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Post by stardust03 on May 31, 2008 13:30:32 GMT -5
Hey all! I was just wondering if any one has some ideas for campsite setups.. i'm not sure if this has been discussed on here or not, but if it has.. a link would be great too!
Me and my bf set up are tent and canopy the other day, we were planning on stretching a tarp across the tent and the canopy, but that didn't work out so well because we don't know the best way to secure it!
So how is everyone setting up their camp this year??
Post by tentseasurfer on May 31, 2008 13:38:56 GMT -5
I have a Scion XB, I plan on backing my car up to our canopy, then having the tent facing in on the other side...this way if it rains I can access my tent and my car while under the EZ Up
Last time we went, '06, we had a shanty-villa with a mishmosh of tarps stretched across the top of our three tents and an easy-up. Wire tied the grommets to poles and what not, worked like a CHARM! Huge, shady area to work with and no one fighting about not getting a shady spot (only fighting about who gets the broken camp chair...)
Just bring extra tarps, (UV blocking ones are the best) and sling them up when you get there. Really no way to plan 100% as you don't know exactly how much space you'll have to work with.
You can buy telescoping poles on campmor.com, and a tarp large enough to extend over your tent and up to your canopy. I have the links, PM if you're interested.
I've decided to do basically what you're trying to do. The key parts to my setup are a 10x10 EZ-up, a 4 person tent, a tarp, zip-ties, tent stakes, and a 'T' made out of PVC.
My campsite dryrun #2 went like this: I setup the EZ-Up then ziptied the tarp to the top on one side. Next I stretched the tarp down to the ground at a 45ish degree angle and staked it down. Then I took the 'T' bar, stood it up, and crammed it into the 45 degree tarp from underneath to make the tarp tight. Finally I setup the 4 person tent under the tarp/EZ-Up. It's been setup in my backyard for two days now and works great.
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We are doing basicaly the same set up. 10x10 ez-up, 2 10x12 solar tarps. Using 2 Tarp clips we atach the first tarp to the easy up streched out to 3 extending poles, with a 3rd small tarp clip atached to the ez-up canvas about half way up with a rope tied of to the middle pole on the end of the tarp. This helps hold up the sagging middle, and prevents water from collecting on the tarp. the second tarp goes on top of the Ez-up(clipped on top of the first for run-off) It makes a nice shady area underneath.
I was hesatant about the clips at first, but they work wonderfully. I was abble to clip 2 layers of the solar tarps, and the Ez-up fabric into one of the standard size ones. A pack of 4 was $8 at Menards.
Our tent has big windows for ventilation, so we don't want the shade tarp blocking any air. We're going with a 12 x 24 solar tarp on four tent poles, set up from a few feet behind the tent and leading up to the shade canopy. Our tent is 16 x 10 and I set it up for the first time on Sunday.
I picked up some industrial strength Velcro at Lowe's for securing tarps to the shade canopies. It's not cheap ($25 for 15 feet; probably cheaper elsewhere, but I was already getting tarps there), however a little should go a long way. And it should make it easy for one person to move the tarps to different sides of the canopies, as needed.
I picked up some industrial strength Velcro at Lowe's for securing tarps to the shade canopies. It's not cheap ($25 for 15 feet; probably cheaper elsewhere, but I was already getting tarps there), however a little should go a long way. And it should make it easy for one person to move the tarps to different sides of the canopies, as needed.
The velcro is a good idea. Being a network cabling guy velcro is one of ourmost used tools. We have hundreds of feet laying around here. Remeber you can cut it down the middle to make skinny strips to make it last longer, and it holds just as well
And as has been covered elsewhere, watch it with your guy lines. Stake as close to the structure as you can, so as not to leave lovely tripwires for your drunken neighbors to trip over in the dark. Also helpful: bright flagging tape or glowsticks for your guy lines; tennis balls on top of your stakes. Think like a drunk person and set up defensively. Last thing you want is to be awakened at 5 in the morning as your tent is ripped out of the ground by some person who was just trying to find his tent in the dark!
There was an idea to either paint or tape the guy lines, does anybody remember that?? I have a $20 canopy with dinky guy lines that will need to be marked.
This might be kind of off topic, but Im wondering if any one here has used one of those solar showers. I got one today and im gonna try it out at roo. I dont mind paying the money for a shower but the fewer the lines i have to wait in the more time i have to see shows and rest.
