Wood Stove in GMC

[dave silva]

Was there such a thing a 23-foot Glacier?
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Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC

76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff

Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021

It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.

 

[Keith V]

Good dry clean red oak is my favorite, Pine is OK, but soft and doesn't break as easy as oak, Elm is a twisted mess, but possible if frozen and you split with the rings. If you try to split across it you will bury 3 wedges, an axe and a chainsaw LOL
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From: James Hupy
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:50 PM
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Subject: [GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC

I have split a bunch of wood over the years. It all splits differently.
Closely grown Doug Fir that is straight for the majority of it's height and
limb free is easy to split. Oregon White Oak is at the other end of the
scale. Madrone is absolutely one of the toughest ones. Most of the wood
cutters I see now use power splitters. We had a severe ice storm in Feb
2021, and lost all of the Oregon White Oaks in our yard except one. We had
11 of them. All our shade went with them. We will miss that this summer.
Won't miss the 100 bags of leaves, though. Will plant grass seed this
spring where those stumps were. We had all those stumps ground out and
hauled off as chips. Sure looks differently now.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

> > Wood splits better when wet? Thats a new one. Cold and dry wood splits
> best. of course when I say cold, I mean single digits Fahrenheit or lower!
> >
> > I have a wood stove in my house, I use it occasionally and for emergency
> heat and I agree that a wood stove in an RV is not a good idea. MAYBE if
> > you have it parked forever, but they are dirty beasts. if you want
> radiant heat, get an electric Quartz heater
>
> Ah! another east - west difference. I'm with Sully, in the PNW, ya gotta
> split it when wet! Depends on the wood though I guess - if you want a
> challenge, try drying out some willow and have a go splitting that. You'd
> have better luck splitting some rope!
>
> Larry
>
> --
> Larry - Victoria BC -
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> 1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working
> but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS
> exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat
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[Matt Colie]

> Was there such a thing a 23-foot Glacier?

I sure hope so. We have one and I know of two others. 23s were never very popular and Glaciers were exterior blue or white and I am told that the
white were the more common, but I sure have not seen that many.

Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit

 

[dave silva]

Matt,

can you tell me about "Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan " ?

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Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC

76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff

Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021

It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.

 

[cjv]

Yes, I've looked at that and would also like to know what that is all about...

CJ Vermeulen, Scribbler

From: "dave silva"
To: "gmclist"
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 2:08:43 PM
Subject: [GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC

Matt,

can you tell me about "Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan " ?

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Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC

76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff

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[Matt Colie]

Dave & CJV,

The quiet fan came along because Tom Pryor went searching for a better clutch for our fans. He discovered the electrically controlled clutch and fan
used in the Sprinter vans was the correct rotation. He then went on to manufacture an adapter for out water pump drive and look for a controller. He
has made several controllers and the current design allows you to control the slip in the clutch so it is only working as hard as it needs to. This
means most of the time (unless you are in panic mode) it is way less noise than either the fan at full speed the stock metal fan. Even at flat out,
it is more air and less noise than the OE fan.

Applied has the kit under cooling (bottom of the first page). If you have the old horse collar fan shroud, you will have to replace
that as well.

If you have the Delco 747 ECU, that has an output for fan control. I don't have that, so I can't help you there.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit

 

[cjv]

Thank you...good info

CJ Vermeulen, Scribbler

From: "Matt Colie"
To: "gmclist"
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 3:42:34 PM
Subject: [GMCnet] Re: Wood Stove in GMC

Dave & CJV,

The quiet fan came along because Tom Pryor went searching for a better clutch for our fans. He discovered the electrically controlled clutch and fan
used in the Sprinter vans was the correct rotation. He then went on to manufacture an adapter for out water pump drive and look for a controller. He
has made several controllers and the current design allows you to control the slip in the clutch so it is only working as hard as it needs to. This
means most of the time (unless you are in panic mode) it is way less noise than either the fan at full speed the stock metal fan. Even at flat out,
it is more air and less noise than the OE fan.

Applied has the kit under cooling (bottom of the first page). If you have the old horse collar fan shroud, you will have to replace
that as well.

If you have the Delco 747 ECU, that has an output for fan control. I don't have that, so I can't help you there.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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[boybach]

> Good dry clean red oak is my favorite, Pine is OK, but soft and doesn't break as easy as oak, Elm is a twisted mess, but possible if frozen and
> you split with the rings. If you try to split across it you will bury 3 wedges, an axe and a chainsaw LOL

Right! We don't have any of those trees out west except as ornamentals ..well there is some pine but none around my parts.

Larry
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Larry - Victoria BC -

1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS
exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat exchange hoses

 

[dave silva]

> you can be at $85,000 fairly easily. Woodstove or not

Definitely. I think it's probably worth the price. But i'd be surprised if the new owner kept the wood stove.

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Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC

76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff

Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021

It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.