Winter Van Life Heating with a Woodstove While Living in a Van

Today we are taking a look at a woodstove that came with a Luxe tent that has a stove jack or opening for the stove pipe. This woodstove is a bit too big and there are titanium woodstoves that would be smaller and have foldable legs.
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Thanks for watching!

[@nancy_self_grannys_homekitchen]

My husband always when he would first set up a wood stove,is put a layer of sand in the bottom, that keeps the bottom from burning, it will last longer.

[@roxymurray4585]

I have a smaller one in my van...I love it...heat and cooking in the winter and I use it to cook outside during the summer....great addition!!

[@Dunning-Kruger-effect]

Love what you do Bob. You make this country a better place. Keep up the great work.

[@daveforeman6931]

Thank you, Bob- another great video. This one especially- knowing how you are going to keep warm is important for boondockers, campers, etc.

[@debbieeads3022]

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[@debbieeads3022]

Ok

[@FidoHouse]

I have had a "Cub" model Cubic Mini Woodstove in my 1991 28ft Class C since my second year of ownership in 2017. About a foot cubed - much smaller than your tent model. Love it. Rely on it to extend my propane usage, especially right now in south-central British Columbia where we're having unusually cold weather. I have it installed with the available shielding and opted to use an adapter changing 3" stovepipe to 4" double-walled.

[@kennethgardner3090]

I like your way of thinking.

[@cathysupp9493]

I’ve seen just a few tiny fireboxes perm. installed in vans, usually in the UK 👍

[@kennethgardner3090]

@@cathysupp9493 Thank you, I think I will look into it.

[@WisconsinWanderer]

I like this stove the best part to me is the stainless steel. Thank you

[@justmona9647]

I love your opening on this video Bob! "Life is just a big experiment..." PS - I love this Firebox!

[@tracimcmurray5244]

So many of the rv/van life crowd I'm watching have little, wood-burning stoves. I think they're beautiful and remind me of falling asleep countless times to the wood-burning stove (larger, of course) that was the only heat-source in my childhood home. ❤

[@tallcedars2310]

Having a wood stove is endless security from the cold. You can stock up on wood and when you run out of propane or wood, you can easily replenish wood. Personally, I would never travel without a wood stove. It doesnt have to be set up all the time. Simply have the chimney installed and a cover for the vent when the wood stove is in storage. In northern BC we use ours even in summer so it's a permanent structure.

[@smilesformiles11]

Seems like a great size! The little "minis" often don't last quite long enough to get much sleep, I've heard, and this size seems like a perfect happy medium! And the firepit option is very cool. 🔥 Thank you for another great video!

[@trollmcclure1884]

Folding stoves are not heavy duty. This one seems solid altough you could find similar for a third of the price. - I'd suggest canvas tent for winter - a stove fan for air circulation - thermal mass - a pressure cooker on top. Chunk of steel for base. This will soften the heat-cold curve - not messing with endless cold vaccines. Otherwise say bye bye to your friend

[@tedfort1698]

And that, friends, is how quickly someone can turn from helpful advice to baseless conspiracy theory.

[@TheJoedonbakerfan]

I use a small gasifier stove with wood pellets or twigs, and it works very well with no smoke. Just get a welder’s blanket and piece of plywood underneath it.

[@flatheadfletch]

Bob the G-Stove is the way to go. It’s an incredible kit. It’s what I use. Awesome

[@billycook5688]

I made one about that size once for my small fifth wheel. I lined it with firebrick and burned prestologs in it and it worked great.

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

I have been burning wood for heat for 40 years (since I was 13 yo in my moms garage washing cars) . I would recommend a REAL chimney. The thin material they show will glow red in the dark. In a "fixed" location use thicker walled stainless pipe.

[@LindaWolfe20]

That is a little dandy stove looks like.. hope it's works well.. My uncle's on their farm had a huge wood burning stove that heated their home. I can remember as a. Child.. Great memories I have on our farm.

[@steveniece9247]

Recently installed my new Pomoly Dweller Stove in my suburban, best addition to my custom conversion yet!

[@jchiliw]

Many pallets are hardwood and already dried. You can get them free for the asking. I burn the wood with the nails in it. It doesn't hurt your stove.

