Making A Tent From A Tarp
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- This is a requested video showing how to configure a tarp into both an open front and a closed front tent using nylon, canvas or poly tarps. This tent design is especially great to use with a fire in front especially with a tarp made from canvas.
He couldn’t have picked a more beautiful spot to film this.
Hi from Australia, very impressive. You are a genius. Never in a million years would I have thought that would work. Thank you for a very interesting and down to earth video. Cheers, Dennis.
I'm a city boy. Born...bred...and buttered.
Just love to escape to your Far North from time to time in your videos.
I just kept looking at your amazing back yard.
AWESOME !
Thanks.
I camped out a lot as a kid and a teen, and tried to come up with a few simple and versatile ideas.
This is probably the most simple and ingenious thing I have seen on shelters.
Nice presentation style, too.
Thanks again.
I've watched this at least 6 times. Thanks for the time and effort. Your clothes add to the ambiance of the times when this would have been a typical canvas tent setup. (If you've got it, flaunt it!) Knowledge passed on is knowledge preserved. Beautifully done.
Thank you for this video. My youngest grandson was visiting 2 weekends ago and decided he wanted to build a teepee. With adult supervision, he chose his poles from the woods, did the cutting and trimming to produce 3 poles. Keep in mind, he is only 8. He owns my heart. He draped an old tarp around his frame, but wasn't happy. We found a box of goat skin hides I been saving and now I am to sew together for a better fitting canvas. Your help with these videos are awesome.
Amazing this man is using the most modern equipment such as video and internet but lives as people lived 200 years ago. It's like going back in time. Great stuff.
OMG. This is by far the best backpacking tent I have ever seen! Not just for the money, but functionality as well. Very impressed
I'm from Illinois but have always longed to be in Alaska. I am 60 years old and my wife and I would love to have acerage ther in Alaska and homestead and be off the grid. Great job on the tarp tent. I am in awe of you and your wife. Keep the videos.
I used the closed door method and I have a 12x12. works great. I had an extra tarp that I used as my floor. very spacious and comfortable.
Your clothes and the natural environment were first things I noticed thanks for sharing your knowledge .
Darn, it doesn't seem like, almost, two years since you made this video. It's just as good the second or third time viewing.
Thanks for all of the hard work you've done on these videos!
Clark
Very nice setup indeed Lonnie. Thanks for sharing. Regards, Lars
I have that same hat. I wore it on packing trips back in the day. My old head has fattened up, and I am sure it has dried out a good deal, but I might try to see if I can resize it and start wearing it again. Another good tarp set up.
What a great idea for a budget tent. Thanks for the idea. Love the buckskins by the way, gives you that frontiersman look. Expect to see Lewis and Clark show up for coffee. All the best, sir.
Great video, nice to see something on TH-cam regarding bushcraft that is an old school, low tech solution.
This video is already 3 years old and you look cool in those skins . Also you look much younger without your beard . Thanks for sharing and the teaching as I said I'll be checking out your videos. God bless.
Thank you and also I absolutely love your clothes! And that scenery is breathtakingly beautiful!
You quite the scenery yourself darlin....;))))
Lonnie, I have watched almost all your offerings over the years. I really appreciate your offerings. You are a mentor. I have learned much from you. Thank you very much. I hope you and Connie are well. All the best! -Jen True
Great video Lonnie and Connie. I did learn something regarding the forked poles that you used for the tripod without lashing. I will need to try this out when I get time to head to our land. Greetings and take care - from SK Canada
Thanks for watching. Have fun with your project.
Lonnie, you make some of the best vids on the net. I've learned a lot. Cheers from Ontario, Canada brother.
Wow! What a location choice for filming. Nice and flat with a valley being containing a lake, back-dropped by snow-capped mountains and a pine forest. If I had anything like those mountains where I live I would just want to climb them. I would be out there everyday walking.
No problem, although a video would be nice. I particularly like your fringing, across the chest, the back, and down the sleeves. Just what I have been thinking so I will probably do something similar. Like you, I figured on creating my own pattern from a shirt and pants that seem to fit the design I have in mind. Thanks for all your great videos. I only discovered you a short time ago, but I have watched several of your video posts. Keep up the great work!
