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Papinator 11/30/2012 12:58AM
quote awbrown: "Papinator



Well......a little time has passed, have you had any further adventures with your Snowtrekker? Got it all figured out? Nothing beats a chilly night passed in a comfy hot tent......



Just wondering how things have gone."



We are taking her out tomorrow night :) However, it's supposed to be like in the 50's so... poopy. Won't get the real cold weather effect but we'll sleep in her none the less! :D


Will also get to try out some of the dehydrated food I've been jigging up.
SteveElms73 11/29/2012 03:32PM
Soooo jealous! Thanks for the sharing the vid!
awbrown 11/29/2012 10:53AM
Papinator


Well......a little time has passed, have you had any further adventures with your Snowtrekker? Got it all figured out? Nothing beats a chilly night passed in a comfy hot tent......


Just wondering how things have gone.
Soledad 11/28/2012 12:32PM
I remember the day I took my snowtrekker out of the box! Bring on the snow and cold!
Papinator 11/22/2012 12:09PM
quote WhiteWolf: "I burn wood to heat my house with 2 wood stoves. Normal use from moisture in the summer and spilled water from boiling water for moisture in the winter produces rust. Each fall, before the burning season I use some elbow grease and the Black Spray paint made by Rutland (any high temp paint will work) and give it nice coat. The whole point of my writing this is to make sure that those of your who do it to your hot tent stoves -- is after painting your stove,, you will have to fire up your stove to cure the paint. I make sure my family is gone and I open several windows -- the smell is nasty.
I'am jealous of all of your who have a hot tent system!!!
BTW-- papinator-- I'am in Waukee.




"



Ah! Them perhaps you will join me in a snow dance!! Lol. There are a few other central Iowans here... I smell a mini winger coming on...
awbrown 11/22/2012 10:42AM
quote McVacek: "When did you order your tent? We ordered ours the last weekend in October and are awaiting its arrival. Tell us more about this black painting on the stove... (ours is all shiny and new in the basement) Wouldn't mind burning things in it! :)"


You don't need to paint it right away. After a few good fires, the outside of the stove will naturally begin to rust.


Go over it with a bit of steel wool, and a couple of light coats of heat risistant spray.


Then fire it up to cure the paint.
WhiteWolf 11/22/2012 02:26AM
I burn wood to heat my house with 2 wood stoves. Normal use from moisture in the summer and spilled water from boiling water for moisture in the winter produces rust. Each fall, before the burning season I use some elbow grease and the Black Spray paint made by Rutland (any high temp paint will work) and give it nice coat. The whole point of my writing this is to make sure that those of your who do it to your hot tent stoves -- is after painting your stove,, you will have to fire up your stove to cure the paint. I make sure my family is gone and I open several windows -- the smell is nasty.
I'am jealous of all of your who have a hot tent system!!!
BTW-- papinator-- I'am in Waukee.



Papinator 11/22/2012 01:57AM
quote McVacek: "When did you order your tent? We ordered ours the last weekend in October and are awaiting its arrival. Tell us more about this black painting on the stove... (ours is all shiny and new in the basement) Wouldn't mind burning things in it! :)"


we ordered ours probably 1st week in october... your's is just weeks away, i'm sure!


white wolf is the one that talked about the black bbq painting of the stove... it's in the "getting closer..." thread.


thanks everybody! really excited to sleep in it!
catfish72 11/22/2012 12:47AM
Sweeeeeeet!! Enjoy!
McVacek 11/21/2012 09:52PM
When did you order your tent? We ordered ours the last weekend in October and are awaiting its arrival. Tell us more about this black painting on the stove... (ours is all shiny and new in the basement) Wouldn't mind burning things in it! :)
awbrown 11/21/2012 07:49PM
Setting up tent.......


The short but fat gold poles (2) install on each side of the tent. You slide the short gold poles in thru the sleeves on the side of the tent. There is a gap in the center of the sleeve. You insert the pole through one of the "leather looking loop" that is on the end of the included ropes. Then shove the fat gold pole the rest of the way through the sleeve.


The small black poles are then installed vertically into the grommet along the bottom of the tent that now lines up with the hole in the "leather looking loop". One end of the skinny black pole goes in the bottom grommet and the other end goes into the grommet in the "Leather looking loop." Stake out the rope and use the little plastic doohinkus to tighten the rope.


The small diameter gold pole (1) is installed through the sleeve on the back of the tent and uses another of the leather looking loop with a rope attached. No vertical pole in the back.


Hope that makes sense.
WhiteWolf 11/21/2012 07:11PM
if you paint your stove black with high temperature paint,, make sure to do another burn in the stove outside to cure the paint-- this will emit some smell.. doing it in a tent would not be fun....


looks like fun!!!
kanoes 11/21/2012 06:27PM
nice job jenny! bwaak bwaak bwaaaaaaak
Savage Voyageur 11/21/2012 06:06PM
Looks like someone is excited for winter to arrive. Have fun
mocha 11/21/2012 05:38PM
she looks great!!! you could sleep in it now without the stove.
Papinator 11/21/2012 05:12PM
Here she is, in all her glory!

The Snowtrekker Arrives!