The wall tent thread.

[Frank V]

Montana Canvas is about two hours up the road from us. They almost always have several tents up outside as we go by on the interstate. They are nice looking tents & have a good reputation.

[BigErn]

Originally posted by Kingsnake:
BigErn-

The tent is a Montana Canvas Spike III relite material.  Stove is an Ellis folding stove.  I love both, but I have nothing else to compare it with in the same class.  All my previous tents were much smaller domes or pup style tents.

Kingsnake

Good looking Tent!

[bowheadhunter]

best made in Fairbanks AK,called (arctic oven )will keep you warm at 40 below with just 3 peoples body heat or a very small stove ..pricy but the best there is,

[bowheadhunter]

www.alaskatent.com

[Julian]

What do you guys use for repairing small holes in your canvas? None are any bigger than a quarter, mostly just tiny holes. From embers I assume since most are on roof of the tent. It's a fairly tough material it's a used gp small army tent.

[Julian]

This isn't exactly a wall tent tool but camping in general. I use a five gallon bucket to wash my clothes. I get the ones with locking lids from firehouse subs they are only two dollars apiece and they are great. I cut a half inch hole in the center of the bucket lid and take a threaded PVC cap and a plug, screw them together with a few rubber washers to seal the hole when not using it to wash clothes. When I need to wash clothes I take the plug out of the lid and I have a plunger that I keep inside of the bucket I assemble it and put my clothes in the bucket and use the plunger to wash them just like a butter churn. It works great and I use the bucket for food storage so it serves two purposes. Hope this adds to the thread!!

[Frank V]

This is an interesting thread.
Lot's of interesting information & super pictures of tents.
Thanks everyone.  

Another way to wash clothes when camping.  Get either those tough plastic gear bags or pack liner bags from Duluth Pack.  Put a bit of water in the bag along with a little bit of soap, roll the top shut leaving plenty of volume in the bag and shake the crap out of it. To rinse do the same a couple of times with just water.  Been using the plastic liner bag washers for many years on canoe trips to keep my shirts, socks and undies clean.  There is no reason to have a bunch of stinky dirty clothes to lug around, when it is that easy to make them presentably fresh.

[Izzy]

Good stuff fellas. Keep it coming.

[two4hooking]

My Davis in action

[Crittergetter]

Beautiful pic Greg!
I have been following this thread closely and have
one question, is it better to have the opening for the stove on the roof or the side?  I would think it would be less likely to get burns from embers in the canvas if it was on the side but may not draft as efficiently.  

That is the reason why it is from the side on my Eena tents, I have not noticed any draft issues. theory also has it that an angle it can distribute heat.  One thing that I have done for my stove, I put a grid in it to suspend the fire or hot charcoals.  Without it, fiery things tend to settle in the ash.  Charcoals make very good consistent and easy heat, but the ash by morning can over take them, a grid a couple inches off the bottom, makes early morning warm ups a lot easier.

[Frank V]

Originally posted by two4hooking:
   

My Davis in action

That is a pretty picture!  

[two4hooking]

It was a fun weekend also.  Turkey did not cooperate, but the trout were biting and morels were around!  Cold spring day and the wall tent was real nice after our fish fry!

 

 

 

Dutch oven deer roast was good too!
 

My cylinder stove has a grid in the bottom like Pavan describes.  Works great and easy to start.

I also picked up a nice white canvas awning which looks a little better than the blue tarp.

The folks from Davis recommended a separate awning than the rain fly for the main tent in case wind rips off the awning you are only out a little bit of money instead of the whole fly.

[Frank V]

two4hooking

That's a great camp. Thanks for sharing.

[achigan]

Originally posted by two4hooking:
   

My Davis in action

NICE image. Well done    Good looking camp too.

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Utah last year

[Izzy]

Last hoo rah with my sons before school kicks in is coming up. Cant decide on hiking a few High Peaks or busting out the tent to break it in some more. I have 3 trips from a week to 3 days planned for this hunting season and Im really looking forward to getting some use from it.

    Great pics and tips fellas, thanks.

[Frank V]

Originally posted by Izzy:
Last hoo rah with my sons before school kicks in is coming up. Cant decide on hiking a few High Peaks or busting out the tent to break it in some more. I have 3 trips from a week to 3 days planned for this hunting season and Im really looking forward to getting some use from it.

    Great pics and tips fellas, thanks.

Do the tent camp!!!!  

[Bryan Bondurant]

Originally posted by Julian:
What do you guys use for repairing small holes in your canvas? None are any bigger than a quarter, mostly just tiny holes. From embers I assume since most are on roof of the tent. It's a fairly tough material it's a used gp small army tent.

You can get some sail repair tape, i like to cut it round, no corners, then tape both sides of the hole so you have a sticky to sticky seal. The best repair is always a sewn patch but thats sometimes difficult to do if the tent is up, your in the field.