Some time back, I told you I was going on a buying binge for inexpensive Chinese “parking heaters.” These are similar to the Webasto and Espar units that have kept truckers warm for decades. Thing is, these are about 1/1oth the price.
In fact, since my shop is part hardware store, off a compact enough shop to make a submariner proud, there is an amazing amount of storage. When we use something on our “consumables” list, a replacement is ordered so as to always have 100 percent backup for important systems. Water, heat, roofing, and so forth.
The replacement unit ordered Saturday was the one installed Saturday: “VEVOR 8KW Diesel Air Heater Muffler Diesel Heater 12V 10L Tank Diesel Parking Heater 8000W with Lcd Monitor for Boat Bus RV and Trailer, 8KW 12V 10L.” They generally run about $129, but I lucked out and caught a 20 percent off coupon. This is our third one of these.
For your installation, you’ll also want a Marine Heater 22mm Exhaust Hull Skin Fitting, 316 Stainless Steel Curved Tube Pipe Socket. $23-bucks.
Design Discussion
It’s worth stepping back (before we pick up our hammer and saw, lol) to consider my nearly religious fervor about growing our own food. We live on 29-acres, so you wouldn’t think that would be a problem, but it is. Sunlight and water can be contentious.
When Elaine put in the all-time winner’s garden back in 2006, or so, we were about run off the property by squash. Yellow squash just loved the soil, and when he was staying with us, my brother-in-law hauled many wagons full of rabbit poo over and mixed it into the soil.
Now that the rabbit owners have moved to the “hutch in the sky” and the brother-in-law is “happily ever-aftering” with his sweetie in their home, our approach to gardening has change – a lot.
For one thing, the trees around the garden revealed that not only do they partially obscure the Starlink view of “radio sky” but they shade the garden so badly that our crops this year were sunlight deficient. 4-hours of tomato sunlight gives you runts. Similarly, a softball-sized cantaloupe may taste great, but you’ll go hungry within minutes; they’re so small.
Even the squash was a problem. Few, far between, and hard as rocks. This winter, when George II returns to family lands (house-building plans) we’ll take out a lot of trees. My consigliere’s (CPA/tax lawyer) view is that every pine within 150-feet of a building has to go. We’ve penciled in a Harbor Freight gasoline-powered sawmill to turn all the trees into dimensional lumber. Free (or nearly so) home, anyone?
Last Christmas (with G2’s help) we put up the lean-to on the side of the music studio. With a swamp cooler and attention to exhaust fan placement (for a long flow-through) this kept the veggies out there in the low to mid 90s even when temps went triple digit as they did (and stayed) this year.
Now that the weather is turning cold, we need to keep the five raised planters in that grow room above about 45-50. Even lettuce is painfully slow growing under 50, or so.
Since we already had a 100-gallon water collection system (and a neighbor might give me a hell of a deal on a 260-gallon IBC tote) there’s an existing 100-watt solar panel, charge controller, and 30-amphour gel cell to power the 12-volt watering pump.
There’s virtually a free DC backup system, so the heater is a “natural.”
Construction Begins
The first step is in the shop where the major physical elements of the heater are cobbled up, like so:
Essentially, there’s a galvanized metal mounting place and the holes are about 6-inches on center. The black hose (*with intact baffle/muffler) goes on the left, the diesel fuel line inlet is behind it, and the silver exhaust pipe is on the right.
Mounting in the Greenhouse
I figured it would go adjacent to the glass storm door. Here, a couple of 12-inch hunks of 2-by-4 were installed.
There’s an old “firehouse layout trick” Pappy taught me: Put in one of the 2-by’s dead level. Then, grab a 36-to-48-inch straight piece of scrap and level the right 2-by to the left one (which was dead leveled and well secured).
You stick will make sure the left and right 2-by’s are at the same height. One measurement for the whole process – and when the floor’s not level, you still get profession-looking results.
Next?
A couple of wood rails are installed and then the unit is placed in position:
If we didn’t have a freeze warning last night, I would have slapped on a coat of paint. But Elaine was volunteered to resolve that. By the way, the unit ended up being flipped 180 because I didn’t want the four hot air vents all blowing onto plants. That would likely cause too large a temp gradient between planters and hot wind would increase plant transpiration (go read up on it) and that would increase water use.
Tanks a Lot
These units come with their own “fool tank.” The Vevor has a 10-liter job which required a bit of thinking to get right. Since the directions on these are terrible.
