2016 Iowa spring gtg

[cobey]

It will be good times

 

[Wood Doctor]

I'd love to attend if I can get out of soccer (still haven't heard of I'm coaching or not). Can we tent out overnight for the guys coming from out of town?

I usually build a tent:
(a) air mattress for truck bed
(b) tarp over side rails
(c) sleeping bag
Works perfectly -- at least it did a couple of years ago.

 

[svk]

A tent and a good winter weight sleeping bag. She can still get pretty crisp in Aptil.

 

[Wood Doctor]

A tent and a good winter weight sleeping bag. She can still get pretty crisp in Aptil.

Truck, air mattress, sleeping bag, and tarp above is all you need. Who is "she"? Sounds interesting but...

 

[svk]

Truck, air mattress, sleeping bag, and tarp above is all you need. Who is "she"? Sounds interesting but...

Ma nature.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Ma nature.

You said this: "Can we tent out overnight for the guys coming from out of town?"

What in earth does Ma Nature have to do with that. Sorry, Steve, I'm lost.

 

[svk]

Lol. Mother Nature could bless us with a beautiful night or it could be sleeting and 33 degrees. I'll over pack and be warm.

 

[hoskvarna]

Hush we don't need talk like that.


From the Hills

 

[Philbert]

Two years ago we had some really strong winds. Blew down a few tents.

Philbert

 

[zogger]

Two years ago we had some really strong winds. Blew down a few tents.

Philbert

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I had a big family sized tent years ago, a sears, that could withstand some fairly decent winds. The tie downs all had integral metal coil springs. It would lean with the wind, but not blow down, went through several storms in it.

 

[svk]

I have an Alaskan model tent from cabelas. Supposedly very good for extreme weather. Takes forever to set up with a jillion poles. Nice tent though.

 

[Wood Doctor]

You guys may think I'm nuts, but my Ford Ranger with the side rails makes a good base for a tent. I drop the tail gate, hang a tarp over the bed, tie it down with rope, blow up an air mattress, and crawl into a sleeping bag. The side rails supply enough head room and my "tent" never blows over. Works like a charm.

 

[olyman]

ED,,whatever works..WORKS!! period.....would be nice tho, if it rained,,to have some 2x4's. cut to a convex?? [concave?] top..to shed water, under the tarp....

 

[heimannm]

Convex, is what you want, concave is what you will get with rain and no supports...like the UNI Dome in the fall of 1974...



Mark

 

[Philbert]

Local company sells these: some guys on YouTube assembled their own. Could be crank/manual powered pump (hydraulic cylinders), or even pin-and-hole adjustment. Some people buy or make tent/side curtain kits as well.



(Tacoma World photo)

Something I would consider if I had a pick up.

Philbert

 

[zogger]

Local company sells these: some guys on YouTube assembled their own. Could be crank/manual powered pump (hydraulic cylinders), or even pin-and-hole adjustment. Some people buy or make tent/side curtain kits as well.



View attachment 486685 (Tacoma World photo)

Something I would consider if I had a pick up.

Philbert

Too slick!

 

[Wood Doctor]

You guys want me to spend big bucks on a tent when I have a shop-made product that works? Forget it. Besides, it seldom rains in Iowa whenever the farmers want it to. Nathan will guarantee this, right?

Wood Doctor slept in one of these in Western Nebraska a few years back:



Maybe another will show up in Iowa. Is that possible?

 

[olyman]

Convex, is what you want, concave is what you will get with rain and no supports...like the UNI Dome in the fall of 1974...



Mark

 

[olyman]

You guys want me to spend big bucks on a tent when I have a shop-made product that works? Forget it. Besides, it seldom rains in Iowa whenever the farmers want it to. Nathan will guarantee this, right?

Wood Doctor slept in one of these in Western Nebraska a few years back:



Maybe another will show up in Iowa. Is that possible?

your truck idea is MUCHO betttttter..no rain in floor of tent from delugeeeeee..

 

[Wood Doctor]

your truck idea is MUCHO betttttter..no rain in floor of tent from delugeeeeee..

Agreed on the rain, except that the tarp roof has no pitch for runoff if the rain ever gets heavy. I'm working on that. A simple knock-down frame could rest under the tarp. I could make that in my shop if the weather forecast goes sour. Where there's a will there's a way.