Wall Tent Pellet Stoves

[elkslayer99]

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[stew pidasso]

I have no experience in pellet stoves. Is 40 pounds normal for a night. Seems like an awful lot.

[jjdavis2222]

I dont get the draw to pellet stoves unless your in an area with no firewood to cut. I dont know the first thing about pellet stoves so maybe someone can educate me on them. If I was planning a 7 night stay and planned on running my stove for 6+ hours every night in my 12x14 tent to stay warm, how many bags or pounds of pellets would someone need?

I would think you would need alot bags for a week trip. I dont think I would have room for much after packing everything else! 

[Ingwe]

a couple of presto logs in a stove is the way to go.

[RG]

I dont get the draw to pellet stoves unless your in an area with no firewood to cut. I dont know the first thing about pellet stoves so maybe someone can educate me on them. If I was planning a 7 night stay and planned on running my stove for 6+ hours every night in my 12x14 tent to stay warm, how many bags or pounds of pellets would someone need?

I would think you would need alot bags for a week trip. I dont think I would have room for much after packing everything else! 

   Part of hunting is the wall tent and wood stove, cutting wood and smoking out the tent when you put more wood in the stove.  I've been loading wood in the stove for 40 years, all my hunting clothes smell like wood smoke, it's part of the tradition.  I guess I can't fault folks who want convenience though.

[huntergreg]

We used it mostly at night. When it is 10 degrees you dont have to worry about waking up to a cold tent if someone doesn't wake up to re-stoke the fire. With the pellets it stays going on its own. We use fire wood when were hanging around camp during the day. But is a lot easier to just use pellets.    No mess and just light them and let it go until the 40lbs is gone then refill. The set up in the pic we got for under 300.00  Its easy to turn off when you head out in the morning to hunt.

[Bigluke1981]

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[Karl Blanchard]

We tried the pellet stove to save on room because in eastern Montana there isn't much to cut so we have to haul wood over there.  7 bags of pellets takes up a lot less room than 7 nights worth of wood.  The whole dying of smoke inhalation and the tent burning down thing has made me switch back to old Betsy and wood though.   by the way that is a mighty fine looking stove you got going there!   I can't wait to here how it burns!

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[Moose Master]

Bought the pellet stove out of cyclinder stoves in Utah.  At 10 degrees the boys were sleeping on top of there sleeping bags.  A 40 pound bag  per day is what I figured for camp and it seemed to work out.   My wall tent is a 12 by 14 and they sleep on cots.  the stove is the medium size.  I figured that the day I don't spend  cutting firewood for the stove can be used glassing area's and scouting.  We still cut wood for a campfire but not as much.  I will be going to a 16 by 20 tent here in a couple a years because of more grandson  (Yea more packers) so will probally go to the larger stove.   One thing that the maker was very clear on is that YOU DON'T USE CHEAP PELLETS.  The other thing I do is have a pea level with the stove.  I make sure that the fire box that delivers the pellet is at 2 percent fall towards the stove.  In my brain it seems to help and I've had no problems.  Good luck to your endeavor to build one.   With the previous posting has any one hung a CO detector in there tent?  Just curious

[huntergreg]

Bought the pellet stove out of cyclinder stoves in Utah.  At 10 degrees the boys were sleeping on top of there sleeping bags.  A 40 pound bag  per day is what I figured for camp and it seemed to work out.   My wall tent is a 12 by 14 and they sleep on cots.  the stove is the medium size.  I figured that the day I don't spend  cutting firewood for the stove can be used glassing area's and scouting.  We still cut wood for a campfire but not as much.  I will be going to a 16 by 20 tent here in a couple a years because of more grandson  (Yea more packers) so will probally go to the larger stove.   One thing that the maker was very clear on is that YOU DON'T USE CHEAP PELLETS.  The other thing I do is have a pea level with the stove.  I make sure that the fire box that delivers the pellet is at 2 percent fall towards the stove.  In my brain it seems to help and I've had no problems.  Good luck to your endeavor to build one.   With the previous posting has any one hung a CO detector in there tent?  Just curious

we have a fireman in camp and he puts on e in every time we go hunting. (CO detector)

[syoungs]

Have you put thought into a final price point your aiming for?

[royalbull]

Have you put thought into a final price point your aiming for?

I paid $900 for a Clarry pellet stove

[chiefrickx1]

We use one and for one of our tents and love it during the off season my father-in-law sets it up in his shop to keep that warm.  I have been looking for another one but they seem to be priced a little high for me right now I am definitely interested to see what you come up with as far as prices go and how long of a burn you get

[WaltAlpine]

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