You my friend, have given me a plan for bonnaroo 09. Just need a ez up tall and big enough to cover it.
you essentially have your own easy up. and it would be like sleeping on a waterbed i would think.... just cover the sides with tarps in case of rain... DO IT!
Okay, here's what we're doing, and you guys can tell me if it's going to be not-cool for some reason:
Tent-only camping, a roughly 10'x20' rectangular PVC pipe frame (higher in the middle than the ends, poles are 2" to 1.5" in diameter), poles driven appx 1.5'-2' into the ground, appx 8.5' high in middle, appx 6' at ends, covered by a 12'x24' tarp on the top (well secured to holes in the PVC structure and a few to the ground) and many many sheets on the sides. And an extra 9'x12' tarp off one end for extra coverage of our 7'x'9 tent and the rest for shade and rain coverage of husband and I and probably 4 of our friends who I feel are underpreparing.
What do you think? Too much? Will the ground be way too hard for a strong man in his 20's to drive the poles into with a sledge?
Cut the bottom of the PVC poles on an angle to make it pointed. This will make it much easier to drive into the ground.
Oh, all day. We're cutting them to the right sizes and points into the ends of the bottom sections on a big saw of my brother-in-law's. But definitely worth reminding of. It would be disastrous to forget that and have an aneurysm trying to set it up.
Post by popsicle sarah on Jun 4, 2008 23:29:05 GMT -5
i'm just setting up a 10x10 ez-up and a tent. my major concern is trying to set it up by myself (going solo). i know most ppl at bonnaroo are kind enough to help but with my luck i will get next to the only not nice ppl there
i'm just setting up a 10x10 ez-up and a tent. my major concern is trying to set it up by myself (going solo). i know most ppl at bonnaroo are kind enough to help but with my luck i will get next to the only not nice ppl there
i'm going to do a practice run this weekend!
Good for you, going solo! Too many people (especially women) shy away from traveling by themselves. Personally, I love it. You always meet cool people willing to help. And whatever you're doing, it's always exactly what you want to do. No compromises with others in your party. You'll have an awesome time. No worries on getting the campsite together. I'm betting you could set it all up by yourself if you had to, but I'm sure you won't have to, if you hit a snag. Just don't be afraid to ask for help!
i'm just setting up a 10x10 ez-up and a tent. my major concern is trying to set it up by myself (going solo). i know most ppl at bonnaroo are kind enough to help but with my luck i will get next to the only not nice ppl there
i'm going to do a practice run this weekend!
I just did a solo trial run with my 10x10 EZ-Up a few nights ago and it went up ok. It's certainly far easier with another pair of hands but I did it just jumping from side to side. It probably looked like a one armed paper hanger...I'm sure that your neighbors will help but if you manage to be in the one place where that's not the case you'll be fine. Have fun
i'm just setting up a 10x10 ez-up and a tent. my major concern is trying to set it up by myself (going solo). i know most ppl at bonnaroo are kind enough to help but with my luck i will get next to the only not nice ppl there
i'm going to do a practice run this weekend!
Good for you, going solo! Too many people (especially women) shy away from traveling by themselves. Personally, I love it. You always meet cool people willing to help. And whatever you're doing, it's always exactly what you want to do. No compromises with others in your party. You'll have an awesome time. No worries on getting the campsite together. I'm betting you could set it all up by yourself if you had to, but I'm sure you won't have to, if you hit a snag. Just don't be afraid to ask for help!
yeah i'm nervously excited about doing the solo thing. i know most ppl (esp. women) would decide not to go if everyone bailed. this line-up is tooo amazing and i had too much fun last year to let anything stop me. the best part DEFINITELY is being able to do what i want to do when i want to do it. thank for the encouragement you guys!
i'm just setting up a 10x10 ez-up and a tent. my major concern is trying to set it up by myself (going solo). i know most ppl at bonnaroo are kind enough to help but with my luck i will get next to the only not nice ppl there
i'm going to do a practice run this weekend!
if you think you'll need some help send me a pm and i'll give you my number! me and the boy would be glad to help ya out
Our tent has big windows for ventilation, so we don't want the shade tarp blocking any air. We're going with a 12 x 24 solar tarp on four tent poles, set up from a few feet behind the tent and leading up to the shade canopy. Our tent is 16 x 10 and I set it up for the first time on Sunday.
You are going to want to tuck that groundcover under the tent. Otherwise any water from rain will run down the sides of the tent and under it as it hits the tarp.
Trust me on this. We learned the hard way. You do not want a lot of water under your tent....