Canvas is a lot better in bad weather. It was all we had when I started camping in 50's. Most retail tents are only water resistent and not very good at that job. I just bought a good teepee tent and I love it. Really enjoyed your video. I just want to get back to the simple camping days.
I'm from the (United Kingdom) so seeing that amazing place behind you is just FANTASTIC.....great video greetings from the UK
DragonsReign Greetings to you as well from Alaska USA. Glad you enjoyed the view.
I really like the closed front!! Think I'll try it with a little bigger tarp this fall, during hunting season. I would like to see how well a small Dakota fire pit works in it, seems how the top can be vented. I think I may have found my now fall and maybe winter tent!
THANKS!!!
Very well done, I thank you for posting this video. I have seen this style of tent at rendezvous but, I never ask how to assemble one. You made it look easy and described what and why you were doing it very well. Thanks again.
Scott Thornton Thank you Scott. Glad you liked the video and that it was helpful for you.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival i recently purchased 2 large canvas tarps..will be trying this. Thanks. Question..both tarps have a horrible strong chemical smell...have been outdoors almost a month in sun and rain hanging on a line...still smell BAD. what can i do..or is it normal...thanks
Thank you very much ... I know this video is quite old, But it's one, as well as others of yours that I've never seen. Isn't it great to have Memories of when we were younger my friend ? Even better when we have video of our memories. TY GOD above for a Amazing life that you've provided for us all. 🙏 Praying for World 🌎 ✌️ Peace. God Bless us all. From Big Jim New Hampshire USA aka Boston Strong
Excellent vid on shelter Lonnie. Good job getting that wonderful view of the mountains in there.
I really liked this. You really made it easy to follow. Thank you much. Sometimes its hard to follow what people are saying. I love how you explained every thing and made it clear where everything is suppose to be. Thank you agian.
Cassie Cheney You are welcome. If you can understand and learn from our videos then we have done our job and have achieved our goal for the videos. Thank you.
Great demo friend. And you are in some beautiful country. Thanks for sharing..
First thing thats in my mind watching this video is how much my father would have loved those clothes. Great video anyway.
Best back drop of any back packing video I have ever seen. I'm guessing its Alaska Maybe Canada or Montana maybe. I have a large Sil Nylon Tarp I could use for this. .
Yep. I'm in South Central Alaska. Thanks
***** do you run a survival school? Did you make your buckskin suit?
james barr HelloJames. No I don't run a survival school yet but may start something in the future. Yes I made my "buckskin" outfit. I made it over 30 years ago. It has been stored for many many years now and I just decided to get it out and wear it for a couple videos. It was great to wear the outfit again
Well, its impressive you still fit it! At any rate, be sure to update up subscribers should you start a school up there in Alaska. Ive been waiting for a good excuse to get up there. :)
Far North Bushcraft And Survival amazing beauty
This may be the most brawlic shirt Ive ever seen. Looks like it would be great for windy days on a cycle.
Lonnie, I am so jealous. What a gorgeous place to set up and camp. Thanks for the video. Brings back memories of my Boy Scout days. We did everything the pioneer way, Wayyyyyy back then. Thanks from a new subscriber.
Great video Lonnie I have used tarps for years BUT not the way you have and I like that. Take care digger
Thank YOU, Connie & Lonnie! I learn so much from your video's!!!
Lonnie ... thanks for the very interesting video. I always learn something from you. Thank you for your time..God Bless...
Wow, that was great
No more getting caught in cold changes in the weather
Or sunburn
When we r out bush
Thanks
From Western Australia
that was really cool, i think i am going to try this tomorrow with my kid. she would love to make this. that would make a nice changing room at the beach .
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I've tented in Canvas tents for some time and yet have learned a little something from your video that I had just never thought to do. Simple and effective! I'll be sharing your video with some friends.
Terry Iseli Thanks for the kind words and for sharing the video. Glad you stopped by.
I really like your videos and your style. Thanks!
exoman Thank you Exoman. We are glad you do like them.
That was great fun. I like learning new things and rembering things I forgot! Great tarp!!
