Direct venting a Buddy heater or similar?

[dutch_henry]

I'm starting to look into heating options for a smaller tent (4p mountaineering) and when camping in my truck bed w capper. My buddy heater works for short periods, but the spaces are so small that condensation is a problem and CO is always a concern.

I wondered if anyone has fiddled with their buddy heaters (or similar) to enclose them and add a flue + air intake? Yes, I know nuway is an option (as are propane heaters for maritime use), but these would also be overkill considering the cubic footage involved.

It's something I've been mulling over, and then when I saw what @go4thegusto fabbed up (thread linked below) it pulled this project off the back burner. If you've done something similar, and 'gusto, if you had any interest in starting a separate thread or adding to this one, I'd love to learn more.

Nu Way stove

Looking at adding a Nu way stove to the arsenal. I already have a Big Buddy but looking to go vented. This will be used in an SO 12 man. The question I keep bouncing around is how to secure the vent pipe sections to each other and to the stove itself? My concern is wind blowing the pipe over...

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[Afhunter1]

I think you should check out some YouTube videos of the diesel heaters that everyone is using now.

 

[Raghornkiller]

Was about to say the same thing, if you are truck camping and have a generator an electric heater would also work.

 

[Geewhiz]

Diesel heaters are the bees knees. Only downside is the annoying ticking of the fuel pump. But IMO the benefits outweigh the downsides.

 

[dutch_henry]

Wish a diesel heater would work for me. But at least half of the use would be camping out of a canoe or boat, where I'd have no way of keeping a battery topped off.

Otherwise, I agree it would be good for truck camping.

 

[MNBill]

For anyone that has used a heat sink on a stove, how much difference does it make? Trying to decide between the Nu Way 3500 and the 4000.

TIA

Bill