I have 425 stove I bought myself when I was 10 - in 1982. Lots of wear. I bought propane converter but still burn white gas on occasion to get that smell that brings back so many memories. I have a Peak lantern from that era too. Good stuff.
The Coleman Thread
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It snowed here today. I'm so antsy to get out and camp, and it snowed.
and in the 70's here today in Gawja...........
.....just saying
===camping weather for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats about what we are expecting...
Word of warning, if you have a Coleman Lantern manufactured between June of 79 and January of 80, you might want to toss it, that was the time period I worked for Coleman, on their Coleman Lantern assembly line, I was not the greatest employee they had, but I was still better than some of the other chuckleheads on the line. In 79, they had around a 6 million loss in scrap parts from just our plant.
Coleman, the WORST place, without question, that I have ever worked. Legend had it, the machines we used were used to manufacture bullets for the war effort in WW2. After having worked there, I believe it.
Coleman, the WORST place, without question, that I have ever worked. Legend had it, the machines we used were used to manufacture bullets for the war effort in WW2. After having worked there, I believe it.
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I love camping in the snow.
Not so much in a tent or the tent trailer.
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X3 Some of my favorite backpacking trips were over frozen lakes. So much fun!
I plan on dragging out my coleman stove, oven, and lanterns for a weekend of camping in the Okaloacoochee slough. here is the weather forcast i know i can count on you guys sympathy for the rough conditions
Lehigh Acres, FL
72°F
Current: Sunny
Wind: E at 16 mph
Humidity: 58%
Wed
81° | 56°
Thu
80° | 55°
Fri
82° | 56°
Sat
82° | 59°
Lehigh Acres, FL
72°F
Current: Sunny
Wind: E at 16 mph
Humidity: 58%
Wed
81° | 56°
Thu
80° | 55°
Fri
82° | 56°
Sat
82° | 59°
Coleman tricks
Hello gentlemean, It's great to see others are using & collecting Coleman eqpt. I have been using them all my life, since my father taught me how to light a stove when I was about 10(apx 1970).
I also used them in the Army for many years.
I thought I'd pass on a few things I've learned...
- never leave them in a tent un-attended, even the best of them can occasionally flare up, more so if they have been beaten around & things don't fit tightly.
To light a stove if it's very cold out (-30, or more), pump up the tank, open the valve & shoot naptha out onto the ring. Light it & just before it dies out, shove the tank in place & open it to light the stove. This pre-heating makes it much easier to keep it going
- If your stove has caught fire a few times, take it apart, lay the body on some gravel & cover it with oven cleaner. This will peel the paint & grease off. Then hose it down well & dry it. Then re-paint it with BBQ, or Manifold paint. These paints won't burn, or peel (as long as you don't mind black).
- An ice-fishing trick the Inuit taught me is to drill a 8" hole in the ice. drill another a couple feet away from the 1st, but only 1/2 way thru the ice. Lite your lantern & place it in the short hole. The ice will light up for yards around & when you put your lure in the h20, the fish can see it from miles away. (I don't think this is legal south of 60).
- I always go camping w/ 2 lanterns. I'll fill both up before going to sleep & pump them well. A lit lantern on the floor will burn for about 6 hrs & keep the tent toasty. The 2nd is for back-up. Of course I wouldn't do this in a small tent with a nylon floor.
- I always have a lantern in my 4X4. If you get stuck in the bush & it gets dark, it will be priceless. I once was hunting alone & got bogged down 1/2 mile from the road & nothing my winch cable would reach. I left the lantern burning on the side of the road & sure enough the 1st guy to drive by stopped to see what it was. Of course he had a winch & his cable just reach the end of mine.
Happy camping!
Hello gentlemean, It's great to see others are using & collecting Coleman eqpt. I have been using them all my life, since my father taught me how to light a stove when I was about 10(apx 1970).
I also used them in the Army for many years.
I thought I'd pass on a few things I've learned...
- never leave them in a tent un-attended, even the best of them can occasionally flare up, more so if they have been beaten around & things don't fit tightly.
To light a stove if it's very cold out (-30, or more), pump up the tank, open the valve & shoot naptha out onto the ring. Light it & just before it dies out, shove the tank in place & open it to light the stove. This pre-heating makes it much easier to keep it going
- If your stove has caught fire a few times, take it apart, lay the body on some gravel & cover it with oven cleaner. This will peel the paint & grease off. Then hose it down well & dry it. Then re-paint it with BBQ, or Manifold paint. These paints won't burn, or peel (as long as you don't mind black).
- An ice-fishing trick the Inuit taught me is to drill a 8" hole in the ice. drill another a couple feet away from the 1st, but only 1/2 way thru the ice. Lite your lantern & place it in the short hole. The ice will light up for yards around & when you put your lure in the h20, the fish can see it from miles away. (I don't think this is legal south of 60).
- I always go camping w/ 2 lanterns. I'll fill both up before going to sleep & pump them well. A lit lantern on the floor will burn for about 6 hrs & keep the tent toasty. The 2nd is for back-up. Of course I wouldn't do this in a small tent with a nylon floor.
- I always have a lantern in my 4X4. If you get stuck in the bush & it gets dark, it will be priceless. I once was hunting alone & got bogged down 1/2 mile from the road & nothing my winch cable would reach. I left the lantern burning on the side of the road & sure enough the 1st guy to drive by stopped to see what it was. Of course he had a winch & his cable just reach the end of mine.
Happy camping!
I know what you mean, Carbon Monoxide is a killer. Most tests I've used have high ceilings & leak and I still keep a flap open. With the general public reading this & todays better tents, It is bad advice without an explaination & you never know when someone will make a mistake.
Don't know if this has been posted or not but the 'Old Town Yucca' site recently disappeared from the web and I feared the owner just gave up and let it die, I'm glad to say this isn't the case, he posted up on ExPo recently with his new site: Old Town Coleman Lantern & Stove Repair Home