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Hi campers - newbie novice here!

I'm brand new to camping - got all the gear - no idea.

I've had a night in my new tent once (in the back garden) and am due to go 'live' next week (wish me luck).

Only one question at the moment:

With my tent is a spare pole section - presumably in case another of the pole sections breaks (no flies on me). If a section does break how do I get the the broken section off the bungee cord and replace it with the new section?

(I haven't got a broken pole at the moment but thought it might be useful to know)

Thanks in advance

First of all, welcome to UKCS.

Which tent is it?

Thanks for the warm welcome Steve.

It's an Outwell Hartford L.

I feared there may be a 'magic pole fairy' solution to it Andy. Maybe I'll take lots of tape with me and hope for the best.

Does the tent model put any new angle on it Steve?

There is a restringing kit you can buy at any camping shop. You can also buy pole sections as they are generic and it pays to have a couple of spares and a fixing kit.

Welcome to UKCS

Carol

Quote: Originally posted by noggy on 17/7/2006

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...Maybe I'll take lots of tape with me and hope for the best...

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 You look inside the metal end of the last section of pole, fish the knot at the end of the shock cord elastic out and untie it, unthread the pole to the broken section, replace the broken section, rethread the pole, retie the knot and that`s that. Easy.....

Except it`s even easier if you have a pole rethreading needle (which looks like a very long wire crochet hook) to rethread the pole and a pair of thin needle pointed tweezers to get hold of the end knot, should it prove stubborn. Get one at your local camping shop. At the same time, buy some more rethreading elastic in case that breaks one day. I can never get the knot untied, btw, so I usually just cut it off. There will be plenty of slack. (Untill you`ve done the same thing ten times over.....)

And yes, take duct tape. Camper`s friend!

Thanks for all your help.

It's good on here isn't it?

I'm off to bed now to dream about big rolls of tape!

night night.

When we broke ours on our first at atempt putting it up , my Dad had the idea of a long piece of wire , i dont know what he &  Hubby  done with   it because it was at that moment   , i had to drop my daughter at shops , & when i got back it was done!!   xpecting them to be ranting and raving !  Lol

P.s Why cant i get the hang of this reply thingy ??

Quote: Originally posted by Teggy on 18/7/2006

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P.s Why cant i get the hang of this reply thingy ??

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Looks to me like you have

dont forget cable ties as well always come in handy

to repeat a common phrase, if you cant fix it duct it and if you cant duct it fxxx it :-)