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28/8/2007 at 5:09pm
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just torn between 2 tents the outwell minnesota 4 and the hartford L 4 man or 6 man.Does any of these have problems with size for pitches on certain campsites.Plus is there a lot of campsites were there is pitch restrictions(size) or just a few


28/8/2007 at 5:22pm
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You will find each campsite is different. Some don't care about size, some will charge a fee for different sizes of tents and some will charge you a double pitch (saw on here where one member was going to be charged a double pitch and the pitches weren't even next to each other) and some will just flat out say no to you.

I think it would just be easier to stick with a smaller tent. We originally had the Nebraska XXL and thought we would just settle for whatever site took us but when we had a problem with it, we asked for the Vermont instead. After we thought about it, we don't want to settle and want to camp where ever we wish.

I wish I had more advice, quite a few of the members here are good on sizes and such. Rexgrant will be able to give you great pitching information


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Quote: Originally posted by docs on 28/8/2007just torn between 2 tents the outwell minnesota 4 and the hartford L 4 man or 6 man.Does any of these have problems with size for pitches on certain campsites.Plus is there a lot of campsites were there is pitch restrictions(size) or just a few
Hi docs
Go onto search, above. type in search (pitch sizes)
under search forum put in camping under canvas
Rex


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28/8/2007 at 5:45pm
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I can't see any of your tents listed having any problems with pitch sizes.

jans



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28/8/2007 at 6:54pm
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cheers for the advice



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