Some time back there was a thread about heating a stock tank without
electricity. Tonight on my local craigslist someone is offering to sell a
wood fired stock tank heater and I thought some of you might be interested
to see the picture of it. The local craigslist is Eau Claire, Wisconsin and
the listing is for Feb 9 and can be located with the search terms “Livestock
Water Stove” in the “Farm & Garden” section of this craigslist. The heater
has a very clear picture there. It is made of cast iron and burns wood or
charcoal. It sits in the water of the tank. I don’t know the seller, have no
idea about the item or its condition, never tried to use one of these. Just
thought some might find the picture interesting.
Fascinating!
It’s called a rubber mallet. Works great if you don’t have electricity!
I wonder if Lehmann’s would sell something like that.
ETA, doesn’t look like it. hmm.
Time to see if the DH wants to play with a rocket stove.
[QUOTE=Robin@DHH;8523405]
Some time back there was a thread about heating a stock tank without
electricity. Tonight on my local craigslist someone is offering to sell a
wood fired stock tank heater and I thought some of you might be interested
to see the picture of it. The local craigslist is Eau Claire, Wisconsin and
the listing is for Feb 9 and can be located with the search terms “Livestock
Water Stove” in the “Farm & Garden” section of this craigslist. The heater
has a very clear picture there. It is made of cast iron and burns wood or
charcoal. It sits in the water of the tank. I don’t know the seller, have no
idea about the item or its condition, never tried to use one of these. Just
thought some might find the picture interesting.[/QUOTE]
When I was a kid a lot of farms our’s too used discarded cast iron bath tubs. Some would weld up a metal stand to set them on and build a fire under them. A lot of work if one has a lot of subfreezing days. Also pretty darn difficult not to get the water too hot.
Other would MacGyver a couple of burners from a gas stove and use a propane tank. Much easier to to control the water temps.
Might not be as easy to find thrown out bath tubs these days, But might be easily had at a metal salvage yard. Cast iron is not worth much.
