Tiny Cabin Direct Vent Heater Install (No Electricity.) After Three Years in a Tent, Now HEAT!
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- After years of full-time tenting in Michigan winters, I finally have a cabin with propane heat. And it feels weird!
Installing a Martin, direct vent 11,000btu mdv12p heater in an off-grid, 200sq ft cabin.
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I love early mornings to watch the sunrise! This little thing has a great heat output ruclips.net/user/postUgkxAvrAfikbUEMthp3AZ6iX5FKdiHfzy_RP . I sit in my rocker, warm, and watch the sunrise! It's great for travel as well. Just stow and go. Love this thing! For hunters, I've heard that they also make a little hood so that it focuses the heat a bit more if you have to sit further away. Just a heads up. It's so easy and quick to set up and get going.
STOP the plumbing, drill the hole in the floor and run the gas pipe under the cabin on a 45 over to the tanks then up the outside wall to the valve. Inside the cabin, just under the heater valve add a T and another valve so you can have a gas hose to a burner/ cook top coffee stove. And a mantel lamp.
Yep just thinking the same, you can even put the lp gas cylinders further out away from the house under a lean to. Might look into a gas room light for some real light in the cabin. You get light and heat at the same time.
Thinking same, official way lp Co. runs gas into homes. Like you would run to hook-up of a gas lp cook stove.
Snow will pile up on your gas pipe and rot the siding. The pipe looks horrible on that nice wood wall. Old campers and trailers used gas lights, shop ebay. A vent free heater is only a few hundred doll hairs and you get 100% of the heat. We use the Blue Flame type. You can use the pipe hole in the wall for a hose and funnel, Why go outside to pee? If you make the cabin air tight the flame wont burn very long, fresh air for the heater is required.
Poor way to do it! Boring.
Use pipe dope with black pipe. The drop is totally wrong, it's not an air hammer for plumbing a faucet!
A wood stove would be one and done, no need to keep buying expensive propane, it's a nice dry heat and you are surrounded by endless fuel...
he doesn't want to harvest, split, store, and season, firewood.
dosent want to start and maintain a fire all the time
he uses heat very little because he's outside working all day
mostly cedar on his property
Is the propane tank still in the shower ?? Or did you have a eureka moment ??
I was thinking one of those 8kw Chinese diesel heater a large external tank and a 12 volt power supply of some sort would have been easier. But the option you have chosen is a nice heater. Just a bit humid.
Propane isn't that bad if your building is super insulated. I use a propane heater in my partially insulated shed and it'll cook you out. I barely use any fuel because it heats up quick and I can turn it off.
Sorry Firewood is not endless. It’s called timber rights.
That’s the part that gets funny when I hear my friends I got one of those water heater wood burner stoves I’m going to save myself tons of money. I got property trees. About two years. They’re ordering their wood. It paid for itself until the trees that they don’t want to cut down no more came into effect. Now they start ordering a truckload of logs. They’re out there during the summertime instead of fishing camping spending time with the family they’re splitting cut and splitting stacking wood for the winner.
Someday we may find out that this whole channel was an ad for Eureka tents.
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Wait you didn't know already?
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You mean it isn't? 😂
Since freezing to death during a Polar Vortex probably sucks... I am really glad you've got a decent heat source now. Life is too short as it is to be miserably cold on winter nights.
All in all this cabin seems like a really good move. Stay safe ... be happy.
the problem you're having with assembling the black iron can be solved with a union, allows you to disconnect a section of the piping from the main line making it easier to do things like assemble the value controller much easier
Somehow seeing a person living their best life and happy with themselves keeps one coming. Can’t really explain it, but I really like watching this channel.
Inspiring. I'm not cutting bait, quiting my job, and moving to the woods but..... I am spending more time there, and I'm better for it!!
When you consider materials are so much better then when I was a kid. Much better sleeping bags even if the heat goes out ull be toasty warm in the right sleeping bag. n improvements in cold weather tents and better stoves and jackets under wear. When I drove truck I always packed a good cold weather sleeping bag because your all over the country and canada in all sorts of conditions.
Glad to see you used the yellow tape,I bought the 15ft steel braided connector for my outdoor kitchen, using my mom's old LP stove she cooked on for 25years. Connected to my 100lb free to me tank, worked off is always nice, have fun, you stay warm. Living the dream.
