Seaford Saint Posted 10 July, 2010 Share Posted 10 July, 2010 Hi team. We have such a tent and last used it 4 years ago and in the intervening years the instructions on how to pitch it have disappeared. We have tried and failed to pitch it, tried searching the web for instructions but no luck. Does anyone out there have one of these tents with instructions? It would be brilliant if some one did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 10 July, 2010 Share Posted 10 July, 2010 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 11 July, 2010 Share Posted 11 July, 2010 (edited) Shouldn't this be on TMS. Are you seriously unable to work out how to put a tent up !!! Having looked at this picture (http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/li/lichfield-arapaho-6-vis-a-vis-tent.jpg) I would guess at the following.... - Lay outer tent flat out on the ground, trying to get it to resemble something like what it should when erected. - Feed all four poles through the sleeves on the outside of the tent, remember 2 poles cross over each other, and the other 2 form the porch at each end. - The 2 poles that have been crossed over have to be erected first...so, fix the pole ends into the pole grommets at each corner of the tent, the poles should form an arch and stand up. You will probably need more than one set of hands to do this. and will need to "wrestle" with it to get it into the arched shape. - Now do the same for each porch pole. - With the help of someone else, you should be able to move the tent around freely to make sure its positioned in the correct place. - Peg down the tent in each corner (dont put all pegs in as you may need to readjust them) maintaining the tents integrity, and keeping the tent taught. - Get the inner tents and peg them to the inside of the outer tent - You may need to make some alterations to the pegs etc at this point to make sure its stable etc. - Peg out the rest of the tent. - Peg out the guide ropes, you probably dont need to peg them all out unless you are either up Everest or its particularly windy. - Get the woman to get the stuff out of the car and in the tent whilst you cook meat. Edited 11 July, 2010 by Marsdinho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 11 July, 2010 Share Posted 11 July, 2010 (edited) Practice by slinging it up in the garden before you go: Looks fairly easy to me...! Edited 11 July, 2010 by Micky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 12 July, 2010 Share Posted 12 July, 2010 she looks a classy lass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 12 July, 2010 Share Posted 12 July, 2010 Wait for "bob-a-job" week. Do we still have that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 12 July, 2010 Author Share Posted 12 July, 2010 We are looking after 2 kids from Chernobyl and my wife whilst I was out, thought it would be a good idea to get the tent erected. So when I got back I did my best to sort out what they had done.......but I could not figure it out. They had the sides up and not the poles that cross over... I might try to work on the tent later. The kids from Chernobyl are about to go bowling......and then on to nature reserve. I want to get them to St Mary's before they leave and get them a Saints shirt.....they like footy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 12 July, 2010 Share Posted 12 July, 2010 We are looking after 2 kids from Chernobyl and my wife whilst I was out, thought it would be a good idea to get the tent erected. So when I got back I did my best to sort out what they had done.......but I could not figure it out. They had the sides up and not the poles that cross over... I might try to work on the tent later. The kids from Chernobyl are about to go bowling......and then on to nature reserve. I want to get them to St Mary's before they leave and get them a Saints shirt.....they like footy. I had a family over from Kenya a few years back, they came form a small village just outside Nairobi and had no running water, electricity etc. I took the two kids to a game at SMS, you should have seen their faces when they walked in to a stadium with 30k people inside it. I think its the most amount of people either of them had seen in their lives.... It was a lovely warm, sunny day. I was sweating in shorts and t-shirt, they both had big winter coats on and woolly hats !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 12 July, 2010 Author Share Posted 12 July, 2010 I had a family over from Kenya a few years back, they came form a small village just outside Nairobi and had no running water, electricity etc. I took the two kids to a game at SMS, you should have seen their faces when they walked in to a stadium with 30k people inside it. I think its the most amount of people either of them had seen in their lives.... It was a lovely warm, sunny day. I was sweating in shorts and t-shirt, they both had big winter coats on and woolly hats !!!!!! Sounds great.....Saints v Reading is the first game I can get to, but I think the kids will be back in Chernobyl by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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