Canvas Tent Design

[B. Miller]

I would like to know if anyone has seen a tent like this. A pyramid style with 30 to 36 inch sidewalls. I would really like Panther's Mini Wall Tent but I need something that one person can set up. Adding sidewalls to a pyramid would, in my opinion, add some of the benifits of a wall to the pyramid design while still keeping the ease of set up. I was thinking of contacting Panther about the idea as a custom tent. What do you think?
I appreciate any suggestions and input.
Bruce

 

[Grenadier1758]

I've seen one like that in Sportsman's Guide. While it would be relatively easy to set up, it just doesn't seem right. I've never seen anything like it at rendezvous.

What you want isn't that far from a wall tent. There's the ridge pole and one more upright. One person can set up a wall tent. Set up the poles to loosly support the wall, then erect the ridge and the uprights one at a time

 

[gabee]

I've seen pyramids with shorter walls, like 12"-16". Even they looked weird so i imagine the taller walls would really look goofy. Hard to beat a wall tent, and is definitely do-able with one person.

 

[Many Klatch]

I remember using tents like that in the National Guard back in the 70's. If you get the tent in dark brown you would be right at home at a Viet Nam reenactment.

A wall tent is not that hard to set up by yourself. You need to practice a few times in the back yard before you go to an event, but it can be done.

Many Klatch

 

[LRB]

I have a 10x12 wall tent. I can set it up by myself with very little effort, and I'm 64. Set your side poles with a little slack in the ropes, slide the ridge under, set a stake a couple of feet in from the corner, set the uprights into the ridge, raise one upright and butt to the stake. Go to the other end and repeat. Then you should be able to fully set one, then the other. It helps to have a door on each end.

 

[ameling]

I would like to know if anyone has seen a tent like this. A pyramid style with 30 to 36 inch sidewalls. I would really like Panther's Mini Wall Tent but I need something that one person can set up. Adding sidewalls to a pyramid would, in my opinion, add some of the benifits of a wall to the pyramid design while still keeping the ease of set up. I was thinking of contacting Panther about the idea as a custom tent. What do you think?
I appreciate any suggestions and input.
Bruce

The nearest thing to that design that I have seen historically would be a Medieval tent style. But those had full-height side walls. Or jumping well up into the late 1800's and early 1900's with some of the Western hunting tents.

Way too many people make a HUGE production about setting up a tent - usually requiring 3 or 4 people. Most of that is not necessary. Just don't approach it as a "pop up" tent where you go from a pile of canvas to a tent in 1 minute. I always set my tents up myself. 6x9 by 6 high wedge, 10x12 by 8 1/2 high wedge, 10x12 wall tent with 2 1/2 sides and 8 foot ridge, 14x14 pyramid top wall tent with 7 foot sides and 12 foot peak, and even a 20x20 pyramid-top church picnic shelter with 18 foot peak and 8 foot sides (although the weight of all that canvas is a killer).

Just go slow, think it through, and practice a few times. I loosely stake the 4 corners, put in the corner poles where necessary (leaning in a bit), slip the ridge pole in place, then put on upright in that ridge and push it mostly up into place. Then put the other upright in the ridge pole and push it up into place - adjusting both uprights back/forth till in the right place. Then go out and tighten up the 4 corners, and fill in poles/ropes/stakes as you work your way around the outside.

Like I said, way too many people make a HUGE production out of setting up a tent. It is far simpler than that.

I like the looks and floor/wall room of some of those mini wall tents -- sometimes called Servant's Quarters or Sargent's Tent. It is basically a wedge tent with short side walls added below. That short side wall lets you use the full floor space right out to the edges without pressing up against the canvas.

So I have been setting up my tents by myself for 3 decades or so. I just try to work smarter at it than harder. (Doesn't always work, but I try)

Mikey

 

[zimmerstutzen]

I have a 10 x 10 Panther wall tent made for the inside uprights. It is a pain to set up. No way to attach a rope to the uprights. Yes I can set it up by myself. I should have gotten the one with the exterior uprights. My 15 x 15 Marquis is easier to set up by myself. And the baker, well. I cheat and use the rebar driven into the ground-hollow upright pole method. Darn thing will stand up, even against moderate breezes, without any ropes.

 

[mazo kid]

I agree with Mikey, it isn't
THAT hard to set up a wall tent by ones self. I'm in my early 70s and up until last year had a 10 X 12 wall tent that I set up alone many times. My technique was to loosely set and rope the side poles, slide the ridge pole into place and use one upright toward the center of the ridge pole to raise the tent. Then the other upright could be put in place and the one in the center moved to the opposite end. Then just go about tightening the side ropes and move in!. Emery

 

[Coot]

People have been using tents for thousands of years. There are good reasons why some designs such as wall tents & wedges never go out of style & it is because they work well. Two thoughts about a custom design - since it would be your design & not the maker's, the maker might not want to stand behind you if there is an issue with performance. Also, as a "modern" design, it may not make the cut at some events. Perhaps not important to you buy why reduce the potential resale/trade market unless there is a compelling reason. As others have noted, putting up a two pole tent is not a big deal.

 

[kansas_volunteer]

What you describe could be a Logan tent. Goggle "Logan Tent" with the quote marks around the words, I think you can still find pictures on-line, although rare.

 

[B. Miller]

I would like to thank all of you for your replies. The closest to what I am interested in but it's a modern tent is the Cabela's Outback Lodge Tent. One pole pyramid with sidewalls. Panther may have a picture of one in the custom tent section of their catolog but my Adobe copy isn't clear enough to make out. There is one more that I have seen, called either a range or spike tent but it has a sewn in floor.
Kansas Volunteer I will check out the Logan Tent.
Thanks All,
Bruce

 

[mazo kid]

Bruce, check out Don Strinz for the Officer's Tent. A friend of mine had one and it was quite roomy. https://www.strinztipi.com/estore/index.php?crn=201
Hope this helps some. Emery

 

[Poor Private]

The biggest tent my son and I ever used is a 7 long wedge tent. Mostly I use a dog tent, or a 7x7 tarp arranged in a lean too or fly or even a diamond. I found the bigger the tent you use the more manure you carry, or the more manure you store for your buddies.