Whether you know it or not, that was great information for anyone going to install a propane heater. I heat solely with wood but will be installing a direct vent heater as backup and when I leave my cabin for a period of time. Thanks from Hells Canyon, Frank.
As Winston Churchill once said - Perfection is the Enemy of Progress - I like your philosophy of getting it done
Always look forward to your Saturday morning videos. 👍🏼🍵
The reason for the dirt leg (tee, nipple, and cap) is to catch any dirt in the pipe so that it doesn't damage the gas appliance. It needs to be as close to the appliance as possible. Your dirt leg should be inside the cabin, where it comes through the wall. Where you have it really doesn't do much good, because there is no dirt in the rubber hose from the tanks to the valve.
YES!!! I have lost count of how many videos I have watched on youtube, of people who supposedly knew what they were doing in plumbing, and I watched in frustration as they jimmied around with the teflon tape, putting it on incorrectly. You know exactly which orientation to hold the roll, and to apply the tape. It keeps tension on the tape the entire time and just kind of rolls itself into place. Then only gets tighter when you apply the fitting. Well done!
Love the videos man! You are doing what I have aspired to do pretty much all my life. I'm a little to old to do this kinda thing now so I am living my dream through you. Thank you very much for being the man you are.
Me too Ron that’s exactly what I was going to say. Thanks Ron🇨🇦
@@dougsmith548.... And I.
I'm going back to this. The real life. p.s. I'm a 65 year old woman.
Everything seems to be working out.
This cabin is your "life raft" in case things go bad. You are a fun part of Saturday morning.
Take care Ryan
Terrific job mounting that heater! That was a lot to figure out, and your step by step ramblings are always entertaining! Another excellent example of your craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing!
Nice, i have similar, but have a distance wood and heater.
Ryan, they make a union for making the connection in the middle of a run. wherever you get gas line supplies will have them.
Always check your vent pipe please! If it gets clogged with snow or ice your dealing with carbon dioxide
The igniters are horrible in Martins. They also clog up with regular use. Order extra parts before the go. It can take months for replacement parts under warranty
Ryan, you *MUST* make some vent holes in the floor or the very lowest parts of the wall next to the heater! Remeber that propane is heavier than air!! This is extremely important. You should also get yourself an co2/propane alarm!
Why the holes?
The heater gets its air from the double wall vent.
@@JJKHaywood If i propane leak occurs, the propane will go out there and not build up. All caravans for example, must have low placed vents. Since popane is heavier than air it will build up from the floor and rise untill you have the perfect mix for a disaster!
@@eoghanosullivan6704 Read my other answer! The air for the heater is not the biggest issue.
@@J1I9M7M4Y Horse Hockey, Almost Nobody installs vents for propane to escape. The RV Industry in the USA does not install propane vents at the bottom of walls or in the floor for propane to escape.
Alarm with auto shutdown at tank valve, Yes they do.
A direct vent heater is one where the exhaust goes right out the wall. The other propane heaters of that size are typically unvented, where the exhaust goes inside. For small spaces, unvented heaters are particularly undesirable because they cause humidity issues. And there are more safety concerns.
All new non vent heaters have a flame cut off if the oxygen level gets low, witch would take days to reach in the worm den. I use 3 thermostat controlled, in our house and 3 n our cabin @ 6000 feet, 20 years and never a problem.100% fast quick and in a hurry efficient. No moisture problems.
I installed one in my house and used it for a little while before removing it. When I used it, moisture would condense on the windows inside the house. The air felt heavier and it was harder to breathe. I didn't like it.
@@rexhavoc2982 I believe you, and I also know that it's such a common complaint among the RV and tiny house crowd, and that many other people are less lucky than yourself, to the point that it's irresponsible not to mention the risk.
tens of thousands are in use every day I don't know where water would come from but a bit of moisture is good when heating.@@dper1112
Hi Ryan! Watching RYAN YALL on U tube. He's live doing the weather & is really good. I hope U are ready for this storm coming thru. By 7 or 8 am tomorrow (-4 feels like -28) Please be careful up their. I hope U are safe & God Bless. Every Saturday I watch your video's before anyone else's. 😃❄☃💪👍.... Phoenix
When you get all the insulation done it will be a lot warmer. Maybe some throw rugs down to absorb heat, a nice pot of stew cooking. It'll be great.
Thoreau would be both awed and appalled. Good work.
