Garage heater

[chucked]

I have a 20' shipping container I use to keep all my quad stuff in. I am trying to get a heater for it. I was thinking of getting a forced air heater, this way when im done riding in the snow I can put the heater on it and keep it from freezing up. The smallest one I can find is 50,000 btu's That is way big for what I need and it will be 110 degrees in there in no time with it, Im looking for something around 20k-30k max for it. What kind of heater will put that out?

[ReconRider25]

space heater? or maybe rig up a lil wood stove?

[K_Fulk]

I belive the reddy heaters with the propane tank are in the 20-30k btu range.

[400ex28]

Originally posted by K_Fulk
I belive the reddy heaters with the propane tank are in the 2-20k btu range.

[Woodsrider]

A twin burner Mr Heater will heat that space well. As would a kerosine heater. If the container is not insulated, its gonna be a bear to keep it warm in there.

[chucked]

Originally posted by K_Fulk
I belive the reddy heaters with the propane tank are in the 20-30k btu range.

the smallest one I could find was 50k btu's but Ill probably just end up getting that one anyway.

[Aceman]

They make them, I've seen them on Ebay.

[chucked]

Originally posted by Aceman
They make them, I've seen them on Ebay.


yea but s&h will kill me, and that will make them not worth the extra cash. I want a litle kero one, I saw one that was 30k btus on ebay. Burned like .33 gallons an hour. Kero is easy to get also.

[Cody_300ex]

i would just get the 50K one and turn it off when it gets really hot. At least thats what i do in my garage. :o

[chucked]

Originally posted by Lil_300Ex_Kid
i would just get the 50K one and turn it off when it gets really hot. At least thats what i do in my garage. :o

Yea I was just talkin to a guy about them, aparantly the higher the BTU the more consistent it gets with fuel usage. More BTU's per fuel consumption.

[derekhonda]

i dont know if you have access to electricity, but i used to use just a little walmart space heater, i think it was like 25 bucks, it would heat and keep my 24X24 garage around 50* in winter time. But now, i have a heated garage, i just push a button on the wall :D

[chucked]

Originally posted by derekhonda
i dont know if you have access to electricity, but i used to use just a little walmart space heater, i think it was like 25 bucks, it would heat and keep my 24X24 garage around 50* in winter time. But now, i have a heated garage, i just push a button on the wall :D

Yea i got electricity, flourescent lighting, air and extension cord reels on the wall, work bench, air conditioning, stereo. Its my second room. I puta little space heater in there last night and came out this morning and it didnt really do anything. its not insulated or anything. (yet anyway)

[K_Fulk]

http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=130941&goto=newpost

This is the modle i was refering to. A little bigger than i though at 35,000 btu's.

If your working in the garage while you have them running i would go with propane. More efficent, burns cleaner and less fumes.

[chucked]

Originally posted by K_Fulk
http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=130941&goto=newpost

This is the modle i was refering to. A little bigger than i though at 35,000 btu's.

If your working in the garage while you have them running i would go with propane. More efficent, burns cleaner and less fumes.

wrong copy and paste?

[K_Fulk]

doh, here you go

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20613&item=4336168342&rd=1

[chucked]

Originally posted by K_Fulk
http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=130941&goto=newpost

This is the modle i was refering to. A little bigger than i though at 35,000 btu's.

If your working in the garage while you have them running i would go with propane. More efficent, burns cleaner and less fumes.

so propane is more efficient... do you have a little 5 gallon tank? I may get a 20 gallon tank to go with it. I can have it filled for around 17 dollars. I dont know how much kero is right now.

[K_Fulk]

I have a 55,ooo btu reddy heater (kerosene). Use that to get the garage warm, after 20 minutes or so i come back out turn that off and start up my single burner prpane deal, that bolts to the tank.

I should have went with the propane setup though. I can get propane at work. The kerosene was 2.50 a gallon last week when i got some.

[chucked]

Originally posted by K_Fulk
doh, here you go

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20613&item=4336168342&rd=1

hmm, that may work, 20 bucks for shipping though, home depot has a 50k btu heater for 90-100 bucks. If it went for 60 bucks It will put it at 80 bucks... Well looks like ill be makin a trip to home depot this week.

[chucked]

Originally posted by K_Fulk
I have a 55,ooo btu reddy heater (kerosene). Use that to get the garage warm, after 20 minutes or so i come back out turn that off and start up my single burner prpane deal, that bolts to the tank.

I should have went with the propane setup though. I can get propane at work. The kerosene was 2.50 a gallon last week when i got some.

2.50 a gallon ouch..

[trick450r]

i would get the 50 g btu....you dont need insulation our garage is 25x28 and it holds heat fine...ofcourse we have a furnace in our garage!....

[K_Fulk]

Propane sure isnt cheap either. Along with any other fuel.

[gate_keeper_32]

I have a 2 head Mr. Heater that runs off of Propane. I heat my 24'x30' garage with it in the winter when I am working in it. It takes about 20 minutes to get it comfortable, but it stays fairly warn in there with it on. I can back it down to one burner after I get it toasty.


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