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17/7/2015 at 8:14am
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So we're taking our Yellowstone on its maiden trip tomorrow and I have a daft question about pegging. Is there a prescribed order in which to leg out the zig, fly and guys?
We'e reading Enid blyton island of adventure to our little girl and last night their two tents flew away in a storm and now I have paranoid panic over the same happening on our Pembrokeshire cliff top.
So basically I just want to make sure I get all the tensions correct in the right places. Thanks for reading my ramble... :)
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18/7/2015 at 10:10am
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With all my tents, I always peg out in this order:
1. Peg down the back of tent (this prevents it blowing away while I thread the poles)
2. Open doors to allow air in which aids standing the tent up.
3. Once erected, close all doors, re- peg the rear if necessary and then continue to peg out the base of tent all the way round, adjusting any straps as and where necessary.
4. Then peg out the guy lines, checking tension as you go.
After the first night, re-check guy lines and re-tension if necessary.
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19/7/2015 at 7:13pm
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...when taking the tent down do it in the reverse order...open doors including the inner tent, remove guy lines and roll up, and then the pegs at the base of the tent. I usually leave the 4 corner pegs until after the poles have been removed and I am ready to roll it up...stops it being blown away.
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20/7/2015 at 7:35am
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Thanks for the responses guys. I can't totally remember what we did in the end. I think after threading all the pole we raised the back and pegged out then raised all the others and positioned before pegging front. Then zipped in ground sheet and pegged the fly then ground sheet then guys.
So I have another question. Is there a knack to getting the ground sheet smooth? When it went in it was awful. Pegging the fly first helped a little but still quite big creases/folds. It doesn't seem a prob but not as nice looking as I'd like :). We haven't yet invested in a carpet, not sure we'd fit it in the car (or convinced hubby yet, he thinks it's poncy, what does he know...?)
Also for you other Yellowstone owners. I know this was only our second time pitching it but we still took 3hrs to get it pitched and all the gubbins set up, prob 2-2 1/2 hrs for the tent itself. Is this usual or does practice reduce this at all? I know it's a canvas mansion and will never be a 20min pitch but I'm hoping for a little improvement.
Though hubby didn't seem adverse to the idea of a weekend tent so I'm excitedly looking at bell tents now. Seems a bit adulterous whilst still away in the Yellowstone ;)
Thanks again all.
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21/7/2015 at 4:23pm
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Ps I mean the pegging down of both ends when trying to raising the tent on the metal poles.
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22/7/2015 at 2:04pm
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I have always felt that pegging down both ends makes erecting it harder because you are straining the flysheet against fixed points. I peg the rear corners, mainly because it is more convenient to peg the rear and line it up with the rear of the footprint. I then thread the poles etc; and that does in fact pull the front of the tent inwards initially until you can raise the tent and take hold of each front corner and pull the tent taut before pegging them. Obviously if the front was pegged there wouldn't be that flexibility.
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