04-03-2012, 11:46 PM
This is how we beat the problem of a papilio ridge pole's not fitting in a normal sized car.
The first step is to make sure the pole fits the tent, of course. Find the center and cut in halves. Then add the biggest hinge that you can find. The one chosen below is for a garden gate. It has plastic washers built in to take up the space between the hinge socket parts (what do you call those??)
On the opposite side, we used the thinwall pipe that houses electrical wires. We beat on one end until it was flat, then bent it to form a finger grip. The brackets are the same ones you'd use to mount the pipe to the wall, but we forced them open a little with a hammer so the pipe would slide easily.
Unfold the board, put the pipe in, and it works just fine. Tested at Schulenburger Wald camp. And the 1.5 meter folded pole fits more easily into a normal sized car. I think a similar method could be used to shorten vertical poles, though it would not be very attractive to the eye, it might be useful, especially for larger tent poles.
What do you think?
The first step is to make sure the pole fits the tent, of course. Find the center and cut in halves. Then add the biggest hinge that you can find. The one chosen below is for a garden gate. It has plastic washers built in to take up the space between the hinge socket parts (what do you call those??)
On the opposite side, we used the thinwall pipe that houses electrical wires. We beat on one end until it was flat, then bent it to form a finger grip. The brackets are the same ones you'd use to mount the pipe to the wall, but we forced them open a little with a hammer so the pipe would slide easily.
Unfold the board, put the pipe in, and it works just fine. Tested at Schulenburger Wald camp. And the 1.5 meter folded pole fits more easily into a normal sized car. I think a similar method could be used to shorten vertical poles, though it would not be very attractive to the eye, it might be useful, especially for larger tent poles.
What do you think?
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
