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Arctic bed heater

sigo

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Very unusual. That makes your deuce unique. The only place I've ever seen one of those was on some old deuces in Alaska. I don't think you'll need that in SC, but it's neat anyway.
 

jwaller

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No I'll never need it but I like the unusual and I want the odd stuff on my deuce.

You never know what option you will see on my truck next.
 

ke5eua

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Hey, when Columbia, SC goes into a horrible blizzard, at least you have something warm to drive the troops, I mean kids around in.

Ahh, Fort Jackson in December ('01) brings back some memories, mainly the ones of the frostbite I got on my fingers and toes.
 

rustystud

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I was in a deuce in the Marines that had one when I was going to Tank School at Fort Knox. It was winter and the temp had dropped down to the single digits ! ( I never knew Kentucky could get so cold ! ) I was never more thankful after a training session out on the firing range to ride back in a deuce that had a heater in the bed !
 

TreadLite

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I've got a heater with the arctic bed cover and it heats up pretty quick back there. Mine takes a while to start up, maybe a minute or so. Is that normal? It sounds like a little jet engine.
 

Venture7

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Does the heater give off a lot of fumes? If say, you wanted to camp in the back and have it run for a bit while sleeping could it be done?
 

m-35tom

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all these heaters have a combustion chamber and external exhaust pipe just like a miniature home furnace. starting time varies but is usually about 45 seconds, it depends on what type of glow plug it uses and on some it helps to have some asbestos type material loosely on the hot part of the plug to act as a wick. i used a 800 series heater diverter for this install. only 20k btu but plenty.
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