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This is the “Big Horn” wall tent manufactured by Reliable Tent and Tepee out of Billings Montana.
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The tent has zippered door with storm buckles. | At night the tent “glows” from the lanterns inside. |
An area is chosen and cleared with a string trimmer and rakes. | The frame is laid out on the ground. |
One side of the fame wall is set up. | Then the other side of the fame wall is set up. |
We begin to stake the tent down working from the back of the tent to the front. This pulls all the canvas forward and allows the zipper to be zipped. | Before the sides are put up, the chimney flap should be rolled up and the stove pipe put through. |
We have laid out indoor/outdoor carpeting for a floor. For 4 cots or less we like to put the cots along the back wall. | For more then 4 cots we put then along side walls. |
The cots are laid out and personal items are put under or between the cots. | |
A small wood stove like this is not enough to heat up the tent. | This 55 gallon wood stove easily heats up the tent. |
We paint the wood stove each year with high temp paint. Before putting it in the tent, we do a burn to cure the paint so there is no smell in the tent. | The wood stove can get very hot. We have had it over 100 degrees in the tent. |
The wood stove is supplemented with a “Mr. Heater” propane heater. This heater has a CO2 cut off so it is safe to use indoors. A hose is run under the tent and propane bottle is stored outside. | The wood stove can get very hot. We have had it over 100 degrees in the tent. |
After hunting the tent be totally dry before being stored. The tent is set up in a pole barn and is dried and cleaned. | |
A broom is used to get dirt off the sides of the tent. | While folding the tent, a broom is used to loosen any dirt and a leaf blower used to blow the dirt off the tent. |
This is a video we created on "Folding a Wall Tent". |