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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 1948731" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>The first question is are you packing in, (horse, quad, or whatever), or are you truck camping? If you are packing in lighter is better but truck camping gives you much more room for the finer things in life. As far as tents go I have stayed in many types and when it came to putting my own truck outfit together I built my own. I bought one of those portable garages on sale at a hardware. Over the years I improved it to the point where we could live in it comfortably for weeks at a time in weather that went well below freezing. We started off with a 10 by 20 and later bought another one for when more people were coming. The longest we ever set it up was 10 by 32. They now sell 12 by 24 and that would make a nice size tent, and the internal frames are strong enough to handle any snow load. We always put another tarp over the full length of it to make it warmer and had the stove going through the roof because it takes away the need for extra support for the pipe, (which can fail and smoke you out). After a few years we started putting plywood ends on the frame because it was easy to cut them to fit and attach them to the frame, and each other, using mechanics ties. This way we could make a door that would seal against the weather.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205556[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205555[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205553[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 1948731, member: 91402"] The first question is are you packing in, (horse, quad, or whatever), or are you truck camping? If you are packing in lighter is better but truck camping gives you much more room for the finer things in life. As far as tents go I have stayed in many types and when it came to putting my own truck outfit together I built my own. I bought one of those portable garages on sale at a hardware. Over the years I improved it to the point where we could live in it comfortably for weeks at a time in weather that went well below freezing. We started off with a 10 by 20 and later bought another one for when more people were coming. The longest we ever set it up was 10 by 32. They now sell 12 by 24 and that would make a nice size tent, and the internal frames are strong enough to handle any snow load. We always put another tarp over the full length of it to make it warmer and had the stove going through the roof because it takes away the need for extra support for the pipe, (which can fail and smoke you out). After a few years we started putting plywood ends on the frame because it was easy to cut them to fit and attach them to the frame, and each other, using mechanics ties. This way we could make a door that would seal against the weather. [ATTACH type="full"]205556[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]205555[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]205553[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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