Dumb UL stove question

[Rob]

I am admittedly overrhinking this...

How do folks clean the ash from their hot tent stoves?

Do you pack some kind of UL spade in, use
Some heavy gauge foil as a scoop, or just disconnect it from the stove pipe and shake it out daily?

[WapitiTalk1]

Ya, I just disconnect stove from pipe every few days and dump, as needed. Try our best to burn decent wood that burns clean(er) but easier said than done “up there”.

[ghosthunter]

Each one of my stoves have a clean out scoop that travels with them.
I clean out as needed. At end of camp I dump it out.
At home I use a leaf blower to clean them out for storage.

[Rob]

Thanks. 

I hate to add a part to an ultra-light stove - I am already at 2.2 lbs for the stove and stove pipe.  adding a trowel will push that higher and add one more thing to keep track of.  I was able to shave 2/10'ths of a pound off the system by creating a Tyvek case rather than the tube and case the stove came in.

I suppose shaking it out every couple of days is not a huge deal.

Can't wait to try the system out this season!  (Seek Cimarron with Seek U-Turn Ti Stove - 6.2 lbs without the nest, 7.7 with the nest). 

[Fl0und3rz]

Very nice.  SO is good quality.

Good luck.  It would nice to see a review of your thoughts.

[ghosthunter]

Each one of my stoves have a clean out scoop that travels with them.
I clean out as needed. At end of camp I dump it out.
At home I use a leaf blower to clean them out for storage.

Wooops

Missed the Ultra light part.

[Rob]

No worries - same principle, just heavier stoves!

[Stein]

I would think they would cool down during the day when you hunt, so just dump it.  If not, maybe you have a titanium shovel for bathroom duties you could use?  I think some of those are only 0.5 oz and could do double duty, but I wouldn't carry one just for the stove.

[Rob]

Agreed.  I usually use my boot heal to dig cat holes so I don't carry a trowel.  I am thinking a shakeout will work best.  (as noted at the start - I am probably overthinking!)

[Fl0und3rz]

I like that stovepipe tube idea.

[Shawn Ryan]

Dump/shake as needed. No trowel. Stove and pipe are plenty cool enough each evening. Also, if raining, remove the stove pipe once the fire is out and stove is cool (morning) so that you don't get rain into the stove. I've returned at night to water standing in the ashes. Not so great for getting the stove going again.

[Rob]

Excellent point

[Fl0und3rz]

[444Marlin]

I don't clean it out until I'm breaking down the stove.  I think the ashes add a little insulation to the stove to let it burn a little longer/slower.  I've never had it so full of ash, I couldn't start a fire.