little buddy heater

Does anybody have a little buddy heater rigged up on a 5 pound tank? if you do could you post pictures?

Yes just did mine yesterday will post pics in the morning

Are you hanging it from somewhere if you have it hooked up to a tank or do they make a base for them?
DT

Here is what I did. Starting at the tank is a soft nose propane fitting to go to 1/4 pipe threads then I used a coupler to a galvanized street elbow. Then a 3 inch nipple going up to a throwaway cylinder adapter I purchased on Amazon from mr. Heater. This seems much more sturdy than the 1 lb cylinders on the cheasy stand that comes with this heater.

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Looks great! Mine ran for either 5 or 7 hours straight in the deer stand. That thing will last forever on a 20 pounder.
DT

I used brass fittings for mine.

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Looks great huntindave!

Might take the elbow off of mine and replace it with a T and a valve so I could also run a lantern or maybe a grill with the Mr heater flex hose.

Please see the attached propane usage estimator for use with the Little Buddy heater on a 5 lb tank.

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Now that I know it can be done and how. Has anybody that has switched from having the heater sitting just off the ice to a foot or two off experienced their holes freezing up?

Captainpaddlefoot wrote:

Now that I know it can be done and how. Has anybody that has switched from having the heater sitting just off the ice to a foot or two off experienced their holes freezing up?

That can be an issue as without air movement you will find a layer of cooler air anywhere below the heat source. (true with any style heater) The solution to air flow is a fan of some sort. I’ve heard that guys are having very good results and run time by using a computer fan powered by a flasher battery.

pour a little everclear in the hole…the one in the ice, not the one below your nose.

Captainpaddlefoot wrote:

Now that I know it can be done and how. Has anybody that has switched from having the heater sitting just off the ice to a foot or two off experienced their holes freezing up?

If your skirt is flat or banked in, it’s a non-issue. I actually elevate any heater in my portables as I hate all the water buildup under them.

That has been more of an issue in the past for me.

Thanks

HuntinDave, thats the same setup I use for my lantern, never thought of the little buddy… I will be trying that this year… as for water build I always use a bucket to set my lantern on but now days with all the groovy lights they have heat is the only concern…