I'm really glad you went with a vented gas heater. The ones that don't have an exhaust to the exterior are a bit scary. Good for a garage but not the best for a cabin! Good work.
Unless it says otherwise, put the heater as close to the floor as possible. I put a very small portable heater on the floor. HUGE difference in comfort because this gets rid of the cold floor air. Its the cold floor air that makes a home feel cooler than it is...
Ryan. Floor insulation
I love your work and vision and videos.
I was surprised that you said about raising the floor as much as your talking about.
My thoughts would be to use 2 inch rigid foam and just cover the entire floor taping seams.
That way your new wood floor planned and finished would be able to be screwed right through the rigid foam insulation and into the existing floor with a solid complete thermal barrier as it’s solid floating insulation barrier or solid two inch foam.
No need to install new floor joists like you mentioned and better insulation and the floor would only be raised the two inch insulation plus the thickness of the new flooring.
Just a thought as it would be easier and less material and work as well as the floor only needs raised half of what you were mentioning.
Hopefully you consider this as a option.
Keep safe and warm.
John and Cathy Stockdale
Ontario Canada
I’m glad we can help you on Patreon. I spend my weekends doing what you do up in northern Vermont. I wish I could do it full time. Since I can’t, I’m happy to support you and live vicariously through your videos. BTW, your unconventional building methods are pretty awesome. Keep up the creativity.
Why not just use a 8ft piece of that CST? The flexible yellow stuff and run in through the floor and under the cabin? I'm looking at one of those heaters for my cabin.
Those extra holes in the thimble are for the 8k BTU Marlin. There are plastic stand offs that screws are installed through
I’m so glad your getting out of the frigid Michigan weather, the older you get heat becomes really important so you can move every day,your going to love it inside ,keep up the good work 😊
Pool noodles make great pipe wrap.. get another flat stone for both tanks. Place a wood doghouse over those tanks as propane will freeze.
Well dude you are the best out of the box articulate non-engineer get her done type I've ever seen in my life
I’m 73 now and can greatly appreciate what you are doing. I would have loved to do the same sort of thing 30 or 40 years ago if my life had led in a different direction. Hope you are handling this snow bomb ok! I was raised a couple of blocks from Lake Michigan when I was a child and we got the lake affect snow drifts. 4-8 ft in the 50s and 60s. I remember pounding my back into a drift just to get out of the wind for a few minutes so I could make it home alive. Loved it! More power to you and be safe out there. You might want to tell viewers what general area of Michigan your in without giving away your exact location. It would be interesting for me to know.
I am your age and am doing right now! My health is shaky and I am by myself, but I am doing it on my own terms. God bless happy new year.
@@thomasklatkiewicz9583 I grew up in central Iowa, 69 yrs. old, just lost my wife 10/25/22, 47 yrs. I remember winters when I was about 3 or 4 when we burned coal in a small stove in a 900 sq. ft. 2 bed room house. I had 3 brothers and 3 sisters, 6 of us were 1 year apart, My oldest sister, 10 yrs. older, was a 1/2 sister. It was a hard time in the winters but when you can hover around that stove and get dressed for school you had a start for the day and oatmeal was waiting with powdered milk.
60 years old and building a log cabin in Australia. Will be taking my time though.
I am 68 and think the same thing. Gosh, if I was younger I'd venture out too. Have a 150 yr old house so, it seems, we are trying to do similar things. Wish I knew what heater he bought as we are going to try a Mr Heater on the second floor.
You should build a rocket mass heater for that cabin. I think you will find that having the ability to heat for free off of twigs is great for a cabin in the woods.
Oh, I'd love to see a rocket mass heater.
Great video ! Just a quick comment, I think you bought the same cheap regulator switching valve as I did. Mine is in the garbage, as it leaked everywhere. Went to an RV store and bought one with noticeably better quality. No leaks now. Good luck friend.
I have watched you for three years now. You make me smile a lot. You are such a dreamer and I love you for it.
Make sure you install some rafter baffles so you don't block your over hang roof vents with your insulation.👍
Yes! It's been driving me nuts cuz I want him to mention what he's going to do to keep the air flowing through there. The cheap plastic vents work good and staple easily.
Good job on putting the teflon tape the right way👍
I used to have a kit that was made up of a switcher overer, some self digging post holes but the best bit was the sachet of wing and a prayers that you added hot water to, stirred and left for five minutes, man cave completed.
