Nice upper doors. What year is your 67-72 chevy pickup you have there? Is it a shortbed? I might have some cash to help you get that heater installed earlier than next year. Haha!

 

Haha it’s a 71. Yes it’s a shortbed. Thank you but it’s probably going to stay here for awhile. Can’t have to many toys

 

If i tried to use heaters like that, I would either melt or burn something on the machine.
Like Dirty Harry said, " A man has to know his limitations ". 🤣

 

If i tried to use heaters like that, I would either melt or burn something on the machine.
Like Dirty Harry said, " A man has to know his limitations ". [emoji1787]

X 2! I purchased a golf cart heater to use in my first general. I pulled it out of the box and said no way in he!! is that happening! I guarantee I would've burnt my hand more times than I would care to. I put it back in the box and returned it. Then swallowed the hard pill to buy a polaris heater...

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You don’t t us propane heaters in an enclosed area you get carbon monoxide

 

Tent heaters are okay to use indoors.

 

Anything that burns a fuel causes carb monoxide no matter what it is, just saying

 

Propane isn't as bad it's really clean burning. It's approved for many indoor uses. Indoor units have a low oxygen shut off, because it will burn the oxygen out of the air first. Blue flame good, orange flame bad.

 

 

Been using them in tents and such for years with no ill effects that I can see.

 

Been using them in tents and such for years with no ill effects that I can see.
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Or was that after the jab?🤔🤷🏿‍♂️

 

Lol must be the beer then

 

As a career firefighter /EMT for the last 27 years I don’t think it’s a good idea to use your propane heater in an enclosed cab. Carbon Monoxide poisoning can happen and you won’t even know it. Recently I had a young man die using a similar set up in a tent while camping. Layer your clothing and get a heated vest on Amazon. Stay safe and enjoy riding but please don’t use propane to keep your self warm. It’s only meant to be used in a well vented area.

 

The General, even with full doors/windows is well vented.

 

I have a 2 seat general with the tusk enclosure and I would never put myself of my family in that cab with a propane heater. In all honesty I bought my wife and me heated vest on Amazon for less than 200.00 and I have it turned off most the time. Do what you want. I see people with CO poisoning all the time especially this time of the year. Just had a guy a week ago working on a generator in his garage with the garage door up about 6 inches and his wife found him laying on the floor altered level. We got 400ppm on a gas monitor. He’s living but spent time in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. I been on the job for 27 years and it’s people like you who think it will be ok and “ it won’t happen to me “ that’s gets them in trouble. Be smart and have fun. There are other ways to keep warm. They also make a 12 volt electric blanket. Your family would rather spend money on those things than your funeral. Ride smart and have fun.

 

Why not just get the tusk seat heaters? You get to keep your beer holder, not risk burning your crotch, and not give your insurance guy a reason to drop you.

 

Has anyone ever tried one of those 12v heaters that sit on the dash? The're around $25 on Amazon. Not sure if they throw off enough heat. I tried the Mr Heater thing once. The off-gasing was terrible and i was concerned that i would melt my dash from the heat. Never tried again and never will.

 

Not sure what brand it was but my brother in law had a little 12 volt heater in his new general used it for maybe 2 weeks then ordered the inferno heater, the 12 volt one was maybe enough heat to warm your hands while moving but severely overmatched for the generals cab and it was a 2 seater

 

I bought one of those small 12v heaters a few years back for my enclosed RZR before installing OEM heater, Tried it once, been on the shelf for years. Not enough heat output for anything other than defrosting a SMALL portion of the windshield.

 

Moto, what is it going to take to wake these guy up, was in the fire department to ,what don’t they understand.

 

The problem is they won’t wake up. Carbon monoxide is the “ silent killer”. It’s colorless , odorless, and virtually undetectable without a gas monitor. This time of year I respond to at least one CO alarm in a 24 hour shift sometimes more . Some are faulty dectectors, some with and some without patients. Most of the time is a faulty furnace. Usually a plugged up vent. My god your riding for fun. Suck it up and dress warm. Layer your clothing. Cab enclosures keep out 95% of the cold.

 

@motoxmike541

Carbon monoxide issue is a real one but if the area is vented properly (at the top) these can be used safely.
I know you have most likely seen many people who have been sickened or died from using them improperly but the ones who use them correctly never need to call you, so you only see the bad.
Don't get me wrong though, as I would not use one of these in a moving vehicle myself.

 

@motoxmike541

Carbon monoxide issue is a real one but if the area is vented properly (at the top) these can be used safely.
I know you have most likely seen many people who have been sickened or died from using them improperly but the ones who use them correctly never need to call you, so you only see the bad.
Don't get me wrong though, as I would not use one of these in a moving vehicle myself.