[@janet1744]

Wood pallets are not ALWAYS free but good luck.

[@jsso2845]

What a great little wood stove

[@BigVanSmallWorld]

I have a cubic mini wood stove in my sprinter love it

[@mayinnlin1879]

Thank you for sharing Bob. Awesome 👍❤️

[@darrylqueen9520]

The stove that you talked about in your presentation remind me of a Yukon stove I use when I was in the Marine corps going through cold weather combat training it has the same elements the same setup maybe a newer version but it looked just like the Yukon stove that I had was in the Marine corps but either way I really enjoy it and I'm hoping to possibly purchase one so thank you very very much

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

I found two new old stock Yukon, we've used the one.. other is stull in cosmoline.

[@christinebutler7630]

A bag of dog food is heavier than that,.so no problem. I like that it has a cooking surface. If I can find one with a water tank and an oven that fits on the pipe....that would be perfection.

[@jchiliw]

Check the TA Outdoors channel on youtube. He has a nice little stove with water tank and oven.

[@cinnamonnamon8611]

Mine is like that. It's a Wonderwell Nomad. I have the medium one.

[@reedofurantia606]

I'm lovin mine, ( but a cheeper model). In my bunk house.

[@randomcampbell3440]

Will be watching in a few min and looking forward to Bob's review. I just ordered that stove 11 days ago. Super excited but I have received no info from the company yet. Frustrating. The plan was to use it in a megahorn tipi. Thankful for Bob and the community. Happy New Year everyone!

[@littlepotato2741]

If you need ideas or equipment for a tight spot, the magical word is "nautical." People have been living and traveling on boats for many centuries. Compact and safe solutions for heat, etc have been testing in real life on boats. Failure and redesigns have are already baked into nautical products due to the long period of use. Obviously, you have a use a little common sense because I guarantee that there will be poor quality products under the nautical label, but that's true whenever you look at a selection of products.

[@ismofishness8192]

I like that thinking very much

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Good point, but with RV and tiny home living, more tested products are coming from that source as well. For example, one would not need a gimbaled stove/oven on land!

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

You are correct Little 🥔. Only problem i see is cost Usually VERY expensive. I plan on fabricating a small vertical pipe stove (about 8" diameter) modeled after a nautical one i saw years ago.

[@Gardner_for_Earth]

The reason steal rusts from heat is that the heat increases the reactiveity of the steal. So metal rusts slower at colder temps. It's like 1% more per 5 degrees.

[@wendylabonte9330]

Here is a major safety feature for wood stoves that size.....you really need sturdiness on the base....because of cooking pans on top of it and basically juggling the firewood stoking it. The legs should really be at an angle to provide a wider and a much sturdier base....even though those legs are heavy, putting them at an angle will give you a much better and stro nger base for keeping your stove in the upright position.....also as the stove is continuously heated ad cooled , warping is a major issue, thus that creates a sagging of your stove that you will not want.....safety safety safety

[@shaunhall6834]

Cool! I'm definitely going to have one of these.

[@njanderson4342]

Thanks Bob!

[@regenagroen4631]

Happy New Year Bob & Cody!!!!!!! LOVES/HUGS....

[@lifeoflucretia]

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S, Bob! I LOVE the idea of a stove. We have a 25 ft class c and it's our goal to find a way to incorporate one into the space. LUCRETIA

[@ronneybraun8889]

I want to do this sometime

[@stacyhackney6100]

Thank you.

[@stephaniesimmons-ashorobi3314]

Thank you for this vid.

[@thegrimreaper819]

Life is a great big experiment! Awesome. Thank you for sharing as I will be purchasing a tent and stove, every single opinion or experience from anyone is a good piece to ones puzzle and experiment. Perfect size stove if you ask me...

[@ThisNomadicIdea]

We sure do love our Cubic Mini wood stove. Been using it a lot lately. Better than propane.

[@cvcoco]

Are you using in a tent or van?

[@ThisNomadicIdea]

@@cvcoco Vintage Airstream. Bob did a video on us.

[@srrfounder1]

Happy New Year, Bob! 😊🎆🍻

[@frankungaro237]

Thanks Bob have a good one

[@deetrvl4life875]

Very nice! Candles in my minivan works well too.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Who knew? Amazing!

