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Old 08-17-2017, 04:23 PM   #1
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Winter's coming and I need ideas on keeping warm.

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Old 08-17-2017, 05:47 PM   #2
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former Montanan - i use a heater to keep the bus warm!!!

Go Bobcats!!! i left Bozeman 30 years ago, but try to get back as often as i can.

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Old 08-17-2017, 06:30 PM   #3
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Go Cats? R U NUTZ? I'm a Vandal! Besides, Idaho has a better school.
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Old 08-17-2017, 08:21 PM   #4
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We're temporary Montanans - work Glacier Park in the summer, then back south for the winter. That's how we deal with the cold! Plus our bus is really only set up for Montana summers and Texas winters!

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Old 08-19-2017, 02:52 PM   #5
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Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!
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Old 08-19-2017, 09:01 PM   #6
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Hey, now! We'll be full-timers soon enough. Just got to find the right winter job in MT that will continue to allow us to work at Glacier in the summers - that is the challenge...

On the rare night where it does get pretty cold, we use a combination of electric space heaters and a Portable Mr. Buddy. keeps us nice n' toasty!

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Old 08-20-2017, 03:54 PM   #7
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I've survived two Montana winters in Brunhilde. The first was the roughest; about 50 lbs of blankets with a Mr. Buddy heater that barely made a dent in the cold. That's with 1" of rigid foam insulation on 95% of the windows and walls. The second winter was much easier. I got a federbett and a Wave 8 heater.
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Old 08-20-2017, 07:05 PM   #8
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Checking in from Anaconda, MT, Keeping warm? My plan is like three wave 8 heaters and a few oil filled ele heaters.
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Old 08-20-2017, 07:34 PM   #9
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An oil-filled heater got me some serious 2d Degree burns, resulting in a 5 week hospital stay.

You ought to try the federbett. A few minute under one of those and you're toasty warm. Of course, a willing companion would make it that much more cozy.
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Old 08-21-2017, 08:40 AM   #10
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I have a two part plan for dealing with really cold weather.

Plan A.: Go South

Plan B.: Zero degree goose down sleeping bag + small heaters (propane for boondocking...electric when plugged in).

For extreme cold, you can get sleeping bags rated to -40 degrees that will keep you toasty but they cost around a grand. Zero degree rated can be had for $2-300 bucks. And bags are easy to roll up and stash away.
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Old 08-24-2017, 02:49 PM   #11
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Plan A - NO WAY!

Plan B = I'm already doing that.

Plan C = I'm adding another Federbett.

Plan D = Find some willing female bed mate.
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Old 08-24-2017, 05:03 PM   #12
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my plan for cold weather... travel south!!!! .. when im home in ohio.. I keep the wood fires Blazin and 2 Twin Gas-furnaces gassing and furnacing.. (if those go down theres 3 Heatpumps good down to -5f in the waiting).
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lolol -5

that's shorts weather during a Montana winter.

one time the temps were in the -20s for a week or more, the walls on my house were frozen like the inside of an undefrosted freezer.
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that's shorts weather during a Montana winter.

one time the temps were in the -20s for a week or more, the walls on my house were frozen like the inside of an undefrosted freezer.
thats why i stay OUT of the north in the winter.. im the guy who sets the heat in my house at 75+ during the winter (except to sleep its 62)
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even though i'm south of Montana now, i like my heat the same way. i heat my home with a pellet stove. its 90ish in the room with the stove and colder the further you are away from the stove.
old habits die hard.... my furnace only kicks on when i'm gone keeping the house above 50.
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Was going to suggest burning the seats and floor boards you have left. And plan d is problematic as she steals the covers and drinks all my whiskey.

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But even though in down south, I do like heat. What's available in a fan forced furnace for battery powered heat while sitting. Ill have propane available.

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