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 Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Winter Camping and Activities Hot Tent Options? Reply
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| barney |
03/11/2012 01:27PMquote PortageKeeper: "This is a good find. Thanks! Hey PortageKpr - I'd be interested to hear how your DIY tent is going. I'm thinking along the same lines. |
| catfish72 |
02/24/2012 11:42PMquote Steve Elms: "Thanks for the suggestions guys. How hard is it to make the stove mods? Do you require any special sewing skills or anything like that?" well, to be honest the sewing was the worst part of the whole job. I wanted my stove jack in a certain spot in my tent so I sewed it my self but, I think they will sew one in for you at the shop. I do know that they offer stove jacks in other tents. maybe if you say please they will put one in for you. Keep in mind that there are laws on stove jack placement in tents and some shipping restrictions. Minnesota is one of those states that you can not ship a canvas tent to that that has not been fire treated if a stove jack has been put in. I am not sure if they are using fire treated canvas now or not. I would check with them first before ordering. |
| PortageKeeper |
02/24/2012 05:07PM This is a good find. Thanks! I'm always searching, and though the prices are a lot better than most, I think I'll buy fabric from Snowtrekker @ 3 ounce less per square yard and make one from scratch. I found aluminum poles as Snowtrekker uses, but have to hire someone to weld the aluminum corner sockets. |
| Minnesotian |
02/24/2012 01:20PM ya Catfish, that is a great suggestion. |
| Steve Elms |
02/24/2012 11:57AM Thanks for the suggestions guys. How hard is it to make the stove mods? Do you require any special sewing skills or anything like that? |
| tg |
02/24/2012 10:38AM catfish-awesome recommendation! |
| Kawishiwashy |
02/24/2012 09:23AM Here's a link to a tent option that I saw on wintertrekking.com. Less expensive and as was suggested on the site, you could cut out the floor to save weight. http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=948371&ecid=e208d&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=e208d&em_id=lukelaw@nnex.net |
| catfish72 |
02/23/2012 04:41PM Hey Steve, I purchased my tent 5 or six years ago from Fall Creek Sultry. I bought the 9x9 A frame and modified it for winter use. The tent is a very well made bare bones tent. I think it was about 200$. with a little tweaking its a perfect tent. I added a stove jack and built a 3 pole frame system for it, added grommets and a velcro door. my whole set up weighs in at right around 18 pounds, though I think they are made out of heavier canvas now. All in all I think I have about 280$ into it. check them out on the web. For the money I think its the best price out there. Also they are super nice to deal with and any of the tents they offer I think would make a great winter tent. Good luck on the tent! |
| SteveElms73 |
02/23/2012 04:19PM I have been looking for quite some time now, for a decent hot tent set up. I know the Snowtrekker tents are apparently the cream of the crop, but I'm not sure I can justify the cost, seeing as I have never really been back-country winter camping. A few years back I found someone who was throwing out an old canvas Prospector tent so I went and grabbed it in hopes of being able to convert it into a nice hot tent...but it was in very rough shape and I just ended up tossing it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a decent, relatively inexpensive hot tent set-up? Any suggestions would be great! |
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