[@cathysupp9493]

The dryness of the wood is critical-too bad they don’t include a chimney sweep tool clean that creosote out Wonder how it would work with pellets? Bet it’s very cost efficient HUGE POINT As most folks might intend to use locally “found” wood-likely NOT dry

[@carmenmartinez2882]

Get compressed wood same as pellets but lasts longer, less soot on the pipe and hardly any ashes. Make sure is compressed wood not duraflame, some people confuse them, and they’re not the same. It should be able to work, what I wouldn’t use is ironwood, unless is a cast iron stove which this is not it can actually melt parts of the metal. Don’t ever use pine cones as a starter it would clog the pipe.

[@sharongypsydove6080]

Wood pellets work absolutely great in any little camping woodstove.. I have a tiny tot and they work fabulous in it.. My son has a Camp Chef military type stove for his 4 season canvas tent for hunting... That way hes not looking for wood I'm not looking for wood.. And the best fire starter to use on wood pellets is Hand sanitizer gel.. Start the wood pellets right up.. Plus wood pellets last longer

[@phylbeeme2476]

Cubic Mini would be my choice in a van or mini.

[@user-ok4br7dw2j]

Bob Wood brings 🔥 more tasty food

[@kimjhpl1524]

great to see these options. Thanks.

[@1tlb0k61]

Thank you! Excellent demo as always. Would live to see you do a review in the 4 lb stove by same maker.

[@arcticvanilla2603]

Cubic mini grizzly works in Fairbanks Alaska in my Chevy express van

[@dondiego124]

Great video Ryobi has a few new 18v inverters one can take a charge from a little Ryobi solar panel

[@danielbast352]

I need one for my rv. Send it to me.. lol

[@lea801]

Love the info. Trying to learn about the hearing option s.

[@lea801]

Heating

[@roxgal871]

I would probably burn wood outside, I don't know about taking inside the tent, how about, maybe close by the tent, of course you have to keep it open. How much does it cost?

[@phillipbeville7982]

Need to get a heat powered stove fan for that

[@DeborahCaldwell77]

Is that a Mansfield Safir Tentipi ? Thanks for these demos, btw

[@russellstarr9111]

I can see right now, I wouldn't want that tipi.

[@robertblazier7530]

Bob. Thanks for this. Is anyone down there using a diesel heater in a tent?

[@christinebutler7630]

You could asphyxiate yourself!

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

@@christinebutler7630 you could asphyxiate yourself with any combustion. You must have a source of outside air coming in. A CO monitor would be vital in any combustion, imo.

[@Scolio]

@@christinebutler7630 its best to assume *any* heat source wants to straight up kill you. It is up to the instruction manual and your direction following to stop that from happening (plus accepting the risk you could die anyways). As long as the diesel heater or the wood stove have a proper exhaust set up and you have proper air coming into your space, you should be fine. Im not nomadic and I live in a house but one thing bob said thatI always think back to is “I don’t trust companies, but I trust the greed of lawyers. If they make a product that kills people they will be sued so they make it safe”. Im paraphrasing here but whatever. I know there is a really good diesel heater brand that you *should* go with for many reasons. Most people get the cheap chinese ones that die within a couple years and cost wise, it works for them. As far as safety goes, i dont trust a cheap Chinese device thats purpose is to combust fuel in an enclosed space. None of these heaters are *safe* so to speak but with common sense, you should probably be good. Probably

[@MostlyOffGrid]

So I would love to get one but, for those of us in RV’s what about insurance and having one?

[@tomwilliam5118]

Does anyone know if they have the drawing to win Bob's van yet

[@kjames8299]

Tent stoves are too small.Tjis nice bitbigger

[@donnamount151]

Bob...have u priced an Olympian Wave 3 recently? Mine cost me $1 hundred something...now they want $4 hundred something...😲😲😳😳🥺...have they lost their " GREEDY" minds????

[@derykmacleod4979]

oooh I got a private message from Bob yesterday saying I won something...LOL yeah I didn't call the number

[@CheapRVliving]

Do not reply it is a scam. Thanks

[@jennifermagee9131]

You should be able to get your vaccines in the nw.