Over night ice tent

FishHunterPro · #1 02-23-2018, 12:24 PM

Some of you might have seen my ice shelter I put on Alberta Fishing Addicts but if you haven’t here it is. I just wanted to try this out and see how it would work for some of the trips I do that are just to long of a day to travel for 2-2.5hrs one way to fish all day and come home the same day it’s just to tiring so I put this tent together. When I’m ready to get a new tent I will definitely go full thermal but I had this tent kicking around the house and I never used it to often so I thought it was perfect for the experiment.

Moo Snukkle · #2 02-23-2018, 12:33 PM

Looks good. Next best piece of kit would be stacking cots.

Moo Snukkle · #3 02-23-2018, 12:38 PM

Question tho. Why wouldn’t you have made the stove jack fit a window? With Velcro all around it so window could be reinstalled?

FishHunterPro · #4 02-23-2018, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Moo Snukkle

Looks good. Next best piece of kit would be stacking cots.

Turns out it’s a pain in the ass getting 5” black stove pipe where I live and I wasn’t sure if I could get the proper draft for the stove to work. The stove came with all the stove pipe and this set up so far tested in my backyard works really good.

DOGFISH · #5 02-23-2018, 02:29 PM

Are sparks going to be an issue, like said before you can go out a window. Looks great should work good. Thanks for posting. Dogfish

jpohlic · #6 02-23-2018, 02:43 PM

I have the same stove and ordered some 5" elbows and pipe from Home Hardware. They don't stock it but can get it fairly quickly. I wanted the chimney to go out the wall of my ice shack instead of the roof. It's not a long chimney and it only draws ok, it would work better as a straight run up through the roof.

Bush Critter · #7 02-23-2018, 03:33 PM

I’m looks good , 5” black stove pipe can be found at most Canadian Tire stores.? The higher the pipe is the les chance sparks will contact top of your tent. Thanks for sharing

owlhoot · #8 02-23-2018, 04:43 PM

With the wind we get down south here I'd rope it down real good. How is the chimney secured? Should be cozy .

FishHunterPro · #9 02-23-2018, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DOGFISH

Are sparks going to be an issue, like said before you can go out a window. Looks great should work good. Thanks for posting. Dogfish

I have 10ft for the stove and never had spark problems yet but I just received a welders blanket that I order on line that’s 6x12ft so I’m going to throw that over top. Going out the window for me was more work and material that I wasn’t interest in doing again. I tried it with a smaller stove but the problem was the stove itself. The roof option is working very good so far. It gets execellent draft.

FishHunterPro · #10 02-23-2018, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by owlhoot

With the wind we get down south here I'd rope it down real good. How is the chimney secured? Should be cozy .

I had a pretty windy day here while I had it set up with winds gusting to 50km and it held up good. I had every anchor point being used though cause I couldn’t chance it collapsing or flying away. It’s a must to anchor every point if your using this stove. The stove has the roof securing it and sheet metal screws . It held up just fine this way.

Shmag · #11 02-24-2018, 08:09 AM

Nice set up....guessing you'll need a good set of rubber boots...?

Fil_Can_Yakker · #12 02-25-2018, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by FishHunterPro

I have 10ft for the stove and never had spark problems yet but I just received a welders blanket that I order on line that’s 6x12ft so I’m going to throw that over top. Going out the window for me was more work and material that I wasn’t interest in doing again. I tried it with a smaller stove but the problem was the stove itself. The roof option is working very good so far. It gets execellent draft.

Nice set-up! Where did you get the ring?

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Mister Bee · #13 02-26-2018, 02:58 AM

you can buy rings from campers village

Talking moose · #14 02-26-2018, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Shmag

Nice set up....guessing you'll need a good set of rubber boots...?

Foldable floor. Guy I know built one. Works pretty slick.

Hunter Trav · #15 02-27-2018, 09:54 AM

Nice job!! Did you just hand sow the stove ring into the roof of the tent??

Stinky Buffalo · #16 02-27-2018, 11:58 AM

Great mod on your ice tent!

Could almost use that for a quick hunting tent too, especially if you toss a tarp on top. Was thinking of using my ice fishing tent for this year's hunt - it's a double and would have been big enough. Seeing your wood stove setup is inspiring!

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Foldable floor. Guy I know built one. Works pretty slick.

That would be cool to see. Do you have pics or a drawing of how he did it?

BRvalley · #17 02-27-2018, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stinky Buffalo

Great mod on your ice tent!

Could almost use that for a quick hunting tent too, especially if you toss a tarp on top. Was thinking of using my ice fishing tent for this year's hunt - it's a double and would have been big enough. Seeing your wood stove setup is inspiring!

I use mine as a tent just as much as I use it for ice fishing, during hunting season and steelhead fishing in the spring, works great, in cold weather (obviously not so great with the heat and bugs lol)...only thing to be mindful about is the tent bottom will experience a lot more wear and abrasion, ie the corners where the poles sit...I've had to patch a few of them, real pain to hand stitch that stuff....my new pop up I've spread a layer of rubber shoe goop over them, hoping that will help slow the wear

FishHunterPro · #18 02-27-2018, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hunter Trav

Nice job!! Did you just hand sow the stove ring into the roof of the tent??

Yup me and my Pal did it one evening over a few beers. It would have been a pain in the but to do it alone.

FishHunterPro · #19 02-27-2018, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Stinky Buffalo

Great mod on your ice tent!

Could almost use that for a quick hunting tent too, especially if you toss a tarp on top. Was thinking of using my ice fishing tent for this year's hunt - it's a double and would have been big enough. Seeing your wood stove setup is inspiring!

That would be cool to see. Do you have pics or a drawing of how he did it?

Thanks, I’ve never actually had an I tent out in the rain before but it might work good as it is.

FishHunterPro · #20 02-27-2018, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Fil_Can_Yakker

Nice set-up! Where did you get the ring?

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Deluxe wall tents.

nimrod · #21 02-28-2018, 08:54 AM

great mod to the fishing tent, but you might need a piece of tin, to keep the wall from melting, if you need one I have a piece I can spare

FishHunterPro · #22 03-01-2018, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nimrod

great mod to the fishing tent, but you might need a piece of tin, to keep the wall from melting, if you need one I have a piece I can spare

Thanks for the offer I might try that as a precaution . I’ve burned the stove twice now in the tent and the wall wasn’t hot at all. The outside temp must have kept the wall cooler.