Coleman Weathermaster Instructions

Coleman's Weathermaster tents are sturdy two room cabin tents suitable for long family camping vacations. The tents have "D" shaped hinged doors that swing open for easier entry. Weathermaster tent frames are made of steel and fiberglass, with color coded pole sleeves. The tents also sport Coleman's WeatherTec system, which means they have special inverted seams that are also taped for extra rain protection, polyurethane-coated fabric to shed water and even water-repellent thread.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Mallet

Step 1

Set up the tent at a safe distance from both camp fires and low tree limbs. Clear the ground of hard objects, like stones or sticks, that could damage the tent floor.

Step 2

Unfold the Weathermaster tent and arrange it so the door is facing the correct direction.

Step 3

Pull the tent corners to stretch out the tent. Drive tent stakes at an angle through the web loops at the four corners.

Step 4

Put together four of the curved ridge poles--they have red markings. Insert ridge poles into the sleeves (also with red markings) on the top of the tent.

Step 5

Put together the eight leg poles. Push down on the buttons on the tapered end so the button pops out of the third hole on the leg.

Step 6

Push the curved end of the leg poles into the ridge poles, lining up the red markings on either pole. This will form an arch.

Step 7

Rotate the tent poles upright to form the tent. Insert pins at the base of the tent into the bottom of each leg pole. Snap plastic clips along the sides of the tent to the poles.

Step 8

Stretch the Weathermaster tent leg poles to achieve its full height by pushing in the buttons on each leg pole and pushing the poles upward. Snap the button into the lowest hole.

Step 9

Assemble the hinged door. Put together the vertical door pole--a short black pole with plastic tips--and push it through the zippered vertical pole sleeve on the door. Place the end of the door pole into the bottom hinge plate and bow the pole slightly to fit into the top hinge. Zip up the pole sleeve. Put together to long door pole--another black pole, longer than the first--and push it into the zippered pole sleeve at the top of the door. Bend the pole to fit into the bottom hinge. Zip up the sleeve to cover the pole.

Step 10

Put the rain fly on top of the Weathermaster tent, with the seams facing down and each seam over a tent pole. Attach the fly with hook and loop tape sewn to the rain fly.

Step 11

Put together the awning pole--a thin black pole with a shock cord. Push the pole through the sleeve in the rain fly over the door. Put the ends of the awning pole into grommets located on the web strap clipped to each of the center leg poles. Secure the awning pole with hook and loop tape on the rain fly.

Step 12

Find the metal hooks, or elastic straps, on the rain fly. Attach the hooks into a hole on each leg pole.

Step 13

Stretch out the guy lines, loop the ends over tent stakes and hammer into the ground at an angle.

Step 14

Step inside the tent to install the room divider. The divider hangs from toggles attached to the inside tent fabric.

Resources

Coleman Family Tents

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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