0 degree solo overnight with a trial of my ammocan wood stove!
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2022
- I took out my ammo can tent stove to give it a go on a 0ºF night in the Lavvu. I made some adjustment to the pipe size in an attempt to make it run more efficiently and it sure does.
The lavvu lends itself to a nice entry level ultra durable platform for an entry level hot tent but I feel most will quickly outgrow it. I like the idea of the ammo can for the lavvu as they are both military surplus and it just seems right.
I see myself getting a different setup all together in the very near future, something a bit more modern and with a touch more head room.
0:08 Introduction
00:44 Lighting the fire and change breakdown
2:28 Parts change and pipe diameter increase
3:26 First look at a thermometer
4:10 Lunch on a Svea 123
6:31 Couscous Catastrophe
7:30 Second look at the thermometer
8:05 Dinner/Trail side Pad Thai
9:41 Morning relight the fire
10:36 Breakfast/ Black Owl Coffee and instant oatmeal
11:26 Closing thoughts.
#ammocanwoodstove #hottent #wintercamping
Would a different type of wood burn longer to avoid going out through the night? .... I think ima stay in doors anyway. Awesome job on the stove tbw!
JUSTIN!! Hi! Yeah Hickory and a couple denser woods but bigger pieces would have stayed longer also. The stove isn't insulated like a regular wood stove either so it burns out fast trying to do it's job by nature.
Thanks bro! Hope everyone is good! ATB bro.
These are great outdoor Videos.
I subscribed
Thank you much. I am going to get back into the swing of it. I took a bit of a break due to real life stuff.
Nice to see your hard work in action! 👍🏻
Thank you John!!
Rock on! Love these Cold weather camping vids!
Bro, they love you too! =P
Very cool!
Karl! Thank you! Hope all is good. ATB, Gary.
done right, they will keep you nice and toasty
Oh how right you are James. I may try and move the pipe around just to see if there is a difference front to back but it worked well for sure. Hope all is well, ATB, Gary.
Awesome video
Thanks Dave! Hope you are having a good weekend! ATB, Gary.
You got yourself a rocket stove, Gary! Hang on tight for take-off!! Always great to be able to experiment to see what works best...cool! Wow, you sure have clear skies. Leave a bit of couscous for the squirrels! Fantastic success for sure! Plenty of adventures to follow! Bruce and Otis
Bruce, I'm about wishing I had a buddy to bring on my adventures like you and Otis, for more than just clean up lol. Hope all is well. ATB, Gary.
@@ConnecticutBackcountry LOL...Otis would have made cleanup of the couscous quick and easy...I know my kitchen floor has never been so clean!! 🤣
@@wendingourway LOL, well he is a bit awesome or so he seems from the videos so I would just let him keep on that way! =D
@@ConnecticutBackcountry Awesome for sure...and I would have it no other way!
It worked well. You definitely had it warm in there.
I would have had to work that damper more if I had better wood too. It was really nice when it was running though it had a steep cool off time! lol. Hope you had a good weekend!
I watched a few of your vids and subscribed. Great content. Those SVEA-12 camp stoves are excellent.
Oh excellent, thank you and welcome! I completely agree, they really are and to be honest, it is fun watching the uninitiated gasp when you fill the stove with gas, spill some and light the stove on fire so it can be lit for cooking lol!
That looked like fun the ammo can worked great it was great to see you out the weather doesn't stop us new englander's.Take care my friend. 😎🔥stay safe out there. 🛣❄
James!! Hope all is good bro! It sure doesn’t stop us! ATB, Gary.
Thanks for the advice! Am just about ready to purchase my flue pipe! Mike in Massachusetts 👍
Married w two kids. I've watched many winter camping videos...lol definitely gotta get the family out in the wilderness some day. I'd like to try winter camping at some point.... Connecticut has alot of great places . My home state by the way
It really does, Connecticut is a good state environmentally and they are doing an even better job at letting people know about it. Having the family out could be great. My daughter likes to camp but not in the colder weather lol.. Thanks for coming by and commenting! ATB, Gary.
Hey it’s Gary - and he’s not frozen !
Truth to the saying if your uncomfortable in the cold / rain it’s not the weather that sucks, its your gear.
Sitting outside in 15-20 degree temps is a testament to the clothing choices.
Sleeping through the stove going out is a testament to the sleeping bag and tells me the cool down time of the stove is less than one nights rest. Not exactly scientific; but as I’m not a scientist it’ll do for now. With all the burning was there any warping to the metal ? It’s not like the ammo cans were made for this stuff.
It’s great to see you enjoying yourself and using a homemade stove in an old school tent. I suppose I could camp in my yard but being nestle between a heated garage and my house I’d not be in the tent quite so long. :)
Looks like it was a nice bit of adventure
May all your journeys be adventures and your havens safe.
John, hello!! It did warp a bit but as you probably know, the lid closes in a way to prevent some warping.
I strongly believe in gear and a bit of self conditioning to ensure that I am snug as a bug in a rug at all possible times, despite the conditions. I can’t say I was totally toasty but I for sure wasn’t cold in my sleepwear and sleeping bag. :) I also got a new wool shirt from the missus and that was nice and warm too, the red one!
