[philmont] Wood fired Back Country Water heaters

At 09:56 AM 6/12/2007, Scott Calkins wrote:
>I heard that some of the back country showers have wood-fired water
>heaters if you want hot water. I have a few questions:
>
>1. Where are they?
>2. How well do they work?
>3. Do the crews supply the wood?
>4. Does it take long to heat the water?

I have a picture of the Tobasco Donkey that was in service at Cyphers
Mine in 2002.
I can send it - if anyone else is interested. Please contact me off-list.

I am not sure which camps still use these, if any. We also used one
at Sawmill in 1999.
They work very well - all things considered. It is a lot like a
conventional water heater, except the heat source.

It takes a while to get the fire started and bring cold spring water
up to a desirable temperature. Once at temperature you can start
taking showers and service quite a few people - if you keep feeding
the fire ...

My recollection is that you have to scrounge up your own wood.

We had fun and had a good hot shower.

It is not a casual endeavor. It is hard work, but the rewards are worth it.
I recall spending a couple of hours start to finish.....

Yours in Venturing,

Rick Neff
Advisor Venturing Crew 31 - State College, Pa.
2007 - 712-L1

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Received on Tue Jun 12 09:38:41 2007