Gevedon Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Still my favorite of your videos! Your buckskins and trimmed beard are outstanding. The teepee is special, too. Very Western for an Alaskan.
Thanks for doing this! I am definitely going to get me a tarp now, I am convinced! There's no doubt in my mind I want to try this out in the Spring. I have seen some of your videos before and I thought they were great. After all the knot and cordage skills I have learned it's time to try out a tarp instead of a tent and I'm a do it the way you taught in these videos. I love the fact that you can use stones to create extra tie-off points, and use toggles and stakes made out wood instead of lumping tent pegs around. Replacing the tent poles with wooden ones also cuts down on unnecessary bulk!
Lon, thanks for taking time to make your vids. Spent 2 wks in Alaska 3 rs ago. U R a lucky man! I made a tarp tent per your previous vid. One problem I had when setup as shown here is that those corner flaps that are folded in at rear corners wick water into tent and soak anything placed on them. Just a problem using untreated cotton. I would roll those flaps up and leave outside the tent. (simulated HEAVY downpour w garden hose.) Also, my tarp faded noticeably after only 4 hrs in sun (cont)...
I enjoyed this video. It was a great how to video for our scout troop to use.
That's a real nice looking setup buckskins you got their friend. I'd like to see you wearing buckskins more often. God bless!
What a backdrop for a video, you live in an amazing place!
Great idea Lonnie. Only, im going to use as a outhouse enclosure. Not at all meaning to insult your fine work. I have a spacious tipi tent turned to hot tent, was researching ways to make a potty tent/camping shower tent, us guy can just use a tree...but with your lady, better to prepare for her. Your great concept is perfect. Im 5'11 rather tall, those ive seen are small and the shower tarps that companies sell, are like a body bag, not very comfortable for a camp shower. Its actually a good idea to clean off when on the long camp trips. Also, there are many people who live off grid, out in the sticks, in tents or dug out or hobit houses, this would be a great idea for a shower house for them. This type of lifestyle is becoming more popular because our world is becoming very weird and bugging out kits are on the rise. Ive been camping since a small kid, its like ingrained, my wife and I camped all over the Rocky Mountains in the harshest of conditions, we have turned roughing it into glamping ... nice, easy, relaxing having a good time, even if the weather is bad, can still have a great camp trip. You and I know what to do out in the woods, but many people dont know, I think videos like yours will help people survive when shyte hits the fan..and that may just come.
Great ideas and a fantastic outfit man you did a great job.
you are living the life I have always dreamed. keep it up! Subscribed.
I have used this tarp set up and it works great.I actually used this in the winter with a beer keg stove in the front door way and the chinmey going out the doorway. lol Wow omg gorgeous back ground man. Tho i use a 10x12 tarp when i set mine up this way, usually for two people.You can see the tarp i have set up in my intro vid with the chimney thru the door. Great job Lonny
I like how you hung the tarp from the tripod. Seems like I could prefab a tent from a large plastic tarp by hanging it from such a tripod, staking the corners, folding the left over excess underneath and somehow seal the bottom edges to the floor with glue and tape to make it waterproof. Then, all you'd need to do is make a tripod each time. I don't know how well it would work, but you always give me ideas for making things. Now I have a new project.
+jonnyboat2 Yes a plastic tarp works fine. I did a 3 part series on making a tipi from poly tarps and I used Gorilla tape in the construction of the tipi. Gorilla tape has a better adhesive as well as being heavier duty tape itself than plain duct tape. The tipi series is here at the following link if you are interested and have not seen them already.
th-cam.com/play/PL_fotv96EsweyRrySfWPBvI1ZgARTNFAv.html
Two of two videos from you ive seen now that really helps in the wilderness!! Keep making those nice videos.
Hey y'all, interesting vid. I did learn something from it. I would strongly advise y'all to learn as many different tarp set ups as you can and then go out and try them out. Learn by doing. I personally don't like tents or tent set ups but will do so if I have to. Thank you Lonnie for this vid because it taught me something and gave me a few ideas on how to improvise. Good job man.
Great vid. Very informative. Thank you for taking the time to teach TH-cam land. Keep up the good work. Take care.