Hope all is well my friend. ATB, Gary.
The smallest diameter tent stovepipe I know of is 2.36", and 2.5" is the next sixe up.
My titanium tent stove was originally specified with a stovepipe diameter of 3.123" which I thought excessive on a firebox of 6" H x 6" W x 9" Long, so I ordered mine with a 2.5" diameter stovepipe.
Yeah, I thought smaller would have been better here too but it didn't seem to like it too much but the 3" works well. I am going to end up with a hammock hot tent setup soon I think though. This Lavvu is a pain to get in and out of.
With the standard .50cal can being smaller, you can run the 2” stove pipe, it isn’t making as much flame do to less wood than the bigger stove. Also the diverter plate that Simon put in his, it doesn’t let the flame go straight up the pipe and also keeps the heat in the stove a bit longer before it goes up the pipe. He can close the damper a bit more to get a longer burn time out of the wood.
Nice stove build. I like it better welded as you did. Enjoyed the stove build video and the test with the stove in the lavvu. Been following Simon a bloke in the woods for quite some time. Love the mods he did to the lavvu.
Have you thought about doing any mods to yours? Would love to see them in a video.
Hello Jeff. I had planned on doing a diverter plate and future mods to my Lavvu but got an offer that would have been silly to refuse and ended up selling the lot. That said, it was with the original intention to put the money toward a hot tarp for my hammock but that ended up getting pushed a bit farther out than expected. I still intend to go that direction and will post up about it when it happens. I am excited for the temperature change now to get some colder weather camping in!
Have you made a stove?
@@ConnecticutBackcountry I’m holding off on making another stove . Bought some canvas and am gonna make my lavvu from scratch, that way I can do the mods while I’m making it. But I also want to make a baker tent and make a small stove that can be used with the lavvu and the baker tent both. I had made a canvas wall tent and it works out really well for camping in the winter and I have a cylinder stove for that one.
But I won’t start any sewing for a while. Just had ankle surgery and will be laid up about 6 weeks before I can start any sewing.
Gives me time to work out the details of my design for the 2 tents, but the stove will be standard.50 cal can or maybe a Fat 50. Haven’t decided yet but have both cans in the shop.
@@jeffwelsh1185 That is great! I would like to make a baker tent and have thought of that for a while, with accommodations for a stove of course. I will make another stove or buy one even at that point. I don't have the facility or a machine capable of sewing that kind of canvas so I may end up buying one but I wouldn't mind seeing pictures if make yours, after the ankle gets right of course.
I’d say that was a successful test. Kept that tiny tent pretty toasty considering the outside temps.
Hey Seth! It really did do a good job of that for sure. Hope your weekend was good.
@@ConnecticutBackcountry get ready for the snow this weekend! Mind if use some of this footage - I'm making a Hot Tent montage video that I think you will like.
@@RhodySeth oh for sure bro. You want me to upload it so you can direct download it or or can you get it off here fine?
You ready for the snow? I’m hearing it should be worse over there. I plow for the town so I can never camp during the storms. :( have fun with it hey!
@@ConnecticutBackcountry oh I can get it off here fine. As for the storm, well I lost my plow guy a few years ago (600 ft long driveway) and managed the last few years fine because of the mild winters. But this storm might make me regret not getting a new one. And we tend to lose power during bad wind storms so we're preparing for a couple days without. It'll be interesting!
@@RhodySeth fortunately our hobbies lend to us being able to survive well without power lol, surthrive if you will lol!
I can't imagine camping in those temperatures. Good eal brother. But yikes.
Oh Tressa, if isn't that bad if you plan and dress for it. =} Hope all is well, ATB, Gary.
Nice real life test, Gary. How long do you estimate it would burn with a full load of wood? Take care and stay well.
Hey Dixon, I got about 2 hours of good heat from it and it had a somewhat steep decline after that, especially if damped down but what the damper did do was help preserve some coals to rekindle the fire. My wood was a bit less than perfect and I should have been a bit more diligent about finding a dryer wood but it still worked with sub par wood so thats a plus lol. Hope all is well, ATB, Gary.
Alot of first on this trip lol 😆
Lol Daddio! Trying to keep that progress forward!
is the tree behind your tent the one you watered in the morning...?
LOL! I dunno, Maybe! LOL! =P
Hi there I got into Bushcraft about 15 years ago I make my own stuff I made a ammo stove for lavvu tent. Hoping to find a place good place to try it out it is hard to find places in Connecticut to go to
Hiya Steve! CT is a bit tough to find places to go. I got lucky with some great neighbors but I met them by asking. My town has an online map system called GIS and that helps when looking for spots. I access the maps through the city website, and then shoot a letter, email or Facebook message asking to meet with them. Sometimes it is a resounding no but I have gotten permission to camp hike or cross a decent bit that way. The maps also help to identify boundaries.
I take the time to explain Bushcraft at its core and that usually helps when they learn that you won’t be making permanent changes to the property. I have been a bit out of luck with hunting permission but I have spots for that anyway.
What region of CT? W, NW, eastern?