Another great video 😁 that heater will make all the difference! Creature comforts 😁 down the track you could even install an inside shower so you don't freeze your butt off! 🤣 you could hook that up to the gas too. Can't wait for next week's episode. 🙋♀️
If you insulate your floor with styrofoam sheets you won't have to raise your floor a huge amount to get significant R value and it also won't hold water like fiberglass batts will or give cavities for critters to nest.
Once your properly insulated and the wood drys out it should stay toasty warm and hold the heat n you may consider a storm door or screen door for winter and summer for the bugs
I highly recommend a thermal isolating air exchanger AND CO detectors for any open flame in a small compartment. Even in a large cabin (20'x40'), I nearly bought the farm from CO poisoning.
Hope you're heater is working and you are warm and toasty!
hi, built a box for your propane tank.and put it on cement blocks.
I couldn't figure out why in the hell you left such huge gaps in the siding... then I went back and watched the caulking video. Great optical illusion that makes both a great watertight seal as well as makes people think you have no idea what you're doing!! I love it!! Well done!!
Your doing better than half the Nation here in the UK, with snow the temperature reached -4°c here and we can't afford to put the heating and those that have put it on will sacrifice something in the near future. I for one would prefer to live the way you are with space and nature. Keep it up! Can anyone buy land where you are?
Awesome Ryan. Stay warm 👍🏻
When drilling a hole from outside to in or vise versa try to drill slightly upward outside to in, It will reduce water ingress.
The reason people are donating to you is because you are the first line of defense with all your marksman skills to fend off any surprise rogue Canadian attacks. We want you on that wall, we need you on that wall. Thank you for your service.
Or zombie moose attacks!
Get a 250-500 gallon propane tank, you will be glad you did. Leasing the tank is best, $125/year vs $2000+ to purchase. Volume propane purchase is a lot less expensive too vs 20-30-40-100 pound tanks... Add a couple of gas lights too, that makes for some good lighting.
Good idea, but couldn’t get the supplier truck back to the camp on the narrow 2-track.
I have already done what you're doing and I finally purchased an LP wall furnace with an outside vent, which I ran full-length through my greenhouse, so the house's waste heat could be put to good use.
I did all that to dodge smelling the burned propane fumes, which gave me headaches. $300-ish at Lowes (special order).
I like your idea of changing out tanks no more unhooking and hooking up tanks . If I only knew so when I ran out of one in the middle of the night and had to get one unhooked to hook to another a few years back we sold property in Newberry to buy another in Trout Lake I miss long lake
This video was in my recommends and I like to follow neighbors. I spent my youth in Gladwin County, south of West Branch. Now that everything is opened up and I am retired, planning to get my G'wing & trailer packed and spend this summer camping off grid in MI and next year go west. Just need to decide on a solar panel to keep my batteries charged when stopped. Maybe stop by to visit and share a brew.
I am an older guy in Ohio that is home bound and I watch one on Saturday mornings. I have installed both gas and propaine hearters. The gas one is bigger. The propane one almost caught the house on fire. Outside is a 100 gal tank. Its disconnected now.. The propane here is still in here too. One is welcome to both the tank and heater. The tank is empty now. My propaine heater is a bit smaller than the one that one installed today. Some people run a crimped copper line in to the heater. I use the gas pipe that I installed too. This is work and I have some heat in my colder house. I am in Youngstown Ohio about 300 miles away from one. I like to watch one build suff. A lady I watch online a nurse in Canada watches one too. She has a saw mill and cuts some pine up for he little cabins that she is building and she mentioned on Rion.
Vented is the best way to go ! That way you will have dry heat and not the build up of humidity from propane in your cabin. Maybe you can find a way to insulate your propane bottle. Propane contracts when it's cold. When it's extremely cold outside, the volume of propane inside your aboveground propane tank will shrink, which creates a loss of pressure. The problem is, if the pressure becomes too low, the propane inside your tank will not be able to reach your gas burner. Good Luck and Happy Holidays !
Yep. I put in a ventless lp wall heater. Condensation in my tiny house is terrible. Windows are covered with condensation and pools on the window sill. I have to wipe dry multiple times a day.
These are great heaters. I have two heating my 650 sq ft place. I use 2 X 300 Watt Radiant Panels as back or supplementary on super cold days up here in Canada.
My girlfriend has one and they can keep the door open thing heats so well!
