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<blockquote data-quote="406ANGLER" data-source="post: 2858064" data-attributes="member: 126608"><p>I have used a wall tent for elk hunting for a few years, but i prefer my camper hands down. Taking a dump in a 5-gallon bucket with the clip-on toilet seat thing during a blizzard at midnight makes you really miss your camper! Aluminum IMC weighs close to the same as EMT, but costs more, I had the same idea when i was building my tent frame but there's really no point. I bought a fireproof tarp and use it as a rain fly so no embers burn a hole in my tent roof, snow also slides off with just a tap in the morning. Make sure you guy your chimney pipe down or secure it with screws, I had the top portion of mine blow off in a storm just below the top of the roof peak. the wind pushed smoke into the tent all night. Good way to wake up feeling very sick or not at all.</p><p></p><p>My experience has been you will have a sore back, it's cool and fun, but its a LOT of work unless you're leaving it somewhere all season. My tent weighs about 100lbs, my tent frame is 100lbs, my wood stove + cookware weighs about 100lbs, my cooler weighs about 100lbs, I bring about 100lbs in firewood, i have about 100lbs in blankets/cots/tables/lanterns/bedding etc... every component weighs about 100lbs. you get to pack it all into your truck, nice and neat, then unpack 800lbs of stuff and set up camp. I usually hunt for 7-10 days then I get to pack the 800lbs in icy canvas and cast iron back up and head home. The best part is when you get home you unpack everything and have to set up the tent+frame in your garage or basement for two weeks so it's completely dry before you put it up for the year or it will mold... then two weeks later you finally get to put it away. Skip this one year and your $1,500 wall tent is rotten and your $300 worth of EMT and special-made angle kit is rusty.</p><p></p><p>Pro tip: get colored 35 electrical tape and mark your poles and angle pieces with a stripe or two to speed up assembly: legs are blue stripe, walls are yellow, trusses are red etc... either side of the angle piece gets the corresponding color. just lay everything out and match color for color when you set your tent up, no more trying to eyeball if it's a 90* ridge piece or the 115* side piece. it'll really cut down on your setup time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="406ANGLER, post: 2858064, member: 126608"] I have used a wall tent for elk hunting for a few years, but i prefer my camper hands down. Taking a dump in a 5-gallon bucket with the clip-on toilet seat thing during a blizzard at midnight makes you really miss your camper! Aluminum IMC weighs close to the same as EMT, but costs more, I had the same idea when i was building my tent frame but there's really no point. I bought a fireproof tarp and use it as a rain fly so no embers burn a hole in my tent roof, snow also slides off with just a tap in the morning. Make sure you guy your chimney pipe down or secure it with screws, I had the top portion of mine blow off in a storm just below the top of the roof peak. the wind pushed smoke into the tent all night. Good way to wake up feeling very sick or not at all. My experience has been you will have a sore back, it's cool and fun, but its a LOT of work unless you're leaving it somewhere all season. My tent weighs about 100lbs, my tent frame is 100lbs, my wood stove + cookware weighs about 100lbs, my cooler weighs about 100lbs, I bring about 100lbs in firewood, i have about 100lbs in blankets/cots/tables/lanterns/bedding etc... every component weighs about 100lbs. you get to pack it all into your truck, nice and neat, then unpack 800lbs of stuff and set up camp. I usually hunt for 7-10 days then I get to pack the 800lbs in icy canvas and cast iron back up and head home. The best part is when you get home you unpack everything and have to set up the tent+frame in your garage or basement for two weeks so it's completely dry before you put it up for the year or it will mold... then two weeks later you finally get to put it away. Skip this one year and your $1,500 wall tent is rotten and your $300 worth of EMT and special-made angle kit is rusty. Pro tip: get colored 35 electrical tape and mark your poles and angle pieces with a stripe or two to speed up assembly: legs are blue stripe, walls are yellow, trusses are red etc... either side of the angle piece gets the corresponding color. just lay everything out and match color for color when you set your tent up, no more trying to eyeball if it's a 90* ridge piece or the 115* side piece. it'll really cut down on your setup time. [/QUOTE]
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