Raemco 7 in 1 tent stove
Mike B
about this stove.
Thanks
Mike B
Mike
Alex Vitek
#How about a link? I can't find anything about it with Google.
Or, maybe the original poster can come back and give a few more details. It
looks like the name will not work. How about a description?
Alex Vitek
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> How about a link? I can't find anything about it with Google.
Mil Surplus tent heaters are readily available, and will double as a
tent stove. You need a tent with a chimney sleeve, which pretty much
means a mil surp tent. The old army tent heater will heat with anything
that will burn; wood, coal, oil, bacon grease, field manuals...
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Mike B
find someone who has one, or had one, who can tell me how it is supposed to
go together.
Mike B
"Mike" <mike.b...@GMAIL.COM> wrote in message
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> How about a link? I can't find anything about it with Google.
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> On Jan 13, 4:26 pm, Mike B <neve...@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
Mike B
2 9" X 19" shelves that attach to each side to increase the cook top
surface. About 3" of the front bottom edge has a sliding vent control.
This part is hinged so it can be opened and the ashes can be removed with
the ash tray that slides inside the bottom of the stove. Cook top has 2
removable pieces and they make up about 14" of the cook top. There are 2
sets of side rails inside the stove. A cast iron grate the size of the
stove inside rests on one set of rails and a set of sheet metal grates (3
pieces) fit on the other.
Using Google I found a couple of references to this stove on archived
forums, mostly Canadian. Nothing fairly recent. E-mail addresses of the
posts were outdated.
Stove was evidently made by a New Jersey company by the name of Raemco.
Might also have been popular with scouting groups.
If you don't know about the stove, maybe you could refer me to active forums
or other outdoor sites where I could research a bit more.
Thanks
Mike B
"Alex Vitek" <ale...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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penultimate
If you search "Raemco" on eBay, you will probably find one or more for
sale and a look at the pictures will answer your questions about this
particular model.
I assume your interest is for an ice shanty or classic canvas wall
tent used in elk camp and by outfitters. Beyond used on eBay, the
best place to find a wood stove of this type (sometimes called a sheep
herder's stove) is probably one of the several places that still build
these tents. Salem Tent and Awning (www.salemtent.com) is one such
place that over the years has supplied three wall tents to my family.
Google on "Canvas Wall Tent" and you can probably find other suppliers/
makers of this type of tent. Where you find someone selling the
tents, you will find someone selling the stoves and chimney sleeves
(mentioned by Larry Caldwell). I vaguely remember Cabelas carrying a
model.
There is something very special about mulling the day just dark with a
little liquid assistance while toasty warm with just a layer of canvas
between you and five degrees and snowing.
I can not offer specific comment on a "Raemco" because there is not
one midst my family and am uncertain whether or not I have been warmed
by such a model in some other's tent. These stoves come in lots of
flavors with many home or custom built. I have never seen one that
did not generate heat. Generally, assuming no big holes in the tent,
one will make a 10x14 wall tent T-shirt comfortable at 10 below.
Assuming you can abuse someone enough to have them get out of sack to
light the fire in the AM, about 10 minutes later getting dressed is a
pleasant experience. If it is above 40, the stove will run you out of
the tent and the warmer it is, the more likely a chimney spark will
land on the tent and burn a hole in it. This makes a tent constructed
of fire retardent canvas an important concern. A few burn holes still
occur with time. Be sure and have a fine-mesh screen cap for the
chimney.
As general comments about things to consider:
I have seen two different stoves that collapsed/broke down into pieces
for compact packing. Both had smoked up the tents they were in.
Whether this is typical of designs that attempt to enhance
"portability" by the firebox itself being an erector set I can't tell
you. But holes or cracks along the length of the firebox are not a
good idea. One was made of very light gauge steel and, being rusted
to the point of visible holes, was pretty near collapse. Only a Pig
Pen type would look forward to the soot of packing them up. So, a
design that minimizes weight while maximizing compactness may not be a
best choice if product lifetime or a smoke-free tent or not being
black after packing up are important.
We have an army surplus model (WWII vintage) that is like a big lidded
kettle and loads from the top and a commercial unit which is a front
loader. Both work just fine heating a tent. But the latter gives you
a lot more flexibility in the length and diameter wood it will take,
something you don't really recognize as important until you cut a
bunch of wood that will not easily in the former. The latter also has
a shelf that hangs off one side and about a 3 gallon or so capacity
"hot water heater" with a spigot that hangs off the other. Both are
very nice usability/"comfort features." Hot water just being there
(assuming the tank is filled) about 20 minutes after you fire up the
stove is awfully nice.
Hopefully this is useful.
Mike B
Thanks for the response. I have the stove, got it off e-Bay. Just looking
for info on where some of the piece go. Have been using a 15 X 15 wall tent
from Beckel canvas for years now. Friend with a machine shop/foundry built
ne a wood stove out of 3/32 or so sheet metal. Works real well.
Beckel tent has been great when I am out for a month or so and when the
family would all be there. Bought the Raemco to use in a tent just big
enough for the dog and I when we make short trips. Looking for a "range
teepe", herder type tent to use the stove in.
Always have a little "liquid assistance" around. Don't handle it near as
well now as I used to.
Mike B
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Subject: Re: Raemco 7 in 1 tent stove
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If you search "Raemco" on eBay, you will probably find one or more for
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I was give this stove by a coworker and I plan to us it in a couple of weeks. I'd like to get a coply of the Rameco 7 in 1 stove manual. Can you plaese e-mail a scanned copy.
Keith