@Dakota D I kinda lost my End sticks for my 1951 Army Cot is it possible if I can get the dimensions of your cot's End stick and where the holes are located? so I can build a replacement pair of those end sticks for the cot. Thanks that would be a big help!!
Just bought a Coleman Trailhead 2 cot. I may be a little out of shape, I'm not a total weakling, but there was no way I was going to get that second rail on using pure muscle. I knew there had to be a trick but interestingly, all the videos showing assembly of this particular cot do not actually show the reviewer assembling the last peg. With your video I was able to do it without any problem. Thanks again!
Thank you. Bought mine at an antique store. Set it up for the 1st time with your help. Don’t know what to do? TH-cam it. Most likely someone else knows how. Thanks again. This will make doing re-enactments more pleasurable.
You are good people. I'm quarantining away from people and got a cot for easier sleep in my living room. Being sick and fighting with that last peg was frustrating. Thank you so much!
Damn. I remember many nights in the Army where we would give up on the second bar and just deal with it. Recently bought a military style cot for my office (yeah, I work too much) and thought to look up a solution on TH-cam. Thank you very much! You've saved me from regretting my nostalgia!
This 68-year-old girl scout thanks you. Your technique is a lifesaver. I can remember camping with this type of wooden-framed army cot as a little kid, and, try as I might, I just didn't have the upper-body strength to properly assemble it.
When I was in the Army, our drill sergeants made us do this a thousand times. When I got to my unit, I showed this to my squad leader and platoon sergeant and they were dumbfounded and spread the word among the battalion. Needless to say, this was my first impression as a young private at the time 🙂
Thank you for making this extremely helpful video! My husband didn’t want me to get a cot because it’s a bit of a hassle to set up. When I couldn’t figure out how to assemble the cot, (that I bought anyway! lol) he was taking too much joy in that. Thank you for saving me from a big “I told you so!”
THANK you for this vid....just got a Coleman cot, and was about to package it back up because I couldn't get the second cross-member in....heck, even seen girls who can. But your "foot" method saved the day!!!
Just moved in Wisconsin. Storage unit frozen. Tried air mattress. Expensive one. Got a hole. Couldn't repair it, even tried a tire repair kit. Decided to get a cot. Could not get the second rail on. Your video addressed the problem exactly and we did it! So now I can sleep off the carpet until it thaws around here. Thank you!
TG. At 5"2" & petite, I have pulled a few muscles over my camping days setting these up and usually end up with only one end secured. Saggy cot makes for one heck of a backache in the morning. Thanks so much! 😊
I love collecting WW2 antiques and just picked one of these up at a yard sale for the criminal price of ten dollars! Not entirely sure if it's from WW2, Korea, or Nam, but it's in relatively good condition aside from a few holes in the canvas and some rusty metal parts. Though I don't plan to sleep on it unless I ever get into reenacting, I did want to set it up just to look at it and it was being a real pain in the keistar to set up. Thank you for this video!
Great advice! I've never seen one with a wood frame. It must be pretty old. The ones I used in the US Army (2003 to 3008) and use now (I found one at a garage sale, and one at a pawn shop) are aluminum.
Enjoyed it. I just got 2 of these and one has a broken leg. Imma be using them for hunting. One for me one for my dog. Anything on using these would come in handy. I'm use to hammocks or little tents
I found that rubbing generous amounts of corn starch on the side rails "lubricated" it, so that it reduces friction when you're pulling... it slides easier.
Thanks for the cool video I was driving and found one. Missing its sticks for the end. And was painted on top re-stained ha ha I’ll have it back to original. Minus the sticks. I’ll remake those shouldn’t be an issue
This works well. My suggestion would be to just stand it up to do the stretching part. It's easier to slide your hands down the rails and stretch it downwards than having to slide across it and then bend down to slide it down.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS. I have been using my cot to camp for about 3 years now and every time I kill myself setting it up before ... NOT ANY MORE
Thanks for the tips. I just bought three army style cots for $20. But only one of them has one of the spreader sticks. I'm just going to make the rest because the price was right.