As supplied, the tank out of the box comes with no hole for the diesel out line. You have to drill this in – it’s a bit under a quarter-inch. The necessary hardware in shipped in the tank, so you’ll want to shake it out…
One O-ring goes on the output cock – the other is installed on the outside which is how you get a good seal that doesn’t leak diesel.
I decided to put the output line straight down from the filler. With a suitable hole drilled, a stick longer than the tank, had the new fitting gently duct taped on and it was run down the tank into the new hole. (Got it through on the first ty which will never happen for another 10,000-years.) That second gasket and a “special nut” go on and are tightened with a thin Crescent which holding the output nipple with pliers. (Unintentionally kinky sounding, for sure…)
Next, a leftover hunk of 5-quarter decking is pre-drilled and screwed onto the closest planter.
By the time you get done, it might look something like this:
Fuel, Power, and Vents
The last few components to go in place are the metering fuel pump – do not install it level – its output side must tilt up 20-degrees or more. Mine was about vertical which was fine.
There are specs that say the pump can do a meter of lift, but everything runs smoother if the pump is lower than the fuel tank output.
Route the fuel line so it goes directly to the pump. You don’t want to fuel line on the exhaust side of the heater.
Once you run the other fuel line (to the heater and secure all with clamps) all that remains is exhaust routing and wiring.
Since our greenhouse has Lexan plastic, I took some scrap sheet metal (aluminum flashing) and cut a 12X12 inch hunk. A hole was punched in using a (worthless) hole drill. The scratches that process left were good enough that I could use a sharp slotted screwdriver as a mini cold chisel and work around the hole.
Four small pieces of wood were attached to this with treated screws and then this was place on the outside wall after drilling a 4-inch clearance through the Lexan.
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This is an outside view looking in. The black dangly thing is the combustion air intake and sound baffle. The wiring routing and clean up (Zip ties, stat!) is on the docket after breakfast today.
I put about a gallon of diesel in the tank. Applied power and held the Up and Down buttons at the same time to prime the fuel line to the heater. With 13 volts off the battery, it fired up on the first try.
Since the exhaust is outside, the only smell to start up was the shop finish on the machine innards come up to temp,
How Does It Work?
Great!
It consumed about 1/3rd of a tank of fuel running on high overnight (checking several times, CO monitor in place, etc.
When I got out of the shower at 4 AM, the outside air temp was 28-degrees and the heated space was holding 58-degrees. 30-degrees of heat rise – exactly the plan!
Today, the sidewall to roof joint of the greenhouse will be filled in and a far end wall opening will be resolved (it’s screen now and letting a lot of heat out).
But for a little more than $100 bucks, it was a fun project, and a similar unit will go into the shop one of these days, as well.
Treating the roof joint air leaks should bring the temp up at least five more degrees and since we won’t run the unit unless the nighttime temps fall under 45, or so, the fuel cost should be low. One Canadian rose gardener on Youtube figured the cost of diesel was 10-cents a kilowatt-hour which is cheaper than either the solar or the utility power.
These are not “be all, end all” units, but for certain applications (greenhouse and shop and maybe G2’s cabin when built) they are very good values.
An uninstalled spare for the house and a couple of 55-gallon drums of diesel in addition to the 400-gallon propane heater (backup) to the house HVAC system and we’re starting to nibble around the edges of a well-thought out, redundant and flexible survival platform.
Sure, it’s a “trailer in the woods” – but the “systems engineering” is similar to building up an offshore capable sailboat. Backup for backups.
With idiots and sanctions running wild, that’s an almost priceless asset to own in uncertain times.
Write when you get rich,
George@Ure.net
Your horizontal 2-bys attached to the studs will need support at the outer ends. Otherwise they’ll start to sag. Even a diagonal 1-by back to the bottom of the studs will work fine.
will the Home Owners Assc. allow the unpainted support structure to go un-matched with the approved color schemes?
but the lettuce (let us) seems happy, but the HOA might want ya to spinach the job
Good morning, Sunday morning, cats are fed and I have fresh ginger and raw honey in this morn’s coffee. I read where ginger grows easily in humid growing conditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE32IxRIgow
she is exceptional as a mate
“If we didn’t have a freeze warning last night, I would have slapped on a coat of paint. But Elaine was volunteered to resolve that”
Funny how small change seems irrelevant, until ya start saving it. And those who go off script, make huge contributions and make something better. I’ve seen people trip over something that wasn’t even there … and “something” out of nowhere has saved the day.
