Heating a wall tent???

muleycrazy4x4 · Nov 21, 2009

Had a quick question about using coal in a wall tent. Has anyone ever burned coal in there wall tent/wood burning stove? I can get 100 lbs for $10.00 and it will save a lot of room in my truck & the area Im hunting has very few trees in the area so I would have to hual all of my wood 5.5 hrs. I was told that that coal burns very hot and could burn a hole in my stove. I thought I could put some type of grate in the stove to keep the coal off the bottom. thanks for any advice

Foreman4x4 · Nov 21, 2009

You're right, you need a grate to burn coal and also needs to be a heavy duty type stove, not sheet metal. I use a Cylinder Stove and have their coal grate, which works great. Some guys also line the bottom of their stoves with sand, but I've never gone that far.

Can I ask where you're finding coal for that price?

treedagain · Nov 21, 2009

I have a cylinder stove and use it occasionally. most of the time i just use a buddy heater

muleycrazy4x4 · Nov 21, 2009

Great info thanks !!

As for the coal price I was told in Parma ID

FamilyMan · Nov 23, 2009

I don't know about coal, but when wood is scarce we have used duraflame logs to heat a large wall tent. They give off pleanty of heat, burn a long time, and are clean and easy to truck in. Just another thing for you to consider.

Mark

My hunting spot is so secret, not even the elk have found it yet.