Tents Various Camp Equipage.

[Publius]

Well, I promised the kids I would take them camping and we did for two nights on the 4 of July and packed it back up at 12:00 noon Saturday. The location is not to far from where we live and once off the pavement it's a five mile drive down a ruff dirt road just to get to the camping area and lake and there is no electric or running water I.E. Primitive Camping, but see what we bring and maybe not so primitive.

I thought it would be helpful for anyone thinking of buying camping equipment to show some of what we have while in use in a camping environment (sharing as it were). So I will post some photos with some explanation of what it is, brand name and try to answer any questions.

 

[Publius]

Ok we have an old tent I bought many years ago and it I intended to use it as an equipment tent for hunting camp, now used as a privacy tent and or bathroom. In side photo is a Camp Toilet and it's a FIAMMA (brand name) and they make two models and this is the deluxe model they offer that holds 5 gallons of water in the top tank for flushing. There a shutter that you pull out to open it to dump your business and give it quick flush and the lower holding tank holds 5 gallons, after spending almost three days with 5 people it only used 1 1/2 gallons of water.http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/atta...nt.php?attachmentid=100840&stc=1&d=1373162076

 

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Everyone has heard of Coleman camp stoves and I just happen to own three different models of Coleman camp stoves! Models 424, 414 and 428 and photos of the Duel Fuel (liquid fuel) 424 and 428 that I have and the photos of 424 at camp. The Coleman Camp Stove 424 compact is commonly found and Wal-Mart has them in the camping department this Coleman 424 stove has proven to be quite reliable and I bought this one back in 1990 and it's seen a good bit of use and have not had to replace any parts. In the camp photos there is also a Coleman High Stand and made just for putting the Coleman stoves on and put it at a decent hight and it does adjust's for the different size stoves. I used this compact to cook for 5 people. http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/atta...nt.php?attachmentid=100843&stc=1&d=1373163649

 

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Something else to consider is a Chuck Box and while not necessary it does organize things and keep everything you normally use in the camp kitchen in one convenient work station. I do not know of any company that makes these Chuck Boxes, but there are plans and a few people that privately makes them and found on the internet for sale. Below photos of a homemade Chuck Box that I have and note the little red boxes on the left side they have pull nob handles and they are old cigar boxes and they are used to hold eating utensils, can-opener, spare lantern mantles and other odds and ends.

You will also notice the little table the Chuck Box is sitting on and these to are available and the tops roll up and the legs fold and come with a storage sack and I find it most useful as part of my work station.

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We have an old cook set from the 60s made by the Mirro company and sadly discontinued, but there are other makes available today and these cook sets, all the pots nest tougher in a neat easy to carry package. I'm posting this to give an idea of what can be had rather than a big box full of yard-sale pots and pans. A good place to shop for these kind of cook sets is Campmor and there is a phone number (Found at link) if you like to talk to them and ask about such a set and what they have and or can get for you.

Edit Add: I did a little looking at Campmor's offering's and the closest to what I have would be! Open Country 6 Person Camp Cookset, Campmore product N0# 82014 Price $44.99.
Texsport Family Stainless Steel Cook Set, Campmor Product N0# 86752 Price $49.99.

http://WWW.campmor.com

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Ok; this next photo there are a few items and any one of them you may want to add to your collection of camp equipment.
In the foreground the Camp Dutch Ovens seen stacked and in actual use, there are two different brands here and one is a Lodge 12" and the other is a Masca 13" and I'm using Charcoal rather than using the coals from the fire, if there is anything that cannot be cooked in a dutch oven, I don't what it is, your limited by what you have to work with and your imagination. I cooked a Apple Cobbler in one and the other slow cooked a Pork Roast with some red potatoes, onion, carrots, celery and spices.

There a folding shovel seen to the left of the dutch ovens and it comes right handy for moving hot coals and other uses too. to the right of the ovens is a charcoal chimney used to start charcoal and a lid stand for putting the lid down so not to get dirt on the lid, also lid lifter/oven lifter seen on top of the top oven.

In the back ground is my Igloo cooler and it's a 150 quart and it will easily hold enough food, soda, milk, condiments for 5 people for a week, but best to get dry ice for extended use beyond 4 days and the drawback to this big cooler is once loaded it is heavy and will require two people with good backside's to move it. These big coolers also doubles as a place to sit.
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We have this dinning Fly and it was made by Montgomery Wards back in the 1960s and as you can see it has two upright poles and a ridge pole and canvas tarp. The uprights are adjustable telescopic for hight, and everyone thats seen this setup loves it and thinks its better than any of the newer stuff, it will stand up to good wind, where any of the new free standing stuff, if a storm rolls in you can kiss it goodbye. I hope some company that make camp equipment see this and takes up on trying to bring the design back.
For the handyman its posable to make this setup.
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[WVtreehanger]

Looks like good, durable gear selected.