Just thoughts as I read your writing, and enjoy my coffee.
Cheers !!
Congrats on the project.
“Thing is, these are about 1/1oth the price.”
Classic cost vs. quality vs.”good enough” decision-making.
There may be an international cabal of shape-shifting billionaires conspiring to move all manufacturing to third world shitholes (thanks, DJT), but we consumers are aiders and abbetors. Yes, me, too.
Harbor Freight = Q.E.D.
Pogo was right.
Not blamin’, just explainin’.
G2 and I have been hunting for an all American made sawmill within 25 -30 percent of HF – and no luck so far
‘Couple ticks below $4k is the best you’ll do, unless you buy used…
I will ask my friend if he still has his..he had a sawmill that he set up for his dad to have something to do.. sold his building ..I think he has the equipment in his shed but not sure..
I texted him.. on his sawmill.. it might be a tad bigger than what your considering though.. his was a real sawmill..not a hobby size or homestead size.
G, I’m all for your heat setup; I think it’s an awesome idea. What would be your plans for fuel if diesel takes another huge jump, or worse– a lack of it? Right now, I get a sick feeling in my stomach when I have to fill the VW wagon’s tank. Southern Indiana is all over the board on cost from $5.30 to over $6. Still. Heck, I’m pretty sure it didn’t even move downward for the midterms, but then again… Indiana is almost all republican and there wasn’t a snowball’s chance that anywhere but Indy and Gary would be voting democrat. Anyhow, game plan for what if?
1. What would be your plans for fuel if diesel takes another huge jump (Open a new barrel – we have a few to choose from and the price locks when you pay, lol)
2. If you don’t lead to drive, don’t. If you don’t have a high mileage gas car, think about a hybrid. Store a barrel or two of diesel if you can and get a manual (or “shaker” type) syphon pump to transfer.
“Store a barrel or two of diesel if you can and get a manual (or “shaker” type) syphon pump to transfer.”
Shop at Speedway (Burkhart & Lynch, right off I-69), save your points. Use “Power Service + Cetane Boost” to make your TDI happy. Alternatively, shop at a Countrymark 24/7 Store (there are 5-6 in Evansville.) Countrymark “premium” diesel rolls out of their refinery at 50-Cetane so no PowerService or Stanadyne is necessary. The last time I bought a diesel stock, I bought from Speedway and used eight “50¢ off per gallon” coupons (they’re Speedway’s best promo {do the math…} but they’re only good for 25 gallons each.) IIRC, the Farm Bureau Co-op ag-stores offer a bulk discount on Countrymark “premium” road diesel. I don’t know how much it is, because it requires a minimum 185 gallon purchase. I suggest you comparison shop.
Any of the farm stores (TSC, Rural King, Big ‘R’, etc.) will have a Fill-Rite rotary barrel pump.
Ask around and find a “barrel guy.” He or she will be much cheaper than buying from a store. Tell him you want to store diesel, so he doesn’t sell you crap (burn) barrels. I got mine on the south side of Fort Wayne, 20 years ago. There’s a Countrymark fuel dump in Bluffton which sells pure biodiesel. (Back when biodiesel was rare, I know TDI guys who’d drag trailers from Maine and NH to this terminal.) The dude in FWA got his barrels from this place. ‘Point is: Make sure your barrels won’t leak, and make sure they weren’t used to contain something that would kill you or damage your engine. Countrymark’s refinery is in Mt. Vernon, not far from you, and they supply fuels to farms in IL, IN, KY, MI, and OH.
I bought that Speedway diesel about this time of year, so it isn’t a full winter blend, but does have some de-icer/anti-gel additives, and I added Pri-D to the barrels, to maintain the fuel’s integrity and eliminate the possibility of algae.
Great points, but don’t mix additives in heater fuel! Bad – a dash of kerosene if it’s really THAT cold, but additives tend to foul the Chiense diesel heaters, seems the concensus around the web.
better check zoning. lots of municipalities don’t allow the storage of fuel for obvious reasons.
“a dash of kerosene if it’s really THAT cold”
Silvermitt lives in Southern Indiana, within about 30-40 miles of Evansville. I have no idea how cold it gets there, but there are several ski resorts in Southern Indiana, so I’m assuming it gets significantly colder (and snowier) than many other places…
Wait! don’t ski resorts need…(um how to say this?) hills?