This is great! I'm going on a team building camp trip and this video is so useful. I feel very educated. Thank you so much :) love from Kenya
Rigi N. You are welcome and thank you as well. Hope you enjoy your camp trip. All the best to you and yours from Alaska USA
Being Dyslexic...
I must have watched this 10 times or more..
I want to Own It...
Thx Brother !!!
Watch this as a reference every so often just to keep my memory.
Great Video, Professional Filming Steady Camera work, easy to watch.
Only the experience can made the man. Thanks for video
that took a bit of thinking to get those angles. nice easy set up once you get them in line. ths good video malcolm from british columbia
Lonnie,
Love the new intro and new look to the videos. It might be my imagination, but the video seems much clearer/better quality compared to your older vids. Great explanations as usual and of course the back drop is just breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.
Take care,
Larry
Hi, i watched your other video which you mentioned about how to cut tarp to make itlook like this, but i was thinking what we can do if i dont want to cut my tarp. Your way is a genious way and i am sure from no onwards i can remember you everytime i make this setup. Thanks a lot and have a fantastic years ahead. Please keep it up, you wont know how much it helps someone like me. Love and light.
Wow...What a beautiful spot! I'm jealous! Great video, I dig that configuration.
Great video, and really well explained. Thanks. Looking forward to teaching my daughters how to do this.
very good no-nonsense video, thanks for taking the time to do it.
I have been country all my life, that was interesting, thank you. My neighbour gave me some big RV tarps, 4 season all insulated, thanks for some ideas.
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you for teaching all of us. Stephen, Ohio
That back round is amazing!!!!!!
Good informative video, I just subscribed to your channel. I lived in Knik & Wasilla when I ran casing on the slope. Alaska is a sight to behold. Thanks.
Love this video. You have a great Bob Ross calmness. Really cool.
Love it, and love the buck-skin too! Going to have to play with tarps at the wekend now..Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Nige.
Wish I had spent more time in Alaska before the bones got old. Most of my time up there was on the north side working around Deadhorse. I love tipi style tents and they stay nice and toasty with a small fire inside. Posted a couple videos of my 21ft Tyvek tipi but plan another about the same size you posted here. Also working on a bivy tent combo for fast compact deployable situations. Thanks for posting videos with great views like this.
+onewyatt1 Alaska is indeed a great place to be. I grew up here and love it. That 21 foot tyvek tipi was impressive. It would be interesting to see your "bivy tent" when you get that done as well.
Was thinking of using the 9ft wide Tyvek about 14ft long. Just double it over and Tyvek tape the ends together and one side. Stake the 2 closed corners down and the open end will be staked down on the bottom and tide to tree or pole. It would look something like a horizontal wedge on one end and a near vertical wedge on the other. Could be closed or propped open at the with mesh screen if open. Figure to just stuff the sleeping bag and pad in the end and roll it all up for bugout. Tyvek breaths like gortex and will keep you stuff dry. It is very thin and lite weight, something like cheap tarp but I think it is a little stronger. Over all, Tyvek will cost about 1/2 as much per square foot but without grommets. The Tyvek tape goes a long way to cover for lack of grommets though.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival : Tyvek is ok, but damn noisy, wind and rain make a real racket on it ! I just made a bivy sack from it. It is pretty warm and my surplus down bag fits in nicely and stays dry. I used double sided carpet tape attached to velcro strips to close it. Carpet tape is a bear to work with. Very sticky !
triumphmanful The Tyvek will be noisy unless it is worked soft. I twist the hell out of it in many directions, stomp on it twist the hell out of it a few more times and it gets almost as soft as cotton. Very thin but durable stuff, even when abused. Only thing I don't like is, its not heavy enough to stay down. It likes to act like a hot air balloon and tries to lift off unless I use some big ass stakes to hold it down. My 21ft does but I don't know if a smaller one would. I plan to build some smaller from 12 to 18 feet. I also plan to build some one pole versions.
I've been a 'woodsman' (Solo) most of my life and i learned a few things from you = subscribed. Thanks Brother ~ }i{
Good stuff as always putting one together to have at elk camp. and ya know I even used a couple of them tarps to cover the couch in my RV worked great thanks your video brought that Idea to mind thanks.