Thanks. I just bought some old used ones and could not get it on till now. Thanks so much. Any solutions for recovering material. Wanting to use for my grandkids. Thanks
this saved me from sleeping on the ground ty so much
@Dakota D I kinda lost my End sticks for my 1951 Army Cot is it possible if I can get the dimensions of your cot's End stick and where the holes are located? so I can build a replacement pair of those end sticks for the cot. Thanks that would be a big help!!
Any tips if the nubs are broken off?
Just bought a Coleman Trailhead 2 cot. I may be a little out of shape, I'm not a total weakling, but there was no way I was going to get that second rail on using pure muscle. I knew there had to be a trick but interestingly, all the videos showing assembly of this particular cot do not actually show the reviewer assembling the last peg. With your video I was able to do it without any problem. Thanks again!
Thats cause nobody can do it easily lol
I just spent 20 minutes in 89° heat wrestling this cot like it was a gator tryin to get me and THIS is all it took?! FML...and TY
Thank you. Bought mine at an antique store. Set it up for the 1st time with your help. Don’t know what to do? TH-cam it. Most likely someone else knows how. Thanks again. This will make doing re-enactments more pleasurable.
We both have a new degree from you tube university 😅
You are good people. I'm quarantining away from people and got a cot for easier sleep in my living room. Being sick and fighting with that last peg was frustrating. Thank you so much!
Damn. I remember many nights in the Army where we would give up on the second bar and just deal with it. Recently bought a military style cot for my office (yeah, I work too much) and thought to look up a solution on TH-cam. Thank you very much! You've saved me from regretting my nostalgia!
This 68-year-old girl scout thanks you. Your technique is a lifesaver. I can remember camping with this type of wooden-framed army cot as a little kid, and, try as I might, I just didn't have the upper-body strength to properly assemble it.
When I was in the Army, our drill sergeants made us do this a thousand times. When I got to my unit, I showed this to my squad leader and platoon sergeant and they were dumbfounded and spread the word among the battalion. Needless to say, this was my first impression as a young private at the time 🙂
Lucky
Thank you sir I just got one of these vintage cots and had to order the wooden ends. Now when I go camping I know how to assemble.
Thank you for making this extremely helpful video! My husband didn’t want me to get a cot because it’s a bit of a hassle to set up. When I couldn’t figure out how to assemble the cot, (that I bought anyway! lol) he was taking too much joy in that. Thank you for saving me from a big “I told you so!”
Love this!
THANK you for this vid....just got a Coleman cot, and was about to package it back up because I couldn't get the second cross-member in....heck, even seen girls who can. But your "foot" method saved the day!!!
8 years in the army and I never thought about this. FML.
Right!
Me too....wtf....lol
Your way is superior to any other way i have seen , Thank you for making this video.
Just moved in Wisconsin. Storage unit frozen. Tried air mattress. Expensive one. Got a hole. Couldn't repair it, even tried a tire repair kit. Decided to get a cot. Could not get the second rail on. Your video addressed the problem exactly and we did it! So now I can sleep off the carpet until it thaws around here. Thank you!
I have had this cot for years and can never figure out how to assemble that last piece. I came across your video. Wish me luck lol 🙏🏽
TG. At 5"2" & petite, I have pulled a few muscles over my camping days setting these up and usually end up with only one end secured. Saggy cot makes for one heck of a backache in the morning. Thanks so much! 😊
Just bought a Coleman Trailhead 2. Got it yesterday. Barely got it together with the use of a pry bar. Can't wait to try this way. Kudos!
Thank you so much I was so frustrated at my last event when I first got mine 😂
omg...this is so simple but genius. Thank you!
I love collecting WW2 antiques and just picked one of these up at a yard sale for the criminal price of ten dollars! Not entirely sure if it's from WW2, Korea, or Nam, but it's in relatively good condition aside from a few holes in the canvas and some rusty metal parts. Though I don't plan to sleep on it unless I ever get into reenacting, I did want to set it up just to look at it and it was being a real pain in the keistar to set up. Thank you for this video!
Incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!
Great advice! I've never seen one with a wood frame. It must be pretty old. The ones I used in the US Army (2003 to 3008) and use now (I found one at a garage sale, and one at a pawn shop) are aluminum.
I think thats rust
Enjoyed it. I just got 2 of these and one has a broken leg. Imma be using them for hunting. One for me one for my dog. Anything on using these would come in handy. I'm use to hammocks or little tents
Thank you very much for this tip I always wondered how to do this. I am going to give it a try.
Awesome and easy! Thanks!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing this.
Bless you lol I just got 2 cots and both of them are REALLY tight
Hell yeah... You just made my life easy... 👍👍
My cot got me. I gave up and thought the canvas shrunk. Thanks.
Wow... Thank you.
Now to find a cot. I just got rid of myine last summer.
I've always just used a third cot end as a crowbar. Using the cot itself as a pry bar is good thinking.
I found that rubbing generous amounts of corn starch on the side rails "lubricated" it, so that it reduces friction when you're pulling... it slides easier.
Thanks for the cool video I was driving and found one. Missing its sticks for the end. And was painted on top re-stained ha ha I’ll have it back to original. Minus the sticks. I’ll remake those shouldn’t be an issue
This works well. My suggestion would be to just stand it up to do the stretching part. It's easier to slide your hands down the rails and stretch it downwards than having to slide across it and then bend down to slide it down.
Thank God !!!!!loli finaly found outhow to get that last damn bar on lol , mines aluminum . Thank you sir
SO so very helpful thank you
Works perfect. Thank you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS. I have been using my cot to camp for about 3 years now and every time I kill myself setting it up before ... NOT ANY MORE
They are still like this. The only differance is now the frames are aluminum. Same damn design same damn problem
Thanks for the tips. I just bought three army style cots for $20. But only one of them has one of the spreader sticks. I'm just going to make the rest because the price was right.
This was very helpful!
Thanks. I just bought some old used ones and could not get it on till now. Thanks so much. Any solutions for recovering material. Wanting to use for my grandkids. Thanks
And all this time I've been sleeping with one end not fastened lol
Same.
Work smart not hard. Good tip.
So smart!!!! Gosh, ty!!!!
I honestly never knew this wasn't common knowledge amongst reenactors, etc. LOL
Great video. Better view and more concise than my video. Be Well and Good Journey. Richie
Nice! Stand the cot up.
Thanks!
Amazing!!!
If canvas rips ,,is there any way to replace it? Or do u need to buy a whole new set up?
Get the green part wet and it stretches just enough to pull it with no struggle at all ... And it dries quick.
Thanks..verry helpful
A WWII e-tool works as a great pry bar - that's how I do it.
Please share the design of same cot , i want to make it for myself 😊
Thanks alot
any trick to fix an old cot that has shrunk a bit?even tight the center of the wood frame does not line up with the center of the canvas
Thank you!!
Wow u r too good wish you were here!
Got it. Thank you
Brilliant.👍
Well f#%& me dead. I've been fighting mine since 1975. Thank you so much for the teach!
I knew dat because I make hard n soft material threadly ripping ropes.
Can you show how to fold it up?
Awesome!!
Where the f was this info when I was in the scouts?
Thx!!
Doesn't it lose the stretch cause its too tight
Mine keeps collapsing, I set it up , sit on it and then it splays out, to hell with the damn thing
Work smarter, not harder
Does this work for the Vietnam Era nylon and aluminum end stick Cots never could get it together .Jim
Yes it does. Same trick works for those cots too.
Now can you teach us how to fold it all back up neatly? LOL
Anyone found replacement canvas for one of these wooden cots?
"At The Front" has a replacement canvas cot cover. Check it out at: www.atthefrontshop.com/product_p/usgmcot.htm
I’m strong. And always got it. But Bro. Bro! Money
Pre member without glasses tv close memo.
Coulda used that knowledge years ago... fml
Only good video
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😂 That is so simple. Or you are a genius. Or both. Thanks anyway.
Memo..
Thank you!!!
My pleasure!