Is this for real?

I still see these in use from time to time. used to see them alot. The scary thing is that when the snow starts falling and the oil stops pumping we are going to see alot of stuff like this brought back from the grave. Donna posted it as a curiosity but how many others would just stoke it up and light it off? I'd venture at least a few.

blackgooseJT

Its funny you brought this up when we bought this house there was a stove like donnas pic just one barrel and it was in the garage.
I took the kit off and tossed the barrel. It is scary that people may get that dasparate that they may put something like that in a house.

That picture causes involuntary clenching.

blackgooseJT

I've heard that you get the best break-in fires if you use an old petroleum barrel that hasn't been thoroughly cleaned out. Rick

BrotherBart said:

I would rather see one of those used with some caution rather than something like this any day.

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That looks Tlike the wall are going to catch fire danger danger

I used one of those for 10+ years in an outbuilding and it sure pours out the heat. Probably had it going for 30 hours a week.During the time I had it I never had to replace the barrel and I had it red hot at times.
Mike

I’ve heard that you get the best break-in fires if you use an old petroleum barrel that hasn’t been thoroughly cleaned out.

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Put your head between your knees....

I used to know a hot rod guy the set one up as a forced air kerosene heater. Put off a lot of heat. It would heat his two bay shop real quick. He used a five gallon jug to hold the fuel for it.

Have one in my barn! Works good puts out alot of heat! Very Dangerous though! I only use it maybe three times a year!

People build "rocket stoves" out of a single barrel for cooking/heating. I've seen cases where they suggest them for heating weird construction houses (sprayed gunnite, mud built, cordwood construction). I guess people sometimes drink the "Mother Earth News" Kool Aid a bit too deeply for their own safety.

Payback time= one month

I've seen plenty of these in garages and cabins. Never seen any with 2 barrels. Some people put sand in the bottom to keep the bottom from burning through. I remmeber burning one at a cabin many moons ago. It was so hot you could barely stand 5' from it!

When I was a teenager growing up in Manhattan, there was a store on Grand and Mulberry that used one of these to smoke their mozzarella cheese. It was out on the sidewalk every Saturday morning at 5:00am.

barrel stove kits are still available , they can be sold as they are not a stove , just a kit to make one , so they are not regulated in any way. i have had conversations with folks who have bought the kit and used the door and such for home made plate steel stoves, (not somthing i advocate by the way) personally i think those kits should be illegal , but apparantly they havent been proven to have killed anyone yet so they are still here.

my advice , buy a real stove from a reputible manufacturer. the rapid return on the investment may take a few more months , but once its paid itself off,its paid itself off and you reap the same if not better savings from an EPA rated stove. risking your life on the condition of a barrel isnt conducive to sleeping soundly IMHO

Toast said:

...It was out on the sidewalk every Saturday morning at 5:00am.

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Better out there than in my home...but not really safe at any location, so far as I'm concerned. Rick

BrotherBart said:

I still have a new kit on a shelf in the garage. With all this talk about them I may have build another one.

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Maybe you can still find a couple of old napalm drop tanks that were never completely cleaned out. No worries about gettin' up to the break-in temp. :wow: Rick

BrotherBart said:

...This from a guy that slept soundly with a nuke in the engine room...

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We were at least smart enough not to keep them down there. Exactly where we did keep them, I'm afraid I can't say. :zip: Rick

A barrel stove eh.... Why not an old bath tub stove? Or an old chevy stove. I'll bet you could get the shop nice and warm by burning a fire inside an old Corvaire! )