Hey man ty for another awesome video. Your channel is one of a few channels i always look forward to. Happy holidays, and keep these videos coming. Best wishes from a fan from the Netherlands
Hey Nederlander!! I always shout this when I see a car with dutch plates... Sorry.. simple things make me happy
The heater is working the cabin is coming along wonderfully can’t wait to see the finished product it looks nice and cozy love the videos makes my Saturday
Figure out a catchment system for the snow melt from your roofs. Free clean water.
I still think you should invest in a little portable wood burning stove for just incase. If you run out of propane or something. You can vent it out a window if you need to instead of putting another hole in the wall or roof. Just for emergencies, but I'm a worrier lol.
yeah we have said this dozens of times and its never going to happen. Wood can solve many of his problems including his winter showers.. He spends a lot of time doing it the hard way. Drying his lumber the right way would solve a lot of problems. Adding a wood stove would solve a lot more problems. Building an outdoor kitchen with wood cook stove and stock pot burner and buying one of those 200 dollar stock pots would be more than enough to shower in.
There are a lot of ideas and things he could do yet he wont do it. I doubt he reads the comments any more.
Probably a good idea to use some high temp exhaust gasket sealer to put in between those flanges where it meets up to that sheet metal playing in between the walls so reduce the amount of moisture getting into your installation and so it stops any black mold from growing in between your walls
Yep, Michigan central here too. The weather report was waaay off; good warning, but the rest was off. 12:24pm Saturday still blowing here, but warmer than expected.
I can’t believe it took you 3 years to get heat (the man cave doesn’t count) but I hate the snow and cold! You could get one of those inflatable couches until you know what you want to do more permanently. I would love to have a cabin like that, maybe just a bit bigger as I want a proper kitchen. Good job!
Fantastic commentary as always. Great to see you back at it each week!!
used to build 2000 sq ft 2 story homes in New England in the winter, once we had shell weather tite, we would install the Gas fireplace and leave on low, once insulated, in all but the coldest weather, kept interior about 40 deg, F when turned up in morning, by 10 am, it would be 50+ deg inside
I would use the cedar sawdust As a natural pesticide around your house outside
Doc Ryan's winter retreat, looking good 😎👍
My wife and I built a tiny house and lived in it in GA before buying property in VA and moving it up there. We lived in that for 5 years while we built a cottage on our property. We used a ventless propane heater for all that time and only used the small 20lbs cylinders. We also had a 20" propane stove and oven, and 2 tankless propane water heaters. The heater we had was a catalyst type with a mechanical thermostat. That was the best heater. And, it was very efficient too. We usually filled 3 bottles per month in the winter. In the summer we used propane for hot water and cooking but it would only use one bottle per month.
When you flipped that summer tent over, if it was after Dec 31, it would qualify as "spring cleaning". 😀
It’s good me and my pup live half on half off grid as much as possible but I bought a fifth wheel camper with three pullouts which is plenty of room for me and my pup I’m currently using a ventless wall heater but enjoy your attitude and enjoy watching this video I get no help from outside hardly but always wondered what it would be like totally off grid the ventless I’ve got was gave to me by my sister because my electric bill was skyrocketed last winter I live in the Ozarks mountains but have several neighbors I’ve never tried milling my own lumber even though I’ve got a yard full of 70’ oak trees 🌳 I’m thinking maybe when I can afford it to go to a vented like yours I’ve got so much to do yet and go figure my truck is broke down but have several battery hand tools just seems like when things are going right it doesn’t last long but I try my best to wipe it off and keep going with what I have I’m an older guy retired now and not quit so mobil as when I was younger but I really like your attitude keep doing these videos there fun to watch . I’d send you something but live from check to check as it is but seeing off gridders like yourself gives me inspiration
You doing such a great job you're so smart and skilled very good keep up the good work
Rule of Thumb, use tape for Water, and Pipe Dope for Gas ! Check all you connections with some soapy water to check for leaks, watch for bubbles. Ryan, why not a wood stove, you have a ton of wood to use.
You can use tape and dope for water. Clearly you need to understand what tape and dope is. Read the labels.
Yes, definately pipe dope for gas, not the yellow tape. Pipe dope can be used for water, but if you're sloppy with it you can taste it in the water for a very long time. Don't know why anyone would want to consume pipe dope in their water. Can't be good for the body.
@@gwebocelestron9194 Colored tape is really means thickness. Yellow is thicker than white. There is no standard for tape and its uses. The color is a marketing thing.
