Get a few of these--- http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=38385
Get some piping-- have them setup in the garage, one 15# propane bottle, and you are set to go...
The woodburning stove could be an issue with fuel.. Especially if the firesource is lower than, say, what a person's waterheater is typically.
Sam
>
> From: Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net>
> Date: 2003/01/15 Wed AM 09:34:58 EST
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: "heated" words over wood burning stove
>
>
> Pun intended...
>
> Small background facts... and yes this is Dakota related.
>
> Moved fron $hitcago to Wisc... its cold here, not a problem.
>
> I have a detatched 2 car garage/work shop I fondly named The Swamp
>
> Its half insulated... and has a wood burning stove. Hers where I need
> advice. I got into a exchange of opinions with the family back in
> Shitcago... they say I am going to blow myself up with a wood burning
> stove in the same garage as my 4x4 Dak. My thinking was that the
> gasoline is (fairly) safe, being contained in the trucks gas tank with
> the cap on nice and tight. To my knowledge - and I was just under the
> truck the other day - there are no leaks in the tank. Its 2/4 full.
>
> The fire is pretty much out right now, as I am in the house for the
> night... but I am wondering - just how safe AM I with that set of
> conditions? I don't want to blow myself up... or worse burn down my
> garage and truck heheh :)
>
> I know there is risk... but as long as the gasoline is contained ???
> .... Well I'm here asking for opinions. I really need to be able to
> work on that truck in the winter months. I can't lose the next 5 months
> waiting for it to warm up. I suppose my only option would be to drain
> the fuel from the tank correct?
>
> How do you heat a garage safely? Its detatched - so there is no way to
> hook it into heating system of the house (baseboard radiators). I have
> a pair of 1500 watt oil filled electric radiators - but they don't give
> off enough heat and pull 3000 watts with them both on. What can I do?
>
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