Hellow everyone and thank you for having me on your forum. I have a few questions to ask and a bit of information for any who would be willing to chime in about a stove purchase I would like to make. Soon I will moving to an area where I will be heating using wood fire. The domicile will be a 5th wheel trailor with a 10'x12' attached stick built add on. My partner already has this set up and is using a 35 gallon barrel stove installed in the addition with shielding to protect from fire. With a couple of say 18x5x5 mahagany splits or logs or maybe one log with these approx dimensions combined he gets a good burn until early morning say 5 to six hours.
This new "home" is what I will be living in 4 days a week. I really like the way the wood stove heats my buddy's place through the night, however I don't like the barrel stove idea so much. Other things I forgot to mention were; the stove sits on the dry dirt with no grasses or flamable materials around. The stove pipe does two 90deg turns to exaust gasses. The primary wood for burning that is available is mountain mahagany, pinion pine, and cedar.
The stoves I have been considering are the stove of ill repute, Vogelzang, and the Morso 2b standard. I really like the Morso, and I do not need it untill next winter so I would have time to save up for it. The questions I have about this stove are: Is this stove ideal for an all night burn with the proper wood? Can I use it to heat very cold mountain stream water in a stainless pot without cracking the cast iron stove top? Can I cook on the radiant heat model?
The only thing that would detur me from getting the morso would be the possiblity of theft. Leavin my trailor in the middle of nowhere on private property 3 days a week poses some risk. The Vogelzang wouldn't be as tempting to steal I think.
Sorry for the large amount of questions but I have found asking all I can before an expensive purchase saves much more money in the long run. Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Robert
This new "home" is what I will be living in 4 days a week. I really like the way the wood stove heats my buddy's place through the night, however I don't like the barrel stove idea so much. Other things I forgot to mention were; the stove sits on the dry dirt with no grasses or flamable materials around. The stove pipe does two 90deg turns to exaust gasses. The primary wood for burning that is available is mountain mahagany, pinion pine, and cedar.
The stoves I have been considering are the stove of ill repute, Vogelzang, and the Morso 2b standard. I really like the Morso, and I do not need it untill next winter so I would have time to save up for it. The questions I have about this stove are: Is this stove ideal for an all night burn with the proper wood? Can I use it to heat very cold mountain stream water in a stainless pot without cracking the cast iron stove top? Can I cook on the radiant heat model?
The only thing that would detur me from getting the morso would be the possiblity of theft. Leavin my trailor in the middle of nowhere on private property 3 days a week poses some risk. The Vogelzang wouldn't be as tempting to steal I think.
Sorry for the large amount of questions but I have found asking all I can before an expensive purchase saves much more money in the long run. Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Robert