Wall Tent Packages

I make a western style wall tent. This means that because of ridge openings and plenty of reinforcement, a large rough timber can be passed through the peaks of the tent. This simplifies set up when using poles obtained from the forest. I make and sell tent frames, but I specialize in making the canvas with this type of rustic set up in mind. Stove jacks and sod cloths are standard items on most of my tents.

I am not a tent and awning canvas shop, so you will never find leftover awning fabric hanging from the bottom of my tents (attempting to call itself sod cloth). I purchase accompaniment fabric for a specific design quality, and will not use fabric because its lying around and has been paid for. When reinforcing a stress point in a tent I don't use some non-conforming bomber nylon that will outlast the tent by 20 years. I simply double or triple up the same tent fabric that the tent is constructed with, this allows the reinforcement to shrink or expand with the tent. Other tent companies sew nylon webbing continuously along the top of the 5' wall which is great to hold a grommet in, but nylon doesn't shrink like canvas, therefore, when the canvas gets wet, the grommet tab curls forming a gutter that leaks water into the tent, not good. I on the other hand, reinforce the grommets individually letting the top of the wall hold its own, which it does fine. In fact, to ensure good drainage we stitch the eve tab to the wall between the grommets. The grommets are rolled edge and spurred. I use a #10 zipper in the door and protect it with a healthy 6” weather flap. This flap has grommets and D-rings incorporated inside and out for tying, if or when the zipper fails.

The stove jack is fiberglass fabric with a silicone ring welded to it, therefore it will never burn or unravel. The stove flap is completely detachable from the roof or wall, where it is attached with Velcro beneath a shingled seam that routs water away from the stove hole. There will never be a fire started because of a weather flap that has become untied and touches the stove pipe on one of my tents.

You can fit a 10' log through the ridge hole opening and it's sealed with a drawstring sock sewn to it. This is the best way to eliminate tearing at the peak opening.

I use a very sexy (coated) 600 dinnear nylon fabric for my sod cloth, it is cut 12” wide and sewn to the inside bottom edge of the tent. The grommets along the bottom of the tent are reinforced with the tail end of a 1” nylon loop. This loop is 6” long and is designed to slip through the grommet to the outside of the tent, this allows you to now steak a loop as opposed to staking the grommet in the tent agents the wet muddy ground. A nylon Fastex fastener is at the bottom of the door which keeps the tent square and keeps stress off the zipper.

There are cotton loops sewn to the top of the inside wall to string up a clothesline. Reinforcement patches are all cut in 60 degree angles double stitched into the tent and match, peak to roof ,eve to wall. This may be just cosmetics, but we like it this way, and think you will as well when you lay back in your cot and have nothing to view but the roof of your tent. A 2” webbing holds each bottom corner of the tent together with two grommets per corner; the tent will never rip out here.

All seams are folded and double stitched with a lock stitch machine. I don't own a chain stitch sewing machine. Our outfitter tents are cut with 30 degree angles. What varies is the peak height, but the pitch remains the same on 10', 12', 14' 16' and 18' wide tents. This means that frame connectors are identical peak to eve, on all tent sizes. The length of our tents are governed by the width of the army duck we use but will always finish out the same tent to tent The width sizes are new this year. After years of selling and sewing tents I have bent to the consumer's demands and now offer FINISHED SIZES. Shrinkage has been factored into the sizes and should stay consistent to the tent size, including the 5 foot wall. I still make cut sizes, they are slightly easer to make and can offer them at a reduced price.

On the preceding pages are options that can be added to your tent, and most items can be constructed and shipped in 15 days or less.

There are certainly applications for lesser quality tents, but however a tent is constructed, 50 to 100 yards of canvas must be consumed. I can't bring myself to waste even a low grade material that way. If you're looking for a tent that will give years of intrepid performance, I'll leave you with one quote… "THE QUALITY REMAINS, LONG AFTER THE PRICE IS FORGOTTEN."

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