 

[Publius]

Looks like good, durable gear selected.

Some of this stuff was handed down to us from our family's and some of it was acquired by me over the year's. The collection has grown to the point where people in the campground comment and are somewhat wowed on the overall setup of our campsite. Over the years I have seen a few tent camps that top what we now have and I do mean over the top camps, I'm a bit of an equipment hog and we were talking about this on this last camping trip and joked about bring all the Coleman lanterns (four) and lighting all of them people on the other end of the camp ground and even the far end of the lake would take notice .

 

[Rastech]

Nice gear Publius. I must get at least one of those Dutch ovens to put away at home.

I really wouldn't mind having a go at making a custom version of that lovely Montgomery Ward Fly!

But with a stack of three spaced fly's, and a 4th camo net on top. Cross poles to support and reinforce the two inner flys, ropes for the top fly and camo net.

I think that thing would then be night vision proof from overhead.

My own camping setup is quite different, as it is based on motorcycle touring. My favourite tent is the Vango Zetes 300 (3 birth, great for 2, luxury for 1), weight 4.5kg, and it has had such a hammering since I had it (week after week after week of atrocious weather on several trips, without ever letting a drop in), I was going to get another, but found Vango have stopped making them. Vango make stuff to the specification for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and it is first class.

Anyway I grabbed an out of season sale offer on a Coleman Cobra 3 instead, and had a real bargain.

Inside the tents I use waterproof picnic mats (cheap) that have a 'carpet' effect on the side that faces up - good insulation - along with a Vango self inflating insulation mat. If out of season, on those I put a Vango 4 season bag, if late spring to late summer, I now use a nice roomy Gelert Beyond Sleeping Pod.

If it's a long trip I use my Kelly Kettle for cooking and hot drinks, and for short trips (weekends to 7 - 10 days) a tough little Vango collapsible gas stove, which I have a conversion adapter for so it will use cheap resealable butane cartridges as well as standard butane/propane mix (the resealable butane cartridges are dirt cheap if I buy 24 at a time - 3 cartridges will last me a fortnight easy, plus, I can even refill them with cheap ish cigarette lighter gas if necessary). The Kelly has its cooking set, for the gas stove I have a lightweight set with a useful little kettle.

Most of my cooking when on a trip is really done in vacuum flasks though (which works like a slow cooker, and I can have hot food any time of the day or night should I need it).

 

[Publius]

Rastech, The Camp Dutch Ovens can be found on the shelf in most Walmart stores and they can also order them and shipped to the store at no cost to you, just pick it up in store. They carry the Lodge 12" regular $59.88. and Lodge 12" deep $56.00. and why they want more for the 12" standard has got me as it should be the other way around, Note these are really good prices for an all American made product and with todays production costs and shipping! Their cast Iron and Lodge also make an 6 5/8", 8" and a 10" inch camp dutch ovens, but equipped with only a 12" your good to go to cook most anything.

As for that dining fly! Campmor has a Eureka aluminum adjustable upright pole (campmor product N0# 21540) and the tip fits tarp grommets go's from 4' Ft to 8' Ft $25.99 Ea, so you could get a cammo pattern tarp thats 20'X40' ft or any size really for a killer pup-tent.

 

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The Coleman 428 Three Burner Camp Stove.

Our most resent outing to Blackwater Falls and camping there for two nights I brought along the Coleman 428 three burner camp stove and for many these liquid fuel stoves are to messy and inconvenient and a propane camp stove is their logical first pick and quickly find out they collect a pile of these 1 or 2 pound propane cylinders and what to do with them and the only way to avoid this is get the kit to run it off a refillable 20 pound propane tank (they do make smaller refillable 5 and 10 pounders) and the only advantage the propane stoves have over the liquid white gas stoves is the second burner will have more heat output, but at high altitude's and or colder temperatures, any of the liquid fuel stoves will out preform the propane stoves.
The extra burners on these white gas stoves have a lower output from that of the main burner, but with some use you catch on quick and make really good use of them. Also note that all the newer Coleman camp stoves are the "Duel Fuel' and that means you can use common pump gas that you use in your car and it's not unsafe as some claim, but get a two gallon gas-can full of gasoline, that enough to operate it for two full weeks and that includes heating water to wash the pots and pans.
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[night driver]

HAng on to the 428, bro. They're scarce as hens teeth...

 

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Ok; I see Coleman's Military Surplus, has Russian Military Wool Blankets in stock and these are the newer blankets made in the last 25-30 years and not 100% wool, but 65% wool and weigh 5 pounds each and 76" X 66" asking price is $29.95 Ea and the Colemans Item N0# 1087.

Phone N0# 1-888-478-7758
Website: http://www.colemans.com