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    Home Made Wall Tents?

    Has any one made walltents out of tarps if so pics
    do you think a guy could make one from tarps would save on the weight
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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    I was wondering just yesterday if one of those car port style tarp doohickies with a propane heater inside would work. Cheap at costco, big and weather resistant.

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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    thats not a bad idea
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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    I wonder if the canvas isn't better at retaining heat....and heavier thus less likely to be blown around.....
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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    the car port works great. Use plywood on each end with a wood stove up at the ranch...you can't beat the price and comfort.

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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    use a canvas tarp for roof the tarps for the walls not a one piece tent but all seperate pieces built around a log frame should work pretty good and a lot lighter for boating in back packin in
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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    we had one when I was in search and rescue it was awesome...... we had end walls made up with a door in one. This worked very well, the only draw back was that the poles were very heavy to pack around......1/8" walled PVC pipe might work I guess !!!!!! I was going to get one for my little 14' travel trailer and park it in one end with the other being for a sitting area with a propane heater.

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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    made a 20' out of pvc covered in a tarp. Was nice with 6' walls. They tend to sweat a bit but overall worked fine. Not as nice as the real deal though.
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    Re: Home Made Wall Tents?

    I think they would sweat a lot... condensation dripping on you all night would suck. Yes I'm biased with a vested interest!
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