Winter Hot Tent Help.

[mbiraman]

Check out painters canvas drop cloth's. Their not very expensive. Their not as tight a weave as good canvas but they work and are cheap.

[Ratdog]

Check out painters canvas drop cloth's. Their not very expensive. Their not as tight a weave as good canvas but they work and are cheap.

I was looking at going that route myself. Isn't that what otter used?
My only concern was flame retardant coating, is there a soak or spray available that would work for that?

[snidetripod]

can't believe canvas is difficult to get up north, blows my mind

I may have not searched long and hard enough.

[atrane21]

Watching this thread. I've been trying to figure this out as well.

I did have an idea that worked pretty well I would just need end caps. If u make 2 diy gear supply winter tarps and hang them together you get one massive enclosure to fit 2 hammocks and plenty of people if need be add end caps to close it up and ur good to go. But then the rest of the year you can also use the 2 tarps as normal individual tarps so they don't collect dust all summer.

[mbiraman]

I was looking at going that route myself. Isn't that what otter used?
My only concern was flame retardant coating, is there a soak or spray available that would work for that?

I believe Otter did go that route. LOts of folks go that route because good, light, tight weave canvas is hard to find now. I was one of the last to get material from snowtrekker,,,,,,,super great stuff but they stopped selling it off the roll. There are a couple of places that sell 7.5 oz canvas off the roll in the US. Its not treated and not too expensive but i can't remember the name of the places now. There probably is some spray on fire retardant ,,,i'm not sure i would worry about it.

[fallkniven]

The roof on the smokehouse is different fabric I think? or maybe it's just the stove jack

fallkniven can tell you his experience

it's an Old Man Winter from WildernessLogics btw, both solid pieces of kit

can't believe canvas is difficult to get up north, blows my mind

It's all sil except the stove jack, is a rubberized fiberglass material.


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[North]

It hung in there all winter, don't remember popping a pole.
What it did do though was create a flatter surface for snow to gather, the it would slide off in chunks.

Check some of the winter camping threads from this past winter. We had plenty of good discussions and pics of a few designs that were great at shedding snow. (Internal pole mod with steep pitch)

Another excellent source of info are the frozen butt hang threads.

Canvas is a solid option, I got by with ripstop down here in the mid atlantic, but up north, canvas seems like an excellent solution for stays of any duration.
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It's all sil except the stove jack, is a rubberized fiberglass material.

Is it silnylon 1.1 or 1.9? Is 1.1 sturdy enough to survive a storm with 1-2 ft of wet snow (assuming the tarp is pitch for the snow to slide off fairly well) ?

also stove jack you guys have a preference? liteoutdoors, bearpawwd

[mbiraman]

The only stove jacks i've used have been from snowtrekker.