Hi Lonnie! You directed me to this video and it's a great video. Honestly, I think I get something from every video you do. Going to be doing some elk hunting in some remote country, these tarp tents and your long fires may just be the trick for reducing weight and staying warm. All I need is tarp, axe/saw/knife and probably get Paracord.
What a spectacular view- I'm surprised you could get anything done. I think I may have just pulled up a rock or log and let time get away from me gazing at that scenery!
Great idea with the door flaps. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Lonnie, Connie, great idea !!! My brother just confirmed my invitation to go camping with me this summer. I'm so excited, it will be my first time ever !!! Having a Severely handicapped child I've never been anywhere in my life cuz I can't trust anyone to care for him properly. So this will be such a treat for me you have no idea !! I have a little 2 person tent but it got ruined in the yard during a storm. We've had 3 big noreaster STORMS in 2 weeks here recently so I haven't a tent anymore 😢. I had it set up cuz that's my dream to go camping, so I'd go outside and make a fire and just hangout by myself having fun LoL. I can't really afford another so this could be an option for us. Moneys a bit tight with my son and all so this may work. My ex can care for our boy and for once in many many years I can have 24 hours to myself 🙌. Anyhow as always thank you for teaching me something new !!! God bless you and yours 😇👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome. I hope you do get the chance to go camping and fulfill your dream. I respect you for making the care of your son such a high priority. A relatively inexpensive poly tarp from WalMart should work just fine for this style of shelter. A tarp from an expensive material is not needed. A cheap material may not last as long as say a nylon tarp but will still keep the rain off and shelter an occupant just as well.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival thanks guys, just hope he doesn’t back out of going like he does with everything else!! Thanks 🙏
Excellent idea Lonnie, works so well. Somehow missed this one as Michael Barton just showed his version. Looks like the 8x10 makes a nice open front tent and a 10x12 tarp is great for a closed front for 2 people but figure a 10x12 canvas tarp would be quite heavy to carry around. Keep 'em rollin' brother!
Great video. Useful tripod tent tutorial. Nice
Clothing stile.
I'm going to have to learn how to do that . Great video
nice Mountainman look with the buckskins. good video brother, keep it up.
This is great... been thinking about travelling australia on foot and it'd be good to know how to do it and get some kind of shelter happening
Great idea for my self but the cost that I will spend for duck cloth will be well worth it to me I'll have to watch and re watch this video a few times to get it down but this is going to be a fun tent to use thanks for showing.
Awesome Video, thanks for sharing. Good tips, I look farward to trying this next time I'm in the mountains.
Great video. Was difficult to pay attention with the magnificent view in the background.
thank you again for a nice straight forward video I also will try this with my camo tarp....all the best ....colin.
Classic video. Thank you, your location is spectacular.
I bought a 10x12 nylon tarp from Farm &Fleet. I'm just not that crazy about canvas, to much work waterproofing . Your setup works great. I like it better than the 'lean' setup as it gives more coverage on the sides. It will definatley be my 'it's going to rain/snow' setup from now on. Thanks for the knowledge.
Lil Mike that 10 X 12 aught to work real well for you
***** Thanks. Yea, I have set it up according to yours and it does work well. Thanks for the videos you do. I try to watch a different one every day. Can't get enough of this stuff.
Brilliant, ingenious set up systems.
Ian
Thanks Lonnie!...i use a similar set up myself...very well demonstrated, also thats quite the backdrop...awesome!
thanks for posting...woods
What a beautiful landscape
I thank you for showing us how to construct a tarp tent and I have two tarps which I have in my backpack and they are the length, and width of the one you used in this demonstration and I want to make a sleep system where I can have my sleeping pad and sleeping bag can go into it, and also have my backpack inside out of the elements as well.
This has inspired me to explore wilderness shelters further, thank you! If I ever get to Alaska, would love to come and see what you guys do! Thanks again, will be checking out more of your videos :)
Very clever, cheap, cool and cozy. Thank you.
Peace
Awesome video. Very helpful. Now I have to go outside and try to actually do it. Thanks.
I been doin this for years, but not with the 3 forked sticks, great idea