My OZtent in action

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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by Jason » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:16 pm

Couple on Ebay at the moment, looks similar to your set up.

RV3

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OZTENT-RV3-/15061 ... 2311985bdb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OZTENT-RV5-extras ... 45fb45deb4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by ken » Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:42 am

Get a Foxwing :shark:


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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by benp » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:22 am

oh :censored: now its just mw who cant do the piccys :cry:






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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by Stu » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:18 am

Ben read the guide it's pretty straight forward.


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Post by anglefire » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:35 am

Stu, Ben can't even use his phone properly :whistle:


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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by Chicken Duck » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:07 am

Coblers,ive just got the side's and front for my Oz tent. Havn't put it up yet. Is it hard to add the sides? Can it be done on your own? Because of the peak in the sides i presume the poles have to be in place first to be able to zip the sides on. How do you know how high to put the poles before the sides are on?


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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by Cobblers » Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:29 pm

The sides are pretty easy to add on your own. I normally put up the tent and add the awning poles first.

Then I zip on the side panels. After loosening the font poles a bit I add the taller poles adding the horizontal pole at this time. Usually I do this pretty loosely until all poles are in. Then I stretch them out and make sure they are locked tight.

The stretching and locking is important (it certainly needs to be much tighter than it looks in the pictures at the beginning of the post), I didn't lock one of mine enough and during heavy rain and high wind the pole came down enough to lift the top of the tent away. This resulted in a deluge inside and much quiet swearing and cursing on my part whilst clearing this up at 4 in the morning (it didn't even wake my wife!).

After the side panels are in the front zips on easy enough.

Then its just going round pegging out.

This might not be the best way of putting it together, but in the absence of any manufacturer instructions it seemed logical enough.

Hope that helps.

btw both of those tents on ebay look good, I'd have bid on the RV5 one for sure. The RV3 also has loads of gear too. I'll keep an eye on how much they fetch.
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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by Cobblers » Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:33 pm

ken wrote:Get a Foxwing :shark:

I like that idea, the pictures I've seen on here look really good, I think they also do brackets for the OEM Land Rover Aero bars as well.

Next though is the flysheet to fend off some of the condensation you get with a single skinned tent.



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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by Chicken Duck » Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:24 am

Thank's for that cobblers :thumbright: . Can you recomend any good camp sites in cheshire or North west?


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Re: My OZtent in action

Post by Cobblers » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:46 pm

Disco Duck wrote:Can you recomend any good camp sites in cheshire or North west?
I'm sorry I can't, I've not used any around here, I have tended use to use sites further afield (excuse the pun). There are many good ones in north Wales.



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