Flag pole holders

[Flanders]

Sometimes where I set up my wedge tent/lean-to, is out in the yard by the fire pit with no trees around, and doing the balancing act to set it up can be a pain, so I got thinking, has anyone ever used the forged flag pole “portable holes” for such a use, did it help?? Just a thought. Thanks.

 

[flintlock75]

My wedge stands up with just the ground stakes. It uses two upright poles and a ridge. I do use portable holes for my canopy canvas. The also go with my flagpoles.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Sometimes where I set up my wedge tent/lean-to, is out in the yard by the fire pit with no trees around, and doing the balancing act to set it up can be a pain, so I got thinking, has anyone ever used the forged flag pole “portable holes” for such a use, did it help?? Just a thought. Thanks.

So I have set up, oh as many as ten, British bell-backed wedge tents, in about 90 minutes. There's a trick to it....

So you stake only the corners of one side...., then you use your length of rope that has two loops, one on each end. This length of rope is correct for the distance between the two front corners and the two rear corners. You use this to know the distance to stake the remaining two corners, and you eyeball the front and rear at 90° from the previously staked side. Then you go into the tent, while it's still down, and put in the ridge pole and support poles, then going back and forth within..., raise the ends of the ridge pole a bit at a time. Install and adjust the rest of the tent stakes after that....

So you have to remember to make a measuring rope or cord with two loops, and remember to take it with you (personal experience), and I use wood not metal pins for the supports into the ridge pole so that if I make a mistake and shear a pin, the pin breaks, while the guys that use metal pins like nails or hinge pins with removed heads, will destroy the ridge pole or the support pole or both if a problem happens. It's a lot easier to make a wooden replacement pin than to fix a ridge pole or a support pole at an event.

LD