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So I bit the bullet and bought a wall tent. 14x16. I have hunted with buddies that had them. I work in the RV industry. The last thing I want on vacation is to look at what I work on all day.

Looking to see how else on here uses them. Any recommendations, do's and donts

It's form Deluxe Wall tents.
 
If you can get one custom built, for the love of God, have 5' walls and not the more normal 3' walls. Makes a vast difference in usable space, and your back will thank you from now 'till the cows come home!

Also, either making an internal (proper) frame yourself, or having one made, is a game changer. I can't count how many times I've seen guys set up a 12 x 14 tent using whatever logs and sticks they can find, all saggy and crap, that has less usable space than a properly set up 8 x 10 with a frame.

The 14 x 16 you are talking about, with 5' walls and a good internal frame (I reccomended), will be like having a properly built trappers cabin for a camp, if you set it up right.
 
My hunting buddy made up an inner pole frame.
He welded a pair of washers on each gable end and we run a line
from one side to the other.
Great place to hang wet hunting clothes with the wood stove cranked up.
Dries pretty darn quick.
 
Congrats on your purchase .. our Moose hunting group bought a new tent from Deluxe Wall Tents about 5 years ago now....semi custom....some extra windows and stove pipe areas. Our tent is 16x20 with a 8' porch instead of the 5'.

Internal frame is the way to go. Had one for my old 14x16 back in 1997 (aluminum-ordered frame from Quik Kamp). New tent come with the frame.

Wood stove is great, the one I have was built out of a 24" OD pipeline pipe-heavy wall-holds the heat awesome for our winter setup when sledding in the mountains.

For our hunting camp now we have diesel heater (Prospector model). We found one in mint shape and was close to have the price of new.

We lay heavy poly down on the ground first, then either we use heavy canvas tarps on the entire floor or just the front half and then use the non-woven geotextile filter fabric on the sleeping end...nice to put feet on in the morning.


Only way to go. Been moose hunting in the wall tents for 22 years now. Only things changed.2 come to mind 1.>...a few more guys in group then there was at start (2 at beginning in a 14x16 tent-then to 4 then up to 6+ ...therefore new bigger 16x20 tent and now our young boys are starting to come out for a night or two. 2.> been in the same spot for the 22 years, just moved camp about 400m west of original spot as the original spot got logged out on the cutline.


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The cot/bunk setup is great to open up more room in the tent as gear can be on one bunk and you sleeping on the other, or when company comes for a night they have a bunk, OR if a buddy stumbles in and falls and breaks you cot, you have bed to sleep on!! Trust me, it happens...lol.

The Caleba's bunk cot "Disc-O-Cot" or something like that are a bit wider (4-6") and maybe tad longer than the same ones sold at Costco. Kind of nice having the wider one if you are bigger guy.
 
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I have the same setup, tent, internal frame, woodstove, etc. Prepare to hunt in the absolute lap of luxury. Come back to camp, kick off your boots, get out of your socks, walk around, read, beautiful heat, lots of room, it's something else, that's for sure.

If you're running a stove, make sure you use a tarp over top though. Otherwise you will get sparks burning holes in the canvas. I have holes in my tarp, and I like that a lot better than the canvas.

One other thing I discovered. It's so airtight that the stove doesn't really get enough air. We have to unzip the bottom of the door a bit to let some fresh air in, otherwise the stove doesn't draw right. I'm thinking I may get a 4 or 5 inch pipe that I can throw under the bottom of the tent and angle in towards the stove to give it air rather than leaving the tent open.

You'll figure out where to add hanging stuff after you've used it a bit. I've found that hanging stuff where the wall meets the roof is a good spot for us, out of the way.

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Not trying to hijack the thread but one winter few years back in northern Saskatchewan, some wall tent newbie exploration guys show up in camp where my father and I were based. They get their tent set up (aluminum frame!!) and oil stove and chimney installed. Never thought much, dad and I go run cats for the day. We get back late that night and missed the reaction but I guess these guys had never installed stove before! Lit the oil stove and left, to return home that evening to find the tent filled with diesel smoke and thick soot over all their sleeping bags and gear! Tough lesson learned and a bad way to start 28 day shift but dang did we laugh!!
 
Nice thing with diesel is constant, consistent heat. I didn't want it initially, as I used the wood stove for years. If our camp was more remote then we wouldn't use it but someone from our hunting party goes by or near the trucks each day when we are out hunting.

A good wood stove is great and holds the heat along time. When we got more guys in camp, some guys got too hot being sleeping close to the stove.

Oh we'll. won't complain.

As for chimney height, the higher the better, a good 5-6 ft. IMO, better off having as straight pipe out the ceiling than an elbow especially for wood stove ...draws better, helps with sparks.
 
We use a canvas tent also. I made up a hanging pole for drying clothes. A 6' piece of 1" dowel, with eyebolts on each end. Attach these velcro straps over the ridge pole and clip dowel onto them. You can hang wet clothes with coat hangers, and everything dries nicely at the peak. Straps are from home depot.

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regulate34 said:
So I bit the bullet and bought a wall tent. 14x16. I have hunted with buddies that had them. I work in the RV industry. The last thing I want on vacation is to look at what I work on all day.

Looking to see how else on here uses them. Any recommendations, do's and donts

It's form Deluxe Wall tents.
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Have the same set up with internal aluminum frame and airtight wood stove man I hate going home
 
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