Most of Indiana seems too flat./ Bunny slope rope-a-dopes?
My consigliere is a quadruple diamond kinda guy (avoids them, lol!) but he had never mention INDIANA for skiing before…
” lots of municipalities don’t allow the storage of fuel for obvious reasons.”
Lots of George’s readers don’t live in municipalities, for obvious reasons…
“Wait! don’t ski resorts need…(um how to say this?) hills?”
“Paoli Peaks” and “Perfect North Slope (?)” are the ones I remember seeing — Paoli Peaks is on US-50 or US-150 (or maybe just off.) PNS is just west of Cincinnati, somewhere. Aside from passing the billboards for years, I know nothing about ’em.
learn how to make alcohol…
lol lol lol then you can make fuel out of junk mail or garbage leaves just about anything lol lol lol…
buy duck weed or an algae….
or if your near a coal mine..lol lol lol
oh… just don’t attempt to drink that alcohol lol..
or the oil from the algae or duck weed or coal.. I believe coal oil is much better..but then I am a fan of coal and would be slanted towards coal.. clean ( if you set it up to be Ean) hot fire lots and lots of energy..it’s abundant to..
the process is simple enough to make fuels oils etc.. still’s.. I have a few.. a couple of my favorite ones are the ones that Nomad’s used on their journeys.. to make brandies for their camps etc.. they are small and cute.. just for looks and to see how it works..
Germany was oilless.. and look what the Nazi’s were able to do without oil or gas…. we can still buy the injection systems.. more advanced now that what they used on their planes and tanks.. the only thing missing from that system is the hydrogen generation..as an additive.. in sweeden you can still buy the gassification system for cars tractors etc.. to burn trash..
https://www.aemelectronics.com/products/water-methanol-injection-systems/water-methanol-injection-kit-for-forced-induction-gasoline-engines
https://www.driveonwood.com/library/imbert-gasifier/
( I built one of these Imbert down draft gassifiers out of a fifteen gallon oil barrel.. worked good to )
here you go.. here is one you can buy that is similar to one I built out of pipe fittings LOL… works great.. my vision was to make one out of old discarded semi truck mufflers LOL LOL..
Never got it.. the boss gets upset when I make my grandpa’s garage projects then give them away LOL…
https://northernselfreliance.com/get-the-nsr-hardware/nsr-gas-station/
the good thing about the gassifiers was building them was an afternoon project at a friends house.. so they never cluttered up the garage..
his system is ok.. but I would put a ventury separation system on the filter .. this one would take more tinkering to keep it running good..but it is simple a few nipples and a pipe.. you can get your share of wood chips free to.. utility companies cut limbs away from power lines.. these limbs are chipped and piled for anyone to get free of charge.. someplace around here I have a photo of the pipe fitting wood gassifier.. on his generator.. he should use a gas injection to start.. once it is started.. you don’t have to do much of anything..
Here is the one that Fema put out before it was fema.. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/old/3022.pdf
Looking at the install and remembering all my boiler and furnace management courses, I thought of this little mod.
On furnaces it reduces fuel load to heat the incoming air.
The way you do that is jacket the stack where it comes out of the burner, and take the burner are out of the jacket.
The stack goes up to the top of the building and out of the rood.
You put the intake up under the ceiling where the warm air is.
In this units case it looks like it has a draft fan installed to blow the exhaust out of the vent. That way you can either jacket the exhaust, Or, you can jacket the air intake and have the exhaust in the jacket around the intake air. Either way you get the fuel savings from having the heated intake air.
If you try it let us know the before/after on the fuel savings.
good idea Al, but I think there is an inlet air temp sensor and if the inlet air gets too hot, it will shut down. Besides, sometimes the extra effort cuts too deeply into beer time…
the big coal burner power plants have air pre-heaters for combustion air and primary air going to the coal pulverizers, using the exhaust gases. $$$ fuel cost money.
Back in the 70’s Smoky Yunick preheated air/fuel mixture. I would have given my right nut for this car.
https://www.ebay.com/motors/blog/i-bought-smokey-yunicks-legendary-hot-vapor-horizon-car-on-ebay/
wish I still had the Popular Science magazine I first read about it. Improved the milage, but the performance was a greater improvement.
