Want to share something that happened to me this year, in hopes that it doesn't happen to you.
I use a Propane Big Buddy Mr. Heater, with an O2 sensor to heat my wall tent. The first afternoon I was Elk hunting I was able to shoot a bull, got everything quartered out just after dark, hung up, and took a load out with me. When I got back to camp I started my heater, and lantern. After eating, and cleaning up a bit it seemed like it smelt a bit strong of propane, and through out the night it seemed to get stronger, but not horrible. Then next day while packing out the rest of my Elk I had decided that if I got everything out by 3 p.m. I'd pack up camp and go home still that day, so I wouldn't have to wait for the frost to dry off my tent the next day, well at 2:30 p.m. I rolled into camp with the last load, so I packed up camp, and home bound I went (The luxury of solo hunting, you can do whatever you want).
I let the meat hang for the next day, and the day after I set up the garage to process my Elk. I fire up the heater, then go outside to wash off all the meat, after I'm done washing off the meat I ask my wife to bring me a couple grocery bags for garbage scraps, and then I took the meat into the garage. As soon as I walked in I thought it smelt kind of strong of propane, but kind of blew it off being more concerned with the task at hand. About 45 minutes later my wife comes into the garage and says, you got to get out of here it reeks of gas. As I stood up I felt lite headed, and dizzy, I knew right away. After screwing around with the heater, hose, and tank I found out that the relief valve on the tank was just leaking gas out the back. Had I stayed in the tent another night I might not have been so lucky, or had I not asked for some grocery bags.
I would never say to not use a propane heater, but I will say never use a propane heater without having a separate CO2 detector in the tent, trailer, or wherever your sleeping or working.
So, anyone got an great suggestion for a wood stove for a 12x12 canvas wall tent, prefer something a little too big in case I want to get a bigger tent in the future.
I use a Propane Big Buddy Mr. Heater, with an O2 sensor to heat my wall tent. The first afternoon I was Elk hunting I was able to shoot a bull, got everything quartered out just after dark, hung up, and took a load out with me. When I got back to camp I started my heater, and lantern. After eating, and cleaning up a bit it seemed like it smelt a bit strong of propane, and through out the night it seemed to get stronger, but not horrible. Then next day while packing out the rest of my Elk I had decided that if I got everything out by 3 p.m. I'd pack up camp and go home still that day, so I wouldn't have to wait for the frost to dry off my tent the next day, well at 2:30 p.m. I rolled into camp with the last load, so I packed up camp, and home bound I went (The luxury of solo hunting, you can do whatever you want).
I let the meat hang for the next day, and the day after I set up the garage to process my Elk. I fire up the heater, then go outside to wash off all the meat, after I'm done washing off the meat I ask my wife to bring me a couple grocery bags for garbage scraps, and then I took the meat into the garage. As soon as I walked in I thought it smelt kind of strong of propane, but kind of blew it off being more concerned with the task at hand. About 45 minutes later my wife comes into the garage and says, you got to get out of here it reeks of gas. As I stood up I felt lite headed, and dizzy, I knew right away. After screwing around with the heater, hose, and tank I found out that the relief valve on the tank was just leaking gas out the back. Had I stayed in the tent another night I might not have been so lucky, or had I not asked for some grocery bags.
I would never say to not use a propane heater, but I will say never use a propane heater without having a separate CO2 detector in the tent, trailer, or wherever your sleeping or working.
So, anyone got an great suggestion for a wood stove for a 12x12 canvas wall tent, prefer something a little too big in case I want to get a bigger tent in the future.
