A friend, who cannot be named because he may have access to HM forces gear on a regular basis, gave me this stove, I believe it's a No2: |imgRemoved| Technically it's free, but given that it was in return for fabricating a set of sidecar mounts and then fitting the chair to his bike, it was well earned. For anyone who has never seen one, the straps that hold the lid on fold down to become legs for the stove to stand on and the lid folds out as a windshield. The tank pulls forward and off you go. Anyone got any thoughts on these stoves? GC
Looks admirable, and like it needs a pot stand. But If you can fabricate a set of sidecar mounts I can't think that will be a problem. Have fun with it.
I would tell you that Ross hates the buggers. I took one on a camping trip in the dead of winter. Dragged it two miles on a sled to a cabin and it died half way thru a pot of coffee.Guess where the pricker was? ON MY WORK BENCH!!! other than that I think they are cool but a tad heavy to haul around. I have the roarer's and silent which is the 2 and the modified 2 Dan
I have a very similar stove but, I think, an earlier version. Mine has a roarer burner. Also, the flame control is not from the side like yours but is accessed via the semi-circular hole underneath the carrying handle where there is a knurled knob which can be turned. The fuel tank pulls out as yours.
Ross does indeed hate them, I however like them. As said, they are a heavy stove, but when they run, they burn hot, nice one mate 8)
Hello, Heavy and bulky they are a great workhorse. I like mine even more just becuase I was lucky enough to get one. |imgRemoved|
Nice stove GC, I get on OK with mine, lots of pre-heat needed though. It's good to be paid with a toy for you're labours---if you had money it would have gone on something necessary. By the way, I'm still holding on to your two Tilley lamps---I know you tend to run a bit late-- but two years! Unfortunately one of them stopped a ricochet and lost its glass---sorry
JC - I've missed you! Yep, I've been so tied up in crap and business I haven't had a suitable time to belt down to Solva. I was planning a trip in the coming weeks becasue I need to test the sidecar outfit before the Elephant rally and I thought of visiting you, but time is running out again :-( Funnily enough I was just shoe-horning one of your pictures into the newsletter. Cheers GC
Sorry, the pot stand was off for the test firing and to my shame I did indeed light a stove without boiling a kettle... and yes, I'm prepared for the angry outbursts of purist fettlers :-) GC
Those are the stoves supplied with Centurion tanks, I think. One earned it's keep nicely, 30 something years back. The 24V. kettle was another marvel. David
Funny isn't it that I came into stove collecting because I really like lightweight backpack stoves, yet I have to say that my two best burners are my No2 and No12 British army stoves, followed by my Opti 111T and my Phoebus. Although, it's impossible to match the sheer pleasure of sparking up a Svea 123. Cheers GC
I like, admire and have used a variety of the classic stoves - 00,96,111T and 99. But the recent eye opener has been the ultra-light meths burners and just how astonishingly effective these can be. Yesterday I built a pot stand and a stove - all up weight 50g - and used it to make a brew, in the open - on just 10ml of meths in under four minutes with no priming time. Oh - and its a steel shelled burner.
