There are a
lot of good wall tents on the
market these days, but we
couldn't find one with all the
features we wanted, or the
tents were not built the way
we felt they should be built.
If the little things are not done
right, it can make a big
difference in the
performance of a tent. So we
put all our ideas together and
designed a tent and had it
built for us. We feel that the
quality and
craftsmanship of
these tents make them a
worthy companion to a
Cylinder Stove. All tents
come with 2 doors, stove
jack, sod cloth, ropes with
tensioners, and a canvas
storage bag. Other options
are available.
The material
we use is 10.38 oz.
preshrunk marine grade army
duck canvas treated with sun
forger to make it water
repellant and mildew
resistant. All seams are folded
and double stitched with a
lock stitch machine. All
reinforcement patches are
angled and match up evenly
with adjoining patches. All
corners, both on the sidewall
and the ridge, are reinforced
for added durability. The eave
of the tent is stitched down to
the wall between grommets
to insure proper drainage.
Tent wall is 5'2" so that
after shrinkage it will finish at
a full 5 feet. Inside the tent
along the eaves there are
loops for clothes lines or
dividers sewn in every 3 feet
at the seams. There are also
sewn in loops inside the tent
at the base of the wall every
3 feet, these can be used to
tie down a floor or other set
items.
We have
incorporated a spacious, sown
in pocket at the front of the
tent for convenient storage
and use. A door at each end
makes for much better
ventilation than a door and
window. It also makes it easy
to set up two tents together.
Each door has a 7 ft. tall
#10 zipper and has a 6"
weather flap inside and
outside of the door. These
flaps have small grommets
and D-rings for tying flaps
shut if the zipper ever fails.
At the bottom of each door is
a nylon Fastex Buckle which
keeps stress off zipper when
setting up tent. All grommets
are rolled-rim spur
grommets. Each grommet is
individually reinforced with
webbing to increase
strength.
A military-
style rubber stove jack is
angled on the top side to
divert runoff around the pipe
hole. The stove jack cover is
removable, preventing it from
ever touching stove pipe.
Cover attaches with Velcro
when a stove is not needed. A
ridge pole opening at each
end of ridge has a sock with
drawstring for sealing off
hole, keeping heat in and
bugs out. 12" non-
rotting sod cloth is sewn to
the inside bottom edge of tent
on all 4 sides. Optional
zippered windows open from
the inside and are covered
with a heavy duty vinyl
texteleen screen. The window
flap is actually the same piece
of canvas as the tent. There
is no joint at the bottom of the
flap, this eliminates any
chance of leakage.
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