MYOG Tent complete

[Lance]

Hey everyone,

This post will not even come close to Milan’s earlier in the week but still an accomplishment for me. I completed my 3p backpacking tent. The dimensions for the bathtub floor are W 70in X L 100in. It’s also approx 49in high. I know thats huge for a backpacking tent but I still managed to keep it at 33oz. Not the cleanest pitch ever, but still happy for the 1st attempt. 

 

[Franco Darioli]

looks to me that in the top photo the near pole is not set up correctly.

I would release some of the corner tension, re-set the pole height (probably it wasn’t straight..) and then re-tension the corners.

Also try guying out the apex with a spare stake about 2 feet away from the door corner.

That way you will be able to get a better tension on the apex line.

[Matt]

Bravo, Lance!  That’s awesome.  Very nice job.

[Jerry Adams]

Nice job, looks good, what fabric did you use?

Yeah, maybe try taller poles and see if that effects tautness.  You could set a 2 inch board under the pole to raise it.  It looks pretty good as is though.

[Lance]

Jerry,

I used 1.1 silpoly XL for the fly and 1.1 silpoly PU4000 for the floor. The mesh is .67. All materials were from RSBTR

[R]

Nice work – congrats!  2 lbs for three people is great.

I’ll second Franco’s suggestion of separately guying out the ridge.

You might try using a second set of poles to elevate the line on the mid panel guy outs.  You may even want to relocate the guy points closer to the center of the panel – that’s a pretty big unsupported area.

A common trick to support vent covers is to put a piece is weed whacker cord or big zip-tie inside the hem.

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