Hey everyone,
I have a BIG cot that I picked up for deer camp or weekend trips to a friend's cabin when all the beds might be taken.
I was surfing the web the other day and stumbled across this product:
Teton "Quick Tent" Cot Tent
This tent is marketed as something which is supposed to go over my cot. However, my cot is 40" wide and 80" long. The reviews state that this doesn't cover the entire surface area of the cot.
I know where to get fabric, fiberglass poles, plastic clips/fasteners, etc., but sewing a tent together seems like a pretty big undertaking. I feel like it'd be best to just pick up a cheap tent (maybe a return item that's a little beat up?) and modify it to fit the surface of my cot?
It seems like there are a lot of considerations to make when constructing a tent like roof angle, pitch attachment points, even fitting a fly to it.
Has anyone here sewn or modified a tent to get a specific footprint? It'd be pretty cool to rig my cot up so a tent could sit on top of it--kinda like having a cot tent, but with the tent part optional.
Thanks,
Cog
I have a BIG cot that I picked up for deer camp or weekend trips to a friend's cabin when all the beds might be taken.
I was surfing the web the other day and stumbled across this product:
Teton "Quick Tent" Cot Tent
This tent is marketed as something which is supposed to go over my cot. However, my cot is 40" wide and 80" long. The reviews state that this doesn't cover the entire surface area of the cot.
I know where to get fabric, fiberglass poles, plastic clips/fasteners, etc., but sewing a tent together seems like a pretty big undertaking. I feel like it'd be best to just pick up a cheap tent (maybe a return item that's a little beat up?) and modify it to fit the surface of my cot?
It seems like there are a lot of considerations to make when constructing a tent like roof angle, pitch attachment points, even fitting a fly to it.
Has anyone here sewn or modified a tent to get a specific footprint? It'd be pretty cool to rig my cot up so a tent could sit on top of it--kinda like having a cot tent, but with the tent part optional.
Thanks,
Cog
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