Indoors propane heater are designed for use in a medium to large room. Using an indoor propane heater in a cab of a side by side is just crazy. When a propane heater burns the incomplete combustion puts off CO. Remember for the propane heater to work it needs oxygen. It’s using the oxygen as fuel and putting off CO as exhaust. In a small enclosed area it will use up the oxygen and leave Carbon monoxide. It’s like a person. You breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Propane breathes in oxygen and breathes out CO.

 

Agreed and everyplace I've ever used one of these has been well ventilated and had an exhaust area at the top.

 

Wonder why they call them golf cart heaters....
They have shutoffs for to much corbin monoxide, as much air comes threw my enclosure you could sit in there with a open propane tank and not get poisoned🤣, and I use to work on campers so know about carbon monoxide poisoning, just don't go to sleep in it with it idleing and heat going wide open😁

 

Its called a golf cart heater for a gold cart that doesn’t have an enclosure. Check out the picture. r
Read about them. There is a warning telling you NOT to use in small enclosed areas. Your genius comment “ just don’t go to sleep” tells me just how intelligent you really are. Every year approximately 50000 people visit the emergency rooms for CO poisoning. Last year 430 people “ just fell to sleep” and met Jesus. i guess maybe they just weren’t as smart as you are.

 

Moto you tried

 

Been using propane heaters in my 6x8 enclosed deer stand for 20 years they have the low oxygen shutoffs and its homemade the windows are nowhere near airtight (by choice) for ventilation, and havent had a problem, not saying others wont have issues but little commen sense goes along way

 

Hi it’s Ron your buggy looks great if you don’t mind me asking do u like your tusk upper doors I was looking at them

 

yes I am. I have a few rides on them now and they are awesome. A few gaps still exist but for half the cost of the Polaris onesI am overall very pleased with them. Had just at shirt on this weekend riding around in the snow with no heater. Plus the inside stays so much cleaner.

 

How did the heaters work did you have to mess with the tip over switch? One better than the other?

 

I run a forced air propane torpedo heater in my Man cave, no issues of CO2 nor a drop in O2, As long as the unit is functioning as designed and working properly, spend 6-10 hours out in the shop, with it running, no issues.
Yes, IF you have a heat source that is not clean burning, you can run into CO2 issues (BBQ grills, plugged heater vents, combustion engines, poor exhaust venting.

 

Just spend the money and get the Polaris Heater/Defroster kit. Got mine installed when I purchased the General in May 2016. Didn't use it at all. Then in September 2017 we're on the Alpine Loop,
almost to the top of Engineer pass. Wife, er BOSS, has already got my Carhartt zipper sweatshirt. She's still freezing, and it starts to sleet, great I'm gonna freeze to death. Then BOSS reaches down,
turns the temp all the way up, turns the fan to 3. And next thing you know, its nice and warm in the cab, we're rolling down the pass, Polaris windshield wiper doing its thing. Life is good!!
Have the Polaris safety glass windshield and rear windshield. No side windows. Just don't see a need for them. Now, I'm not one out riding much in the middle of Winter. But this year we spent the month of January in Salome, AZ. there were many days it was warmer in Southern Colorado than Salome. BOSS just turned the heater on and it made for a great ride!!
I'm happy, BOSS is happy..
Pirate

 

I so so tired of the propane heater advocates. It feels like these repeated post are nothing more than attempts to stir up conflict.

 

Another thought...I have two CO monitors in my Toybarn. Plugged into outlets that I put 18" off the floor. That's where CO collects, ground level. Both also have battery back-up. So with a Li-Ion battery they'll last quite a while before the battery goes. Push the Test button...gads I smacked my forehead when that thing went off!! They're virtually silent unless in alarm. So one could put it right by their head when sleeping.
I have one mounted at floor level in the motorhome...just in case. I've only known a couple men that lost their lives to Carbon Monoxide. What an awful thing. Families are devastated. Their businesses were left a mess, and a friend was lost. No reason for that!
If you use one in a tent or confined shop, how often do you make sure your space is actually ventilating? I use propane heaters in my Toybarn. But its a 40'x60'x12' steel building. So lots of open space. I do open the front door for a couple minutes an hour just to turn the air over. Never have set one of the CO monitors into alarm. But they sure are noisy when the battery gets low.
Pirate

 

I tried to use a propane heater in my 18 x 30 foot workshop with 14 ft ceilings, a garage door opening with tons of air gaps, and another open doorway into my 20 x 60 foot garage space and the gas smell drove me out within a couple hrs. I have no problems if others want to try it but I highly suggest that people read the experience of those who have gone before. I've wasted too much money on Mr Buddy, ACE hardware store propane heaters, etc trying to solve the problem in my SxS and my workshop and they don't work. I wish they did.

 

So it was the smell that you didnt like, not that it dropped the O2 level or increase the CO2 level.