Truck Canopy Diesel Heater

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Long story short, I got a free Vevor diesel heater. Been wanting to buy one for the truck bed sleep setup, now I gotta figure out how to rig it.

Through one of the side windows is the most obvious, but I have bug screens in there and really like being able to leave those open in the summer. Not sure if blowing through the screens will cause an issue, anyone ever done it?

Don't think there's enough room to pipe it into the cab facing window.

Any thoughts?

 

[ThorM465]

Following. I'm going to be doing the same this year for the first time, so I bought a little buddy heater. I'm not sure how well its going to work out.

 

[Skerhunter]

Following. I'm going to be doing the same this year for the first time, so I bought a little buddy heater. I'm not sure how well its going to work out.

Condensation is the main issue!

 

[Skerhunter]

Long story short, I got a free Vevor diesel heater. Been wanting to buy one for the truck bed sleep setup, now I gotta figure out how to rig it.

Through one of the side windows is the most obvious, but I have bug screens in there and really like being able to leave those open in the summer. Not sure if blowing through the screens will cause an issue, anyone ever done it?

Don't think there's enough room to pipe it into the cab facing window.

Any thoughts?

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You could leave it in the truck bed and vent the exhaust through the side to the wheel! If you want a pass through with the heater on the out side I would run it through the truck cab window with a “window vent”. There are kits for this exact set up online that the over landers use.

 

[JO.]

Can you remove the screen and just take it out for hunting season? We use one in our 7x16 enclosed trailer and it can keep it about 60 on high in single digit temps. I have seen a guy on YouTube that would set one up for weekend camping trips. He had a tire step he drilled holes in to route the intake and exhaust through and then just connected it to an extra deep cycle battery. I don't remember what he used to route it through the window but had either styrofoam or wood cut to fit part of the window opening with a hole to route the duct inside. I'll link a similar step below. For the price of these heaters I have been impressed with the heat output and efficiency. We used it this past weekend on my wife's hunt for about 3 hours each evening and in the mornings I would turn it on about an hour before we got up and used less than a gallon of diesel.