Well I finally have had time to create something that moves the tent and tent "bones" Easily and some what cheaply. I say some what cheaply because I did have to buy a two wheel hand truck at Sam's for about $90.00. This idea is by no means MIT engineering, but after finishing the build I loaded the cart and pushed it all over the hills and dales of my property... Yes I have some dales, and it seemed to work just fine. At least I hope nothing out there will be as daunting as sideways on the pitch of my leach field. I have pics and if I can figure out how to post them it should save that thousand words thing. Well I realize it must be right in front of me but I can't seem to find something that says add photos so until someone leads me by the hand there will be no pics
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If bungees will not work, perhaps you can tie it against the wall with nylon rope. That how I keep my larger photographs (20x30-inches) and ProPanels secured.
Yes Richard that cross wise thing going through doors or gates. As I was writing this I realized that if I mounted casters to the 2X4 legs that would allow me to Drop - Spin - Pull - Pick up and go through the narrow areas. Not Ideal but i'm still thinking.
Weldon The upright idea was certainly considered But when I bungied the poles for a jaunt about the property we had gravity problems. That gravity thing can just wreck a good idea in a heart beat. I was over and all ahoo in no time. of course I'm up here in New Hampshire where not much is level or smooth. So I went for low center of gravity instead. I am curious to see the ladies design though.
FYI - For what it's worth, I recently saw something similar that I plan on implementing. Instead of fabricating a 1x12-inch wooden carrier to lay across a hand truck, two ladies in a booth next to ours bolted a basket onto the base of their hand truck and placed their tent poles into it in an upright position, securing the poles with a bungee cord. I prefer this arrangement, since it will allow us to store tent poles in our trailer in an upright position, in turn clearing up more floor space.
I modified Harbor Freight's Two Wheel Barrow. Don't use the plastic tube. Built a frame on top to hold what your schlepping. The advantage is the big bicycle wheels. Make the wheels detachable with large "safety pin" - I forget what they're called but you can find them in the hardware section of Home Depot. They go everywhere - even soft grass. And you can load long objects in the direction you go rather crosswise.
Great idea. I'm going to Home Depot now.
thanks for the input Jacki and Larry. For some reason the last pic did not show up so h
ere is the whole tent ready to travel
Here's how I've done it. Instead of just securing the canopy poles, which can easily be done with bungie cords, I widened the base of my hand truck to 24 inches so it works with anything I carry on it.
The 1/2 inch plywood base is notched to go around the handle so it won't tip over if a load shifts.
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100
Pretty creative, Mike. Your tent bones aren't all attached to the tent skin? I guess I have only seen them attached as one unit. That looks like it would be hard setting up that tent.
figure five is neat and tidy waiting for the blue bin of skin.
figure four is the new Sams Club two wheel hand truck slipped under the pallet
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