I recently bought a 10x10 oware pyramid tent and I was planning on using it for winter camping. I saw some cool pictures on ti-goats and kafaru web site of people with wood stoves in them. Anyone have any personal experience with this. How does this work in the real world. Is the best place to put the stove right in the middle(slightly offset for the ridge pole) or can I put it off to the side more?if I will use it in the snow I can dig it down so that the stove would be further from the fabric if installed off center? How about sparks landing on the outside of the tent?spark arrester? What about wind? I have never used a big mid and I don't know how they act in the wind. Do the sides bow in far with a good gust and the material could potentially touch the stove. The mid I bought has guy lines in the mid spans. What about the ridge pole. Is it ok to just use the trekking pole method? I was thinking this might be hard in the snow. Do you put a small piece of foam under your pole? Maybe a rope between two trees would be better. What about a tree branch as a ridge pole?(from a down tree L.n.t.) I am experienced with woodstoves in general because I have lived with one as my only source of heat for over 10 years. I was interested in getting the small box stove from ti-goat. Thanks for any info.

The Kifaru Tipis were specifically designed to work with stoves, and they have stovepipe port built in, so the stove can be placed in the middle of the tipi with the stove pipe running straight up through the top. I don't think the Oware Pyramid has this feature.

This website has a lot of info on hot tent camping (using a wood stove in a tent).
http://wintertrekking.com/equipment/hot-tenting/
Sadly, their website was hacked and they lost a lot of info on their forums, but there's still loads of good information and experienced people on their forums.
There is also the book by the conovers and its earlier editions. It's fun to read, but definitely not light. These methods are inspired by the native peoples in the forested regions of the north (i.e., Quebec, Maine, etc.).
Snow Walker's Companion: Winter Camping Skills for the North by Garrett Conover and Alexandra Conover (Oct 26, 2005) ISBN-10: 0976031337
It's out of print and Amazon's used prices are outrageous. Look it up in bookfinder.com and there are some reasonable prices.

The standard for hot tent camping is cotton tents. Nylon is vulnerable to damage from sparks and heat. You'd have to modify the tent to put in an inflammable piece for the stove pipe. I don't think I'd try it with a nylon tent, but the kifaru tipis are nylon so I guess it can work.

I forgot to mention that ti goat has a stove jack that can be installed(with sewing) to any approved tent. Must be an inflamable section with some silninylon or something.

Lots of info in the Kifaru forum but look also around the Ti Goat site for stove and stove parts including the necessary stove 'boot" (also called jack)
http://www.titaniumgoat.com/products.html
That is where I purchased my kit for my DIY project:
DIY stove video
(I purchased a much longer pipe than one would need for a 3 person tent just in case and to see how hard it would be to assemble. My main aim was to make a relatively compact stove kit but easy to put together)
The Ti Goat tents are also made with silnylon.
Franco
I see you have been there...

Edited by Franco on 10/30/2011 14:55:37 MDT.

I have sewed in several stove jacks into pyramid shelters. It is very eaay to do. One thing to note, due to the size of the stoves used, you have to constantly put logs or sticks in about every 20 minutes. The stove will not stay hot for more than a half hour or so, so you either need to wake up every 30 minutes to feed it or use a sleeping bag rated for winter.

As far as the location of the stove pipe. I recomend the center next to the pole. The pipe provides alot of heat. If you place the pipe near the edge you miss out on alot of heat. I tried this once, and i wish I had placed the stove jack in the middle.

>I forgot to mention that ti goat has a stove jack that can be installed(with sewing) >to any approved tent. Must be an inflamable section with some silninylon or something.

I assume you mean non-flammable. I think it's a kit to install a Versa Port, which I think has a silicone liner, similar to what the ultralight muffin cups are made from.

BTW, silnylon is flammable, and jet fuel is inflammable. Somehow, I don't think you want an inflammable material in your shelter :)

Thanks Rakesh, I had to look that one up. Yes I meant non-flamible. I wouldn't want a stove jack made out of jet fuel. Anyways thanks to everyone that has posted so far.

This is the Ti Goat jack:



the silnylon is the same as the one used by TT , the heatproof panel does feel like silicone.
Franco

For people willing to trust their own sewing skills, the TIGoat stove jack kit seems like a great idea. I have a feeling though that not being willing to do your own sewing doesn't mean you're out of luck, based on some of the mods that Bear Paw has performed for folks who've purchased shelvers from other vendors. :)

I've thought that the idea of being able to safely run a stove in a pyramid or tipi tent was a good one for a while, especially since the days can be rather short and the nights rather long in winter. IMO TiGoat is being clever in offering this kit. :)