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04-27-2021, 08:51 AM #7701one of those sickos
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The diesel heaters pull combustion air from outside and vent combustion gases outside. The main fan pulls air across the body, so it's just a heat exchanger. I can attest to the heat being dry enough that we BC skied in the rain at Crater Lake and Baker and then dried out our shit for the next days without issue. It puts out so much heat that you can open windows to let the humid air from your wet gloves escape.
The heater itself is like 10#, with a 10L diesel tank (lasts at least 4 days in cold weather for us) if you don't plumb it into your main tank. There is no wood or pellet stove that comes close. Plus, where do you carry your tiny cuts of wood fuel, and how do you keep it dry? Wood stoves in campers seem like a joke for IG.
The altitude thing is a concern, but supposedly the blue LCD controller auto compensates for it. It does have a fairly accurate barometric altimeter, so that could be true. We haven't used ours much over 8000', but it's been flawless there.
Noise? Yes, the fan is a bit loud on high, but it won't stay there for more than a few minutes. The things absolutely blast heat so they turn themselves down to a barely audible fan speed pretty quickly when the thermostat gets to your set point. The fuel pumps do make an annoying clicking noise that is a concern when sleeping, but I and others have tamed this with pipe insulation and other tricks.
Honestly, my sole complaint is that it can't cycle completely off and then back on under thermostat control. The lowest setting is still a bit too much heat for my 22' RV when the outside temp is above 15F, so some manual control is required. But that's acceptable since I understand that including that feature would likely make the thing much more expensive.
The Chinese diesel heater will change your dirtbag life. Buy one. Hanging out with your naked GF in the toasty warm box while a storm rages outside and snow piles up for skiing the next day is...nice.
TGR dentists should buy Webasto heaters for their boutique converted Quigley Transits. The rest of us will stick with the all-parts-interchangeable knockoffs for 1/8 of the price.ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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04-27-2021, 12:24 PM #7702Registered User
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Sadly i can't think of a reasonable location to install a chinese diesel heater on a minivan with sliding doors. Because that does sound cozy AF.
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04-27-2021, 12:53 PM #7703Registered User
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Step up your game son.
https://www.rbauction.com/1994-BLUEB..._No_PB_ABT-New
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04-27-2021, 01:03 PM #7704
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04-27-2021, 01:22 PM #7705
Another advantage of the diesel heater is the ability to run it while traveling. Not the best idea with the wood stove and will propane even work on anything but flat smooth roads?
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04-27-2021, 01:28 PM #7706Registered User
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04-27-2021, 01:32 PM #7707one of those sickos
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I must admit, part of me wants this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSW0UIs65c&t=41sride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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04-27-2021, 01:37 PM #7708
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04-27-2021, 02:10 PM #7709
Ski RV's, who's sleeping in parking lots?
Not with a 170” wheelbase cargo van conversion. Just has the vents up front a plus it takes forever to open up the thermostat.
Do you want nacho to freeze back there??
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04-27-2021, 05:51 PM #7710Registered User
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04-27-2021, 06:33 PM #7711
Yes. There are many vids and articles showing installations. E.g. https://thewanderful.co/blog/how-to-...er-in-your-van
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04-27-2021, 06:42 PM #7712
We must be targeted by the same FB pages. Some reason your link broke though.
https://www.rbauction.com/1994-blueb...ton-ab-2021122
I like the functionality tests at the bottom of the page
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04-27-2021, 10:48 PM #7713
Someone buy this: https://denver.craigslist.org/rvs/d/...313486350.html
That's a pretty good deal if it's in decent condition."fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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04-27-2021, 11:06 PM #7714
Ski RV's, who's sleeping in parking lots?
Wtf? ^^^ The carpet they removed was there to keep condensation down. Jebus, what a mess.
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04-28-2021, 05:43 AM #7715
looks shiny and warm.
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04-28-2021, 06:58 AM #7716
What an awful interior, not to mention removing the freshwater tank.
This is the only possible user for it. Or possibly setting it up as a Taco Stand.
www.apriliaforum.com
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04-28-2021, 08:40 AM #7717Hucked to flat once
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Or buy it, put a little time in and double your money. Our friend just sold her Scamp for $14k. She bought it for $3k a couple years ago and gave it a cosmetic sprucing up, used it and loved it but decided to cash in on the gold rush.
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04-28-2021, 09:07 AM #7718
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324577224592
Aside for the sleeping situation I love these
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04-28-2021, 09:09 AM #7719
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04-28-2021, 10:37 AM #7720Registered User
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My ford van was done by the same company here in SLC for $18k with rear lockers a couple years ago (The guy I bought it from had it converted, not me) so I'd imagine that dually was north of $20k for the conversion, and he is only asking $35k. if the conversion was done recently, everything under the frame should be in new condition as they have to replace/upgrade almost everything.
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04-28-2021, 12:16 PM #7721Registered User
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This company in Kamloops BC does conversions and it looks like around $15,000 Canadian
https://www.sportsman4x4.com/contact/
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04-29-2021, 08:21 PM #7722Registered User
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05-01-2021, 10:33 AM #7723one of those sickos
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05-01-2021, 11:36 AM #7724
Pretty ez to reseal that!
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05-01-2021, 08:34 PM #7725
Was there a dead body in that storage locker?
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