Im doing the same as you, sold my house bought 14 acres with a 3 acres pond, but Michigan? Oh well if i wasn't 60 years old when i did it lol lived in a tent 1st winter now in a eagle building WITH HEAT LOL would love to visit ringworm for a july 4th party , great videos brother
Ryan: so glad you have an excellent heat source for your cabin. Camping in there when your finishing inside: only temporary. Feel good to sleep comfortably when it’s 40 below. Get all your batteries charged up! See u next week👍B Deacon Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
Love drinking my Saturday morning coffee, with you. Thank you for, sharing with us.
I would have a wood stove! Great job!
Yep. Nothing wrong with having two sources if heat.
That poor baby. I've watched for years, but this one got me.
Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us! Peace!
Nice heater. A direct Vent heater is a heater that vents to the outside air and draws combustion air form the same location. A vented heater is always better than a unvented heater. Good luck.
I could identify with you today. I woke up to 9°f outside & the power being off. the power company only took 6 hours to get it back on. Around 2400 houses were affected. My sister, 2 blocks east of me had power. So if I was desparate, I could have visited her.
Keep up the good work!
Hope you are staying warm My parents are in the upper peninsula also. I am below the bridge. The winds are just whipping down here
Great to see a great nice neat job . Well done.
Glad you got the heat working! Keep warm and safe ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hi Ryan, I just discovered you last week and am power staring! I think I'm in love!!!! Anywho, you had asked about how to keep rats, mice, squirrels out of your dude blind. We used pine tar at thee base of our poles. They did not like the sticky stuff, but I don't think it would work in freezing temps. Plus it sucked when some of the dumber ones got totally stuck to the pole and we would need to unglue them with our precious olive oil. You'll need to roll your dice on that one though! Hugs
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year🏕🏡🎄👵😍
Your channel name reminds me of when I was a kid playing in the backyard in Florida where the Neighborhood Cats would bury their crap and I would play with my GI Joe and He-Man toys in that very same crappy dirt, finally I got the ringworm, went to school with it all over my face, the kids were definitely keeping their distance from me at all costs!
One of the next project ideas how about an outdoor camp kitchen with a lean to roof or something like your outdoor shower so you can cook your bologna sandwich in a snowstorm without getting soaked 😁
👍 seeing the progression from lean to to cabin is awesome!long live Ringworm!
Ryan,
Thanks for this video...I purchased a natural gas Martin Heater based on your input...I like the fire glass view. So far so good!!!🙂
The gas code were I live said you can't have a thread joint in a wall cavity.Coming through the floor is the way to go. The gas pipe that is outside should be painted with rust resistant paint. You should have at least one inch of pipe before the threads on either side of the wall so you can do a leak test. I don't think you will pressure test that small amount of pipe. Thats the rules in Ontario CA I think it's almost the same in Michigan . Just want to keep you warm and safe. The place looks great.
So that’s a vented heater which is good, at least unlikely to suck the oxygen out like non vented ones. That said, I doubt rustic cabins are air tight, lol. Fun watching you get your homestead together
Beautiful Scenery Also...Loved walking through the woods...following a creek between lakes and ponds...to the Mill Pond...in the snow...as a Child...and Chickadees would follow me...and perch right beside me...and look at me...and say... Chickadee...dee...dee...repeat... Miss that a lot RING
Remember stopping a Lake Gitchagumi...and tested the water... Aug?... Julio?... and froze my foot...yet... There was UP KIDS swimming and laughing....Miss that
2 degrees, crack me up....... I always need some self help therapy before an "assembly" is going to take place, and the neighbor on speed dial. Just recently had to call for the weight lifter kid to "push " the wheels into a click position......... Thks for the laugh. Keep your foot on the gas.
"How many fittings are too many possible leaking points for a propane line?"
"Yes"
Haha- Love it- I’m A Ryobi fan myself- love the stove- I live in a old travel trailer- been thinking of one- in the front blowing thrust the trailer- I have a 1963 Stream Line Trailer- Empress- they call it a 29 ft- I call it cramped- 7.4 wide- 6.6 tall. And 27 ft long- coming out of a 900 sq ft out- I’m living in a Rat hole- haha- I’m learning- haha- Love watching the Build- Merry Christmas- God Bless 🤠🐾♥️🙏🏻🇺🇸🍀🌲🦨