Any Sierra Wood Stove Owners Out there?

I had a little Sierra stove in a weekend place on the Shenandoah River in Virginia. Wasn't anything like yours. It was a little pre-EPA, freestanding, non-cat end-loader with a front viewing window and the old double hand-operated air controls in the end loading door. It did have a bypass in the flue for startup, and a rudimentary airwash flow. Other than the simple fact that I once owned a Sierra stove, I haven't anything to offer. Sorry. Rick

My parents have a freestanding one that sounds alot like your old one, Rick. Freestanding, front loading and side loading, pre epa. They live in MD, so it's funny to see people in that general area talking about them. I think they were manufactured in VA?

Mellow, why did you convert yours to a cat?

Yeah, the stove I had was made in Virginia. Was exclusively a side-load, the front viewing window portion of the stove wasn't hinged, but it could be removed for gasket replacement. I'll look back and see if I can find a pic. Rick

Nope, sorry, can't seem to find a pic of the little Sierra I had...but this is the house it was in. :coolsmile: Rick

Dang Rick, nice pad. If I didn't know how nice Bend is, and how bad the humidity is here, I'd ask why you'd left. %-P

That's not where we lived. We lived in Fairfax. That's a weekend place we had out in Page County between Front Royal and Luray. Fairfax is no place to be retired. Rick

EDIT: Still lookin' for a pic of the Sierra in that place.

Hey everyone, I stumbled across this forum looking for info on the Sierra stoves. I found one in Arkansas just sitting in this old guy's yard. He let me have it for $20. I later found out that was a darn good steal! I went to the fireplace store in Memphis and was told that the company went out of business in the 70"s I believe. I had mine put into my fireplace. They ran a pipe up thru the fluke and put a damper in the pipe. I can't adjust the damper because the opening between the stove and the fireplace is totally closed in. I've been hearing about a blower. Anyone know anything about them? My stove doesn't have one on it. I'll take pics and post them when I'm done, but it has 2 doors with a window on each door, two knobs that turn on each door (Im told those are dampers), and a screen to place in front if I want to leave the doors open. The guy at the fireplace store says they are darn good stoves and when Sierra was in business, they were one of the best makers.

There is a Sierra wood stove installed in a cabin we bought in the eastern Sierra Nevada....appropriate huh?
It was installed into an existing manufactured fireplace.
Unfortunately they used the old 8-9" stove pipe and draft was awful.
Had a new 6" liner installed as well as a wind beater cap.
The guys tell me it it drafts like crazy now "sounds like a heliocopter.
It's a side loader with a front glass that is removable with four brass knobs.
The previous owner used a grate in this stove.
I've had a Vermont castings and now a Hearthstone Phoenix and I was looking at inserts as a possible replacement for the Sierra. None use grates and more often strongly warn against using one.
Anyone know anything about these stoves....it's pre cat.
Thanks

That's it! But It doesn't have a cat in it.
At least not that I saw.
A single slide handle opens the flue.
Two very squeeky knobs on the side screw open and closed for combustion air.
There are little sliding vents just below the front fixed glass.
Feel like a train engineer when I fire it...
I was all set to take it out and replace it with a newer stove or insert but I'm having second thoughts if the draft is corrected.
Did you use a grate with yours? Not sure ifthe guy just put the grate in because of the poor draft or what?
What do you think of this stove?
Thanks

Actually that one is a little different.
Ours has a fixed glass in front. That one appears to have a screen of some kind.
The slide flue damper handle is located upper right side, and slides straight in and out.
Looked up the model 2000 (don't know what ours is) and found a couple for sale.
They appeared to be the same stove as ours.
Cats are available.....now I'm wondering if someone removed the cat because of the above mentioned draft problem.
Where would the cat have been on this stove?
Thanks

Here's my boat anchor...

Your boat anchor....my steam engine.
Got a feeling I'll be changing it out, especially if it really goes through the wood.
The eastern Sierra is all pine forest.
I plan to bring oak from here in Southern Ca. mtns. where we live....got 54 acres of it. But trucking ain't cheap at diesel near five bucks a gallon and the cabin is ten hours away....so if it burns to much I'll somehow have to justify a new stove....sounds like Washington D.C. logic...spend $3,000 to save on wood that's free....duh.
Wondering if I should be looking at an insert or another hearth heater.

The cabin's living room/ dining room/ kit. has one small baseboard heater which is useless. And power outages somewhat frequent so dependable heat is a must especially if three or four feet of snow dumps on us.
Also looking at a direct vent furnace like Riinai as backup.
One thing I can say is that old Sierra gets cookin when you stoke it......."fireman, more steam!"

Valley ranch 1 is in the Tahoe area in the Sierra range. The Sierra wood stove was very popular up there in the past, I think many are still being used. If one shows up at a reasonable price I will sure pick it up, they were well made and desighed.

We are outside of Bridgeport at Twin Lakes.
If you google Sierra 2000 wood stoves, I think there was a couple for sale, one in Nevada but I don't remember where exactly.