Timberline 4 Person Regal Dome Tent Instructions

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Timberline tents are a popular model of modern dome tent with a classic design. This tent sleeps four campers and serves as a sturdy and stable shelter from wind and rain. It's a freestanding tent that is a favorite with scout groups because it's easy to pitch and light weight to pack. Timberline tents have shock-corded aluminum tent poles, hooded windows and a hooded door. The fabric is a non stretch polyester with a fully sealed nylon floor.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Timerberline tent and poles
Tent stakes
Hammer

Step 1

Find a level place to set up the tent and clear the ground of sticks and rocks. Don't pitch the tent somewhere hazardous, like directly under a tree or near a stream that could flood.

Step 2

Unfold the tent and place it on the ground. Open the tent door and position the tent so the door will face the direction you need it to when finished.

Step 3

Put the poles together, making sure each section is firmly seated.

Step 4

Put the tapered ends of the tent poles into the junction tubes to create a frame for the tent fabric. The bottoms of the poles connect to the tent fabric with pins that hook into the corner rings.

Step 5

Find the shock-corded loops located at the peak of the tent and pull up and over the junction tubes. Secure by snapping tent clips to the poles.

Step 6

Double check that the tent is facing the correct direction and stake down. Use a hammer to drive in the stakes.

Step 7

Attach the fly rods, which go over the top spanner section and through the junction tubes.

Step 8

Place the fly on top of the tent with the center S-hooks lining up with the rods. Place the center S-hook into one end of a fly rod and put the other S-hook into the end of the second fly rod.

Step 9

Find the snaps on the underneath side of the fly and connect them to the rings on the side of the tent. Connect the shock-corded S-hooks on the fly corners to the rings at the four bottom corners of the tent.

Step 10

Stake down the fly's two pull outs on either side of the tent.

Resources

Camping Tent Guide

Article Written By Denise Bertacchi

Denise Bertacchi is a freelance writer with a degree in journalism from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a St. Louis suburbanite who has written for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boys' Life, Wisconsin Trails, and Missouri Life.

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