Thanks for this link! I’d actually read the original article and was seeking more info for decades! I’ve always found innovative engines fascinating, and I’m partial to the Wankel KKM design, though it has its problems. We’re wasting lots of fuel heating up cat converters and then using them to burn wasted fuel and partial combustion products. Anything that reduces waste heat is generally something with greater efficiency. I need to look into the Smokey designs – he was keeping some things close to the vest way back then, probably so as to secure the patents. Is there an interest group devoted to this engine? I’ll look for one when/if I have surplus time.
I got the same heater as G.U. but not installed yet. I was thinking the same as you about a concentric going through the wall to heat the combustion air but some wise ass said the air would be less dense and offer no benefit. Also another guy had a utube showing 350 degree room heating air at the unit’s exit. The exhaust probably gets hot enough to melt lead, I’ll measure it if I ever get this thing installed. I would guess the intake air needs to be cold or warm, not refractory hot. At any rate, there is a lot of waste heat that could maybe be harvested. One utuber failed trying b/c his water heat exchanger got blocked by flash boiling the water.
Shopping for install parts has gotten over $150 so far: upgrade fuel line, shutoff valve, deep cycle battery, charger, extra clips for the sizes of line, a roll of header wrap fiber tape insulation and a 5gal can for diesel.
I’m taking the exhaust through the wall with the exhaust pipe run through 1″ x 6″ steel plumbing pipe and a floor flange (which happened to be sitting around the garage) instead of the slick commercial hull grommet.
Since the fill spout on the fuel tank is diagonal, I was going to drill the exit hole on the front, toward bottom. That way if I need to upgrade to a dip tube, the hole will be on top if the tank is flipped.
“since my shop is part hardware store, off a compact enough shop to make a submariner proud”
I resemble that lol lol lol..
Ahem… my shop is in a closet. Does it get more compact?
Readers who haven’t seen it, be advised: Hank’s “shop” is a closet that has been repurposed to mainly electronics work. It’s a dandy (and disgustingly well organized)space.
But we differ in life experience – and our shops reflect that. Hank is ham radio/electrical engineering oriented while my shop is “all materials, all processes” in nature.
His shop concept stems from being in broadcasting and having a dedicated bench.
Mine is formed from living on a 40-foot sailboat for 10-years where only a small toolbox of hand tools was available.
Upon research into “real, all purpose” shops, I lusted for the metal shop (https://www.marineinsight.com/tech/a-list-of-processes-used-in-marine-workshop-of-ship/ ) and the woodshop plus CNC, 3D, and a dedicated “hobby bench” for cobbling away on models of this and that.
Hank’s bench fits his interests ideally, while mine is only now getting close…
Hank’s projects can generally be done from a single sitting position while projects here move around a bit due to machines involved (see an example of flow in a project here at https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Workshop-layout-diagram_fig1_315063875)
I think Hank’s shop is actually bigger than represented – the time we count up any yard equipment – which may be (mentally) not part of “shop.”
Here – sadly – noise power equipment scales from a quiet air rework station for SMT on up to a 9X20 geared metal lathe, a couple of table saws and so forth.
Hank’s shop works for him… I’m still trying to achieve that Huna like balance point. I’m inherently less stable in my project selection and implementations, lol
Which is George’s long winded way of saying
“Mine’s bigger than yours”. LOL!
We’re used to being ‘sailboat compact’ on an island.
In Texas, there is lots of SPACE (hello, Houston?) and if I had Ure space I would be spread out a lot more, too. Yes, I am a bit envious of your spaciousness.
“Which is George’s long winded way of saying”
LOL I doubt there is anyone longer winded than me LOL LOL the boss is always telling me.. YOUR OPINION IS YOUR OPINION AND NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR OPINION BUT YOU.. so keep it ten words or less.. I said I have never been a ten word guy LOL..
I have lucid dreams like G.. and tried to get the things I would need to continue on and rebuild community in the event that those crazy dreams did happen and if I am not around for the big show.. then whomever ….. what has been scaring me more lately is faces from dreams I had thirty years ago.. are crossing my path in real life.. it is like walking into a building you have never been in and knowing what is behind each door or in each drawer.. that always freaks me out..
Seriously? There’s an old joke about broadcast engineers who belong to the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) that goes something like this.
“So, this guy goes to the SBE convention and a guy says “Wow, do I have a breakthrough alignment tool!”
(after which there is a HUGE pause until the listener is forced to ask…_
“Well, so what is it and how does it work?”
“Honestly, no one knows. They’ve been in there talking about it for 3- conventions now…”
Chineseium oil burner/heater – red is dead, and we at War wit dem?
