Gasoline is pretty safe in liquid form. If you fill a bucket with gas and
throw a lit cigarette into it, the cig will just go out, no fireball like
your parents told you when you were five. I'd say you're pretty safe, just
get some sort of screen to put between the Dak and the stove so that your
paint doesn't bubble or crack from extreme heat.
-- -Josh 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L"Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3E257192.2080203@earthlink.net... > > 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? > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- > Terrible Tom > > "It's a living thing... It breathes, it eats, ...and it hates..." > > Silver '89 Dakota Reg Cab, V6, Auto, 8 footer, 4x2 > Silver '89 Dakota Reg Cab, V6, Auto, 8 footer, 4x4 w plow - (aka Granpa) > Green/Silver '95 Jeep Cherokee, I-6 HO, Auto, 4 door, 4x4 > > AIM Screen name: SilverEightynine > Yahoo Messenger: SilverEightynine > > DML Profile URL: > http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/LkxxVw49jp7dU/ >
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