A few of you must be soft. Too used to luxury on the road lol.
First there is very little mess. Need somewhere to put your logs? Whack em in a metal box or two resting on your rear bumper and Bob's your uncle. Me? I keep them inside stacked up in sacks. Get a visitor, bung em a cushion and tell them to stick their ass on that. Solves two problems with one stone.
As for bugs, so what if there are a few bugs? I've been traveling round with a pet spider or three for the past four years. Make great company when you get bored of talking to yourself.
Woodsmoke, I'm honking of the stuff. Personally, I like it. Not a problem for me. In fact, with the woodburner lit, it can be 15 below outside, inside it's warm enough to still wear a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, yep, it does get
that warm inside. Often I need to open the rear door just to let some of the heat out. Best bit, unlike propane gas heaters which stink at the best of times and cause loads of condensation problems, with a woodburner you won't have any of that as the air is kept in constant circulation.
Everyone I know here is using a woodburner at this time of the year.
As with any heating source, good ventilation is a must. Usually when I go to sleep even in mid winter, i'll stick open up the windows a little bit or open a roof vent to allow some fresh air in. Or just use those metal or plastic ventilation grilles which you can buy for peanuts anywhere.
Of the legality side of it, who gives a stuff what the law says? The law this, the law that, soon you won't be able to fart in your own home without the government interfering in some way and saying they're going to tax you on it. A new methane tax perhaps like the CO2 tax for companies. Bloody daft all of it. When I was born, my life I was led to believe belonged to me
not to anyone else. As long as I'm not harming anyone else, what right does law have to tell me what's good and right for me?
The law in many cases is just farcical and it can kiss my Cornish arse pardon my French. What a bloody load of nonsense. Here I am leading an independent life on the road to get away from modern day life and some people still think the law has to dictate over commonsense. The notion is utterly absurd to my way of thinking. Bah humbug on that front. 'Nuff said.
Stove / woodburner wise, I'll post up some pictures in a bit.
Talking of fuel to place in your woodburner, you don't only need to burn logs. If you're parking in a town or city overnight you can pick up old pallets from pretty much anywhere. These are great if you're not close to any natural wood.
Or use pine cones, these will give off plenty of heat for 20 minutes or more. You're only limited by your imagination. Of course, if you do live near woodland, who is going to object to picking up for yourself a few branches of dead wood? A bow saw and an axe come in handy. I have both aboard with me at all times. Officially against the law but so what, what are they going to do, wag their finger under my nose and tell me I'm a naughty boy. Bahhh.
This is similar to mine made from a discarded gas bottle, albeit this one is a little bit bigger than my one:
When the door is closed up there is in actual fact very little smoke if any at all.
Here you go, here is a couple of links to some of the listings on eBay.co.uk which might give one or two of you some ideas:
http://goo.gl/aYNFH8
http://goo.gl/gMhxE9
