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phishroy

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Hello.
Well its almost time ......... This year I decided to buy a canvas tent after last years freezing experience.
I just wanted to share the link with anyone looking for I good deal on tents.

These guys have military surplus tents which come with the setup for a stove.
I paid $399 for the 10 man tent.

It should work nicely with the home made stove that im just working on. Cant wait till its finished.
Its made out of a steel 55gal drum, should be plenty of warmth to go round.

http://heroarmysurplus.com/index.php/cPath/116?osCsid=cbcrc5oje6k90v2f752de8k7i4


and this is the site that im using for building the stove:
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/matthews78.html
 
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ill find out how this set up works in about 2 weeks. cant wait , all excited.
ill keep you guys posted as soon as i get back.
good luck out there and play safe.
 
Ok, so its been a while.
But as I promised here is how the tent setup worked out for me during the 2008 deer season.
Although it wasn’t snowing as much as it did the previous year it was still cold enough for me.
The canvas tent was a big step up compared to the previous year.
It has a liner that can be removed but I had it on for extra insulation.
The tent does not have a floor and I used a tarp.
The only down side to the tent is that it is very heavy, its not something you can easily carry around by yourself. Its large, even when folded up, it weight over 50kg easily and has only 1 center pole.
There are about 10 ropes that need to be stretched evenly for all directions. It wasn’t so bad for me since I was able to tie to a trees that were around at over my height but any ropes should be marked with bright colors so you wont trip over them at night.
The stove worked very well, it was my cooking top where I had my meals.
Something that I didn’t like so much is that you cannot tighten the bottom flaps against the floor. I used rocks on the outside surrounding the tent on the canvas. Just wanted to make sure the sides don’t flap when it gets windy.

Overall I was very impressed on how it kept heat in. its not a light tent but relatively easy to set up with only one center pole. It does take time to set up with having to pull on apposing sides with even tension on the ropes in order to have it nice and tightly stretched out.


Ill defiantly be using this one over and over again.
 
Sounds like a good deal.

I have spent many winter exercises in cold northern Ontario in those tents, and when set up right, you have a good deal of space and can heat them with a coleman lantern. Your stove is a luxury. ;)

I find they are a bit of a PITA to lug and set up unless you have four buddies, and I prefer the square modular tent for camp (better headroom), but the advantage of that one is it can be lugged on an ATV or sled quite easily.
 
I purchased the 5 Man Arctic from Hero last summer. I used it twice last fall and twice this spring. It's perfect for 2 guys, or me, my wife and son. Fits 2 cots and the stove nicely.

Last fall when I used it for moose hunting, I used a centre poll which allows you to set it up freestanding just about anywhere, but does restrict the useable space inside.

This year I made up a yoke so it can be hung from an a-frame or a stout tree branch. It opens up the interior so you can position things however you want without hitting the poll. Plus it makes hanging the tarp a lot easier.

The stove is a Yukon mil spec that is the style that was actually used with these tents in the service I believe. I picked it up at Princess Auto in the surplus section of all places.

Overall I'm happy with this set-up. It was cheap, is of good quality and is just the right size for a 2 man moose hunt, or a -5 overnight, 15cm of snow, May long weekend with my wife and son.

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I work for the AB gov in the forest protection and we issue out the 4 man canvass wall tents to the native crews. Those guys have to cut there own poles to hang the tent. But some of the elders will use spruce trees for the poles and then line the inside with the spruce bows that they take from the trees that they cut. It helps keeeps the ground dry as water runs under them, makes for soft padding when sleeping on and helps with the smell of 4 fire fighters who are in there for 21 days.
 
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