Tanklesstea
Cadet
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2019
new to the forum but been lurking for a while reading what I can!
I recently started in re-enactments. And have yet to do any battles or living histories. In preparation for Bentonville (before it was canceled) I am borrowing an A frame from my company. I have not measured this tent but it appears to be about 6 foot high in the center. I recently bought an A frame for 100$ and was told at the time it was 6 foot high. I did inspect the tent and it was in mint condition but the poles looked short when I was inspecting it. I bought the tent because the price was right. I set the tent up and noticed that it was short but I also noticed when stretched out the tent did not sit flat on the ground at the edges in fact it appeared the poles were still too tall and was leaving a large gap at the ground.
I setup the company tent up to compare and noticed it too was stretched up from the edges at the ground leaving gaps, but not as bad as the new tent. I then did a test and used a shorter pole I quickly made from a 2 x 4 and found that if I dropped the pole down to 60” plus attaching the ridge pole to this put the center of the tent at 62”.
Now my question is why is the new tent shorter? Is it not a standard A frame?
I’m in the process of making new poles and ridge pole since the ones that came with it are too long and Not well made. Now here’s my question on the poles were A frame tent poles ever two part with a metal sleeve? I can make the poles octagonal but want to make them two part to transport. Also were the tops secured with metal or rope to prevent the tops from splitting?
thanks
I recently started in re-enactments. And have yet to do any battles or living histories. In preparation for Bentonville (before it was canceled) I am borrowing an A frame from my company. I have not measured this tent but it appears to be about 6 foot high in the center. I recently bought an A frame for 100$ and was told at the time it was 6 foot high. I did inspect the tent and it was in mint condition but the poles looked short when I was inspecting it. I bought the tent because the price was right. I set the tent up and noticed that it was short but I also noticed when stretched out the tent did not sit flat on the ground at the edges in fact it appeared the poles were still too tall and was leaving a large gap at the ground.
I setup the company tent up to compare and noticed it too was stretched up from the edges at the ground leaving gaps, but not as bad as the new tent. I then did a test and used a shorter pole I quickly made from a 2 x 4 and found that if I dropped the pole down to 60” plus attaching the ridge pole to this put the center of the tent at 62”.
Now my question is why is the new tent shorter? Is it not a standard A frame?
I’m in the process of making new poles and ridge pole since the ones that came with it are too long and Not well made. Now here’s my question on the poles were A frame tent poles ever two part with a metal sleeve? I can make the poles octagonal but want to make them two part to transport. Also were the tops secured with metal or rope to prevent the tops from splitting?
thanks