Canvas Wall Tents

Canvas Wall Tent with Stove

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Canvas Wall Tents: styles, setups and structure

Waterproof 4 Season Outdoor Camping & Hunting Tent

Large Wall Tent

Alpha Canvas Wall Tent

Wall Tent

Large Cabin Tent

KingCamp

KingCamp Canvas Cabin Tent

Cabin Tent / Wall Tents / Tent Cabins

The phrase Canvas Tent, Wall Tent or Tent Cabin are all used for this style canvas walled tent, and usually equipped w/ steel or aluminum poles as the main support. Designed like ‘old fashioned’ tents, hunting tents or perhaps military tents. Pre-dome designs were square, like a home.

Seen some really nice pads with wood burning stoves inside. Took hours for the family to erect the whole setup, but it did have a real rug inside and made cozy for many days of relaxation. WARNING: If the desert wind really picks up (at all), it is time to break the beast down.

Hunting Tent

White Duck Cabin Tent

A canvas tent in general is more physical work and time than the popular, nylon modern tents. Assembly takes a fair amount of work (with both a wall tent or a bell shaped tent), as well as any wood stove installation.

So if you happen to have a leisurely schedule w/ no errands to run, and want to stay out in the boonies at camp for 2 weeks – in cold weather (below freezing), than this type of wood stove and large tent may suit your needs. Luxury outdoors!

If however you are the manic type of camper, who moves camp every other night – the break down and set up of a wood stove and canvas tent is impractical. Primitive barrel stove can still be found inside the high country tent cabins of the HSC loop – High Sierra Camp.

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GUY LINES – these are the thin ropes w/ stakes that extend out from the edges of the tent, to the ground – to help secure the structure in place. They are almost necessary on this style of tent to ensure stability.

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Round shapes do better in the wind than square tents, but overall these canvas tents can be stronger than thin nylon, dome style camping tents. Archeologists live in this canvas style tent while working out in the field. If serious wind is expected, position tent near trees, boulders or bushes which can block some of the wind. Desert locations (known for strong wind) may be best when positioned near rock outcroppings, or behind vegetation.

see round Bell Tents

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Wood Stoves for a Tent

Basic Wood Stove

Asphyxiate – to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.

Ventilation is extremely important when burning ANYTHING inside of a tent. This means a cross-flow of fresh air through the tent or cabin.

If you plan to get a wood stove for the tent, do some research online about the installation before you buy it. Assembly is always required – each and every time you set camp. Proper sleeves are designed for the flue pipe where it meets the canvas, so you don’t burn the fabric and light up the roof.

Wood Stove Camping

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High Sierra Camp – Yosemite NP

Many high end campgrounds are featuring these style of tents on a wooden deck, in coastal canyons, near wineries and around lakes; and charge as much as a hotel room w/ advanced reservations required.

This massive setup would also be ideal for outdoor group camps, yoga retreats, cabin rentals, private hot springs, children summer camps, beach camping. Perhaps even RV resorts, temporary shelter in place, wildfire evacuations or living down by the river, for a month.

see also – tarps, screen rooms, privacy tents
dome tent, pup tents, XL tents and solo shelters: bivy