portable garage for cook tent?

[backwoods_boy]

we are looking to get a smaller base camp for smaller trips and also to compliment our large wall tent for the big camp.
seems like a good idea.
what is your opinion?
Good idea?

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=332977

[Firing Pin]

Our elk camp has been using 1 similar for about 6 years.  We use it for the kitchen and general gathering spot when it's pour rain out on the coast.  We also added a wood stove at 1 end to keep it warm and help dry clothes.  1 person can get it set up in about an hour to hour an half, 2 people can get it set up in 45 min to an hour.  It takes a little longer to take down and put away because we fold it up and store things so it is easy to put up.

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[wildmanoutdoors]

They work great! Used on on the Peninsula for years.

[stillhunter]

Great idea especially for the wetside.

[huntlakewood]

Looks like a good idea to me

[runamuk]

I just gave one of those things away I got tired of hauling it around for years and never getting it set up  ...probably work great if you have a group of people

[Miles]

BWB, 
Here is something similar for a little less. I thought about getting this to extend out off the front of our wall tent.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bazoongi-10-x-20-Canopy/13339329?findingMethod=rr

[pianoman9701]

We use one of these in our elk camp and it's great. Inexpensive and heavy duty. I think you might even be able to get a panel for a stove. I know one for sale, barely used and at COSTCO, they're about $225.

[backwoods_boy]

thanks guys!
thats what i like to hear.
they seem to be built pretty well.

[twinners]

How do they hold up with snow, not that it snows much when we are in camp.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Probably be great over on the wet side.  They don't fare too well in the wind here on the East side.  My neighbor on the upwind side of me has gone through 2 or 3 of them so far, and it's looking kind of pekid now.  As a cook tent in a deer or elk camp I think they would work good.  Knock the snow off the roof as soon as possible, too.

[pianoman9701]

How do they hold up with snow, not that it snows much when we are in camp.

It's never snowed other than a flurry during early bow season. I wouldn't know. But, the material is very sturdy and I would think the pitch of the roof would make the snow slide off.

[backwoods_boy]

it will be here in the next few days.
cant wait to set it up.

[halflife65]

I was bowhunting an area and only saw two other guys camped down the road from me last year.  So, I stopped and talked to them and they were using one of those as their wall tent.  It was pretty cool - big enough for all their gear, stove, table, everything.  They added their own stove jack on the side of it.  A little easy customization and they were good to go.   It was pouring down rain so they had everything inside with plenty of room to spare. 

Seemed to work really slick.  I was sleeping in the back of my truck (cap on it) and was suffering from some envy at their nice camp.  Good guys, though.

[backwoods_boy]

Being the head cook at camp i think i will be requesting a small pot belly stove in the new cook tent.
:-)

[rosscrazyelk]

We have been using one for the last ten years, Works great

[wapiti hunter2]

They can be more than cook tents.  I ran across a camp in the Lewis unit a few year ago and they had set up an actual living room set up in one and had their grandpa all set up just like home.  Wood stove and all. 

[backwoods_boy]

got it set up today with dad and i think its going to work just fine for a cook tent/guest tent/eating tent/.
very easy to set up and the frame work is very beefy.
wouldn't want to get too much snow on it though but for the price and what we want it for i think its gonna be perfect.

[jackmaster]

if you want the piece of mind when it comes to snow, you can buy a heavy duty construction tarp to cover the whole thing and then some as long as you stake it down from each grommet then the snow wont cave it in on you, thats what i use anyways

[backwoods_boy]

yeah i hear that.
we put it up last week and didnt stake it down....whoops wouldn't you know it we got wind that night and it flipped it over and put two small holes in our new cook tent.    we got repair kits and all will be just fine, but i agree fully.  Make sure you stake these bad boys down if there is any any chance of wind or snow.

[backwoods_boy]

We have been using one for the last ten years, Works great

can you explain how did you do your stove pipe for your stove or is that stove pipe in your canvas tent behind the cook tent.   

[jackmaster]

We have been using one for the last ten years, Works great

can you explain how did you do your stove pipe for your stove or is that stove pipe in your canvas tent behind the cook tent.   

you can buy an actual stove jack made for canvas or heavy duty tarps go to bravo tents.com they have them for around 30 bucks and you can sew it right in where you want it

[backwoods_boy]

Thanks might have to do that.
ill talk to dad...