stainless to replace that .

More field trials and adaptations to the Baker/Whelan tent tarp . With the 5x7 poncho and auxillary piece I convert it to a hot tent with my small wood burner .


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I got tired of trying to place the wood burner where it wouldn't burn anything so I just added the whole darn welders blanket to the right side of the tent and wrapped it around the interior wall too . Sprayed it with some high temp paint to blend it in a bit .

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This morning I woke up and couldn't hardly find the durn thing .

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One thing I reeeealy like about the wood burner is stoking up a little fire in the morning and having my hot chocalate and oat meal before I ever get out of the sleeping bag all the way .Also glad I brought the artic canteen since in the 15 degree temps the water would freeze real easy .

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Hey River Joe,
What a beauty of a stove and how you got it set up in your tent there.

It is obvious you know what to do and know how to do it.

Me I sometimes halfway know the what to do and not at all know the how to do it but I go and and try to do it anyhow .. I guess I keep a legion of guardian angels real busy. Guess I'll gather and follow some of the wisdom on this forum so as to give those guardian angels a rest once in w while.
 
i have in plans a U.S G.I pup tent (2) shelter half and have a place near me make storm flaps to add to it, The stove a .50 cal ammo can making into a stove it's a spring summer project. still on the drawing board.
 
skunkworx said:
There's no need to purchase a $700 + canvas tent for stoving it. Just about any floor-less designed tent can be converted for use with a stove.
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Would it be safe to use a tent that has a floor if you put down a welding blanket under the stove?
 
I use 3 US Army Shelter halves in a "modified" miner's tent/umbrella tent set up. floor space 6' x 7' peak height 5'. Weight 10#. Cost $50.
 
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Would it be safe to use a tent that has a floor if you put down a welding blanket under the stove?
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A woodburner puts off a surpriseing amount of heat from the bottom . Ive tried to insulate the grass etc from the wood burners up at the lake with metal,brick etc . They always burn the grass out .

Id think you would have to insulate more then just a welders blanket capabilities . The blanket on the inside of my tent seems to do fine with an air space between it and the canvas but I wouldn't want to trust it with direct contact .
 
riverjoe said:
A woodburner puts off a surpriseing amount of heat from the bottom . Ive tried to insulate the grass etc from the wood burners up at the lake with metal,brick etc . They always burn the grass out .

Id think you would have to insulate more then just a welders blanket capabilities . The blanket on the inside of my tent seems to do fine with an air space between it and the canvas but I wouldn't want to trust it with direct contact .
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Do you think it would work out if the stove was on legs that kept it a few inches off the ground?
 
riverjoe said:
A woodburner puts off a surpriseing amount of heat from the bottom . Ive tried to insulate the grass etc from the wood burners up at the lake with metal,brick etc . They always burn the grass out .

Id think you would have to insulate more then just a welders blanket capabilities . The blanket on the inside of my tent seems to do fine with an air space between it and the canvas but I wouldn't want to trust it with direct contact .
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Just my opinion/experience but when you are working with burning wood, even if you protect the floor from the heat, inevitably, you are going to get sparks, etc.
 
The Man In Black said:
Do you think it would work out if the stove was on legs that kept it a few inches off the ground?
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The woodburners Im talking about at the lake are usually 10 to 12 inches above the grass .
One thing you might try if you are determined is a piece of reflectix type insulation, the kind they wrap duct work with, and then welders blanket over that .
 
riverjoe said:
The woodburners Im talking about at the lake are usually 10 to 12 inches above the grass .
One thing you might try if you are determined is a piece of reflectix type insulation, the kind they wrap duct work with, and then welders blanket over that .
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Hmm... Ok then. If your already a foot above the ground and burning the grass, then I don't think I want to try it with a floor under it.
 
The Man In Black said:
Hmm... Ok then. If your already a foot above the ground and burning the grass, then I don't think I want to try it with a floor under it.
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It helps to put a couple of inches of dirt in the bottom of your stove before firing it up, it will insulate the bottom and move your heat out the sides and top. Damper down at night and let her breath come morning for coffee and chow.works well here in colorado in november elk season.
 
I have a couple little stove pots I made and I sacrificed space for a small pegged grate about 4 inches from the bottom. I also put a small layer of dirt on the inside on the bottom of my slide in ash tray. the grate allows the ash to fall through so all that heat isn't directly on the floor. also easy to damper.
 
www.lifeintheroundyurts.com makes a 8x10 A Frame Canvas tent for only $680! They look really nice like a snowtrekker but they cost a few hundred dollars less. Does anybody know anything about them? I friended them on facebook and they just came out with a 9x11.5 for only $820.
 
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