tips on moving a wood stove?

[mama23]

ok - might seem silly question.

looks like we might be purchasing a used jotul black bear. weighs 320# or so. how does one move one of these things? we have a truck & would be able to transport that way, but honestly can't quite figure out how to get it in there.

any tips or tricks, greatly appreciated.

 

[begreen]

Get wheels under it. Cut a piece of plywood a bit larger than the legs' footprint. Center the stove on the plywood. Take a regular appliance dolly and slip its lip under the plywood. Take some cardboard or a blanket and put it between the stove body and the dolly. Now take a ratchet strap around the stove body and the appliance dolly. Ratchet the strap tight to make one unit out of the stove and dolly. Now moving it is a piece of cake.

 

[mama23]

Thanks @begreen .

I heard you are the resident yurt expert. would love some advice on that as well. we are in the same neck of the woods - am on N. puget sound, but yurt will be in E. WA

 

[bholler]

Now moving it is a piece of cake.

I dont know about a piece of cake lol

 

[begreen]

Thanks @begreen .

I heard you are the resident yurt expert. would love some advice on that as well. we are in the same neck of the woods - am on N. puget sound, but yurt will be in E. WA

A friend owns the yurt up in Concrete. My expertise is limited to exactly one installation.

 

[mama23]

well - that is one more than me

 

[BrotherBart]

Sounds like an experience base building here.

 

[begreen]

Get an easy breathing stove. Yurt chimneys are short.

 

[mama23]

would the blackbear count as an easy breathing stove? not really sure what that means?

 

[begreen]

It means a stove that works well with less draft. Most stoves are tested and designed to work with a 15-16 ft flue. This is to get enough draft to pull air through the primary and secondary manifolds. Not sure about the F118CB, it's an uncommon stove. The early ones had problems and I haven't heard much about them since. The original F118 was a strong heater and not very fussy about chimney height. The other thing to think about in the yurt will be clearances. In a small yurt this becomes pretty important. One stove that should work well would be the Pacific Energy Alderlea T4. It is cooler on the sides and will work with a 12ft. flue.
(broken link removed to http://www.chimneysweeponline.com/pacaldert4.htm)

 

[mama23]

I was looking at the alder lea as well - its beautiful. just a lot more expensive I think, as I can get the jotul used. - but that is important info to check into.

 

[begreen]

Would that used stove be the original F118 or the new clean burning F118CB?

How large is the yurt?

 

[mama23]

newer one - only a year old. 24' pacific yurt.