Traitorous purchases denying Murhican workers a fair chance ?
The below attached is all about – cheap, easy, efficient and Murhican !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZnayOUQN28
PS. bee ‘s will make the wax for ya, while they are manufacturing their Honey.
If goods don’t cross borders, bullets surely will. It’s good that we trade with China. It’s just a bad thing if we get ALL our goods from China and especially if those are strategic goods.
As in most things, balance is key.
Any sign we’re improving and moving our antibiotic manufacturing back home?
No problem with Chinese goods – huge problem with paying American or European goods’ prices for Chinese goods.
Your ingenious machinations to overcome temperature extremes in your environment just reminds me how fortunate I am. Seasonal extremes of 56F to 92F and 130 inches of rain equals “extreme” growing conditions.
I have seen local autos, stored outside, develop a patina of green algae and black mold that it takes a power washer to remove.
There are lots of things desirable in your climate, though I don’t know about humidity. Your rainfall is 10X mine, and I really don’t like too much precipitation of any kind. We’re all adapted to different climates, and mine as probably as good as I’ll find for me. Algae on cars probably translates to algae in diesel fuel tanks too.
Not all of us want to live on an island, especially one without any proximity to a continent. That said, it does seem like an interesting place.
I don’t know why but the diesel the previous owner of the ranch left in the tanks there have never shown any indications of water or algae in the filters as it flows through. Its “red diesel” for ag use but I don’t know if there was anything added at the seller’s location before they brought it out. The best guess I can make on its age is about 20 years and counting. I’ve been using more of it now with road repair and other projects on the ranch and that old tractor still seems happy with it. I do add some Diesel Kleen now when I fill its tank.
George, your “Firehouse Layout Trick” is also very good for laying out frame members for a trailer, along with diagonals for squaring. You can lay these things out anywhere you have free space and keep shimming until you can tack it all with a welder. The same idea works for a small building.
I would find it annoying to refill the tank twice a day.
Got it slowed down (killed off excess room air, which slows heat exchange) – ran overnight on less than 1/6th of a tank. 0.148 liters/per hour – probably getting 4 nights on low temp.
Figured out how to run to a temp (15 C for my plants) instead of at a preset power level. Really reduced the consumption.
I bought a parking heater similar to George’s and am in the process of figuring out what’s the best way to mount it in a semi-portable configuration. There are also heaters that come with their own box and carrying handle. They are similar, but only need the combustion air intake and exhaust handled. Which system is best is mostly about mission profile and the desires of the user. Some of these have the tank mounted on top of the combustor within the case, and that seems to be a bit tacky.
Send us some pix of how you decide!
Your fuel tank needs to be remounted, more in to the center of the planter box. Right now your fuel filler neck is the prominent protrusion to catch unwary passers-by… like clumsy George. Get it remounted further in so it does not protrude beyond the planter edge.
There is no through traffic, or I would have done that, hank. It’s a dead end in 5-feet, so only people of purpose (Elaine and me) ever go in there. I wanted to mount it slightly above and ion front of the planter box so as not to have any chance of fuel splashing into the soil…
I think it’s great what you do 73 and you have your soul companion . I just look for gold stocks and love my wife and kids . And my cat . She is 20.3 and dying but I am showing her love and care to keep her going . She lived to see the next great gold bull . I’m sad but my wife says you can’t do anymore . Death of some people is celebration for me . Distinguishing love and hate makes you love more . Death to evil is good
Dunno which biden you blokes are using but this one looks 40 years younger !!! Pres jo can do lines with hunter and jiggy jiggy babe Chinee !!! Don’t Fark with a biden when he is da pres
Another option for your sawmill ..
https://www.procutportablesawmills.com/
Your diesel heater reminds me of the diesel fueled potbelly stove and the gasoline fired immersion heater from my army days.
– https://www.thrillon.com/tag/new-u-s-military-surplus-immersion-barrel-heater
– https://colemans.com/u-s-g-i-h-45-radiant-large-space-heater
Both made in the U.S. of A.
In Norway, we used British kerosene heaters that worked okay in the tents but everything below knee level froze overnight (lows were -40F/-40C).
https://parafinalia.biz/valor-double-burner-heater-3127-p.asp
“In Norway, we used British kerosene heaters that worked okay in the tents but everything below knee level froze overnight”
This is the cure for that particular issue:
Wood stove fans:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Wood+Stove+Fan&i=garden&ref=nb_sb_noss